Movies Owned: Which is Good?

[joshaube]

These are all of the movies in my collection which I have not yet seen, or it has been a while and I forget most of it. Which are some good ones worth watching?

American Pie: Band Camp
Boo!
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Madagascar
Valiant
Mean Creek
Get Real
Night Watch
The Cave
Hellraiser 4, 5, 6, 8
Bad News Bears
The Brother's Grimm
Desperate Souls
Must Love Dogs
Santa's Slay
The Polar Express
A Tale of Two Sisters
Underclassman
Two For The Money
Flightplan
The Fly
Jaws
The Fog
Alien
Requiem for a Dream
Apocolypse Now Redux
The Shining
In Her Shoes
Corpse Bride
The Lord of the Rings
Elizabethtown
DOOM
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Waiting
Starship Troopers
Pride & Prejudice
The Legend of Zorro
The Godfather 1 & 2
Phantom of the Opera
Ong-Bak
Snatch
Underworld
Garden State
Thumbsucker
Dog Soldiers
MirriorMask
Domino
Scarface
London
RENT
Nanny McPhee
Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire
The Silence of the Lambs
Buying the Cow
Psycho
Day Watch
Prime
The Punisher
Evil Aliens
Memoirs of a Geisha
Donnie Darko
Kids in America
Final Destination 1 & 2
The Transporter
Fragile
Timecop
Just Friends
Joshua
Braveheart
Capote
Ginger Snaps 1, 2 & 3
The Notebook
Venom
Magnolia
Someone Like You
I Heart Huckabees
The Chronicles of Narnia
Fascination
Mrs. Henderson Presents
The Family Stone
Basic Instinct
Satanic
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
House of the Dead
The Door in the Floor
Casanova
Rocky 1 & 2
Match Point
Cold Creek Manor
Matador
Mr. Hell
Tristan & Isolde
Last Holiday
Kinky Boots
Loggerheads
Sleepaway Camp 2 & 3
Eternal
Munich
Imaginary Heroes
Grandma's Boy
The New World
Thirteen Ghosts
Candy Stripers
BloodRayne
Chaos
Irreversible
The Ringer
The Unknown
Ichi the Killer
Syriana
Down in the Valley
KatieBird
Firewall
These Girls
Bandidas
Die Hard 1 & 2
The Zodiac
Freedomland
Hollowman 2
When A Killer Calls
Identity
Kidulthood
Gladiator
Underworld Evolution
Cemetary Gates
Planet of the Apes
16 Blocks
Creep
The Pink Panther
Feed
Eight Below
Aquamarine
Valentine
Dirty Love
S.W.A.T.
Room 6

[Miss Olivia]

Wait, are you saying you haven't seen ANY of those movies in your collection?

How is THAT happening? Did somebody die and leave you movies, or are you a loan shark and taking payments in DVDS?

[Posher778]

You haven't seen Alien or The Shining?

*suicide*

[heebiejeebies]

Although I can't believe you haven't seen The Silence of the Lambs, I'll give you a few titles that I think are worth your time:

The Lord of the Rings (all three if you have 'em)
A Tale of Two Sisters
The Fog (but only if it's the original; if it's the remake, BURN IT!!)
Dog Soldiers
Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire (this turned me on to HP)
Gladiator
Ichi the Killer
The Ringer (sick, twisted, but pretty funny for a Knoxville flick)
Donnie Darko
Capote (you'll get used to Hoffman's accent)

There are probably a dozen others on the list that I'm missing, and you already know where I stand on both Boo and Creep.;) If you watch Night Watch (assuming it's the Russian flick), let me know how it is. I really want to see it.

Happy viewing!!!!

[joshaube]

Haha, the deal is I'm a collector. Family members load their collections on me, like my aunt did recently with a bunch of cheap DVDs she bought and didn't have a use for (doesn't have a player...) I also order too much since I have lots of credit at stores like Futureshop and Chapters. Most are used, and some are badly burned copies (mostly the foriegn ones).


As for not seeing The Shining, Silence of the Lambs, etc... read carefully :)

"which I have not yet seen, or it has been a while and I forget most of it."

I have seen them, just been a while. :) I could use another viewing.

The Fog is the remake :p I'm avoiding it.

And yeah, NightWatch is the russina flick. I have DayWatch too. I was planning a b2b sometime... buuut... never got too interested. I think the subtitles on my discs are hack jobs anyway.

[The_Return]

Hahaha....I didnt read the whole list, but Santa's Slay is pretty fun:D. I saw it on Christmas Eve:p

[filmmaker2]

If the "13 Ghosts" you list is the ORIGINAL film, then you have a really fun movie and you should make some popcorn and watch it!

[bwind22]

American Pie: Band Camp
Boo!
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (If it's the original)
Madagascar
Valiant
Mean Creek
Get Real
Night Watch (Not available on R1 yet, but it's supposedly excellent.)
The Cave
Hellraiser 4, 5, 6, 8
Bad News Bears
The Brother's Grimm
Desperate Souls
Must Love Dogs
Santa's Slay
The Polar Express
A Tale of Two Sisters
Underclassman
Two For The Money
Flightplan
The Fly
Jaws
The Fog
Alien
Requiem for a Dream
Apocolypse Now Redux
The Shining
In Her Shoes
Corpse Bride
The Lord of the Rings
Elizabethtown
DOOM
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Waiting
Starship Troopers
Pride & Prejudice
The Legend of Zorro
The Godfather 1 & 2
Phantom of the Opera
Ong-Bak
Snatch
Underworld
Garden State
Thumbsucker
Dog Soldiers
MirriorMask
Domino
Scarface
London
RENT
Nanny McPhee
Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire
The Silence of the Lambs
Buying the Cow
Psycho (If it's the original)
Day Watch (See comments on Night Watch)
Prime
The Punisher
Evil Aliens
Memoirs of a Geisha
Donnie Darko
Kids in America
Final Destination 1 & 2 (Stupid plots, great kills)
The Transporter
Fragile
Timecop
Just Friends
Joshua
Braveheart
Capote
Ginger Snaps 1, 2 & 3
The Notebook
Venom
Magnolia
Someone Like You
I Heart Huckabees
The Chronicles of Narnia
Fascination
Mrs. Henderson Presents
The Family Stone
Basic Instinct
Satanic
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
House of the Dead
The Door in the Floor
Casanova
Rocky 1 & 2
Match Point
Cold Creek Manor
Matador
Mr. Hell
Tristan & Isolde
Last Holiday
Kinky Boots
Loggerheads
Sleepaway Camp 2 & 3
Eternal
Munich
Imaginary Heroes
Grandma's Boy (It's got it's moments, but it's nothing spectacular.)
The New World
Thirteen Ghosts
Candy Stripers
BloodRayne
Chaos
Irreversible
The Ringer
The Unknown
Ichi the Killer
Syriana
Down in the Valley
KatieBird
Firewall
These Girls
Bandidas
Die Hard 1 & 2
The Zodiac
Freedomland
Hollowman 2
When A Killer Calls
Identity
Kidulthood
Gladiator
Underworld Evolution
Cemetary Gates
Planet of the Apes
16 Blocks
Creep
The Pink Panther
Feed
Eight Below
Aquamarine
Valentine
Dirty Love
S.W.A.T.
Room 6



I bolded the ones that I would recommend off your list.

[Dante'sInferno]

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory(1970's version)
Alien(Go see this movie....like NOW)
The Shining(See this movie....now)
The Lord of the Rings(Bah...they own so go see them)
The Godfather 1 & 2(Wait...you havent seen these??BLASPHEMY!)Dog Soldiers(Pretty bad ass)
Domino( I liked it,but of course i liked the actor)
Scarface(Give this one a go)
Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire(Favorite of the harry potter films,Voldermants birth owns you)
The Silence of the Lambs(Jesus....got watch this NOW!!!!!)
Psycho(See it)
Donnie Darko(Haven't been able to see this,but i here good things)
Rocky 1 & 2(See them)
Die Hard 1 & 2(See them)
Gladiator(Bad ass movie)

[The Flayed One]

These are my suggestions out of the ones I've seen.

A Tale of Two Sisters
The Fly
Jaws
Alien
Requiem for a Dream
Apocolypse Now Redux
The Shining
Corpse Bride
The Lord of the Rings
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Starship Troopers
The Godfather 1 & 2
Phantom of the Opera
Snatch
Underworld
Dog Soldiers
MirriorMask
Scarface
The Silence of the Lambs
Psycho
Donnie Darko
Final Destination 1 & 2
Braveheart
Ginger Snaps 1, 2 & 3
The Chronicles of Narnia
Basic Instinct
Sleepaway Camp 2 & 3
Candy Stripers (the porno?)
Ichi the Killer
Die Hard 1 & 2
Identity
Gladiator
Planet of the Apes (IF it's the original.)

[joshaube]

Haha, good replies guys. The reason I haven't seen most of those is because I am not in to the type of films such as The Godfather or Bravheart and Gladiator. I will give them a go, though.

Candy Stripers (the porno?)
Haha, nooo. It's some B-movie I picked up. I skimmed it and I don't think it's porn - or if it even has any sex. About demon-like candy stripers and some patients in their hospital. Mainly some collage-age boy who thinks something is wierd.

[urgeok]

i probably have 2000 - 3000 of mine i havent seen yet ..

should I post a list ? :p

[PR3SSUR3]

I got tired of the repetitive 'atrocities' to be found in Asian Category III films (rapes conveyed with over the top zelousness, extreme gore made comedic though silly sound effects, and, worst of the all, the reliance on the 'flashback' style accompanied by misplaced humour). Parts of Ebola Syndrome and The Untold Story remain shocking, but these kind of productions do not seem to have progressed intellectually or cinematically in the last decade.

Indie zombie films all seem to look the same now too - more blood, more Romero homages, same old narrative, bad acting and in-jokes.

Rather than put trust in some of these films left gathering dust, I'd rather discover something like Wolf Creek from Blockbuster...

[Miss Olivia]

Braveheart and Gladiator are two of the better movies on your list. I know what you mean about not your type of movie, but they are so good they transcend types. I cried for both of those movies and I'm not usually a cryin' girl...

[Despare]

Originally posted by urgeok
i probably have 2000 - 3000 of mine i havent seen yet ..

should I post a list ? :p

Yeah! Of all the real ones... no burned or DL'd copies... you wouldn't have those though would you? ;)

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Despare
Yeah! Of all the real ones... no burned or DL'd copies... you wouldn't have those though would you? ;)


you'd be suprised !

i'd say 90% of those are beta/vhs/dvd and laserdisc

any of the burned ones i have - I replace with legal used copies if they are any good .. i like the extras..

[_____V_____]

Bet buncha those LDs are the ones you picked a few weeks back from that store which was closing, Urge.

Although I know you well, you might have taken a peek at all of em already. ;)


:D

[urgeok]

Originally posted by _____V_____
Bet buncha those LDs are the ones you picked a few weeks back from that store which was closing, Urge.

Although I know you well, you might have taken a peek at all of em already. ;)


:D

i've been buying laserdiscs for a couple of years .. but it's over now .. the main canadian guy who sells on ebay isnt selling anymore...

the other guy who ran a store closed it - so thats done ..

although i initially bought them on ebay here and there i eventually only dealed with these 2 guys exclusively because they were honest - good business and i trusted them (both ended up being friends as well)

i pretty much have everything i could want on laserdisc these days anyway ..

but no ... i've only seen a amall fraction of the 2000+ lasers i have ..so far.

[_____V_____]

you should get around to seeing em then.

How are you gonna keep em though? Just curious cuz I read somewhere (in these threads) that LDs (for that matter CDs and DVDs too) suffer from that whatcha-may-call-it condition?
when it gets spoilt and the black-silver thingy of the LD inside the outer protective circle of the LD is affected?

damn my memory is too short...:(


Neways I m asking cuz my collection is growing too, and I have no idea how to keep em safe from any sort of damage. Do I keep em like they are, in their keep cases? or is there a better alternative?

[The Flayed One]

Originally posted by urgeok
any of the burned ones i have - I replace with legal used copies if they are any good .. i like the extras..

I always do this. I get burnt copies of movies until I get around to buying them. Especially when they go out of print. I won't list any of my burned ones on my dvdaficionado page, because I don't consider a movie officially owned until I have the real thing. I see nothing wrong with it, as long as I'm gonna buy the original when I can get my grubby paws on it.

[_____V_____]

To the question posed for this thread, I d suggest The Shining and Dog Soldiers. This should be above everything else listed.

[Despare]

Originally posted by urgeok
i've been buying laserdiscs for a couple of years .. but it's over now .. the main canadian guy who sells on ebay isnt selling anymore...

the other guy who ran a store closed it - so thats done ..

although i initially bought them on ebay here and there i eventually only dealed with these 2 guys exclusively because they were honest - good business and i trusted them (both ended up being friends as well)

i pretty much have everything i could want on laserdisc these days anyway ..

but no ... i've only seen a amall fraction of the 2000+ lasers i have ..so far.

What laserdisc player do you have? We had one deep in storage but due to the lack of actual discs got rid of it.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by _____V_____
you should get around to seeing em then.

How are you gonna keep em though? Just curious cuz I read somewhere (in these threads) that LDs (for that matter CDs and DVDs too) suffer from that whatcha-may-call-it condition?
when it gets spoilt and the black-silver thingy of the LD inside the outer protective circle of the LD is affected?

damn my memory is too short...:(


Neways I m asking cuz my collection is growing too, and I have no idea how to keep em safe from any sort of damage. Do I keep em like they are, in their keep cases? or is there a better alternative?

laser rot .. doesnt affect all lasers - just specific titles that are known rotters.

i'll probably convert the rare stuff to DVD though .. more in the event that all my players eventually break.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Despare
What laserdisc player do you have? We had one deep in storage but due to the lack of actual discs got rid of it.

i have 6 or 7 of them .. maybe more ..

several different pioneers, sonys, and even a marantz.

i have even more that are broken but i'm purging right now and i'm gonna dump all the old electronics that dont work ..

that'll include cd players, dvd players, vhs machines, etc ... should make a sizeable pile on garbage day.

[_____V_____]

ahh yes laser rot...

sizeable pile? you planning a huge garage sale soon then :D

[MiD_NiiGHT]

Right ppl...I have read all posts and none of the titles of movies match the film I asking about any other suggestions??????

[joshaube]

Okay... put DOWN the crack...
and step away from my thread. :o

[SodaGirl]

I'm bored & can't sleep, so I'm putting my opinions of the ones I've seen...

-American Pie: Band Camp - No. Just no.
-Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Yes
-Mean Creek - Yes
-The Cave - No
-Hellraiser 4, 5, 6, 8 - Yes
-Bad News Bears - Yes
-Desperate Souls - No
-Must Love Dogs - Yes, but I have a soft spot for both dogs and chick flicks
-Santa's Slay - Yes, for the sake of cheesy fun
-Two For The Money - Yes
-Flightplan - Yes, worth a watch
-The Fly - Yes
-Jaws - You haven't seen Jaws? Yes.
-The Fog - Original yes; remake no
-Alien - Yes
-Requiem for a Dream - Yes
-The Shining - Yes!
-In Her Shoes - Yeah, it's pretty decent
-Elizabethtown - Far better than I expected, love it, yes!
-Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit - Yes
-Garden State - Kinda emo, but I like it, so yes
-Thumbsucker - Average independent flick, worth a watch
-Scarface - Everyone should see Scarface
-RENT - Yes
-The Silence of the Lambs - Yes
-Psycho - Yes
-Prime - No, it's boring and just plain bad
-Donnie Darko - Yes
-Kids in America - It's not too bad
-Final Destination 1 & 2 - Love them!
-Braveheart - Yes
-Capote - Definitely
-The Notebook - Yes
-Magnolia - Yes
-Someone Like You - No
-I Heart Huckabees - Yes
-The Chronicles of Narnia - Yes! Excellent imagery.
-The Family Stone - Yes, very good
-Cheaper by the Dozen 2 - It's acceptable, but no
-House of the Dead - Kill yourself
-The Door in the Floor - It bored the hell out of me, so no
-Rocky 1 & 2 - Umm yes!
-Match Point - I haven't seen it, but my boyfriend loves it
-Cold Creek Manor - Hated it
-Last Holiday - It was surprisingly decent, watch it
-Sleepaway Camp 2 & 3 - Oh yes, fun fun movies
-Thirteen Ghosts - Watch for the ghosts
-The Ringer - Yes, it's really good
-Hollowman 2 - I didn't know that was even made :S Can't be good
-When A Killer Calls - Original yes; remake nooooo
-Aquamarine - Ha, I watched this last night, it's a corny movie for young girls, but I didn't hate it. Pop it in sometime if you have nothing better to do.
-Valentine - I liked it a lot when I was 15, so sure

[tarcher80]

the ones w/ a * next to them are good, great, or worth seeing. the others i haven't seen or aren't worth a watch... god, i must be bored to fill this out.

American Pie: Band Camp
Boo!
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory *
Madagascar
Valiant
Mean Creek ***
Get Real
Night Watch *
The Cave
Hellraiser 4, 5, 6, 8
Bad News Bears * (original)
The Brother's Grimm - sell this to an unsuspecting fool
Desperate Souls
Must Love Dogs
Santa's Slay *
The Polar Express
A Tale of Two Sisters
Underclassman
Two For The Money
Flightplan
The Fly **
Jaws ****
The Fog * (the original)
Alien ***
Requiem for a Dream **
Apocolypse Now Redux ***
The Shining **
In Her Shoes
Corpse Bride *
The Lord of the Rings *
Elizabethtown - nails on a chalk board
DOOM
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit **
Waiting - people thought this was funny?????????
Starship Troopers **
Pride & Prejudice *
The Legend of Zorro
The Godfather 1 & 2 **
Phantom of the Opera
Ong-Bak
Snatch *
Underworld **
Garden State ***
Thumbsucker ***
Dog Soldiers ***
MirriorMask
Domino - burn this movie right now
Scarface - some people want my head, but i hated this movie
London
RENT * (not bad)
Nanny McPhee
Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire
The Silence of the Lambs ***
Buying the Cow
Psycho **
Day Watch
Prime
The Punisher * (the dolph lundren version from the eighties)
Evil Aliens
Memoirs of a Geisha
Donnie Darko ***
Kids in America
Final Destination 1 & 2 **
The Transporter *
Fragile
Timecop *
Just Friends
Joshua
Braveheart **
Capote *
Ginger Snaps 1, 2 & 3 ***
The Notebook - many girls have tricked me into watching some of this... not unless you like your grandparents' dramas
Venom
Magnolia **
Someone Like You
I Heart Huckabees ***
The Chronicles of Narnia *
Fascination
Mrs. Henderson Presents
The Family Stone **
Basic Instinct *
Satanic
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
House of the Dead - feed to animal
The Door in the Floor
Casanova
Rocky 1 & 2 **
Match Point *
Cold Creek Manor - why god why
Matador
Mr. Hell
Tristan & Isolde - the name alone pisses me off
Last Holiday
Kinky Boots
Loggerheads
Sleepaway Camp 2 & 3
Eternal
Munich ***
Imaginary Heroes
Grandma's Boy
The New World
Thirteen Ghosts - i don't know why people like this movie...
Candy Stripers (is this the porno from the eighties???)
BloodRayne - another failed attempt to make video game into a movie
Chaos
Irreversible
The Ringer
The Unknown
Ichi the Killer
Syriana *
Down in the Valley
KatieBird
Firewall - use this movie for a doorstop
These Girls
Bandidas
Die Hard 1 & 2 **
The Zodiac
Freedomland
Hollowman 2
When A Killer Calls * (the original)
Identity *
Kidulthood
Gladiator ***
Underworld Evolution **
Cemetary Gates
Planet of the Apes
16 Blocks *
Creep
The Pink Panther
Feed
Eight Below
Aquamarine
Valentine
Dirty Love
S.W.A.T. - please god noooooooo
Room 6Charlie and the Chocolate Factory **