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Post by Weeping_Guitar on Nov 24, 2004 20:48:16 GMT -5
Well, I've been meaning to expand this little haven for a while and this has been at the top of my list. Not a greatly original idea, but I want to roll out a few things over time in this forum within a forum. I would like to maybe do another "greatest films" project next year, but we'll see. So post what you've aquired and you're reasons for doing so or comments about the products. The main reason I started this now is to worship this:  Perfection...........and I haven't even opened it yet. Seriously, though, I haven't read a review that hasn't uttered a phrase like "TV on DVD benchmarK". Also picked up during this expensive week:  Still one of the best films of the year and one of the best fantasty films in recent memory. Alfonso Cuaron injected needed innovation in this series that made the solid but pedestrian first 2 films seem even more so. If Warners would give us a more documentary over games DVD extras I'd really love it.  Why did I splurge for the deluxe set for this film that I liked but did not totally love? Well, Spielberg is my master. Mostly I thought the production design on this film is stunning and I wanted to see everything I coudl about it, this is a DVD I wanted for the extras as much as the film. I'm dissapointed that one has to buy this set with the soundtrack in order to get the extras, but I'm a sucker I guess. |
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Post by Adam on Nov 25, 2004 17:18:17 GMT -5
Bought these last week:
Gone With The Wind 4-disc set
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Vol. 3
Before Sunrise
I intend to purchase Harry Potter & The Prizoner of Azkaban, Spider-man 2 and the Ultimate Matrix Collectino within the next 2 weeks.
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Post by Weeping_Guitar on Nov 30, 2004 21:56:49 GMT -5
 I'm a sucker for these comic-book films, or really super hero themed things in general. The first Spider-man film I like but it wasn't quite the same once a person watched it again at home. This sequel, though, does not lesson watching it again. |
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Post by Adam on Dec 1, 2004 0:21:11 GMT -5
I agree; the first Spiderman has not held up with all of its attributes (some horrible dialogue, like the first conversation between Spidey and Goblin; and why the hell does Dafoe need a mask?).
But Spiderman 2 managed to hit all the right notes and I could watch it all the way through many times.
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Post by Thorngrub on Dec 1, 2004 10:35:06 GMT -5
Yeah I wouldn' t mind seeing 2 again. As for my next DVD-purchase, last I checked the shelves they had this one on sale for just $14.99:  I'm psyched to own this thing. I have (younger) friends who've never seen it. I can hardly wait to watch it with them. |
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Post by Ampage on Dec 1, 2004 10:35:30 GMT -5
I own exactly two DVD’s. One has music videos, and the other is “Chicago”. I learned not to waste my money after building up a decent video library and never watching any of them.
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Post by Adam on Dec 3, 2004 1:54:35 GMT -5
I bought Spider-man 2 and Doctor Zhivago (classic and cheap for $12) after a long ass day at work (reporting a Christmas parade in the freezing cold). I wonder how I'm gonna buy the Matrix box set, Harry Potter 3, Return of the King EE and God knows what else after I give my boss my 2 weeks notice...
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Post by Weeping_Guitar on Dec 4, 2004 14:27:53 GMT -5
Treated myself to some moderately priced, well regarded films on DVD today (all blind buys):  It will be the bargain of the year $10, right?  Grant, Kelly, Hitchcock.......I think I'm in love without seeing the film.  Grant, Hepburn.......the only thing missing is Hitchcock to make this fantastic, but maybe not. Another film I've wanted to see for some time. The great thing about Barnes and Noble is that they stock these cheaper releases of classic films that make it a no brainer to buy and then if you like them you can go back and pick up the better release of the films, in this case there is also a Criterion release. |
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Post by Kensterberg on Dec 4, 2004 15:14:23 GMT -5
Weeping -- both Charade and To Catch a Thief are fabulous films, and you may recall an earlier discussion (myself and JAC, I think) here on the merits of Once Upon a Time in the West. I prefer the Eastwood/Leone flicks, but this is still a great movie. Well worth ten bucks. You've got some great films there to get you through a couple of South Dakota nights there.
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Post by kats on Dec 5, 2004 5:54:37 GMT -5
weeping, as much as i strongly dislike mostnew speilberg movies, i did get the whole way through the terminal. however, i found about one quarter of the movie unnecessary and boring. i have been replacing a lot of videos, lately.  waiting for guffman- such a wonderful film from the makers of 'spinal tap', with guest starring as this absolutely hysterical gay theatre director in a small town. takes on amateur musical theatre whilst having a stab at small town patriotism. loved it. and a beckett quote to boot!  frasier- series two also have season one, but haven't gotten around to buying season three. i absolutely adore this show, and this season demonstrates how clever and well it is created.  lost in translation-a nice film, didn't really live up to my expectations, quite possibly because i was expecting too much.  fight club-i think i must be the only person under twenty who didn't already own this on dvd.  annie hall-i like woody allen. i know how incredibly unpopular that is at the moment, but i love his films.  natural born killers- replacing video.  the castle- an australian classic. i do not have this edition, instead, i have the pool room edition, which is covered in felt. i think this film would be entirely unfunny to any one other than australians. as dodgy a film as they come.  i have rediscovered family guy, which was only shown up late over here. i sat down for an entire weekend and watched series one in one sitting. it had me almost wetting my pants. series one and two.   the adventures of priscilla queen of the desert- another australian classic that i bought because its something easy and light to watch when youre in a bad mood. amazing costune designs. |
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Post by Weeping_Guitar on Dec 5, 2004 8:03:48 GMT -5
weeping, as much as i strongly dislike mostnew speilberg movies, i did get the whole way through the terminal. however, i found about one quarter of the movie unnecessary and boring. Excess length has been the main problem for Spielberg last two films, this one and Catch Me If You Can. It was easier for the first film to overcome these problems because Spielberg really knew where the story was going, but you can tell on The Terminal that he probably wasn't sure how to handle the whole arc, which is probably why there was 2 endings shot. Sadly the unused one isn't on the DVD so we can at least see what could have happened. lost in translation-a nice film, didn't really live up to my expectations, quite possibly because i was expecting too much. I had a little bit of this problem right away too but found that when I went back to it after a while with lowered expectations it really hit me. fight club-i think i must be the only person under twenty who didn't already own this on dvd. count me as number 2. I have yet to see the film. annie hall-i like woody allen. i know how incredibly unpopular that is at the moment, but i love his films. I have this taped off Turner Classics and just need to find time to watch. i have rediscovered family guy, which was only shown up late over here. i sat down for an entire weekend and watched series one in one sitting. it had me almost wetting my pants. series one and two. I have the first Volume with Seasons 1 & 2 and I don't find them near as rewatchable as Futurama or The Simpsons. I'll probably get Season 3 eventually but the show is too gag reliant to be classic I think. Maybe I need to revisit since it has been a while. |
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Post by Kensterberg on Dec 5, 2004 19:04:58 GMT -5
Hmm, if you watch Lost in Translation expecting a great movie (which is what the reviewers all said it was), you're disapointed ... but if you go in expecting a mediocre or bad film, you come out thinking it was better than you expected? Doesn't say much for the film, IMHO. Easily the most overrated film (and disapointing) film of the current decade in my experience.
Loved Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (in fact, my mastiff is properly named "Mabel, Princess of the Desert" partially in honor of this flick), and Waiting for Guffman. Fight Club was also an underwhelming experience for me. And as unpopular as he may be right now, and as much as I think that Woody Allen is the second most overrated director of the last half-century (right behind Kubrick), Annie Hall is indeed sheer unadulterated genius. Genius.
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Post by kats on Dec 6, 2004 4:27:04 GMT -5
i think films that rely heavily on dialogue can be grouped into to groups, one- absolutely shit, two- absolutely fantastic. count in the fantastic group annie hall. other woody allen films i have really enjoyed- manhatten murder mystery (which i enjoyed more than manhatten), deconstructing harry and everybody says i love you. there have been many disappointments, but i could be counted amongst his fans. oh, and i loved mighty aprhodite. i watched it whilst studying oedupus rex-- needless to say, it had me in stitches. i can't stand watching a woody allen movie with people who have learnt the 'marrying his daughter' tory before they have even seen a film. trust me, watching a film with twenty people commenting on the tendencies shown in the film is quite irritating! not to mention the countless journalism my university churns out about it. groan. weeps, i agree with you completely on the terminal. it was watchable, just too long. but i fucking hated the ending, but we've been through this. spielberg endings are all the same, and i really don't like them  lost in translation...well, i absolutely adored the virgin suicides, but also loved the book to begin with. i loved coppola's subtley, which is not something often adopted in new hollywood films. i thought it was beautiful, and i had so many memorable images stuck in my head for a while after. lost in translation may have served that purpose for people not famaliar with japan, i guess. it was nice, but no virgin suicides. beautiful moments. thats what coppola is for me, i guess. waiting for guffman is my little known gem at the moment. everyone i know has seen best in show and spinal tap, but only a few have seen guffman. having done some local theatre, there were so many famaliar characters. eugene levy and parker posy and catherine o'hara had me in absolute stitches. |
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Post by Adam on Dec 6, 2004 12:38:38 GMT -5
I just bought a DVD copy of the 1983 British short film adaptation of The Wind in the Willows. I remember seeing this when I was 8 at a babysitter's house. I've been looking for it for quite a while now.
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Post by Thorngrub on Dec 7, 2004 16:28:17 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]on 12/05/2004 at 05:54:37, kats wrote: fight club-i think i must be the only person under twenty who didn't already own this on dvd. count me as number 2. I have yet to see the film. [/glow]  Too bad you missed the 911/split. By that I mean, too bad you didn't see it when it originally came out (before 911); and too bad you didn't get a chance to corroborate that experience after 911. Because FIGHT CLUB is the single movie in my memory which truly becomes even more disturbing after 911. So when you finally sit back to experience the movie everyone talked about - (one of the few movies I can honestly say deserves every accolade piled upon it) - be sure to keep it in mind that it was originally released in 1999, when September Eleventh did not even exist yet. It remains, to this day, one of the greatest movies I've ever sat through. Don't put it off too much longer, weeping~! |
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