rental DVD recommendations.

ifconfig

Hi,

as someone new to the medium of DVD I was looking
for a few recommendations on titles to rent.
To give an idea of my/our tastes the titles I
have recently enjoyed were:

Bridget Jones Diary, Oh Brother where art Thou,
Me myself and Irene.

Basically I dislike tough action or gratuitously
violent films (call me old fashioned )! )
I was thinking about getting Quills and
Meet the Parents next.. maybe Shrek. All
different types of films but all good clean
fun nonetheless. I rarely get to the cinema
so DVD is how I catch up. Any advice.
Sorry for such a trite request but maybe someone
out there might spark a few ideas of what
might be out there of interest for me to rent
out.

--eirin.

koneko

Memento.

Podge

Here are some good ones to check out:
City of Angels : (It's a weepie one)
Shrek: Funny, watch the extras too! - games if you have DVD rom
A Knights Tale: Good flick, not too Violent and its funny in parts
Heartbreakers: Funny, Romantic comedy
Dogma: Funny, Very Funny (seen only on Vid, but DVD available)

Hope that helps. There just a few, have seen a good lot but a bit hard to remember them at the mo.
Check out http://www.xtravision.ie/ for their top 20, but some of the oldie movies are on DVD now with a few extras.

Mills

Originally posted by koneko
Memento.

I wholeheartedly endorse this product and/or service.

I bought the DVD weeks ago and I've hardly had it yet, lent it to a friend who liked it so now everyone wants to borrow it, probably my favourite film of last year.

RasTa

if u want a good owl fashioned film ya gotta rent out requirm for a dream

ifconfig

Thanks for all the replies. Nice shortlist for my next
venture to Xtravision.

--eirin.

I'm impressed with these bulletin boards.

One last one - where is the cheapest/best place to
buy DVD titles (including US regions) on the net?

Mills

Try www.play.com (formally play247.com), they're based in the UK afaik but they still have good prices for Region 1 titles as well as region 2, and delivery is free, which is always nice. Reliable and fast service too.

Redshift

I got the Parole officer out over the Weekend It's a good laugh and worth a look.

bombidol

You liked Bridget Jones Diary? you have to be a girl, the only person i have ever seen laugh at anything in that film is my Girlfriend, It really REALLY is terrible, But on the light side of things, i recommend TigerLand for all to see, maybe something old like Raging Bull, if Drama kind of stuff is your thing, Comedy wise it has to be Freddy Got Fingered be prepared to Laugh and Puke, But probably puke more cause its DAMN sick!

Bomb

koneko

Originally posted by Mills


I wholeheartedly endorse this product and/or service.

I bought the DVD weeks ago and I've hardly had it yet, lent it to a friend who liked it so now everyone wants to borrow it, probably my favourite film of last year.

Mine too. Same thing happened here. Lent it to some folks, haven't seen it since

Excellent film. Should win some kind of award for best story/screenplay.

Normally I would recommend Fight Club, but from your post it seems you only like nicey-nice films, so how about Hearbreakers? Light, entertaining. The Mexican is alright too.

Clintons Cat

Little Nicky
Shrek
Dude wheres my car?


Brother where Art thou is a great choice though as is meet the parents

Avoid Nurse Betty

Krusty_Clown

Rasta: Requiem for a dream?
A good old fashioned movie?
Haha... I hope you're taking the p**s...

Fantastic movie.. Deeply disturbing..

Probably not for someone who prefers Bridget Jones Diary, Shrek, Quills and meet the parents..

You're just downright mean!

RasTa

rent it out!

b20uvkft6m5xwg

In no particular order

1. High fidelity
2. The Straight Story
3. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
4. Erin Brockovich
5. Gladiator
6. Amercian Beauty

Mistakill

Dogma, Crouching Tiger - Hidden Dragon, shrek, Ghost in the shell (im not sure if youll find that in xtra vision tho), Meet the Parents, Fight club (bit f**k up tho. Not to gorey until maybe the end)

Thats all i can think of ATM.

might post again this week.

yellum

Man Bites Dog (does not involve animal cruelty )

:P

sceptre

Originally posted by Mistakill
Ghost in the shell (im not sure if youll find that in xtra vision tho)

Was on the box last night. Can't remember which channel

alb

Disco Pigs, Rented it on Friday thoroughly enjoyed it. Always nice to see a decent Irish film.... if you can stand all the Cork accents that is :-)

yellum

langer ...

Kali

Originally posted by Mills

memento...

I bought the DVD weeks ago and I've hardly had it yet, lent it to a friend who liked it so now everyone wants to borrow it, probably my favourite film of last year.

aye bought it myself first week it came out on R2.. have watched it about 6 or 7 times since then, still picking out small details everytime i watch it (lots of little slowmo/pause bits like fight club to be found..i wont spoil them ) add the easter egg which allows you to watch it in chronological order (which ive watched twice) and god damn its great viewing.. although the right order version sort of takes the thinking out of the film.

anyway back on topic..

Knights Tale is out now,no brainer period comedy which is quite enjoyable.. deleted scenes are decent enough as well.

Moulin Rouge is out to buy in the last 12 minutes (04/03)... i'd warrant its a damn good dvd full of extras.

Blow... only if you liked goodfellas.

Final Fantasy.. not a great film, but a great DVD it has to be said.. and you'll still go ooooh at the graphics

avoid at all costs: Down to Earth, Heartbreakers and The Parole Officer.

Mills

add the easter egg which allows you to watch it in chronological order (which ive watched twice) and god damn its great viewing.. although the right order version sort of takes the thinking out of the film.

Ah......tell me how? I saw the sticker on the case saying there was a hidden feature, I thought it might be a chronological order thing, but I forgot all about finding out how to get it, I was considering watching through it with the skip scenes button to get it in the right order, this will be a lot handier .

Kali

go to the extra features..
wait till all the polaroids have spun around.. leonard will be lying there with a polaroid in his mouth.. press enter/ok anytime there to access it..
btw memento mori is a pretty good read as well..

Have bought a lot of Region one Dvd's lately.
Many releases well ahead of Xtravision's region two offerings.
places to try with no added postage are
www.ringos.co.uk
www.movietyme.com
Those two can be a bit cheaper than www.play.com and their delivery is faster from my experience.
Movietyme are in cahoots with Australia's EzyDvd which would have a lot of bargain region four stuff-but theres postage-not if you go through movietyme though.
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