Most of the early videos are, how shall I say???...pretty basic.
That's actually what I like about the early ones, myself. They're just silly and fun, the guys goofing around. "Message in a Bottle" is probably my favorite, if just for Stewart nearly tripping himself with the chair at the end. I personally find the Syncronicity-era vids fairly boring and pretentious, and don't feel the urge to watch them nearly as much as the early ones like MIAB and So Lonely. I had the old videotape version of these vids and usually stopped watching the tape after "Every Little Thing..." I wish they'd put the red backdrop vids on the collection, though. I've only ever seen them off the AOL music video archive.
The video for Don't Stand 86 is just terrible. Horrible.
Definitely agree with that sentiment.
The Police in Montserrat is OK. The studio footage (which ended up as the videos) is the best. As are the jams with Jools Holland.
I really enjoyed the Montserrat section, if only because it made me feel horribly nostalgic--my mother and I actually went on a bit of a Police-pilgrimage to Montserrat in the late 80s, and seeing Jools touring around the island and the places I remembered made me miss the island something fierce. s