Tesla - Heaven Nine Eleven (Various Anime)

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Author: Pwolf

I won't say anything about the choice of effects or scenes. I won't tell you about synchronization. Nor about editing. There is just no point when you have a video like that. I mean, it's so serious that the usual stuff I take into consideration have really no meaning. In fact I get goose bumps while watching the clip. Like on that 11th of September when the news on TV felt so unreal. Or the 11th of March when Madrid trains split open. Just like the London double deckers on the 7th of July. Would you believe it's been 6 years since the first of these events and still not much has changed with both my local perception and the global conclusion of it?

In fact, we can't feel cool at all. It's not getting any better, now is it? And this video is screaming, yes, screaming about it all over. The thrill it delivers is one of those existential ones - you just know, watching this clip, that the World is going to and end if we keep on living like this. However it's also one of those videos that don't just bring you down but also give a bit hope through this pain. At least that's how I feel about this AMV.

The meaningless in this case things, like synchro, soundtrack, scenes, editing etc. are top notch. How could they not be? I mean, this is not just an anime music video - it's a statement, a roar against the human race and how it lives. A call to change the ways of the World. And on this basis I claim - it's epic.

Frou Frou - Must Be Dreaming (RahXephon)

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Author: Koopiskeva

This one is special in its very Top way - it's a No 1 of the Top 10% Rated Videos at AnimeMusicVideos.org, with 1461 opinions and an average score of almost 9.75 out of 10. It's a No 1 of the Top 30 Favourite Videos and one of the few clips that exceeded 21,000 starts in the Top All-Time Star Scale. It was uploaded to YouTube tenths of times and who knows how many times deleted, accumulative view count is about 100,000 and that's just 3 times less than an hour-long colossus AMV Hell 3. Simple calculation gives an amazing 1,600,000 views if just the author made these 4 minutes last an hour. OK, I'm not serious here. But the point is - this is probably one of the most popular AMVs ever. And I mean ever.

However, there is a problem. As promised I will rant about special effects, thus lets focus on these. Surely, this clip is packed with quite amazing editing not only in terms of quality and synchronization but the idea itself. But that's where the glitch lies also. Not only I am a bit overdoes with effects, but some of them fit not that well. Not at all in fact. The first time I watched this video I was amazed with the choice of scenes, angles, zooms and of course - the song - the background music is as perfect as it can get. But I just could not stand these lines, blocks and stuff that was flying all around. It's just distracting. It just does not fit.

I respect the author in the same way I respect the creators of the Bugatti Veyron - they made something amazing to prove it can be done, but honestly there are so much better looking cars out there. Same is with this clip - the effects are great and innovative, but I can point out other just much better looking and fitting. In fact, I think if the author had cut half of the effects and focused on smoothing the general AMV experience it would have been even better. An all-time absolute AMV maybe. Unfortunately (?) it remains just one of the best AMVs ever. Not bad if you ask me. ;]