The DVD Thread

[Buscemi]

This is a thread related to anything DVD: titles that you've purchased, collections to show off, best and worst DVD's, anything. And to kick things off, a list of DVD's that I got recently.

For Christmas:
Wall-E (3-disc with digital copy)

From Entertainmart (a local store that sells new and used DVD's, CD's and games):
Dumb and Dumber (Unrated) $5.99
Hard Candy $3.99
Total Recall (Special Edition) $2.99
Bad Boys II (2-disc) $2.99
Rush Hour $2.99
L.A. Confidential (2-disc with bonus CD) $5.99

From Blockbuster:
Death Sentence (Unrated)
Notes From A Scandal
Bug
Bobby (Blockbuster Exclusive Edition)
Deliver Us From Evil
Rescue Dawn
Total: $20 (two "3 for $10" deals)

From Best Buy:
Tommy Boy (2-disc) $6.99
Up In Smoke (Special Edition) $6.99
Knocked Up (Unrated 2-disc) $6.99- marked down from $24.99
Airplane (Don't Call Me Shirley Edition) $4.99

From Target:
Commando (Director's Cut) $5.50
Speed (Special Edition) $5.50
Robocop (20th Anniversary Edition) $5.50
Raging Bull (Special Edition) $5.50

[Buscemi]

I was kind of hoping this would work but it doesn't look like it.

Meanwhile, here is my (incomplete) listing of owned DVD's:

http://damntheseloginnames.dvdaf.com/

I hope that everyone shares their DVD's as well.

[becs]

I honestly don't purchase enough dvds to really add much, but I will compile a list of what I *do* own if it's of interests - here is what I can remember off the top of my head:

TV:
Sex In The City (S1-6)
Nip/Tuck (S1 & 2)
Coupling (S1-3)

Movies (no particular order):
Hackers
Gia
Life or Something Like it
Girl, Interrupted
Taking Lives
300
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Little Black Book
Office Space
High Fidelity
Serendipity
Chocolat
Sleepy Hollow
Batman Begins
Swing Kids
Once
Romeo + Juliet
10 Things I Hate About You
Final Fantasy: Advent Children
Titan AE
The Holiday
Love Actually

[undeadmonkey]

I recently was given The Dark Knight and Prince Caspian on Blu-Ray. Another friend gave me TDK in standard dvd too, so I gave that one away. I've been meaning to get Wanted. Oh and I was also given Friends Season 4.

I'll list my collection later, but im sure that it'll be one of the smaller collections here.

[mfrendo]

I got a blu-ray for xmas, so started buying some of those...I got The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford for xmas, then bought The Aviator and Letters from Iwo Jima after, and currently have Unforgiven coming via Amazon. I also got the standard DVD's for Once, The Films of Kenneth Anger Vol. 2, and Possible Films: The Short Films of Hal Hartley.

Looking to get Natural Born Killers on Blu-ray, but so far they only have the regular edition and no directors cut available, so I may wait...

[Shrykespeare]

The only movies I buy (or ask for) on DVD are movies I give a (high) 9 or a 10, which only amounts to four or five titles per year.

For Xmas, I got Wall-E and Dark Knight, will soon be getting Eagle Eye, and am contemplating getting Horton Hears a Who and Death Race.

My wife got Mamma Mia! AND made me sit through it. Oh, my heads...

[transformers2]

i got Iron Man,I Am Legend,Spider-Man 2 and Wanted for X-mas bought Grandma's Boy,The Rundown and Death Race the day after xmas.

[numbersix_99]

Hmm, maybe we should create a separate thread for our favourite DVD extra.

anyway, I had a spreadsheet of my DVDs but my PC died two weeks ago. While I'm waiting for it to be fixed, for Christmas I got the following

Life of Brian 2-disc edition (Finally!)
Lust, Caution
Ed Wood
Sunset Boulevaard
The Stanley Kubrick Remastered Collection (I had them all already but wanted the cool extras)

My partner is away for the holidays so I'm expecting some more dvd delights shortly

[silversurfer19]

For Christmas I received from Santa:

8mm
The Apartment
Blade Runner (5 Disc Ultimate Edition)
Insomnia (the original)
The League Of Gentlemen Series 2
Panic Room
The Postman Always Rings Twice
A Room For Romeo Brass
The United States Of Leland

Dammit I was sure I was gonna get TDK. Have to go out and get it myself now.... Damn you Santa. Damn you to hell!!!!

By the way, I have issued a rule for entering my house. Anybody who utters the words Mamma Mia, or sings one note, is formally kicked out on their ass. I have been shining my shoes in anticipation.

[geezer9687]

For Christmas I got:
The Dark Knight
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Goodfellas (haven't watched it yet)
Batman Begins
Juno
The Sandlot (finally converted)
Good Will Hunting
Thank You for Smoking
The Lion King
and an Old VHS copy of Dr. Strangelove from my Grandmother because I said I wanted to see it.

[johnErle]

Blade Runner (5 Disc Ultimate Edition)

That should be good for about five years until someone discovers three more frames of unicorn footage and they release the 8-disc How Much Money You Got Left? Edition

[johnErle]

I usually keep this list with me at all times because you never know when you're going to find a good bargain and I hate it when I can't remember if I own a DVD or not.

I rarely pay more than $10 for a DVD, and when I see DVDs for $5 or less I often take a chance on movies I haven't seen, which helps explain a few movies I'm slighty embarressed to admit I own.

Atonement
A Perfect World
A Shot In The Dark
Airplane!
Alien Nation
An American Werewolf In London
Barton Fink
Batman Begins
Beyond The Sea
Big
Blood Work
Body Heat
Bugsy
Bull Durham
Catch Me If You Can
Charlotte Gray
Constantine
Dark City
Dark Water
De-Lovely
Diamonds Are Forever
Dragonslayer
Edward Scissorhands
Eight Men Out
Election
Fargo
Fatal Attraction
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Four Weddings And A Funeral
From Russia With Love
Godfather 1 & 2
Hitchcock Thrillers (x3)
Hot Shots!
I, Robot
Into The Night
L.A. Story
Larry Sanders Show: Season 1
Lord Of The Rings: Extended Trilogy
Margaret's Museum
Master & Commander
Mean Streets
Misery
Missippi Burning
Monty Python: Life Of Brian
Monty Python: Life Of Python
Monty Python: Live!
Monty Python: The Meaning Of Life
Moonraker
Munich
No Way Out
Open Water
Outland
Punch
Quiz Show
Raging Bull
Rob Roy
Rocky
Rosemary's Baby
Se7en
Shallow Grave
Shaun Of The Dead
Sideways
Simon & Simon: Season 1
Singles
Solaris (Soderbergh)
Star Trek: 1-10
Syriana
The Abyss
The Aviator
The Falcon And The Snowman
The Interpreter
The Legend Of Hell House
The Living Daylights
The Naked Gun!
The Name Of The Rose
The Princess Bride
The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Truth About Cats And Dogs
The Upside Of Anger
Thunderball
Tomorrow Never Dies
War Of The Roses
War Of The Worlds (Spielberg)
When Harry Met Sally
Withnail & I
Wyatt Earp
X-Files: Fight The Future
X-Men Trilogy
You Only Live Twice
Zodiac

[Buscemi]

I was going to get the five-disc Blade Runner from Best Buy but they only had the four-disc so I got what I ended up getting.

So my latest purchases:

At Big Lots:
Hellboy: Director's Cut (three-disc) $3.00 (yes, I found an out-of-print set that usually costs at least $30 for $3.00)
An American Werewolf In London (Special Edition) $3.00
Action: The Complete Series $3.00 (I really liked this show when it first aired and it sucks that Fox didn't ever give it a chance)

At Target:
Spaceballs (Special Edition) $5.50
The Full Monty (Special Edition) $5.50
The Commitments (Special Edition) $5.50
Family Guy Volume 6 $14.99

And I think my spending spree is at a close. Until the next big sale of used DVD's and rare titles at low prices comes around.

[leestu]

I got a blu-ray for xmas, so started buying some of those...I got The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford for xmas, then bought The Aviator and Letters from Iwo Jima after, and currently have Unforgiven coming via Amazon. I also got the standard DVD's for Once, The Films of Kenneth Anger Vol. 2, and Possible Films: The Short Films of Hal Hartley.

Looking to get Natural Born Killers on Blu-ray, but so far they only have the regular edition and no directors cut available, so I may wait...

That sounds interesting. One of my favourite underrated directors.

I have been meaning to get around to listing all my DVDs for ages. You have just given me a reason to actually DO IT. Thanks Buscemi. Give me a little bit of time and I'll post. In the meantime the DVDs I was given for Xmas were :-
Sweeney Todd : The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street (movie only - no extras at all )
Spiderman 3 - 2 disc edition (truthfully speaking it was the kids who got this, but we keep a family collection - we don't separate ownership of DVDs in our family)
Saw IV
The Dead Zone - Season 1

Watched the first 2 so far.

[silversurfer19]

Blade Runner (5 Disc Ultimate Edition)

That should be good for about five years until someone discovers three more frames of unicorn footage and they release the 8-disc How Much Money You Got Left? Edition

Well, I haven't paid a cent on any of the previous dvds, and got this for Christmas, so I'm not out of pocket. I'd been waiting for years for this release, and I'm very pleased to finally have it.

I'll try to get around to posting my dvds on here, but I have around about 400 dvds here in NZ, with probably a similar amount still back in the UK. I can't remember exactly what titles I have back in the UK though....

[BanksIsDaFuture]

For X-Mas/B-Day:

Kung Fu Panda 2 Disc
The Dark Knight steelbook
Tropic Thunder 2 disc
Step Brothers 2 disc
The Incredibles 2 disc (for some reason, I never buy animated movies on my own. I think its because they're never cheap. I mean, I can find Antz for $5, but The Lion King 2 disc? The Toy Story 2pack? Those things are never cheap, even used.)

Purchased in the last month or so:

The Babysitters (blind buy from Wal-Mart for $10)
Planet Terror 2 disc, $7.50 from Target
Almost Famous SE, $5 from Wal-Mart
Sold Out: A Threevening with Kevin Smith, full price the day it came out
Atonement
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Lars & The Real Girl
Walk Hard SE
(4 for $20 from Blockbuster)


All WS, of course

Now....who will be the first to post pictures of their entire collection? I'll take some updated ones tomorrow after work.

[Buscemi]

The reason why you never see Disney animated films for cheap (unless they're the bad DTV sequels) is that it's a collector's market and the collectors will pay top dollar for those titles. In fact, I wonder how much an original DVD of Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs could sell (I bought one used in 2003 for $14.99, the DVD is out-of-print but a new version is coming in 2009/2010 so I may sell it and upgrade). Same with a 2003 Sleeping Beauty DVD (bought that the same day new for $16.99, want to upgrade to the new one with the wider aspect ratio and the John Lassiter commentary).

[geezer9687]

I've always been pissed off about this. I hate buying movies for more than $10. I rarely ever do. But Disney Classics are always 20 bucks, if you can even find them. Because you are right, people will buy them. They are collector's items. Its so unfair to the consumers, but Disney is out to make money and they are very good at it. I hate it, but that's the way of the world. Glad my gf got me the Lion King 2-Disc for Christmas, and she had to get it on Ebay

[Buscemi]

I actually got all three of them when they first came out. I had a Disney kick at the time and own at least twenty of the films in the Disney Animated Features canon, many of them in their original releases. However, I'll need to upgrade some of those.

[Mannix2121]

I think I made a pretty good haul for christmas! Here's what I got:

Adaptation
Taxi Driver
Rosemary's Baby
30 Days of Night
Suicide Club
Newsies
Zathura (Say what you will about this one, but it's one of my guilty pleasures! )

[MisterInformative]

Aren't Disney DVDs always expensive because they use the 'vault,' or whatever the hell they call it? Release stuff for a limited time only, or really restrict the number of copies available?

My additions to my collection over Christmas / my birthday:

Hancock 2-disc
Atonement
21
Iron Man
The Italian Job
Jarhead

[Buscemi]

I just got:

Bean/Johnny English Double Feature $3.99
Suspect Zero (widescreen) $2.99
The Ice Harvest (widescreen) $2.99
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines (widescreen) $2.99

Now I have all three Terminator movies.

[JackO]

Good thread.


I picked up Tropic Thunder, Kung Fu Panda, and Indy and the Temple of Doom at the Blockbuster bargain bin.

I did pick up Wall-E and The Dark Knight early on though.

[Buscemi]

Did you get the director's cut of Tropic Thunder? And if so, tell us what the new ending is (as it may be known, I was wanting a more downbeat ending and even created a new ending on the old forum).

[MisterInformative]

If one of Tropic Thunder's goals was to satirize Hollywood in general, don't you think the 'tie everything up neatly' ending might be purposeful?

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