Movies you've purchased recently

[Champion of Europa]

I made a new thread, seeing as how the last one was from September of 2005.

Today I bought:

Fletch
Dogma (Collector's Edition)
Iron Giant
Funny Games
Michael Clayton
Grosse Point Blank

[Triple A]

I love the internet and Netflix or else I would either be broke or never watch movies.

[Triple A]

I actually bought the original Funny Games like 8 years ago or something, before Netflix or torrents and crap.

[Champion of Europa]

I never got around to seeing the original. I'd like to see it for the differences in performance.

I love Funny Games, with the exception of that epically long take in the middle. Takes me out of the movie.

[CSL]

Last movie I bought was Dazed and Confused

[Downunder]

I just downloaded Funny Games and Hell Ride, also copying Superbad off a mate because I haven't see it yet.

I don't buy movies, ever

[D Mac]

BLU RAY

[Jeritron]

I just downloaded Funny Games and Hell Ride, also copying Superbad off a mate because I haven't see it yet.

I don't buy movies, ever


I heard Hell Ride was bad, even to those who appreciate 70s style rider/exploitation films.
Funny Games is a good deal tho.

And you're gonna love Superbad me thinks

[Jeritron]

I think the last movies I bought were Planet Terror and Death Proof last week.

I was a huge fan of Grindhouse and am one of few who saw it in theaters, but I was upset they were releasing them on dvd seperately instead of together.
I decided to wait until they came out with a theatrical cut of both of them with the fake trailers but it hasn't happened and isn't on the horizon, so I sprung.

Plus they had the theatrical cut on Starz ondemand for a couple months and just removed it.

I also bought Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Big, and Pan's Labyrinth lately

I have a ton of movies. Really it's just about picking up stuff that I liked when it comes out on dvd, or looking for rare stuff.

[thedamndest]

Last movie I bought was Live Free or Die Hard Unrated because I wanted to see it as John McClane would have wanted me to. I don't usually buy movies, but when I do they are usually the oldies but goodies that are sitting out in the $5 bin at Giant Eagle. This is the reason I own classics such as Gremlins 2, The Sandlot, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, and Joy Ride.

[Jeritron]

lol yea I refrained from seeing Die Hard 4 in theaters and waited for that unrated dvd. Then when it came out I bought it and enjoyed.

They had announced before the release of the movie that it was shot R, edited down to PG13 and would be available in a hard R version when the dvd came out. Kept me out of theaters, but it got me to buy it.

[Jeritron]

The Good the Bad and The Ugly is probably the best movie you can get for 5 dollars. It's one of the best movies ever to begin with.

[thedamndest]

I agree. It was a lucky find for the $5 bin.

[Champion of Europa]

I ended up dropping like $22 on The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly cause I got that crazy ass special edition when it came out.

[Jeritron]

My friend has that. I just have the 5 dollar one. To be honest, I don't think it's worth it, as great as a movie as it is. But I can see why you'd want to get the really good version "for a few dollars more"

That goes for most old movies. Since they were made so long ago, it was an age where any making of or supplemantary material wasn't made, and deleted footage wasn't saved. There also is very little material from the filmmakers and theres rarely any commentary since the filmmakers are dead or dying.
And in most cases all the kings horses and all the kings men can't make the quality that much better because its simply on film that is too dated and beyond perfect restoration.

That is a cool special edition though. The case is awesome.
Sometimes there are great special features. My King Kong (1933) dvd has a lot of awesome shit on it.
I think the best bet with classics, in terms of bonus features, is to create new documentaries and commentaries and use current popular filmmakers to give their thoughts and testimonies to how it inspired them.

[Champion of Europa]

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly is worth it. It's the extended cut that explains how Tuco got to the hotel that Blondie is staying at with those men because it has the scene put back into the movie.

And the special features on Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone are pretty great stuff. The commentary by a film historian is also super and informative and cool to watch.

I think it was entirely worth it.

Also, I have that King Kong special edition you speak of, and I spent like 4 hours watching all the special features on the disc. It's such an awesome DVD.

[Jeritron]

That sounds awesome actually. Now I'm jealous I have the bargain bin version.

Yea, the Kong dvd is excellent. Tons of interesting documentaries.
I love Peter Jacksons recreation of the SpiderPit sequence and the documentary behind it.

[thedamndest]

CoE, how much did you pay for Grosse Pointe Blank? That is probably my favorite John Cusack movie, perhaps with the exception of Con Air.

[Champion of Europa]

CoE, how much did you pay for Grosse Pointe Blank? That is probably my favorite John Cusack movie, perhaps with the exception of Con Air.

I got it at a used DVD shop.

I traded in some DVDs for $14 store credit, and they had a deal where you could get 4 DVDs for $20. So, I got The Dogma Special Edition, Fletch, Grosse Point Blank, and Iron Giant.

So, as far as money out of pocket goes, I paid $1.50 for it.

I got Funny Games and Michael Clayton for $5.99 a piece because Blockbuster was having a going out of business sale.

[D Mac]

DVD will be obsolete.

[Champion of Europa]

DVD will be obsolete.

Not as long as I have a DVD player.

[Jeritron]

They'll still play on blu ray players too, most of which will feature upconvert.

There's also alot of movies that don't look that much better.

I'll switch to blu ray sometime soon, but I'm not repurchasing any movies, and I have no problem still buying regular DVDs of films that aren't big visual extravaganzas.

[Downunder]

I heard Hell Ride was bad, even to those who appreciate 70s style rider/exploitation films.
Funny Games is a good deal tho.

And you're gonna love Superbad me thinks

But I'm also the only person on the planet that thinks Death Proof was better than Planet Terror.

[Downunder]

DVD will be obsolete.

It already is in my house, I have 3 HD players/recorders that have all but replaced my DVD players. When someone lends me a movie I rip it straight to HD.

[Champion of Europa]

But I'm also the only person on the planet that thinks Death Proof was better than Planet Terror.

I thought it was, too.

Death Proof was consistently awesome for me, but Planet Terror really started to fucking drag when they got to the army base.

[Jeritron]

They're both awesome. I don't think either really is fairly judged as a conventional standalone movie, since they're both supposed to be a fun time back to back.
Splitting them up cheapens both of them.

I liked Planet Terror more at first, but still loved Death Proof.
Then I developed a preference for Death Proof.
At this point, I think they're equal and hard to compare.

[Triple A]

Planet Terror was a way more entertaining movie. Death Proof was kind of annoying with all the stupid fucking dialogue. It was not good dialogue, it was really annoying, bad, try-hard dialogue and made me like the movie way less. It was like some other guy was trying really hard to write like Tarantino.

[Jeritron]

I also think Planet Terror was a little bit more honest and focused on what it was supposed to be.

Tarantino couldn't just make a fun, intentionally bad movie that was in turn great. He had to try to inject art into it so he could submit it to Cannes. Granted a lot of it was good, but for the most part he lost the Grindhouse feel to his portion of Grindhouse. Up until the first car crash it really plays like a slasher film. A bit overdone though, with the text message sequence, and the first bar conversation.
Then after that it gets pretentious, until the final car chase which has Vanishing Point, and Faster Pussycat Kill Kill written all over it.

I agree with CoE about Planet Terror starting to drag a bit at the base, but not the first time. Plus of course that ends quickly once the great rapist portion, and the final battle come in.

I like Death Proof just about equally because when it's on fire it's on fire, but it's definitely stretched thin over 2 hours.

[HankScorpio]

I am Leg-end on teh Blu-ray, tis luvverly

[Buzzkill]

Shaun of the Dead like 6 months ago, I've watched it probably 7 times

[Jeritron]

I don't think I've gone 6 months without buying a movie in my life

[Champion of Europa]

I disagree with Death Proof losing its grindhouse feel because of all the talking.

I've seen lots of 70s exploitation movies that are just talk talk talk talk talk money shot talk talk talk money shot and so on.

[Jeritron]

I'm mainly talking about the part from after the first car crash, until they pick up Zoe at the airport.

Also, theres only two money shots.

[Champion of Europa]

I'm mainly talking about the part from after the first car crash, until they pick up Zoe at the airport.

Also, theres only two money shots.

I think that fits in with all the talkiness of old grindhouse movies.

the two money shots make sense in the realm of those exploitation movies. they didn't have the budgets most of the time to have well done money shots, so theyd fill it with talking and build to two or so big scenes and build the movie around them.

[Downunder]

CoE has nailed it, my thoughts exactly.

[Jeritron]

Yes, but keep in mind as awesome of a thing as a lot of those movies were, a lot of them sucked.
Rolling Thunder and Vanishing Point are stand out gems, but not all of them were like that.
Death Proof is great don't get me wrong, I'm just saying I don't feel like it captured the grittiness and audience involvement the way Planet Terror did. Planet Terror embraced being a bad movie, and did so for the crowd, which made it amazing. It was a tribute to those movies through imitation and tongue in cheek parody.

I think Death Proof tried to be an overall tribute and something more. It still turned out great, but it was heavily injected with attempted art.

Planet Terror was Zombi all shot up with steroids and some Carpenter and Raimi sprinkled on top.

I like them both equally, so I'm not really disagreeing. As I said earlier, theres a part of me that even likes Death Proof more. But I don't think it fully exploited the fact that it was a balls to the wall crowd pleaser and gritty as fuck.

[Jeritron]

What's your opinion on the order of the two films? Do you think Death Proof should have came first, or do you like it the way it is?

[Champion of Europa]

What's your opinion on the order of the two films? Do you think Death Proof should have came first, or do you like it the way it is?

I liked the order. Death Proof takes a little while to get going, and for what they were trying to do, they needed to get you excited right off the bat. And Planet Terror is all about audience satisfaction.

[Jeritron]

I agree