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Mar 24, 2011 08:33:54
Massage for Professionals Instructional Video [Blu-ray] Review
Massage therapy has been around for hundreds of year but only recently has medical science played a role in the field. We can now medically explain the benefits of massage and understand the cause and effect relationship between massage and health. This video explores the medical reasoning behind massage therapy to give a broader, more comprehensive understanding.
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Very disappointing - E. McAdams - France
I bought this as part of a very reasonably priced Combo set. Unfortunately, the material, all of it, is of very poor quality, both in presentation and content. It looks like very old material rehashed.
The "Professional Massage" DVD is NOT advanced and would make a reasonable "Basic Massage" DVD if it was re-edited (e.g. move the anatomy to the start and use better graphics), the Shiatsu sections removed and the sessions re-recorded in higher quality.
The associated workbook is very poor compared to other books available; there are no detailed diagrams of the muscles to be massaged! Etc., etc..
In summary, this is a load of old material well passed its sell-by date which should be re-done rather than resold. You do get quite a lot for your money, but you would do much better to save up and buy a higher quality product.
PS Re Available Material: A review of (better) massage material (DVDs, books etc) available can be found at the TerraRosa massage web site
It scores the Massage Therapy for Professionals video 0/5 and says "A complete waste of money & time. Another deceiving series. It is blurry, cheaply made and filmed on a home video. The first part shows some massage techniques by a "professional", and the second part the narrator gave a lecture on the anatomy of muscles on a whiteboard with hand drawn pictures."
It also scores the Basic Massage Therapy video 0/5 and says "This DVD is a waste of time. Available on the web and Amazon with great hype and labels such as "#1 best seller" & "A must see" by Dr. Heith Root, "Golden Web Award". "Recommended by Indiana College of Oriental Medicine", This college is a Martial Arts College run by a church. Showing June a "certified therapist" giving Swedish massage from a distance."
I should have read this before buying the set
Not only are this company's products apparently highly rated by obscure/bizarre/non-existent organisations and "experts", I note that many of the rave reviewers appear to (i) have bought many/all of this company's products (and largely only their products, no other massage products that I can see), (ii) rated them all 5/5 and (iii) used extreme, over-the-top superlatives to describe these very mediocre products. One of the products is even given 5/5 by someone who admits that they have not yet bought it. Some of the products seem to have been reviewed several times by the same person, with different stories as to how/why they bought them and how wonderful they were. All very Puzzling.
Why is picture quality so grainy? - pk -
I bought this based on the many glowing 5 star recommendations. The only negatives compared it to watching a VHS tape. More accurately, this tape has the picture and sound quality of a bootleg VHS product. The camera work looks like it was done with one (maybe two) home camcorders. Don't be fooled by the nice clean picture on the cover, that is the only part of the tape produced professionally. The instruction is good enough, but the media aspects (picture, sounds, camera angles) fall short.
The instruction is decent enough, but it also refers you to a manual that is not included with the DVD.
Again, I recommend the instruction, but the video/audio quality makes it a bit painful to watch. To summarize, think of this as your favorite masseuse talking and providing instructional commentary while recording a massage session with a (or two) camcorder(s) on a stand as well as some classroom instruction at the end.
I hope this helps to temper the expectations of all the 5 star dvd ratings.
Sep 18, 2010 20:01:04
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Good Stuff - Tony Jones - Jackson, TN United States
If you are a fan of Randy's and all his years of music this is a must have. His unique sound sold millions!
Aug 31, 2010 16:01:10
Pokemon Elements, Vol. 10: Rock Review
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Jul 19, 2010 12:03:05
Candy Stripers Review
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poor excuse to see hot chiks - Rodolfo Samayoa - Guatemala
the chiks are so damn hot....but it doesn't woth it, save your money or buy any playboy dvd
Invasion of the Alien Nurses, film at 11 (after the kiddies are in bed)... - Robert P. Beveridge - Cleveland, OH
Candy Stripers (Kate Robbins, 2006)
Really, you don't check out a movie with a title like Candy Stripers expecting horror. Cheesecake, yeah. Lots of high-school girls half-out of uniforms? Awesome! I expect that the movie's low rating on IMDB-- 2.1, as I write this-- has to do with the movie's almost complete lack of cheesecake more than it does with its thoroughly complete lack of horror. It's a Sci-Fi Channel Original Movie, but without any of the edited-out bits edited out.
The plot: after a particularly nasty high school basketball game, three guys from the visiting team find themselves in a hospital far from home. Team captain Matt (Doll Graveyard's Brian Lloyd) is the all-around nice guy who seems a little bit smarter than those around him. Tammy (Portal's Sarah McGuire, premaritally Sarah Ball), the team manager, has a crush on him, but he's too busy dating the head cheerleader (Boo's Nicole Rayburn), appropriately named Krystal, to have noticed. Tammy's brother Joey (William Edwards, Jr., in his first screen appearance) is in the next bed over, while power-hungry Brian (Kevin Thomas Fee) is just down the hall. No one's complaining all that much, since the hospital seems to be stocked with peternaturally beautiful candy stripers. But they all have this weird sweet tooth. And they all seem to be nymphomaniacs. Oh, yes, we're all set up for cheesecake city. Well, except for the whole alien-invasion scene at the beginning of the movie...
I know it's a minor thing, but I have to get it off my chest. Why is it that low-budget horror movies have this thing for taking the cast's most beautiful girl and putting her in the "homely sister" role? It happens all the time, but it's more noticeable here than usual; we've got a cast that's jammed full of beautiful women (including two Playboy playmates) running around throwing themselves at everything that moves, and then you get this jaw-dropping beauty who's supposed to be the mousy member of the family. Hey, guys? It doesn't work. It never has. It never will. More germane to why this movie is as bad as it is is, well, everything else about it. The script plays out like this was actually supposed to be a cheesecake comedy, not a horror film. (Jill Garson and writer/director Kate Robbins are both first-time screenwriters, and it shows.) The acting ranges from the competent to the horrendous. Surprisingly, the playmates are both on the competent side of the equation. The characters are barely shallow enough to be called paper thin, with stereotypes running hard and fast. (You've met Krystal in at least three dozen teen comedies in the past twenty years.) The plot is predictable when it's not being stupid. And every once in a while those two components join forces for an all-out assault on both the senses and the sensibilities of even the least discerning viewers.
And yet despite all this it's stupidly watchable, in that Sci Fi Channel Original Movie way. (Expect to see this one hit Sci Fi relatively soon, though if you have a thing for breasts, you'll want to rent the DVD.) It's fun if you're not expecting anything even remotely akin to good filmmaking. Unlike most of IMDB's raters, I'm giving this one nipple up for the cheesecake factor, the barely competent acting, and the stupid, mostly unintentional humor. And because I would be willing to watch Sarah McGuire read the phone book for two hours. ** ½
Jul 18, 2010 07:00:07
The Lisbon Story Review
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The Lisbon story - J. Andrews - Salt Lake City
If you are interested in the process of filmmaking (before digital) this charming film follows a sound man gathering material for his friend's film. Since it takes place in the beautiful city of Lisbon there is a lot of charm to be seen and heard. We also meet the neighbors of the now missing filmmaker, the music group Madredeus, and their music compliments the journey of the sound man looking for his friend and collecting sound for his film. Explores some philosophical issues about filmmaking and also how some "foley" sound is made for films.
Vacation Paradise without travel - Anita Diggle - NYC
Lisbon is truly an unique experience and it's fado music is an unexpected delight. This will take you on a minivacation.
Jul 17, 2010 02:51:05
Dogma / An Evening with Kevin Smith Review
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How can you go wrong? - John McCarville - Cedarburg, WI
One of the best modern day directors! Dogma is a must see for everyone. If you would like a little insight to Kevin Smith's mind, check out An Evening with Kevin Smith.
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