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Post by maarts on Dec 9, 2004 6:42:16 GMT -5
Picked up today:
* Lord Of The Rings Special Castle Edition (plus bonus playing cards)
* The Akira Kurosawa Samurai Boxset, containing The Seven Samurai, the Hidden Fortress, Yojimbo and Sanjuro.
* The Shawshank Redemption
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Post by Thorngrub on Dec 9, 2004 11:38:03 GMT -5
Very nice. In particular each and every one of em.
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Post by Weeping_Guitar on Dec 9, 2004 19:23:44 GMT -5
 Watched this last night, and it was that much better after I had now seen the first film when watching it. There is never a tension-less moment and it's quite intense and emotional. The constant hand-held camera work wasn't as distracting this time around and it's still amazing to see this cast do it's thing. It can't be undervalued how this film never wastes time and gets everything done in a very timely fashion, movies are getting increasingly too long. |
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Post by Adam on Dec 10, 2004 18:45:28 GMT -5
Picked up The Matrix box set Wednesday and I'm still plowing through that monster. The supplements appear to be wide-ranging and well-produced and the first film's transfer is quite stunning...
I also picked up two used titles, both of which were steals: Monty Python's Life of Brian (Criterion DVD) and The Right Stuff: Special Editon. ;D
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Post by kats on Dec 13, 2004 6:30:12 GMT -5
bought the harry potter box set...because i'm lame like that. great escapism, however.
big fish on dvd, which is absolutely adored, and the best movie i have watched in a LONG time.
and futurama series three on a whim.
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Post by Thorngrub on Dec 13, 2004 11:26:53 GMT -5
man that matrix set looks awesome. DVD Scores Over The Weekend: This is the Tom Savini -directed version, released in 1990. Gotta love the zombie-realism in this one. Good pacing, acting not bad. Features a nice twist to the original ending.  This is the Special Edition -- features widescreen original presentation + bonus features, it's a must-have for my collection, I mean c'mon, this is it, the movie that started it all. Sam Raimi is tha man.  Had to have it. All told these 3 cost me $30. So there went my $30 I got from my Mom for Xmas.  |
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Post by Adam on Dec 16, 2004 21:58:42 GMT -5
Bought The Return of the King Extended Edition and Collateral Tuesday.
The local Hastings store had a "buy one get another for 1 cent" on their previously viewed DVDs, so I could get copies of Angels in America and The Dreamers and not feel guilty about it. ;D
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Post by Thorngrub on Dec 17, 2004 11:37:18 GMT -5
Dude just think of what you could've done with that cent.
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Post by Adam on Dec 19, 2004 21:05:26 GMT -5
My cent, my choice.  Friday night, I finally found a copy of Richard Linklater's Slacker (Criterion DVD) and Assault on Precinct 13. Worth every cent.. (and that Precinct 13 remake looks atrocious)  |
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Post by Weeping_Guitar on Dec 19, 2004 22:00:56 GMT -5
 I've had this on widescreen VHS for some time and wasn't going to buy the el-cheapo version. I had some extra money, finally splurged for the Criterion release.  It was a blind buy for $7.50. I was pretty satisfied.  You have to block off half a day to watch this thing, I've yet to find the time. Maybe it's just overload, but I'd have never let Fellowship sit around for a few days like this and probably not Towers. ROTK's theatrical cut had obvious edits that were distracting for the narrative of the second half (sadly they were probably cut b/c of Jackson's added and unneeded character tangents in the first half) and I hope this fixes those problems. As necessary as it is to present a story like this in a project this large, it's still a long friggin' set of movies. |
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Post by Weeping_Guitar on Dec 25, 2004 17:59:15 GMT -5
For xmas:  "Strangers on a Train," "North by Northwest," "Dial M For Murder," "Foreign Correspondent" "Suspicion," "The Wrong Man," "Stage Fright," "I Confess" and "Mr. and Mrs. Smith." The only one I've seen is North by Northwest, which I already own, but this is such a nice looking set I had to have it, even though I'm sure most of the titles in this are second tier Hitchcock.  Completes my Coen collection on DVD. |
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Post by Adam on Dec 26, 2004 22:30:08 GMT -5
Christmas presents:
Harry Potter & The Prizoner of Azkaban
The West Wing: Season 3
Star Trek: Generations (I asked for either VI or this and I sure as hell didn't want V)
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Post by Mary on Dec 26, 2004 23:50:54 GMT -5
Strangers on a Train is absolutely not second-tier Hitchcock... shit, on some days, it's probably my favorite Hitchcock movie ever! I also saw The Wrong Man recently at the Museum for the Moving Image in Queens - I had never even heard of it before - and was really surprised with how good it was, for a relatively unknown Hitchcock movie - it had a kind of surreal, absurdist, Kafka thing going that I really appreciated. In any case, that collection is a fabulous xmas present - nice haul weeping!  Cheers, M
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Post by Weeping_Guitar on Dec 27, 2004 9:35:39 GMT -5
Strangers on a Train is absolutely not second-tier Hitchcock... shit, on some days, it's probably my favorite Hitchcock movie ever! I also saw The Wrong Man recently at the Museum for the Moving Image in Queens - I had never even heard of it before - and was really surprised with how good it was, for a relatively unknown Hitchcock movie - it had a kind of surreal, absurdist, Kafka thing going that I really appreciated. and North by Northwest (which is arguably the greatest thriller ever made) will not disspoint, at least by reputation, but I'm going to go into the rest with reserved expectations so I can be surprised. I can now say that Dial M For Murder certainly turned out well. One of Hitch's least ambitious films of the 50s but so competantly done in his style that it's really fun to watch. Great performances, especialy Grace Kelly (*swoon*). |
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Post by Thorngrub on Dec 27, 2004 12:15:05 GMT -5
Raising Arizona will always remain my favorite Coen Bros release. (If only for its inspired, zany humor balanced out by a growing sense of wonder & achievement) IN short, an epic worthy of any dvd collection. The DVD I got for Xmas:  A stellar live performance of Opeth at Shepherd's Bush Empire. Able to be appreciated by anyone with ears to lend. Plain, hard evidence that this band is one of the Greats in heavy rock music. |
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