What's your favourite DVD you own?

Basq

Toughie for me!!

Love my sets - wouldn't part with any of them. What i mean by sets are not specifically boxsets but collections of associated films (typically by director) or sequel.

For example:
- Back To The Future Trilogy (more traditional set)
- Quentin Tarantino Set (collection of all his films)
- Alien 1 - 3 (bought seperately)
- Lord Of The Rings 1 - 3 (bought seperately)
- M Night Shyamalan Collection (bought seperately)
- David Fincher Collection (bought seperately)

And all my TV boxsets i could never part with:
- Scrubs
- Firefly
- Lost
- Freaks And Geeks
- Undeclared
- The Office
- Family Guy
- Phoenix Nights etc.

But particularly fond of my 'Freaks And Geeks' boxset.. maybe cos it's one of my favourite shows and it's a nifty 7 disc boxset!

PS - Entire collection available to view here!

CyberGhost

you have Family Guy and you don't have Futurama? shame on you!

Basq

CyberGhost wrote:

you have Family Guy and you don't have Futurama? shame on you!

Never been enough of a Futurama fan to warrant buying them, to be honest!

A fan of the earlier stuff but not as much of a fan as i would be of 'Family Guy' and 'The Simpsons' (til 4 or 5 seasons ago, of course!).

lodgepole

My Criterion Rushmore is probably my favourite. Criterion Slacker is a close second.



As far as collections go, while none of the DVDs themselves are too impressive I have the Kubrick collection from Killer's Kiss to Eyes Wide Shut. Only Spartacus and Dr. Strangelove are packed sets. The Shining has a good making of as well, directed by his daughter.

Basq

Lodgepole wrote:

My Criterion Rushmore is probably my favourite. Criterion Slacker is a close second.

The Criterion Collection is phenomenal... anyone ever see the boxset of Criterion stuff they had to purchase on Amazon for a limited time last year? Hold on.. i'll see if i can dig up the link....


.... Aha! ... There we go!



241 titles on 264 discs - quite tasty, huh?

Repli

My Robocop trilogy probably or Terminator 2.. Speaking of Tarantino "Natural Born Killers" is on E4 tonight strangely enough!

Sarky

Predator. My god, but I love that film... "Get to da chopper!"

The extra bits, like the original Predator design, are hilarious.

Litcagral

Twelve Angry Men

Standard Toaster

Probably Vanishing Point at the moment. Snapped it up for a tenner in HMV...last one it seemed

Also have the Criterion Yojimbo, Sanjiro and The Hidden Fortress. Will not lend them out to anyone!!

Recently acquired Zatoichi (Limited Edition). The transfer on this dvd is amazing.

I have about 300/400 dvds I guess. I like that website basquille. I'll have to add mine on there too. Nice way to keep track of them all.

Nice DVD info site here too.

p~b

mine are;

sopranos s1 - 5

the munsters s1

the complete eerie indiana boxset

alf season 1

jurassic park boxset

planet of the apes boxset

police academy boxset

band of brothers boxset

CyberGhost

basquille wrote:

Never been enough of a Futurama fan to warrant buying them, to be honest!

A fan of the earlier stuff but not as much of a fan as i would be of 'Family Guy' and 'The Simpsons' (til 4 or 5 seasons ago, of course!).

I hated Futurama, till there was nothing else interesting to watch, so I just sat down to watch it. After couple of episodes I was hooked! Awesome! tbh I prefer it to Simpsons, even the first ones.

Family Guy is great too, I like it too
much better than today's "desperately trying to be funny" Simpsons.

and Louis doesn't piss me off like Marge does.

Forgot to add in the previous post: nice collection!

ObeyGiant

Criterion Brazil. Such a classy, classy set for such a classy, classy film.

The Bollox

The Breakfast Club
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
American Pie 1-3
Aliens
The Holy Grail
Family Guy s1, 3 & 4
American Beauty

Necronomicon

My favourite is probably the Zatoichi special edition, with the tin case, art cards and film cell, or the Necronomicon edition of Evil Dead (which I recently found in HMV, to my delight!)
Also love my tv sets, Futurama, Family Guy, South Park, Firefly, Lost etc.
My favourite box-sets are my Alien Quadrilogy and Evil Dead trilogy.

Larianne

Well since I've only got 9 DVDs it's not that hard to choose. Clue with Tim Curry, Christopher Llyod, Madeline Khan. One of my favorite films!

TerrorFirmer

My Favourite DVDs

-Robocop Trilogy Boxset (minus Robocop 3)
-Starship Troopers
-Platoon
-The Avenging Fist
-Death Machine

And the overall Winner:

-Toxic Avenger IV: Citizen Toxie!

qz

Trilogy of LOTR 4 disc editions.
Family Guy boxsets season 1-3.
Matrix trilogy including Animatrix. I know, Revolutions was shíte.

Juggalo

My fav has got to be Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas The Criterion collection DVD. Love the movie, love the book.

Hugh Hefner

Cabin Fever, yeah!

HST

The favourite DVD that I have. This is a though one. I'd probably go with the Monty Python films.

lodgepole

ObeyGiant wrote:

Criterion Brazil. Such a classy, classy set for such a classy, classy film.

That's one of those sets I keep saying i'll buy but just can't. So much money...

Pigman II

The Star Wars movies (x6).

I keep all my movies locked in filing cabinets down in my shed but SW is the only one(s) I keep in my house with me at all times just for when I'm 'in the mood'.

ObeyGiant

Lodgepole wrote:

That's one of those sets I keep saying i'll buy but just can't. So much money...

I only bought it because I was particularly flush one month and realised that if I didn't do it then, it'd always be on my "maybe/someday" list.

samo

Boxsets would do it for me....

Have the collectors statue editions of LOTR.
The Tin version of Band of Brothers which is a lovely looking set.
Die hard Trilogy is another nice one
R3 of the Indiana Jones trilogy which is a embossed leather style slipcase.

As for other dvd's I'd be particulary fond of (for sentimental reasons!!) these would include...

The Castle (australian film that took me ages to find)
Schindlers list SE got for a bargain 10e from Power City of all places!
Shrek 2 with the talking packaging again 10e from Power City!!!
Beauty and the Beast 2 disc red collectors boxset found in the bargain bin in tescos for €14 and is worth a few quid!

djkeogh

Gotta say Criterion Robocop. Treasured. Love the bit where ED209 now kills your man at the start and riddles him for what must be an extra 5-10 secs. feels like ages when watching it the first time. Great stuff!! Brazil Criterion is on the list for must buys also.

Kingp35

I dont think I could pick a favourite out of mine because I have so many but I love these three boxsets:

Indiana Jones
LOTR
Back to the Future

I also love all the classics from when I was a kid that I have been slowly collecting such as:

Labyrinth
Dark Crystal
Willow
Flight of the Navigator
Karate Kid
The Goonies
Stand by me

Ah what am I saying I love all my DVDS

Auvers

1st Sopranos Season 1-5
2nd Band Of Brothers
3rd Firefly

Bacchus

Fav. DVDs I have (from a packaging + extras point of view) are probably the LOTRs extended trilogy boxsets. I love the book style packaging on em.
I also really like my Reservoir Dog SE box. It's got a sweet cover on it.

A bit off topic, but does anyone know where to get Dark City on DVD at a good price. I saw it in HMV and was going to get it till I saw the price tag of 34 yoyos :eek:

ObeyGiant

I was in San Francisco last week and picked up Dark City for a tenner! Sweet!

Not that it really helps you much.

But one word of advice: you're better off avoiding the UK R2 release - it's got a really nasty non-anamorphic transfer.

garred

Bacchus wrote:

A bit off topic, but does anyone know where to get Dark City on DVD at a good price. I saw it in HMV and was going to get it till I saw the price tag of 34 yoyos :eek:

You can get it for about 7 euros shipped from dvdpacific/dvdsoon

To look at the extended LOTR films, good boxsets. For contents I like the American Werewolf In London, love the commentary by the two actors on that. Was very disappointed with the Braveheart extras, my fav film but Gibson was poor for the commentary.

delly

I've loads that i watch quite often, but my number one would have to be the Band Of Brothers boxset. It is without a doubt one of the greatest things i have had the pleasure of watching.

Melion

Couldnt pick a favourite but some of them would be:

Clerks X
LOTR Trilogy, All the 4 disc SE's
Stone Roses DVD
Shameless Season 1

Vikings

Mine would have to be either my Band of Brothers boxset or my Liverpool 2005 Champions League campaign set (one in the shiny silver box).

Melion

IncredibleBulk wrote:

Mine would have to be either my Band of Brothers boxset or my Liverpool 2005 Champions League campaign set (one in the shiny silver box).

God, how did i forget about that sexy beast? Love the silver cover

PS- Entire collection http://dvdaficionado.com/dvds.html?cat=1&id=melion

HomunQlus

1. Babylon 5 - Season 1-5 and the movies
2. MillenniuM - Season 1-3
3. 24 - Season 1-3

masteroftherealm

American Beauty or Almost Famous. The best movies in existence.

IceHawk

1. BlackAdder seasons 1-4
2. LOTR Extended Editions
3. Family Guy Series' 1-3
4. Star Wars Eps IV-VI
5. Father Ted Series' 1-3

fade2black

Family Guy Box Set
The Day Today
Back to the future Box Set
Extras First Series
Shaun of the Dead
Unbreakable

These would be my favs.

missingtime

Spaced or The X-Files(season 3 & 4).
Anchorman
The Usual Suspects
Lost in Translation

thejovialhost

Donnie Darko (Original). Fantastic Film! What an influential film-hence my sig.

thewools

all Tarantino's stuff, True Romance and soon to be CITY OF GOD!!! in the post....:D

fade2black

Aye, it influenced me into turning it off.

thewools

fade2black wrote:

Aye, it influenced me into turning it off.

U mean 'city of god'!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:

aw now u didnt give it a chance its just...wot can i say...PURE class!!
Somebody has to be back me up here!!

masteroftherealm

Amazing movie!!!

Kingp35

wooly69 wrote:

U mean 'city of god'!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:

aw now u didnt give it a chance its just...wot can i say...PURE class!!
Somebody has to be back me up here!!

I think he meant Donnie Darko which by the way I think is a fantastic movie.

thewools

i see that now.....:D Sorry, stupid me!!!
btw got donnie darko too, a very different film which somehow i really enjoyed. Also got it for €4.99 in golden discs last year i think so can't complain either way!!!