Classic Films

Amazon Blu ray Deal of the Week 69% off $3.68 per film

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...d_i=2901953011

1. Grand Hotel* (1932)
2. Mutiny on the Bounty* (1935)
3. Gone with The Wind* (1939)
4. Wizard of Oz (1939)
5. Maltese Falcon, The (1941)
6. Citizen Kane (1941)
7. Mrs. Miniver* (1942)
8. Casablanca* (1942)
9. Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948)
10. American in Paris, An* (1951)
11. Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951)
12. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
13. Gigi* (1958)
14. Ben-Hur* (1959)
15. North By Northwest (1959)
16. How the West Was Won (1962)
17. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
18. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
19. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
20. Bullitt (1968)
21. Dirty Harry (1971)
22. Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)
23. Clockwork Orange, A (1972)
24. Exorcist, The (1973)
25. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest* (1975)
26. Superman, The Movie (1977)
27. Shining, The (1980)
28. Chariots of Fire* (1981)
29. Risky Business (1983)
30. Amadeus* (1984)
31. Color Purple, The (1985)
32. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
33. Lethal Weapon (1987)
34. Driving Miss Daisy* (1989)
35. Goodfellas (1990)
36. Bodyguard, The(1992)
37. Unforgiven* (1992)
38. Natural Born Killers (Director's Cut) (1994)
39. Matrix, The (1999)
40. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
41. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
42. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
43. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King* (2003)
44. Million Dollar Baby* (2005)
45. Departed, The* (2006)
46. Dark Knight, The (2008)
47. Blind Side, The (2009)
48. Hangover, The (2009)
49. Sherlock Holmes (2009)
50. Inception (2010)

Still don't know who the market for this is as I imagine any films in this group that a person had interest in they probably already purchased. Still its a good price for 50 films.

laidbacklarkin

what's with this selection ? Its all over the place. none of these have been specially released just for this packaging. just randomly pick a title from an individual release it already has and put 50 of them in slick packaging. how does it bear any merit ? but there are some gems in it and as mentioned by others, this is more for a newbie collector than a seasoned one

Nate Boss

This set is more along the lines of what WB considers as a compilation of their 50 most essential films, chosen in a politically safe, covering all bases/genres method, that are already released on BD.

Some were brand new when the set came out (under a month), like Miss Miniver. Really, though, this set is worth it. You sell what you already have in the set. If you have the Matrix trilogy, you buy the 2/3 dbl feature. There are tons of discs that aren't cheap, and have NEVER been cheap (streetcar named desire, miniver, mutiny, zhivago, cuckoo's nest), and those owning them will get a good return, covering most of the cost.

The UV code is worth a good 20+ bucks to those who'd want it.

I'm happy as shit with my set. Only a few redundant films I can't sell off (Superman 1 in this set and the triple feature, the Kubrick films in this set vs the Kubrick box), otherwise it cost me less than a 100 when i bought it (after i sold what i had in the set) to get a ton of titles i didn't, AND priceless shelf space.

PhantomStranger

These type of sets are intended for customers looking for one-stop gift purchases on Christmas or a birthday. Too many collectors will already have some of the included discs, so it is more targeted at the ardent movie fan that isn't a big collector.

Gustafson78

These are all good movies, I've bought several films, such as Singin' in the Rain (1952), North By Northwest (1959)，Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971) etc.

Nate Boss

I'm still debating whether or not to put my set's copy of The Blind Side in the shredder. Can't put anything else in there due to the way each page has each film's art and history on it, though, sadly. would have been amazing to have 50 slim cases, but we probably won't see any sets with those ever again.

SterlingBen

Yeah, wtf? A set for people who love films but don't buy them (except for this one time).

Now a WB 50 Best Horror movies or Sci-Fi movies, maybe.

SterlingBen

Are there any newbie collectors anymore?

The Cow

There are probably some that haven't switched out a lot of those for Blu-rays yet.

Cardsfan111

That's the position I'm in. If I had unlimited resources, I'd be tempted to give this a look. I own many of the films on DVD, but have only upgraded a few to BD. But I'm not looking to drop $185 at the moment.

davidh777

How is the footprint on this set?

Plus it would hurt the value if you ever want to resell it, of course.

Nate Boss

about 8 standard BD cases wide, a slight bit taller. but that's a lot less space in terms of spines, and i have a spot atop my shelves for larger sets, the ones that are wider/longer than standard cases.

no plans to resell, but yeah, it'd look like shit. empty page.

monkish

Are the Lord Of The Rings discs the theatrical versions without any extras except for trailers? I'm fearing that they are (since they're only one disc each), but I can't find any concrete information one way or the other.

TheBigDave

You wouldn't have any problem selling the UV Code for $50. I've already got 25% of them on UV, and I'd buy it for $40.

Nate Boss

yeah, sold mine for 20 or 25 to my DC buyer here 3 or 4 months ago. one slip, one code, 50 movies. pretty damn bad ass, and for those who don't do DCs, like me, just an easy way to recoup some of the cost.

Nate Boss

The only film in this set with 2 discs is Ben Hur. The LOTR films are the original releases, the theatrical 1 discers, without the DVD extras disc, so yes, fairly bare-bones, and FOTR is DNR'd to shit.

davidh777

One code is awesome.