One
Direction: Reaching For The Stars Part 2, The Next Chapter
(2014/Inception DVD)
Picture:
C Sound: C Extras: D Main Program: C+
Since
their phenomenal performance of Take Me Home, this documentary
takes a look at One Direction for the last three years. From UK to
America these five teenage boys have taken the world by storm to now
the premier of their first 3D movie. Take a look to behind the
scenes with their managers to see how these boys have become the new
hit teenage band celebrities for millions of fans in One
Direction: Reaching For The Stars Part 2, The Next Chapter
(2014).
This
was a documentary about One Direction, not with directly with
the members themselves, but rather through the managers and producers
of One Direction with stock footage. The tell how they manage the
boy's stage, social and private lives. How they deal with the
millions of fans and their public relationships. It's not easy being
in a pretty boy band, their lives are basically scripted and
scheduled, there is no such thing as private lives for them, their
every move monitored, anyone they talked to is instantly hounded by
jealous fans.
This
sequel program (see the first one elsewhere on this site) takes a
look in the the celebrity lives, when you are a celebrity your life
follow 24 hours a day by paparazzis, fans, with cameras, smart phones
and other recording devices. Everyday is filled with touring,
training, parties and interviews, that they must live the perfect
life for their fans to read, text, follow, dream and idolize.
Ironically, even thought they are rock stars, the are shackled by the
social media and expectations, but then they were always anything but
normal. The anamorphically enhanced 1.78 X 1 image and lossy Dolby
Digital 2.0 Stereo is very weak and there are no extras.
-
Ricky Chiang
