recommend a dvd and get a hug!

Tusky · 20-01-2003 9:21pm #1

im on a bit of a mad dvd buying buzz at the mo...so can any of yea recomend some good buys ? last ones i bought were "battle royal" "beastie boys video collection" and res dogs"

recommend away

Mr. Fancypants · 20-01-2003 9:35pm

Family Guy Season 2

Karl Hungus · 20-01-2003 9:36pm

Beastie Boys!? Dear god, you're hopeless.

Ok, get:

Army Of Darkness
The Trilogy Of The Dead
Ginger Snaps
Brotherhood Of The Wolf
Romper Stomper
Excalibur
Twelve Monkeys
The Big Lebowski
Leon
Being John Malkovich

Ok, there should be something there that you dont have, so get it.
If not, here's my list of films I own on DVD:
http://muppet.boards.ie/members/angelwhore/DVDs.txt

Most of them are brilliant, but there's a serious turkey in there.
Can you guess what it is?

Tusky · 20-01-2003 9:42pm

yea i have all the evil dead - im a zombie movie lover - and beastie boys make class videos thank you v.much :P

ManWithThePlan · 20-01-2003 10:06pm

Romper Stomper

Good Film.

I love quentin tarantino films so get resevoir dogs, pulp fiction, and only jackie brown if your a big fan of his films.

Also trainspotting is worth getting.

Edit: American History X is also a top film.

I could go on and on and..

Tusky · 21-01-2003 10:53am

i have pulp and res.dogs

didnt like jackie brown enough to buy it tbh. romper stomper ?

Dustaz · 21-01-2003 11:09am

Ill do anything for a Tusky Hug!!!

Damn, ken stole the top contender, The Big Lebowski.

Others must haves are Withnail and I, Spinal Tap (the dvd has like an extra hour or two of stuff on it) and the U2 live from boston one (best looking gig i think ive ever seen)

now...about that lovin...

Dr. Loon · 21-01-2003 11:13am

Originally posted by AngelWhore
Most of them are brilliant, but there's a serious turkey in there.
Can you guess what it is?

Ehhhh... Blair Witch 2???

superfly · 21-01-2003 11:31am

Blade Runner
Aliens
Terminator II
LOTR if you dont have it
Matrix
Predator special ed.
Brazil
life of Brian
holy grail
True Romance
The Shining
The Thing
Prince of Darkness
Great Escape
Seven
Usual Suspects

tman · 21-01-2003 11:34am

usual suspects tbh

The Cigarette Smoking Man · 21-01-2003 12:25pm

Scarface
Heat
Ocean's Eleven
Dumb and Dumber
Meet the Parents
The Godfather I/II
Training Day
Spy Game

ManWithThePlan · 21-01-2003 12:26pm

yea usual suspects is one of the best film endings ever.

Tusky · 21-01-2003 1:48pm

Originally posted by Dustaz
Ill do anything for a Tusky Hug!!!
now...about that lovin...

/me gives Dustaz an uberlish0s super huggle !

yea i got withnail and I ! really good.love the hendrix song at
start,

Allready have The thing and Prince of darkness

im a bit of a carpenter fan...then he had to go make....vampires..../me shudders...and vampires 2...with bon jovi /me exsplodes

going good so far i got loads of ideas ! just ordered holy grail and term 2 - tried to order blade runner but they only seem to have some super version with loads of extras and its like 40 sterling

Samson · 21-01-2003 1:56pm

Originally posted by Tusky
...tried to order blade runner but they only seem to have some super version with loads of extras and its like 40 sterling

play.com have the region 1 version (without all the extra bells and whistles) for £13.99 sterling
http://www.playserver2.com/play247.asp?page=search&adudisc=y

Tusky · 21-01-2003 4:36pm

aye but i dont like watching dvds on meh pc - and my ps2 is only region 2 ( cant be arsed buying that region exspansion thing )

LoGiE · 21-01-2003 6:21pm

Southpark Bigger, Longer&Uncut
Life of Brian
Goodfellas
Midnight Cowboy
You might consider some of the above...

Karl Hungus · 21-01-2003 6:29pm

Originally posted by Dustaz
Damn, ken stole the top contender, The Big Lebowski.

Others must haves are Withnail and I,

Damn you!
I should've said that also!

Originally posted by Dr. Loon
Ehhhh... Blair Witch 2???

Bingo!

richindub2 · 21-01-2003 6:33pm

Ordered 10 dvds for £95 the other day off of play.com:

Se7en
Series 7 the contenders
Blade & Blade 2
Goldeneye & Tomorrow never dies
Go
Training day
Family Guy series 2
Memento

...and got Spy Game for 15 euros in hmv a few weeks ago

Dont be at yourself · 21-01-2003 6:46pm

This Is Spinal Tap is fantastic. Worth the price for the hilarious commentary track alone!

nesthead · 21-01-2003 7:02pm

T2 Ultimate Edition - the sheer amount of extras

whered you get all that damn money to spendin DVDs, goddamn you!

Tusky · 21-01-2003 7:20pm

im rich ferg-wad rich

and as for u richy - do you have a job or somthing ?

richindub2 · 21-01-2003 7:31pm

if by job you mean going 'mom i need money to buy stuff with' then yes, yes i do :P

Caesar_Bojangle · 21-01-2003 9:36pm

Scarface
Raging bull
the godfather trilogy
high plains drifter
american history x and pulp fiction both have male rape scenes, interesting.

Serpico
Memento
The warriors
Happy gilmore
Dog day afternoon
Taxi driver
Seven
Geri yoga
Full metal jacket
Apocalypse now redux
The deerhunter* a must
Kubrick box set
family guy
father ted box set

ManWithThePlan · 21-01-2003 9:51pm

Originally posted by richindub2
if by job you mean going 'mom i need money to buy stuff with' then yes, yes i do :P

Get a job like the rest of us :mad:

One other film that mightn't be much people's cup of tea is Predator, but i like it.

BILLYYYY GET TO THE CHOPPAAHHHH!!

exiztone · 21-01-2003 10:13pm

Tusky =*D
Get

Four Rooms
Back to the Future trilogy
Goodfellas
Fight Club?

Tusky · 21-01-2003 10:21pm

ooo good idea - forgot about four rooms and goodfellas..will do ! dont wanna spend all that cash on Back t the future though - i know its great but pricey ! and have fight club

Dustaz · 21-01-2003 10:41pm

Originally posted by Tusky
/yea i got withnail and I ! really good.love the hendrix song at
start,

[anal mode]
Its actually a live version of A Whiter Shade Of Pale by Procul Harem at the start of the film, the two hendrix tracks appear later (all along the watchtower and voodoo chile)
[/anal mode]

Originally posted by Viz Spoilt Kid

if by job you mean going 'mom i need money to buy stuff with' then yes, yes i do :P

How have you not been beaten up consistantly ?

Kali · 21-01-2003 10:42pm

Originally posted by Dustaz
Damn, ken stole the top contender, The Big Lebowski.

err unless you get it cheap don't bother, any dvd extras? don't count on it... you get the film thats it...

People seem to be listing off their favourite films, totally oblivious to whether the DVD is actually worth buying.

Don't buy Life Of Brian Region 2 either. (totally ****e dvd transfer... no extras, go for the R1 Criterion if needs be).. Goodfellas is similar.

Decent DVDs (as in worth the money):
Holy Grail is an extremely good purchase, packed with extras... as is Spinal Tap, T2, Memento, Jaws, Close Encounters (in fact the majority of Spielberg films)... Raging Bull, Pi, Requiem For A Dream, all brill dvds as well.

exiztone · 21-01-2003 10:49pm

Originally posted by Tusky
ooo good idea - forgot about four rooms and goodfellas..will do ! dont wanna spend all that cash on Back t the future though - i know its great but pricey ! and have fight club

Do I get a famous Tusky hug?

Samba · 21-01-2003 11:02pm

Amelie

sceptre · 22-01-2003 12:02am

HMV have a small free booklet available at the moment called "50 essential DVDs you should own". It'll cost you nada to pick it up. Some mag (Empire I assume) had a supplement in the last issue along the same lines.

If you liked the movies, I'd recommend the following (my list, not their's), based mostly on extras on the discs:

Shrek (the R1 special edition - has all the extras available on the new R2 but you don't have to pay for the soundtrack)
Back to the Future (preferably region 1)
Terminator 2 (the Ultimate edition, not the single disc cutdown-on-extras version)
Fight Club
Toy Story 1&2 box set (get them while they're still out)
Beauty and the Beast collectors edition
Usual Suspects
Moulin Rouge
Great Escape (careful to get the newer special edition)
Die Hard trilogy (R1 is uncut - the UK DieHard 1&2 set and DHWAV are both cut and dubbed - annoying if like me you notice)
Godfather box set (now going cheap)
A Fish Called Wanda (new special edition (lots of features not on my old copy) just out)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (R2 seems to have all the extras available on the more expensive Criterion issue)
Life of Brian (wait for the new special edition out later in the year - should also have the Criterion extras)
The Day the Earth Stood still (out soonish (sometime this year at least))
Fellowship of the Ring extended edition
Monsters Inc collectors edition
Seven (you'll pick it up cheap from play ATM)
This is Spinal Tap (nuff said)
Wicker Man (if it's your kind of thing - great package and very cheap now)

Adding a few things that you probably should just have:
Leon (international edition as opposed to the shorter version you can get here)
BBCs Pride and Prejudice (and maybe the old Greer Garson movie too)
Shawshank Redemption (though there maybe a special edition out this year that might solve the transfer problems on the old release)
Ferris Bueller (everyone should have one)
LA Confidential
Lawrence of Arabia
Walking with Dinosaurs (I never had the patience to watch it on the TV, great to have though)
Blues Brothers (extra footage (nice), going cheap if you're willing to take BB2000 as well)
Apocalypse Now redux (good luck if you wanted to find the older version anyway)
Goodfellas (the disc is a flipper, which has put me off getting it)
Amadeus
Ealing Comedy box set (note to family: this is my ideal present this year)

TV:
Both Family Guy sets
Both Goodness Gracious Me discs
Father Ted set
Fawlty Towers set
Blackadder set (you get extra stuff with the R1)

Some foreigny movies:
Jean de Florette
Manon de Sources (worth watching if only for Ms Beart)
Lola Rennt
Das Boot
<poncy mode>Wo hu cang long</poncy mode>

(note to would-be robbers - I don't have all the above but they're all on my list of "must haves", not "I'd like")

Chowmein · 22-01-2003 12:42am

The Boondock Saints
Battle Royal

daveg · 22-01-2003 9:22am

Be careful what version of Goodfellows you buy. The R1 version which I have is a flipper (you have to turn the disc over half way through the film).

logic1 · 22-01-2003 9:27am

The ninth configuration.

.logic.

Rabies · 22-01-2003 9:45am

Training Day......
bought it a week or so ago, great movie....
i love the scene at the start in the cafe....

The Reaper · 22-01-2003 10:26am

Originally posted by Rabies
Training Day......
bought it a week or so ago, great movie....
i love the scence at the start in the cafe....

is d.washington in tat? i might get that! 40 dayz and 40 nights is quite funny and good!

Tusky · 22-01-2003 3:00pm

Originally posted by Dustaz
[anal mode]
Its actually a live version of A Whiter Shade Of Pale by Procul Harem at the start of the film, the two hendrix tracks appear later (all along the watchtower and voodoo chile)
[/anal mode]

Fraid not dusty u fool mong on the dvd screen at start where u choose "special features ect" they have hendrix all along the watch tower playing :P /me takes back his hug....u big **** face !

richindub2 · 22-01-2003 4:31pm

How have you not been beaten up consistantly ?

viz(!?) spoilt kid? :P

(my bodyguards keep me safe, obviously!)

oh and nobody else seems to have mentioned it so ill throw the blackadder dvds onto your list ben

Tusky · 22-01-2003 8:11pm

why thank you rich !

Rabies · 22-01-2003 8:21pm

Originally posted by The Reaper
is d.washington in tat?

ya he is....
he plays his part very well. definitly deserved the oscar last year.

Pigman II · 22-01-2003 8:23pm

[because i love plugging this little known gem]
Cube
[/because i love plugging this little known gem]

Great movie to watch if you like sci-fi (or maths!). Plus it has a good commentary on it too that is worth a listen if you're interested in the technical side of movie making.

Doodee · 22-01-2003 8:23pm

`Requime for a dream

`Very good flick.

HUG MEH!

Memento is also good, and u cant go wrong with fight club on dvd

Karl Hungus · 22-01-2003 11:50pm

The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen

If you're looking for a little known, but fantastic, breathtaking epic, look no further.

Also on the subject of Gilliam, get BRAZIL.

The_Bullman · 23-01-2003 12:05am

Originally posted by Doodee
`Requime for a dream

You should have given a warning with that post Doodee. Great movie, but a wee bit heavy

My choice is The Big Hit.

should be cheap, since nobody has heard of it good though

ObeyGiant · 23-01-2003 2:46am

Originally posted by Tusky
Allready have The thing and Prince of darkness im a bit of a carpenter fan...then he had to go make....vampires..../me shudders...and vampires 2...with bon jovi /me exsplodes

I was going to make a couple of points about Vampires being standard Carpenter fare, and him not having anything to do with Vampires 2 except being an "executive producer" (the most worthless title in showbiz).

But I won't.

Tusky · 23-01-2003 4:13pm

Well after seeing the first one i didnt touch the second.....and it ddi have his name on the cover so i presumed he was directer :P John Carpenters vampires it says..or somthing..could be wrong

24-01-2003 8:46pm

Buy Cecil B Demented now. A little known but outstanding film.

carrolls · 28-01-2003 1:04pm

Got the Shawshank Redemption on Double sided DVD last week, watched it last night.
The 16:9 side picture quality was bloody awful. The worst i have seen on DVD.
In some of the darker scenes, the walls were actually moving.
On the Pan and scan side, the quality was grand. But alas I have a W/S tv. I feel cheated for 12.99.

recommend a dvd and get a hug!

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