Customer Reviews
A Gift... 
2008-07-24
I bought this as a gift for a family member and he loves it. He was very pleased with it and he is a die hard Red Sox fan. He said that the DVD is very well done and has really enjoyed watching it.
From Norway with love... 2008-07-04
Well, what is this? A Norwegian review of a baseball DVD?!?
Well, I am indeed Norwegian, and I have been a fan of baseball and the Red Sox since I saw Cheers on tv back in the 80's. Later I visited Florida, but before expansion, so I "only" saw some spring training there. After that I got me a girlfriend from Denver Colorado, and I became a big fan of the Colorado Rockies, and the city of Denver as well. But I would never replace the Red Sox, so I told myself, "hey, you live in a country where you never get to see baseball, you're allowed to have two favorite teams, right?" So I said, "I'll have a favorite AL team and a favorite NL team". And that worked pretty good for nearly 10 years. Sure, the Rockies kept testing my patience (I have seen them at Coors Field nearly 20 times without whitnessing a victory!) and the Red Sox would always frustrate you, but then came 2004 and what a joy. In the meantime I lost my one source of baseball on tv again, so last year was the usual, see some games on the computer, read about it on the internet etc. But when the Rockies got their surge, I was so exited!
So exited in fact, that I failed to notice one thing...
They met my other favorite team in the World Series!
I am sad the Rockies didn't go all the way, but all the same, what a season! And what a story! And my dear Red Sox winning it all again, I was so happy... So... Confused!
But all that aside, this DVD is a great retelling of that season, that I largely missed, so for me this is bliss. Now that I have NASN on my broadband cable, I can once again watch baseball as much as I like, but this DVD is something special to me all the same.
I reccomend it, wether you love the Rox, the Sox, ballgames or just like hearing about a thrilling piece and moment of sports history!
NY YANKEES ?? ... 20th CENTURY BASEBALL 2008-01-23
If you are a Sox fan, you must have it.
After all, how many times does Boston ever win the World Series?? Well, I guess, quite a bit lately.
The DVD covers not just the 2007 World Series against the Colorado Rockies, but the rest of the post-season sets against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the Cleveland Indians. Very little of the regular season is included. The disc is narrated by actor Matt Damon.
And the bonus features are almost as good as the DVD, with an always-handy "Play All" function included.
Not bad 
2008-01-02
As a lifelong Red Sox fan, I can't complain about this DVD. Even though we're stuck with Fox commentary, it is still fun to watch. However, I needed to say something about the Dropkick Murphy's video -- I was so excited when I saw there was something from them on this DVD, however......
Someone in the MLB office needs to view stuff before finalizing their DVDs. I was expecting Shipping Up to Boston or even Tessie (which was filmed in Fenway), oh no, we got State of Massachusetts about a woman who lets her drug addiction get in the way of her children -- who are taken by the state of Massachusetss......great choice folks....great choice.....jajaja
Red Sox World Series DVD 2007 2007-12-31
The DVD was amazing. It just really takes you through the whole postseason experience the Red Sox had in 2007. Although I myself am a Red Sox fan, I also really enjoyed how much time in the video was spent on celebrating the Rockies historic run. Overall, fantastic DVD!
Love the content - HATE THE ADS!!! 2007-12-31
It's October, and that means the season-long race for the 2007 World Series championship is heating up. The contenders are slugging it outand hoping for their shot at the World Series trophy. One club will earn the right to call itself World Series champions.The 2007 World Series DVD will be loaded with World Series action game by game as well as highlights from the American League Championship Series., National League Championship Series., American League Division Series? and National League Division Series?, the official trophy presentation and clubhouse celebration. The 2007 World Series DVD will also present exclusive interviews and intimate moments with players and coaches, allowing fans to look inside the clubhouse during the postseason run of their favorite club and players. The complete story of the Fall Classic?, featuring all of the excitement, drama and life-changing moments, will be here in the official 2007 World Series DVD release from Shout! Factory and Major League Baseball Productions. BONUS FEATURES: ALDS? & ALCS? clinching moments or NLDS? & NLCS? clinching moments World Series Final Out and Celebration World Series Trophy Presentation
More Like It 2007-12-31
With the well-noted similarities between the 2004 and 2007 Red Sox seasons (the now-customary season-long battle with the Yankees for divisional supremacy; a cruise through the first round of playoffs, followed by a nail-biter comeback from the cusp of elimination in the second round; a four-game WS sweep), it is fitting that the 2007 World Series highlight film closely resembles the layout of that from three years ago. It once again takes the form of a slickly produced anamorphic feature with a glossy cinematic look and a celebrity Sox fan narrator (Matt Damon, pleasant of voice and assured with the text, replacing 2004's drier Dennis Leary). Though a committed Red Sox fan, I would prefer a return to the "nonpartisan" World Series videos of years past, those which were more documentary than bouquet to the fans of the winners. But one must accept the thing that has been done and evaluate how well it has been done. On that level, this is a considerable improvement on the 2004 DVD, which I felt unfairly slighted the St. Louis Cardinals and their stellar season. Its sins were not just of omission, either: it was full of pretentious, overblown imagery (ominous shots of an empty Fenway, then a quick close-up of a player looking as though about to deliver a major policy address, then a longer shot of the same player leaning on his bat, then speeded-up footage of clouds in the sky, then more aerial footage of empty seats...one might be forgiven for wondering if Diane Chambers had returned to Cheers to assemble a new director's cut of "Manchild In Beantown"). It also spent a significant amount of time taking us through Boston's spring training and regular season, which would have been welcome had the coverage of the historic ALCS not been so badly rushed and bungled. Thinking back on it, I still wonder how anyone could assemble a highlights video of that postseason and not even mention in passing those two crucial reversed calls in Game 6, especially Alex Rodriguez's "slap seen around the world."
Someone seems to have learned from past mistakes, always an encouraging sign. The current video, as indicated above, follows the 2004 blueprint to a stronger finished product, one that will do the job for anyone wanting a souvenir of this postseason, but not badly enough to shell out for the box set containing the uncut 2007 World Series and the final three Boston/Cleveland ALCS games. The Colorado Rockies and their astounding late-season/postseason surge are respectfully treated, and their manager and selected players are welcome participants in the talking-head interstitial segments along with expected Boston luminaries: Francona, Schilling, Lowell, Papelbon, Varitek, Okajima (in Japanese, with interpreter), et al. Manny Ramirez, David Ortiz, and especially the well-nigh-unhittable staff ace Josh Beckett are much missed for their perspectives here, but their on-field heroics are well represented, as are the electrifying series performances of rookies Jacoby Ellsbury and Dustin Pedroia. There is also footage I had not seen before: clowning among players in preparation for one of the games ("Now don't say anything stupid, because I'm miked!" followed by an animated discussion of...clothing); Manny Ramirez exchanging sincere pregame pleasantries and congratulations with one of the Rockies. All that one can say against these vignettes are that they are too few and too brief.
The game of baseball has been going through one of its occasional strings of dark days as I write this, with intensified allegations of steroid use calling into question the accomplishments of numerous players of stature. Those of us who follow stats and standings passionately and endure offseasons impatiently can comfort ourselves with the knowledge that these ugly periods for the game (like labor disputes, collusion, segregation, and gambling scandals) are there to be gotten through, and will be. While the 2007 World Series, like the 2004, had just a whiff of anticlimax to it, as often is the case in sweep years, it already is getting easier to imagine nostalgia for Autumn 2007 baseball, a time when Coco Crisp and Royce Clayton puzzled over the protocols of a free taco, and A-Rod and his agent had news that just could not wait, and George Steinbrenner exercised his usual restraint in very publicly "motivating" Joe Torre, and an overcaffeinated Dane Cook saturated every commercial break with his gospel of "Oc-TO-ber!" and Boston thrilled its fans by doing something remarkable and familiar, and Colorado thrilled its fans by doing something remarkable and new. This DVD, in a trim and tidy package, captures a little of the flavor of its moment for posterity.
World Series Films Are What They Are. 
2007-12-28
Overall, this is a very enjoyable watch. You might complain that there are no complete games included but that's not what these highlight reels are about. To me, that's a whole 'nother product.
Matt Damon does a pretty good job on the voice-over and the highlights are pretty comprehensive - going back through the play-offs (though a few more minutes on the ALCS might have been nice). The "extras" were good - not great. My only annoyance was hearing that idiot Glenn Geffner's voice on a couple of calls here and there.
Now, it doesn't cover the Regular Season like the NESN version will, I'm sure, and the time spent touting the Rockies just before the start of the World Series highlights seemed a tad long to me (but it's a national product and maybe their fans will want to buy it too) but If I had to choose, I'd still pick this dvd over that one titled "Champions Again". I was rather disappointed with the amount of talking heads and NESN personalities (I could do without Tina Cervasio) in their version. Anyway, most Sox fans will buy both.
Enjoy.
It doesn't get any better! 2007-12-26
I've already watched this 3 times! It is a great way to relive a perfect year, and Matt Damon does a wonderful job narrating with the lovely sounds of the Dropkick Murphys resounding in the background. Dance on Papelbon & let's do it again next year. GO SOX!
Red Sox win big 2007-12-23
Of course it's always exciting when your team wins, but when the Red Sox won some of those games wholehandedly, there wasn't much drama to this years Series. I do like how they focused a bit more on the opposing team prior to the start of the Series. Usually, there will be a little snip-it about how they got there. This year, they went into pretty good detail (about 5-10 minutes) on how the Rockies made the World Series. While still a Red Sox movie, Rockies fans may appreciate the piece put together for their team.
