By Forris Day Jr.
This disc follows the band “One Direction” on their “Take Me Home” tour. I don’t know their music at all but had the chance to check out this DVD. The band seems talented enough even though they seem to be one of these boy bands thrown together to generate as much cash flow as possible from the young teeny bopper girl set. They all have dastardly good looks and seem so nice you just want to hug them. I am not a fan of these types of group but millions of young girls (and I’m sure guys too) love them so I wont knock them.
The problem with this DVD is it is so incredibly topical. It won’t be relevant by the time this review is out. It is about what they are doing NOW. Who they are dating, what kind of good things they are doing, where they are playing on this tour, etc. It is done in the style of those shows where they have commentary by so-called experts such as comedians, newspeople…you get the idea. This one uses “industry insiders”. I find that format annoying.
I didn’t care for the gossipy feel to this DVD. I think I could enjoy watching a real concert by these guys though as they do seem to have talent. I believe any tween who loves boy bands will enjoy watching this disc once, but then it will be on to the next big thing. I’m sure this one will be available for cheap real soon because of how time sensitive it is.
Check it out if you like the behind the scenes and gossipy stuff but aside from that I would try to hunt down an actual concert from these guys. You will get far more and lasting enjoyment out of that.
Purchase “One Direction: reaching For the Stars”
Rating: 3/10 – “Pass on this one”
