Re: The DVD Thread

by **Buscemi** Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:22 am

I thought the film was supposed to show what Hollywood is really like and therefore I felt that a happy ending was too artificial and didn't fit the tone of the film. Plus, most of the characters are real assholes and by the end you want them to get their just desserts.

by mfrendo Mon Jan 05, 2009 12:31 pm

I was able to get the Commitments for $5.50 at Target (which someone else above did as well, I think it was Busc, but may be mistaken), which was awesome considering the only other place here that had it was charging $23.99. I also ordered Serenity and Flags of our Fathers on Blu Ray from Amazon.

by leestu Mon Jan 05, 2009 2:10 pm

My latest bargain buys were Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story for $9.95, and Baadasssss! for $1.00.

by **Buscemi** Mon Jan 05, 2009 2:12 pm

mfrendo wrote:I was able to get the Commitments for $5.50 at Target (which someone else above did as well, I think it was Busc, but may be mistaken), which was awesome considering the only other place here that had it was charging $23.99. I also ordered Serenity and Flags of our Fathers on Blu Ray from Amazon.

That was me.

by **silversurfer19** Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:31 pm

Yesterday we did our bank accounts some damage and bought:

Dark City
Cloverfield
Russian Dolls
A Life Less Ordinary
How To Make An American Quilt (the wife's choice, I went along with it just so I could perve at Winona for another couple of hours...)
Heavenly Creatures
La Vie En Rose
The City Of Lost Children

by Donte77 Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:15 pm

silversurfer19 wrote:Yesterday we did our bank accounts some damage and bought:

Dark City
The City Of Lost Children

That is some dark gritty sci-fi-gooey goodness there.

by **silversurfer19** Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:17 pm

I do like the dark gritty sci-fi gooey goodness. Accompanied by a hot chocolate and a Yorkie bar.

by Donte77 Fri Jan 09, 2009 12:15 am

What's a Yorkie Bar? Razz

I like my sci-fi goodness with vodka. Smile

by NSpan Fri Jan 09, 2009 4:35 am

lol.. even in his choice of candy, surfer needs to reaffirm his masculinity to the world

we got Dark City: Director's Cut on bluray from netflix.. prolly watch it tonight.. haven't seen the directors cut yet.. but the movie's a classic.. (i cite it often when arguing that the Matrix is nothing but derivative gobbledygook)

and, despite all of its flaws, City of Lost Children is damn fun to watch

by numbersix_99 Fri Jan 09, 2009 5:15 am

Donte77 wrote:What's a Yorkie Bar?

I do pity you Americans sometimes.

by NSpan Fri Jan 09, 2009 5:23 am

numbersix_99 wrote:
Donte77 wrote:What's a Yorkie Bar?

I do pity you Americans sometimes.

yeah, we're really missing candy that comes in a "Raisin & Biscuit" flavor

by **geezer9687** Fri Jan 09, 2009 5:28 am

In the words of Peter Griffin: "Yuck"

by **Buscemi** Fri Jan 09, 2009 6:35 am

I don't mind there being biscuit (in British English, that's a cookie), but raisin? Maybe in a cookie but in a candy bar, no way.

by **silversurfer19** Fri Jan 09, 2009 7:00 am

Actually, the Raisin and Cookie part is just a branch of the Yorkie family tree. There are a number of different varieties. However, nothing compares to the original. The original is just pure chocolate, thick and chunky creamy goodness. Best eaten when slightly chilled as it gives it that extra bite. And it does help improve my masculinity too. You should try some NSpan, I'm sure your gf would appreciate it, especially after what she has had to put up with so far.

by NSpan Fri Jan 09, 2009 7:16 am

silversurfer19 wrote:You should try some NSpan, I'm sure your gf would appreciate it

another tidbit of wisdom from the great Surfer: girls dig dudes who eat lots of chocolate. good tip!

by **silversurfer19** Fri Jan 09, 2009 7:29 am

NSpan wrote:
silversurfer19 wrote:You should try some NSpan, I'm sure your gf would appreciate it
another tidbit of wisdom from the great Surfer: girls dig dudes who eat lots of chocolate. good tip!

No problem, I'll add it to your tab.

by JackO Fri Jan 09, 2009 8:42 am

I ordered Mamma Mia! for my mom and The Dark Knight Special Edition for my dad as late Christmas presents. I also ordered Sex and the City Movie for my sister's birthday later this month. I also got a steal - 2 Disc of the The Host for 7 bucks.

by NSpan Fri Jan 09, 2009 1:57 pm

JackO wrote:2 Disc of the The Host for 7 bucks.

nice!

by numbersix_99 Sat Jan 17, 2009 4:52 am

My DVD collection, as of today

MOVIES

1 Vertigo
2 Groundhog Day
3 Raging Bull
4 Fight Club
5 Monty Python's Holy Grail
6 Predator
7 Lawrence of Arabia
8 The Royal Tenebaums
9 Lost Highway
10 Dr. Strangelove
11 His Girl Friday
12 Citizen Kane
13 Midnight Cowboy
14 Donnie Darko
15 Pulp Fiction
16 Once Upon a Time in the West
17 Once Upon a Time in America
18 The Godfather
19 The Godfather Part 2
20 The Godfather Part 3
21 24 Hour Party People
22 Eraserhead
23 The Marriage of Maria Braun
24 Lola
25 Veronica Voss
26 I Don't Just Want You to Love Me
27 Shame
28 Persona
29 The Serpeant's Egg
30 Hour of the Wolf
31 The Passion of Anna
32 Kill Bill Part 1
33 American Splendour
34 One flew Over the cuckoo's Nest
35 City of God
36 The Crying Game
37 Annie Hall
38 Zelig
39 Deconstructing Harry
40 The Purple Rose of Cairo
41 Hell in the Pacific
42 Miller's Crossing
43 The Big Lebowski
44 Barton Fink
45 Blood Simple
46 The Hudsucker Proxy
47 Brazil
48 In the Mood for Love
49 The Battle of Algiers
50 Zatoichi
51 Hana-Bi
52 The Elephant Man
53 Blue Velvet
54 Adaptation
55 The Last Emperor
56 King of Comedy
57 The Conversation
58 Rebecca
59 Rear Window
60 Rope
61 Paris, Texas
62 The Terminator
63 Taxi Driver
64 8 1/2
65 Sex and Lucia
66 Apocalypse Now
67 Pi
68 Night of the Hunter
69 The Third Man
70 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
71 2001
72 A Clockwork Orange
73 Full Metal Jacket
74 The Shining
75 Eyes Wide Shut
76 Lolita
77 Barry Lyndon
78 Fanny and Alexander
79 Brother
80 Non
81 M
82 Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
83 The Thing
84 Duck Soup
85 Oldboy
86 Faces
87 Shadows
88 A Woman Under the Influence
89 The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
90 Opening Night
91 A Constant Forge
92 Izo
93 Sin City
94 Mean Streets
95 From Dusk Until Dawn
96 Aguirre, The Wrath of God
97 Nosferatu
98 Woyzeck
99 Fitzcarraldo
100 Cobra Verde
101 My Best Fiend
102 Mulholland Drive
103 Primer
104 Being John Malkovich
105 The Exorcist
106 Saraband
107 After the Rehearsal
108 The Thin Red Line
109 Memento
110 2046
111 Scenes from a Marriage
112 Alien
113 Aliens
114 Alien 3
115 Alien Resurrection
116 Das Boot
117 Blood of the Poet
118 Orphee
119 The Testament of Orpheus
120 Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
121 Lady Vengeance
122 12 Angry Men
123 Grizzly Man
124 The Squid and the Whale
125 Schlinder's List
126 Requiem for a Dream
127 Strangers on a Train
128 LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring
129 LOTR: The Two Towers
130 LOTR: The Return of the King
131 Rashomon
132 The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
133 Late Autumn
134 Autumn Afternoon
135 Ikiru
136 Naked
137 Chinatown
138 Do the Right Thing
139 United 93
140 The 40 Year Old Virgin
141 Syriana
142 Blackmail
143 The Skin Game
144 Number Seventeen
145 Kind Hearts and Coronets
146 Stardust Memories
147 All about Eve
148 The Fortune Cookie
149 La Grand Illusion
150 1900
151 La Dolce Vita
152 Ace in the Hole
153 War of the Worlds
154 Casanova
155 Inland Empire
156 Borat
157 Double Indemnity
158 Pan's Labyrinth
159 The Fountain
160 28 Days Later
161 Blade Runner
162 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
163 12 Monkeys
164 Amarcord
165 The Phantom Carriage
The Image Makers
166 The Deer Hunter
167 Suspiria
168 The Assassination of Jesse James...
169 The Seventh Seal
170 Sweet Smell of Success
171 Terminator 2
172 No Country for Old Men
173 There Will Be Blood
174 Persepolis
175 Hannah and her Sisters
176 The Conformist
177 Stalker
178 Zodiac
179 Life of Brian
180 Lust, Caution
181 Ed Wood
182 Sunset Boulevaard
183 Sawdust and Tinsel
184 Even Dwarves Started Small
185 The Enigma of Kasper Hauser
186 Lessons of Darkness/ Fata Morgana
187 Heart of Glass
188 Little Dieter Needs to Fly
189 Stroszek

TV/ DOCS/OTHER

1 Family Guy Series 1-3
2 Curb Your Enthusism Series 1
3 Curb Your Enthusism Series 2
4 Seinfeld Series 1-3
5 Seinfeld Series 4
6 The Prisoner Complete Series
7 Black Books Series 1
8 Twin Peaks Season 1
9 Stop Making Sense
10 Joy Division
11 Chris Cunningham Music Videos
12 Curb Your Enthusiasm Series 3
13 Seinfeld Series 5
14 Family Guy Series 4
15 Seinfeld Series 6
16 Curb Your Enthusiasm Series 4
17 Curb Your Enthusiasm Series 5
18 Family Guy Series 5
19 Das Boot
20 Twin Peaks Season 2
21 The Larry Sanders Show Season 1
22 Big Train
23 Seinfeld Series 7
24 Devo
25 The Singing Detective
26 Fawlty Towers Series 1
27 Fawlty Towers Series 2
28 Seinfeld Series 8
29 Seinfeld Series 9
30 Curb Your Enthusiasm Series 6
31 The Office Complete Series
32 Beckett on Film
33 Short Films of David Lynch
34 The Wire Season 1

by **Buscemi** Sat Jan 17, 2009 4:56 am

I just got from Big Lots (for $3.00 each):

THX-1138 (2-disc)
1941 (special edition)
Reality Bites (special edition, I really miss 1994*)

*-that is not a label for the DVD, I really do miss 1994

by **silversurfer19** Sat Jan 17, 2009 8:49 am

Man, we are coming out to the US for our honeymoon in June. Every time I come on this thread I have to note down the name of another store to visit when I'm there. $3 for special editions!! Man, IF we ever get DVDs cheap over here in NZ, its for the US equivalent of about $15 minimum. The amount of money I have spent on DVDs over the years. I won't list them all, but I have well in excess of 500 just here, with another stack in the UK. If I could have gotten even half of them for $3 I'd be a lot richer.... or I'd have bought a lot more.....

by **geezer9687** Sat Jan 17, 2009 8:57 am

Surfer, I live here and I don't know where these places are. Don't get too excited. You should be able to find them for $10 or less though, as long as they're not new.

by **Buscemi** Sat Jan 17, 2009 8:58 am

Yeah, Big Lots seems to get boxes of things that the major studios clear from their warehouses. The only drawback usually is that Warner Bros. will put slits on the bar codes and slight mar the box art. But for three dollars, you can't complain. I've lately been trying to check once every month more DVD's.

Other Ones That I've Seen There But Didn't Purchase:
Bugsy (director's cut)
Hudson Hawk (special edition)
The Sure Thing (special edition)
East Of Eden (special edition)
Grand Hotel (special edition)
Sneakers (special edition)
8 Mile (special edition but full screen only)
I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang
The Band Wagon (special edition)
Barbershop 2: Back In Business (special edition)

and a lot of movie-only DVD's as well

by **silversurfer19** Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:04 am

Yeah, I'm not too worried about the box art. I used to be when I lived in the UK, but here in NZ they plaster the box art with guidance stickers which will ruin the dvd if you try to peel it off. I hate stickers on box art. I'll certainly be making a welcome stop to some of these stores then, I don't have Chain Gang on dvd yet, and things like that are almost impossible to find over here.

by BanksIsDaFuture Sat Jan 17, 2009 11:48 am

With Circuit City closing, I'll be checking there everyday for clearance sales.

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