# Has there ever been a good direct to video movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 28, 2005, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-good-direct-to-video-movie/323777 "2005-09-28T01:42:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-good-direct-to-video-movie/323777/21 "2005-09-29T10:37:36Z")
> [@BluePitbull](#): > > About the Family Guy Movie, is it an actual movie or is it just 3 episodes with various sub-plots? It’s an actual movie, though it has three “acts” simply because of the conceit that first the characters are shown arriving for their opening night screening of their Stewie movie, then the actual movie begins immediately, then after the movie “ends”, the afterparty in their honor happens. ---
**Author:** ![archmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@archmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/archmichael)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-good-direct-to-video-movie/323777/22 "2005-09-29T15:02:51Z")
**Animatrix** ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-good-direct-to-video-movie/323777/23 "2005-09-29T15:23:53Z")
> [@archmichael](#): > > **Animatrix** Is good? ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-good-direct-to-video-movie/323777/24 "2005-09-29T15:35:17Z")
> [@adam yax](#): > > Is good? Some Animatrix is very good, some of it is quite week. Still worth watching though (which is probably more than can be said for Matrix part 3 ) ---
**Author:** ![archmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@archmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/archmichael)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-good-direct-to-video-movie/323777/25 "2005-09-29T15:44:03Z")
> [@adam yax](#): > > Is good? Oh yeah. If I were to rank all the Matrix movies, it would come in second to the original. Last Flight of the Osiris and the Second Renaissance were great. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-good-direct-to-video-movie/323777/26 "2005-09-29T16:03:28Z")
[Prince of Jutland](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0110891/) a.k.a Royal Deceit I don’t know if this was a TV movie or a theatrical film in Europe, but it was direct-to-video in the USA. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-good-direct-to-video-movie/323777/27 "2005-09-29T17:00:07Z")
> [@Innuendo Hunter](#): > > I thought **Lion King II: Simba’s Pride** was really good! That, _1½_, and _Aladdin and the King of Thieves_ along with are way better than the usual DtV animated movies like all that _Land Before Time_ dreck. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-good-direct-to-video-movie/323777/28 "2005-09-29T17:39:05Z")
> [@archmichael](#): > > Last Flight of the Osiris and the Second Renaissance were great. I agree that those two segments were good, but for the most part it was something that put me to sleep. ---
**Author:** ![mrunlucky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@mrunlucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrunlucky)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-good-direct-to-video-movie/323777/29 "2005-09-29T18:29:39Z")
The **Ginger Snaps** trilogy. **Wendigo** , I believe, did not have a theatrical run. **May**. And **Cube** , which while there is some questionable acting, is more enjoyable than a number of movies I’ve seen in theatres. ---
**Author:** ![bubastis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bubastis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubastis)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-good-direct-to-video-movie/323777/30 "2005-09-29T20:55:57Z")
> [@archmichael](#): > > Last Flight of the Osiris and the Second Renaissance were great. Last Flight of the Osiris was released in theatres, it played before Dreamcatcher. A lot of movies mentioned here got theatrical releases, if somewhat limited. The best direct to video movie I’ve seen is Retroactive with James Belushi. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-good-direct-to-video-movie/323777/31 "2005-09-30T03:58:41Z")
> [@VCO3](#): > > **Cube** has attained a sort of cult status, mostly for its interesting plot concept rather than for being a particularly good film. I thought Cube, and Cube 2:Hypercube both had Theatre releases? Cube Zero however did not. That is, it was direct to DVD. And its perhaps the best of the Trillogy. Even If I had to pay 20 bucks for it, sight unseen. Also, I thought Ripleys Game was in Theatres as welll. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-good-direct-to-video-movie/323777/32 "2005-10-05T03:09:59Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > Cube Zero however did not. And its perhaps the best of the Trillogy. Even If I had to pay 20 bucks for it, sight unseen. I’m curious, did you prefer I or II? I haven’t seen Cube Zero yet, but I did enjoy both Cube and Cube II, for different reasons. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-good-direct-to-video-movie/323777/33 "2005-10-06T07:42:24Z")
**Toy Story 2** was originally conceived and intended to be a direct-to-video release, but it was upgraded to a theatrical release after Disney realized just how good (i.e potentially profitable) it was. ---
**Author:** ![archmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@archmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/archmichael)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-good-direct-to-video-movie/323777/34 "2005-10-06T10:20:19Z")
I believe **Interstella 5555** , the Leiji Matsumoto/Daft Punk techno space opera, was direct to video [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-good-direct-to-video-movie/323777.md?page=1)