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58 of 59 found the following review helpful:
 Madonna the Queen of Videos... Ever Jan 14, 2005
By JimJrz
The Video Collection 93:99 is Madonna's second video compilation DVD after The Immaculate Collection. This DVD covers from the Erotica Album until the Austin Powers them song. I will ve review the videos, not much the songs since this is a DVD review.
There are 14 videos in this compilation:
1. Bad Girl(1993).- This video is like a movie, the oscar-winning actor Christopher Walken plays the angel that looks over Madonna's caracther a lost woman who looks love in the wrong places, a video with a sad storie but great looks. 10/10
2. Fever(1993).- This video from the cover of Fever is very stylish, there's a lot of red colors since I guess represents fever, the version is dancy and the video somehow erotic. 9/10
3. Rain (1993).- If in the Fever video there was a lot of red in this one there are a lot of blue, Madonna looks very great in black short hair and very deep blue eyes. 10/10
4. Secret (1994).- From too much color ve go to blac and white, I like this song very much, Madonna, a blues band and a new your 'hood is part of this video visual. 10/10
5. Take a Bow (1994).- Spain, a bull fighter and a hurt lover are part of this sepia video, this is my favorite Madonna ballad and the video trasmite the lyrics perfectly. 10/10
6. Bedtime Story (1995).- This video is full of special effect, very cool and different. 10/10
7. Human Nature (1995).- This video is very simple, but the black vinyl and leather that Madonna and her dancers wear makes it very sexy. 9/10
8. Love don't live here anymore (1996).- A video from an old song (from her like a virgin album), not too complicated. 7/10
9. Frozen (1998).- Very dark video, excellent visual effect from Madonna become animals and vice versa, nice song. 9/10
10. Ray of Light (1998).- Classic video, winner of MTV awards, showing the hectic of everyday life, great. 10/10
11. Drowned World (1998).- This video tries to reflect how is Madonna life regardiong with fame and how her priorities have changed now that she is a mother. 8/10
12. The Power of Goodbye (1998).- Beautiful cinematography, filmed at the beach with that ER actor as guest, nice song. 9/10
13. Nothing really matters (1999).- I like this song and the video, Madonna is dressed as Geisha, the video is odd, but I like it. 9/10
14. Beautiful Stranger (1999).- From the Austin Powers movie, Madonna in stilleto shoes dancing with Mike Mayers, fun video.
8/10
22 of 23 found the following review helpful:
An Almost Complete Collection of Madonna's Best Videos Aug 05, 2000
By Luis Hernandez
With a spectacular cover photography by David LaChapelle, Madonna's "93:98 Video Collection," is a great addition to any music lover's collection. As a pioneer of daring, thought-provoking videos, Madonna has always been on the forefront of creating styles and opinions.On this video collection, most (but not all) of Madonna's videos produced in the past decade are included for everyone's viewing pleasure. While such videos as "Bedtime Story," are amazing when it comes to their composition and imagination, others like "Love Don't Live Here Anymore," are simple in their theme and imagery. I was disappointed in the same way I was with her prior video collection, that some videos were omitted from the compilation. If she was able to add a live performance of "Vogue," on the "Immaculate Collection" compilation, she could have added more to this collection. Videos such as "You'll See," "Erotica," "Justify My Love," and "This Use to Be My Playground," which were released during the 1990's have been totally omitted, which is a complete shame. However, the video that I was looking forward in seeing, "I Want You," was also ommitted. This video, which was based on the short theatrical piece "La Voix Humaine," revolves around a woman awaiting for a call from her lover who has left her. In what I consider a very powerful (and long) video, Madonna portrays a woman exhausted by the long wait. Filmed in black & white, this is one of her most moving videos. Another two things I would have to see on this collection would have been the option to see the lyrics appear on the screen, in addition to motion menus that allows the viewer to get a preview of each video before actually playing it (similar to the motion menus on the "Matrix" DVD). In conclusion, I hope whenever Madonna releases her new video compilation (which most likley will include the videos from her upcoming album "Music," and videos made in between ("American Pie"), I hope she decides to also add all the videos she omitted in the prior two releases, so that her fans can enjoy them as much as the first time we saw them on television.
20 of 22 found the following review helpful:
 A great Stocking Stuffer for the Holidays! Dec 10, 1999
A great collection to accompany the '91 Immaculate Collection. I don't believe that Madonna would've excluded 'Erotica' on the collection since she initially chose that video, the choice was stupidly made by WARNER. So it doesn't have 'Erotica', big deal. Her 'Sex' Book pretty much illustrates the video. And it wouldn't have made sense to include 'I'll Remember' and 'This Used to Be my Playground' because the videos pretty much show more of the movie scenes than Madonna, so they were no special. And the 'Justify My Love' video is still sold in stores like Tower Records as a separate video, so you can still get that. Though a few look like they were edited over, you'll be dazzled by the visual effects you see in such videos like 'BedTime Story' and 'Ray of Light'and 'Fever'; and some great choreography in 'Human Nature' and 'Beautiful Stranger'. There's also some great cinematography in videos like 'Rain', each video is very well themed. I could have given it 5 stars but I only gave it 4 due to the 'Love Don't Live Here Anymore' video. While the lighting was all right in it, it was boring. Oh well, they can't all be great. But it's still a wonderful keeper and carefully illustrates Madonna as the true performance artist that she is, hopefully in another few years she'll have a third collection out.
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
Although missing a few, this collection is pure perfection Dec 03, 1999
By Jeffery Berg
When you really watch this collection (meaning not skipping any of the videos), you truly get a sense of what an amazing artist Madonna is & all of the talent & creativity she brings to the music industry. There's NO music video like "Take A Bow" with all it's glamour & detail. And most artists would be scared to do something as bleak & haunting as "Frozen." You also get a sense of how much she has changed throughout the decade. Calculated or not, no other artist has ever been as fresh or successful. Many steps above the rest--a beautiful collection.
11 of 12 found the following review helpful:
 Elegantly Wasted Jun 26, 2001
By Cabir Marc Davis
I bought this DVD for myself as a birthday gift, and while I was blown away by the sound and picture quality (I'd give both a big 5), I must state that as a serious Madonna fan, I cannot but help feeling a little cheated. First, Madonna's most spiritual and psychotic video to date ('Deeper and Deeper', from 1993) has not been included. This was a US Top 10 hit, and a far better video than many on the compilation here. While many people lament the fact that 'Erotica' does not figure here, it must be remembered that this is a video retrospective from 1993 to 1999, and 'Erotica' misses the mark. However, seeing that Madonna's last collection was dated 1983-1990, its a crying shame that the period from 1991-1992 has gone unaddressed. This would include 'Justify my love' and the stunning 'I'll Remember', both of which do not figure here. However, the sound quality on the DVD is so exceptional that you may end up forgiving Warner for their sorry effort at conjuring up a Greatest Hits Collection on short notice. Listening to the simple melody of 'Secret' with its' mysterious video playing is a pleasure that I once again discovered. And Madonna's most creative video, 'Bedtime Story' finds a new life on DVD. The easy access menu is simple and devoid of frills and fancies (the menu DOES get a bit tiresome, I must warn you, as it consists of seven different screens), and it gets the job done. The good thing about this compilation is that it also includes Madonna songs that were utter flops in every country they were released, such as 'Bad Girl' (one of Madonna's finest singles, but also one of her worst chart-performing) and the dismal 'Nothing Really Matters' which has a Japanese-influenced video that gave the song new life (not that this really worked well in the US, where the single peaked at No. 93 before vanishing forever into obscurity). The ultimate tragedy however, is that Madonna's little seen video 'I want you' (a beautiful piece co-performed by Massive Attack) is also missing. This is a shame because as a work of art, that video best embodied Madonna's creative spirit. On the other hand, the DVD includes the obscure video for 'Drowned World', which was released only in Asia and Europe. All in all, this compilation is a mixed bag. I bought it thinking that I'd be blown away, but I wasn't really. I felt a bit let down and that I didn't quite get my money's worth. Most people feel the same about this DVD, and its no big surprise. Heres hoping that the forgotten videos turn up some day on DVD, and that we'll finally be able to own Madonna's entire video catalong on DVD.
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