by happycamel » Jul 28th, '11, 19:43
hey there everyone!
i not long ago bought John Bannon's bullet party, however looked around for a review and found none, so im going to share my opinion to hopefully help anyone else out there who is wondering about this dvd.
first of all is it worth the £25-£30 price tag, and the answer to that is definitly! when i first opened the box and was presented with some cards and two dvds i was very excited to begin learning, and once it was on i was glued, literally watched the whole thing in one go! but my personal opinion is that this dvd is fantastic to the medium skilled cardioligist, this is not to say that a beginner couldnt learn this stuff, however it will take longer, because i specialise in card magic and love flourishes which are knuckle busting, coming across a dvd which achieves such wonderful effects with NO knuckle busting moves was definitly a nice change, and that is exactly what john wanted to and has achieved, a nice collection of visual magic which requires very little card magic experience. however some moves such as a very common type of count (trying not to give anything away) is not really explained, however im sure if this is an unfamiliar move that it can be learned from various free resources on the internet. and also the dvd does go at a fairly fast pace, but a little bit of rewinding is good for strengthening those finger & thumb muscles!
just to be clear not every trick on this dvd is for everyone, first time watching it i did skip the tut for one trick as it just wasnt my scene, however i have definetly found 3-4 tricks which i will be including in my routines.
so what im saying is john has included a little bit of everything for everyone, and anyone who buys this will definitly find something for them. it definitly helps to have experience in the card field, however is not necassary to have said experience, and anyone whom has difficulty with any of the moves in this dvd, message me with the details of the move and i will reply with a video tut on said move! however will not be teaching entire ticks as this is john bannons job! im merely speaking of moves which arent taught in depth enough on this dvd.
ratings!:
tricks: 5star
teacher: 4star
satisfaction: 5star
dvd quality (including entertainment factor): 5star
hope i helped! and have fun with this dvd!