Criss Angel Believe
This post was published Wednesday June 24, 2009 filled under life.
A friend of mine that works in the stage crew offered me a couple tickets for the Criss Angel Believe show at the Luxor yesterday. I’ve herd nothing but bad reviews about the show but the tickets were free I figured I’d see it for my self. My first Cirque du Soleil experience was sadly a disappointment, I don’t think the show was as terrible as people have made it out to be but I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone, especially when you can go see other cirque shows for the same price, that are much better.
My first impressions were good, the classic theater looked great, the inspired costumes, machines, and artwork are amazing. However; the story line was difficult to follow, the cirque performance was nothing spectacular, there were no “oohs” or “aahs”, and it was easy to see right through all the so-called illusions. The faked “accident” in the beginning of the show was just ridiculous. The trap door effects were really starting to get old and Criss’ magic tricks (the pigeon out of the sleeve) were cliched.
I was entertained during the show and I did appreciate getting to see the show for my self (especially for free). I did notice a lot of other disappointed people as I left the theater, many people talking amongst each other saying they didn’t like it at all and lots of negative feedback. Even when you do a Google search for Criss Angel Believe reviews you get nothing but negative criticism, I’m surprised Cirque hasn’t dropped the show since all the other Cirque shows have a great reputation.