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The Rodent 01-26-12 06:25 PM

The Rodent's DVD Collection.
 
Ok. Everyone else is doing it. So here's mine.

Got two seperate shelves. One for movies that I haven't got sequels for yet or are just singular films anyway (usually those where I haven't bought the sequels is because they're poop sequels), the other shelf is for collections, box-sets, trilogies etc.

Singular Movies:

The Abyss.
Ace Ventura Per Detective.
The 'Burbs.
An American Werewolf In London.
A Nightmare On Elm Street (Original)
A Nightmare On Elm Street (Remake).
Arachnophobia.
Armageddon.
The Big Lebowski.
Black Hawk Down.
Blown Away.
Batman (Keaton).
Casino.
Cat's Eye.
Cloverfield.
Aliens And Cowboys.
The Dark Crystal.
The Day After Tomorrow.
Demolition Man.
Dog Soldiers.
Dreamcatcher.
Dumb And Dumber.
E.T: The Extra-Terrestrial.
The Expendables.
The Fog (Carpenter's).
The Fourth Kind.
From Dusk Till Dawn.
Goodfellas.
Highlander.
Independence Day.
I, Robot.
Jaws.
The Karate kid (Original).
Leon.
The Lost Boys.
Mortal Kombat.
Paul.
Pitch Black.
Poltergeist.
The Quick And The Dead.
Raising Arizona.
Robin Hood (Crowe).
Robocop.
The Shawshank Redemption.
The Shining.
Signs.
Starship Troopers.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Original).
The Thing (Carpenter's).
Walking Tall.
The War Of The Worlds (Original).
War Of The Worlds (Remake).
Young Guns.
2012.

Box-Sets and Collections:

Alien 1-4.
Avp 1 & 2.
Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.
Critters Collection.
Die Hard 1-4.
El Mariachi, Desperado and Once Upon A Time In Mexico Box-Set.
Ghostbusters 1 & 2.
Ghoulies & Ghoulies 2.
Gremlins 1 & 2.
Indiana Jones 1-4.
Jurassic Park 1 & 2 (not 3, it's poop).
The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy.
The Matrix Trilogy.
Pirates Of The Caribbean 1-3 (not 4, it's poop).
Predator 1-3.
Resident Evil 1-3 (no others, they're poop).
Rocky 1-6.
Spiderman Trilogy.
Star Wars 1-6.
Superman 1-4 and Superman Returns.
Terminator 1, 2 and Salvation (not T3, it's poop).
Tremors 1-4.

honeykid 01-26-12 11:21 PM

+ rep for what I like.

Originally Posted by The Rodent (Post 788385)

Singular Movies:
An American Werewolf In London.
A Nightmare On Elm Street (Original)
Arachnophobia.
The Big Lebowski.
Casino.
The Day After Tomorrow.
Demolition Man.
Dog Soldiers.
Dumb And Dumber.
E.T: The Extra-Terrestrial.
The Fog (Carpenter's).
From Dusk Till Dawn.
Goodfellas.
Highlander.
Jaws.
Leon.
The Lost Boys.
Pitch Black.
Poltergeist.
The Quick And The Dead.
Robocop.
The Shawshank Redemption.
Starship Troopers.
The Thing (Carpenter's).
Young Guns.


Box-Sets and Collections:
Die Hard 1-4.
El Mariachi,
Ghostbusters 1 & 2.
Gremlins 1 & 2.
Pirates Of The Caribbean 1
Predator
Star Wars 3-6
Terminator 1, 2 .
Tremors

The Rodent 01-27-12 08:09 AM

Re: The Rodent's DVD Collection.
 
Totally agree with your choice of Star Wars 3-6.
The first two were let downs, the second being the worst.
Agree with dropping Spidey Trilogy. The first was pretty good but the other two were just too far. Even for a comic book movie.

I see you're not a comic book movie fan.

All Batman and Superman movies dropped. Burton's first Batman and Nolan's 2 Bat movies were all good. Supe 1 & 2 were good.

You dropped Critters Collection though? The first one was pretty funny, the sequels were pap though.

No Jurassic Park either? Aww. Ok the second wasn't an improvement but the first one should have a spot on everyone's shelf.

honeykid 01-28-12 07:25 AM

You're right, I'm definately not a comic fan. Super heroes don't float my boat. That's also why the Superman films are gone (never liked them) and, as for Batman, I think Batman Returns is the best by far, but after that it's the 1960's Batman for me.

http://www.bat-mania.co.uk/guides/im...1966_movie.jpg

I'll take this over all the other Batman films, even Batman Forever which at least has Drew in it (although far too briefly.)

http://img2-3.timeinc.net/ew/i/2011/...Batman_458.jpg

I can't take Batman seriously, that's why the newer ones aren't on the list. Also, Christian Bale as Batman? Holy stupid growly voice, Batman!

I thought the first Critters was ok, though I have to say that I've not seen it for a very long time, so I might not even go for that, now. :shrug: If I caught it on tv about 30 minutes in and there was nothing else on, I may get into it, but that's no recommendation to own it.

Definately no Jurassic Park. One of the most disappointing films I've ever seen. At least Pete Postleswaite is in the sequel. Not that I finished watching that film, either.

The Rodent 06-05-12 12:06 AM

Ok, I'm going to try and compete with Used Future's collection. Here goes...

Overall pic. Whole lot is about 5 feet tall.
http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/...Rodent/DVD.jpg

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Close up of singular movies. Two are missing from the photo though, Avatar and The Expendables. Avatar hadn't been bought at the time of the picture and Expendables is at my Brother's house.
http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/...odent/DVD4.jpg

Close up of singular movies that don't fit in the slots due to dopey cardboard sleaves.
http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/...odent/DVD5.jpg

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The collections, franchises and originals-sequels that sit on top of the whole lot.
http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/...odent/DVD7.jpg





A few changes since my last list I posted, some I got rid of due to not being watched or I simply have no interest. There's still some on the list to be dumped too.
At least mine are in Alphabetical order though :cool:

donniedarko 06-13-12 05:50 PM

Re: The Rodent's DVD Collection.
 
Singular Movies:
Ace Ventura Pet Detective- 2 stars
A Nightmare On Elm Street (Original)- 3 stars
The Big Lebowski- 4 stars
Cloverfield- 3 stars
The Day After Tomorrow- 3 stars
Dumb And Dumber- 4 stars
The Expendables- 2.5 stars
Goodfellas- 4 stars
I, Robot- 4 stars (haven seen it in a long time though)
Poltergeist- 3.5 stars
The Shawshank Redemption- 2 stars
The Shining- 4.5 stars.
Starship Troopers- 3.5 stars

Box-Sets and Collections:
Batman Begins and The Dark Knight- Only saw Dark Knight which I gave 4 stars
El Mariachi, Desperado and Once Upon A Time In Mexico Box-Set- Only saw El Mariachi and I gave it 2 stars
Ghostbusters 1 & 2- 4 stars
The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy- 4 stars
The Matrix Trilogy- only saw original. 4 stars
Pirates Of The Caribbean 1-3 (not 4, it's poop)- .5-1 star
Star Wars 1-6- 3.5ish

Powderfinger 06-15-12 01:42 AM

Originally Posted by donniedarko (Post 819054)
The Shawshank Redemption- 2 stars
Mate, C'mon! You're kidding aren't you? :(

donniedarko 06-15-12 03:11 AM

Originally Posted by Powderfinger (Post 819353)
Mate, C'mon! You're kidding aren't you? :(
:nope: I look at Shawshank as a chick flick with dudes.
People call it the ultimate revenge movie, but it's the most overrated IMO. It wa just a boring mess that people later called a classic.

The Rodent 06-15-12 04:06 AM

Re: The Rodent's DVD Collection.
 
Oh...

... dear...


Shawshank is a bit boring in parts, yes, but to make a decent movie doesn't mean you have to fill it with Michael Bay explosions and machine-gun fire.

Shawshank is definitely a classic, like the other King/Darabont prison collaboration The Green Mile. Though both are quite far removed from one another in terms of atmosphere.

Shawshank is a drama with the odd hit of violence, but mainly story and plot.
Screenplay, overall plot and writing, dialogue, acting, everything basically points to drama


Shawshank is a chick-flick/chick-flick with Dudes?
It's as far removed from a 'chick-flick' as Predator 2 is.

To class it in the same vein as Notting Hill, Four Weddings or Bridget Jones' Diary is a bit of an insult to Shawshank's makers.

Powderfinger 06-15-12 04:56 AM

Re: The Rodent's DVD Collection.
 
I liked Four Weddings and a funeral..lol! :D It's not chick-flick at all...Donnie! :rolleyes:

Nausicaä 06-15-12 08:38 AM

Re: The Rodent's DVD Collection.
 
I'm with Donnie(except the chick flick part/boring), I'd give it 3 stars. It's a good film but highly overrated.

Tyler1 06-15-12 09:22 AM

Re: The Rodent's DVD Collection.
 
Although one can extrapolate from the fact that most people have horrendous movie taste, just because it's damn popular doesnt make it a bad movie...

4 solid stars I say.

donniedarko 06-15-12 01:24 PM

Re: The Rodent's DVD Collection.
 
If you watch a low budget chick flick HS movie with a mean dean instead of a mean warden then it's pretty damn similar. The seen where he plays classical music and everyone suddenly has a change of heart I was thinking "are you f*ckimg kidding me". That's something straight out of a low budget Indian movie. People felt inspired, all I felt was tht I'm ready for a goods night rest. I was literally forcing myself to keep my eyes open during the movie. IMBD putting this as the number one film of all time is a slap in the face to all of the film industry.

Powderfinger 06-15-12 08:29 PM

Re: The Rodent's DVD Collection.
 
When he played the classical music, it was about defiance with tiranny! And he could to it. Though he spent 1 month in the hole!

Flimmaker1473 06-16-12 01:17 AM

The Shawshank redemption was a great film. Four stars. It is trendy these days to call it overrated (same with Forrest Gump).

donniedarko 06-16-12 02:14 AM

Originally Posted by Flimmaker1473 (Post 819548)
The Shawshank redemption was a great film. Four stars. It is trendy these days to call it overrated (same with Forrest Gump).
I truly don't like it. And IMO its not just overrated it's plain out bad. I wouldn't say it just to be different, I say it because its my opinion. I could hardly keep my eyes open this boring film.

Nausicaä 06-16-12 05:43 PM

Re: The Rodent's DVD Collection.
 
It is trendy these days to call it overrated (same with Forrest Gump).
I don't know about others, I'm certainly not calling it overrated because it's trendy to thank you very much, I actually think it's overrated and have done for years. :yup:

The Rodent 08-10-12 07:03 AM

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Four more for the collection after HMV priced them wrong. Should have come to £41... I payed £24.

TylerDurden99 08-10-12 07:38 AM

Re: The Rodent's DVD Collection.
 
If I may ask, what films are included in that Martial Arts Film Collection?

The Rodent 08-10-12 09:59 AM

Re: The Rodent's DVD Collection.
 
4 really bad ones.
Van Damme Black Eagle
Van Damme Kickboxer
Sandra Bullock Fire On The Amazon
Nicole Kidman (looking really fat and really ginger) Nightmaster


My Dad got it me... he saw it in a junk sale for like, 50 pence.


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