What's currently the most prized item in your DVD collection and why?
 

The Criterion Collection of Silence of the Lambs seeing as it is in mint condition and no longer available.

It's a tie between my two LOTR Extended Editions. Soon to be joined by a third. They did a helluva job on them.

i like my special edition Pulp Fiction. because its my favorite movie and its well put together and has alot of special features

it's Collector's Edition Actually.

its a toss up between my Evil Dead: Book of the Dead or Brazil: Criterion Collection.

oh ok i like my collector's edition of pulp fiction

My Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings special edition. As Yoda said, they put lots of work into it.

All my Marilyn Munroe movies, I just love her.

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The Godfather Box set or The Book of the Dead

i would say my Stanley Kubrick Collection if i had one :D

I am going to say my Stanley Kubrick collection... even though it IS missing The Killing, Killers Kiss and Paths of Glory.... But I own all those anyway :) and it's all because Warners couldn't get rights to them......

Is there really a difference?

As for me:
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Not much for special features but nothing beats having the entire collection at my fingertips.

I WANT. How much did you pay Garrett?

i was guessing you were going say monty.

you get Scorsese?

a bundle of cash, just like that Stanley Kubrick Collection you have! How much you get yours for?

I got a deal since I work in a video store I payed $85(Cdn)

It was a gift but I imagine the retail price is something outrageous. I damn near fell out of my chair when I opened it and realized what it was.
You can look it up on Amazon probably.

Zzat: Nope, I still haven't got it, I went looking for it 1 or 2 weeks ago and nowhere had it. A local Wal-Mart said they were expecting to get it soon, so I've been putting off getting online (I hate the anticipation ;) )

the most prized item in my dvd collection is Pirates of the Caribbean 2-disc collectors edition with the case.
I know its sounds corny, but i have a limited dvd collection, so oh well!

Later

mine would be my limited edition dogville box set. a, because it is dogville and has nicole in. b, because its really cool and has postcards and film cells in it. c, because it cost me $100 dollars which means its the most expensive dvd purchase i have made ever on one dvd.

Mine's a three way tie between the Casablanca 2 disc set, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly 2 disc set, and the Indiana Jones Trilogy.

i never said mine so mine would probably be either the Godfather DVD Collection or Martin Scorsese Collection, but i payed more for the Scorsese.

My most prized dvd's have to have the actors that my friends and I like. Our fav's are Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Denis Leary, and Kiefer !!! :p
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Soon enough I shall own the clerks 10th anniversary DVD edition. That will be my second most prized DVD.

I loved clerks. When does it come out? :eek:

I'd have to say my 10th Aniversary Edition of Reservoir Dogs. I managed to get all five limited edition covers, and it has some fantastic extras. I think the Film Noir piece is one of the most imformative things I've seen in a long time, and the revisiting of the Sundance Festival was also great.

yeah, The CLerks tenth anniversary DVD is my new god. lol. I love all the extras and the new cartoon sequence is disturbingly funny. 3 disks of Kevin Smith goodness for 24 bucks? yeah, its incredible.

is it 5 of the same dvds just different covers?

my kill bills

red dwarf
 

so many to choose from well for special fetures id have to go for the american pie trilogy

but as far as to say if i lost my collection of dvds the things id miss the most is my red dwarf series i love red dwarf dave lister is my idol

SMEGHEAD
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Have you seen An Evening With Kevin Smith I watched it a couple weeks ago and the amount of Kevin Smith universe material included is mind boggling. He has a ***** load of weird stories.

No I just own 1 copy of the DVD. I just got my friends to give me their covers. But, all the viewing material is the same.

i got it for 20 at best buy! i was like wtf, and grabbed one right away. 3 disks for 20 bucks was like the best deal i've gotten. and maybe the evil dead book of the dead i got for 20 bucks too.

My most prized DVD is my Trailerpark Boys season 1 & 2 and season 3. If any Canadians out there has not seen this show, watch it. This is the funniest show i have ever seen in my life. Some Americans may have seen it, I heard it was supposed to come to a comedy channel or something, only it beeps out the swearing. But thats American television for ya. The bloopers at the end of the dvds are hilarious. Watch this show!!!!

If you're Canadian and haven't heard of this show... you're either deaf or stupid.. Trailer Park Boys owns faces......

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The Lord of the Rings......Because when you've read the books and you get up close
and personal with Mr.Tolken, You can't help but watch each movie one after the
other It really is a great relaxing feeling for me and a whole lot of fun.

hey niecy again. Has anyone seen or heard of that pirate movie its a classic.

YELLOWBEARD! I don't know who's in it . Just caught a little bit on vhf one night

This is what I think of YELLOWBEARD, :down:

I suppose my Two Towers Extended Edition DVD is the one I cherish most, followed by Pirates of the Caribbean.

my would be my extended edetion of all 3 LOTR box sets there all joined and limited edition

My copy of Once Upon A Time In The West, because I love Spaghetti Westerns and the DVD package is so well put together, it fits in nicely next to my other Westerns.

Also my Discontinued edition of Fight Club or my Discontinued edition of Reservoir Dogs.

Red River and Taxi Driver because they're my two favorite movies.




But I know, I know you wanted it based on features/look/menu's ect,



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Hmm probably Criterion edition of Straw Dogs, which is out of print now. It has a great commentary which takes one point of view on the film and runs with it. I also believe its what Peckinpah had in mind to when he made the film, message wise. Goes against what Pauleine Kael said in her imfamous review. Speaking of Kael there's a lot of stuff about how Peckinpah fired back at her including text of a couple of letters. Also there's a couple of 20 minute or so interviews with Susan George and Dustin Hoffman. Susan George was told she got the role in a very interesting method.

But the highlight of the disc besides the movie and the excellent transfer is the documentary Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron. It has interviews with actors who worked with him and focuses a lot on his rebelous side or the side that earned him the nickname "Bloody Sam"

Great movie and a great DVD and since it's out of print, I hate to part ways with it. Also it's the only movie I paid the full Criterion price of $40 for. I saw it was going out of print and that they were going to release another edition of the film which was more bare bones in features, ect. (the one that is out today) so I had to grab it.

My Kill Bill DVDs, no one shall touch them! No one! :p

You can have your Kill Bill DVD's, I'm sure no one will want them, lol, im jokin, i would say the most valued DVD in my collection will probably be Futurama Seasons 1-4.

I think I cherish all of my dvd's because I'm not one for picking favorites but if I had to, It's would be a three way tie.

1. My Tim Burton Collection
2. The Ed Wood Box Set
3. The Extended Editions of Lord Of The Rings (With The Figurines)

I wouldn't really say that LOTR comes with figurines, I would say they are statues.
However.......can't wait for ROTK to come out on DVD.

Well I don't have any DVDs thanks to some thiefs at my apartment complex, but I recently bought Ed Wood on VHS for a 1.99. Considering that is the only thing in my movie collection period, it is my most prized.

My roomated bought a used Van Wilder DVD but it is not mine and nor do I want to claim it as my most prized (even though it does shell out a few good laughs).

In my stolen collection though I might go with What's Eating Gilbert Grape or The Back to the Future Trilogy, dang that was some good stuff.

but will you ever recover from the loss of all your DVD's, i all my DVD's were stolen, I would just give up and cry. lol

I cried for about four hours. I cried for the loss of my treasures, it took me a good while to hunt down some of those DVDs. I also cried for the loss of my PS2 which was used as my DVD player. Being a poor college student I haven't the money to buy any DVDs yet or start replacing them, heres to hoping for a good christmas!!! haha

yes, we all have christmasses as well

A few items in my collection fit the bill:

The top item is still-

Unbreakable, with it's slick case design, Alex Ross sketches of Mr. Glass and Sentryman, all wrapped around an incredible film...

Some others:

The LotR Extended Editions - These things are ridiculous, with enough content to keep even the most die-hard fan busy for quite some time...

Pulp Fiction (Collector's Edition) - Another top notch case wrapped around stellar content...

Lawrence of Arabia - The suber-bit, color corrected version of this seminal film is clearly, something to write home about.

Honorable mention:

Blade Runner - I have to mention it because it is THE BEST MOVIE EVER!! The DVD is so-so, and I would LOVE to see a special edition hit the streets.

come to think of it, my indiana jones trilogy is one of my precious DVD's

I agree with Sedai on Unbreakable, it's a great collector's item.

I'd have to say that since being over in Japan, I'm afraid to buy any DVD set of value, because I'm not able to guarentee that it would make it back to the states in one piece.

A couple I have back home are:

Fight Club - Soap box

Se7en - Limited box

E.T. - Limited Release

These are all simply because you can't find them like this anymore. While they were on shelves for quite some time, the simple fact that you'll have to dig hard to find them now, is a good enough reason to cherish them.

My MST3K dvd's..... quite expensive, nobody borrows them, nobody fiddles with them, in fact, don't even look at them!!!!!!

Charisma, does it matter if everyone celebrates christmas? NO. did I make an assumption that everyone here does? NO. I was talking about me, so get over it and don't take everything everyone says as if it directly relates to you because it doesn't.

My most prized DVD possesion? Boy there are so many. Well, on the top of the list I suppose would HAVE to be without a doubt ..............


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I have alot of prized possessions, LOTR Extended Editions, Buffy season 1 -7, Angel Season 1 -4, Smallville Season 1-3, X Files season 1-4, Firefly, Indiana jones Boxset, Alien Quadrilogy and my Terminator 2 black tin case, special edition

Damn, that's not available yet in Australia or that would be mine!!!!

Here here!! I'm ordering mine off Amazon cause they don't sell them in Australia and I refuse to loan them out, even though I want people to watch them! Girl in Golden Boots still a mega stand out!

Alien Quadrilogy still a big standout for quality of making of's, interviews etc. 40 Hours of special features plus BOTH versions of the movies is pretty bloody good. Also I work at Fox so get paid for saying all that!!! ;) ;)

You should work for Fox!!! :p :p

a TELENOVELA...
 

HEY WHAT'S UP!
One of my prized DVD is actually a DVD I recently bought. Rubi, a spanish soap opera that became very popular here in the united States. If your up for anything you should pick up a copy and let me know what you thought.

my most prized possesion is Dawn of the Dead: Ultimate Edition

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I feel your pain...

I look at my Blade Runner disc and, even though it's one that I couldn't bear to part with, can't help thinking how shoddily this great movie's been treated.

If I am not mistaken, Blade Runner and Twister were two of the first DVDs to be released in the states. My copy of BR doesn't even have a real DVD menu to speak of. When you punch up "menu", a WB logo appears with a link to the chapter list, and that's it. Zero special features. Must have been a test run for WB....


Want to add a couple to my list:

Raging Bull : Special Edition
Star Wars : OT
Martin Scorsese Box Set

I've just popped mine (R2) into the player, and it's exactly the same.

Shoddy...

im gonna add more

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just wish it had a commentary

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That's either:
My James Bond collection - Because I'm a james bond fan.
or
Resident Evil:Apocalypse - It's the only film I have with Sienna Guillory in it, so far.............

It's probably the three WB special edition boxsets that I have. The coolest thing is that there is a single 35mm frame from each of the movies, amongst other things, like screenplays, picture cards, posters etc.
So far I own;
Bullit.
Casablanca, and
The Matrix.
These are cool collectors items, and I got them reduced cause the DVD shop was closing down. Everyone loves a bargain.

The Godfather collection: 1,2,3 and a bonus.
Withnail and I
The Passion of Joan of Arc

Cinders, if I may pick your brains for a minute? :)

Does your copy of Withnail & I feature some very obvious and badly integrated ADR (mainly from McGann's character's voiceover)?

As soon as I upgraded my VHS copy to the R2 SE release I noticed (and cursed giving my old video to the charity shop). :(

There's a 2 page thread about this on the Withnail forum (here) if you don't know what I'm on about, but they seem to be talking only about the R2 release...

You can pick my brains if you can find 'em, D. ;)
Sadly, my copy is the pre-Criterion with no extras. The sound throughout could be better. I don't know what ADR is, and your link goes to the main page of the forum where no mention of ADR jumped out at me. McGann's vo's during the early cafe scene and later when he's in the bathtub are pretty hackneyd. Is that what you mean?

ADR means Additional Dialogue Recording - ie redubbing. The two scenes you mention are two that were redubbed so you're on the right track even if you didn't know it (sounds like the way I figure out most things...).

That forum's weird. Every page you click has the same address. If you can't stand pages of nutters shouting "Monty you terrible ****!" at each other, I'll spare you the bother. :)

It's been butchered...

Strangely it's my Infernal Affairs Collectors Box Set, which i imported from Hong Kong, it only cost about 50p and i got Ashes of Time with it free. ****ing awesomest deal ever. DVDs are all good quality and legit, they come in a fancy case and there's a bonus disc of extras, and it only cost 50p!!!

I have this Lord of the Rings the two towers thats different from the others because I owned it before it was even released to the public. I got connections like that.:cool:

My Uncut International Version 2-Disc Set of Trainspotting
I paid full price for it, but it was well worth it.

Kung Fu Hustle. Picked it up on www.cdwow.co.uk about 7months ago for £9.99 and must have watched it 5 or 6 times now.

(and before anyone asks, No, it's not a bootleg copy)

City Of God. I had to pay twenty bucks for it even though it was only a one disc set, but it was worth it.

My Lord of the Rings boxset of Extended Editions. I've had it since Christmas and there still aren't any scuffs on the packaging :D

Adding another....

A Very Long Engagement (Jeunet, 2004)

STELLAR transfer, and quite possibly the best "Making Of" I have ever seen. It's almost as long as the film itself, and it has so much great inside information about so many of the scenes in the film. Add to this a great documentary about Paris in the 20s, as well as a doc about the zeppelin explosion, and we have a real gem. I also love the menu design. For any Jeunet fan, this disc is a must have...

all three versions of brazil....

What is brazil?

Stick around...you'll find out ;)

Terry Gilliam's Brazil (1985)

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Told ya. :) For more info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088846/?afsrc=1

:eek:

Finally rented Amélie the other day, and went straight to Best Buy late this afternoon and added it to my collection. :cool:

You hadn't seen it yet? I'm amazed.

I'm glad you liked it, though. Have you seen any other Jeunet films?

I still need to see it too.

Saw Delicatessan which I give and Alien 4, though I do wanna see A Very Long Engagement. :D

Do not hesitate. I just saw it and I seriously think it's flawless.

Please don't lump Alien: Resurrection along with Jeunet's other films. It was written by a guy who mainly wrote for television. He had no clue how to write that film adequately, let alone well. Hell, he’s writing the new Wonder Woman movie, that ought to tell ya’ something. It's certainly not a real Jeunet film like Delicatessen, The City of Lost Children, Amélie, and A Very Long Engagement.

...and what are you waiting for with A Very Long Engagement? Get off your ass, jerz! ;)

I love Amélie and A Very Long Engangement, but Delicatessen was a huge disspointment given that it was Jeunet. The film is just far too odd and seems like the story is forced with visuals overlacking a not very good story alltogether. But, those are just my thoughts on it, I'd grade it a C+ for some funny situations, but I think it failed at what it was trying to do.

I think you are being a bit harsh on Whedon. It wasn't really that he had no clue how to write the film adequately, more that there was a clash of vision and what he wrote ended up getting changed so that some of it didn't make sense, what you got in the end was kind of a mash of his original story and Jeunet's ideas which didn't really work.

Can anyone help me find a decent copy of City of Lost Children? I've wanted it for a while now and keep finding english dubbed copies, plus it's deleted in region 2.

Hard to choose.
(OP means out of print, or so i believe)
-I have a signed Book Of The Dead (signed by Bruce Campbell)
-OP Memento CE
-OP Abyss CE
-OP Fight Club CE
-Criterion Collection Rushmore, Royal Tenenbaums, Videodrome, or Life Aquatic.

Thats all I can think of right now, its hard to decide.

Other than that, I am more proud of my complete, or almost complete collections, which include:

Tarantino (All Collector's Edition)
Fincher (All Collector's Edition, except Panic Room, but maybe panic room ce soon)
The Living Dead Trilogy
Alien Quadrilogy+AVP+Predator 1 CE/Predator 2 SE
Rodriguez collection-spy kids trilogy and the Faculty
All LOTR Box Sets
Amityville Horror Collection
Several John Carpenter movies
Back To The Future Trilogies
American Pie Trilogy
etc....

Does your Rodriguez collection include El Mariachi, Desperado, and Once Upon A Time in Mexico? How about From Dusk Till Dawn? It's not even a Robert Rodriguez collection without those!

Hmm, I think I would say my Leone "Dollars" trilogy. All special editions with fold-out digipack packaging:

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Picture and sound are excellent, plus they all have lots of extras and just look great up there on my shelf.

The guy? Lol, you mean Joss Whedon? I think Joss is a fantastic writer, and I love his shows. I am in the camp that it was a clash of vision, because Joss can definitely write. Still, I wonder why they chose him for the project, as the Alien mythos aren't anywhere near his style. I will agree that he was probably a bit overwhelmed and out of his element, but his writing skills are damn good and he has a massive cult fanbase. Actually, he penned 12 issues of Astonishing X-men somewhat recently that I thought were just great. He seems to be dabbling in various mediums, and he has a new Sci-Fi film coming out based on the little known but wonderful Firefly series....