Terminator III
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
American Wedding
Bedazzled
Unbreakable
X2: X-Men United
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Blood Simple
Man on the Moon
Freeway
Artificial Intelligence
Scary Movie
Mystery Men
a few others…
oh, er… :::embarrassed:::
“Beverly Hills Ninja”
Okay, my brother gave me that one for my birthday as a joke, but I think I gave him a revenge gift shortly thereafter. It’s still sitting on the shelf, as I currently don’t have any tables with uneven legs that need propping up.
The others I’ll get to… er… “one of these days” (famous last words). Just waiting for that Round Tuit…
Some of those were picked up only recently – I keep an eye on the used DVD racks at the local Blockbuster stores, especially when they run “buy 2 get one free” deals – usually try to pick them up when they are marked down to 9.99 (the lowest price that most of the DVDs reach on the used racks).
Glancing up at the shelf, I own and have never seen:
Romeo + Juliet Hamlet (Olivier’s) Adaptation Manon of the Spring Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
More disturbing to me are the movies that I’ve seen although I have never actually watched the DVD that I own. A sampling:
Strictly Ballroom Reservoir Dogs Tomorrow Never Dies 12 Angry Men The American President Get Shorty Chasing Amy Apollo 13 Donnie Darko Ghostbusters Bend It Like Beckham
and quite a few others …
I need an explanation for why I own movies, movies I love, but never watch them. But then they come on TV and I watch them, even with commercials and full-screen and edited-for-TV. Why don’t I just pop in the movie?
My brother gave me a copy of Blade Runner years and years ago - because he’d noticed I didn’t have it in my collection [of SF vids]. This is probably because I hate the *ucking film, but I didn’t tell him that, I thanked him profusely. And it’s still in it’s box, unwatched. I think it’s the Director’s Cut, (someone get him a Band-Aid!) which is supposed to be less crap than the theatrical cut.
I have the boxed set of I, CLAUDIUS that I have not watched.
I also have the boxed set of THE BEATLES that I have not even taken the shrink wrap off of.
What is it with box sets anyway?
Oh, this isn’t as much of a problem as you might think. I generally only pick up DVD’s of movies I’ve already seen before in the theater or in another format or movies I haven’t seen yet that I’m positive I’ll like, either through review or reputation. I’m not big on randomly acquiring stuff that I have no idea will suck or not.
Most of my unwatched DVDs have “III” in the title. I have a bit of a “completeness” fetish, so I have to have Jurassic Park I, II, and III. Same goes for several other trilogies. I also tend to try to complete actor’s sets, with things like the complete Man With No Name"/Clint Eastwood set, etc. The end result is a lot of unwatched DVDs. Not to mention the “grab it cuz it looks interesting and it’s cheap” runs through WallyWorld!
I’m too cheap to buy a movie and then not watch it. I like to rent them and then not watch it. See, it’s cheaper! :dubious: Right now I have an overdue copy of Big Fish by the TV that we need to finish watching, maybe the last 15 minutes. Having kids can do this to you, but lately I just get tired of things and don’t care. I enjoyed the Big Fish, but for some reason I just can’t press that <play> button.
One day, far in the future most likely, I will have some kind of home theatre set up. I enjoy watching movies on the big screen, but if I can get close to that feeling at home, I’ll do it.
Yes, it is one hell of a lot better, mostly because they cut out that horrible voiceover by Ford! And the ending-
IIRC, the director’s cut ends with the elevator door shutting on Ford and Young as they leave his apartment building after finding the origami- ambiguous (will Olmos get them or not? When will she die?) and better than the stupid happy ending in the original.
Worth a look, even if you disliked the first one.
And I still lust after Frank Langella, fat balding and old or not, based on the 1979 version of Dracula that he did. Mmmmm, sexiest vampire ever… I even found him hot in The Ninth Gate.
