Butterfly Effect the only major motion picture DVD release this week?
07-04-04, 03:07 AM
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Butterfly Effect the only major motion picture DVD release this week?
I know it is the 4th of July this weekend but only one major movie will be released this week.
Has this happened before?
Netflix better have this one. It might suck but this is the only new release I can see this weekend since Secret Window and Badder Santa are on long wait.
Has this happened before?
Netflix better have this one. It might suck but this is the only new release I can see this weekend since Secret Window and Badder Santa are on long wait.
07-04-04, 07:29 PM
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The Butterfly Effect has been one of the better surprises so far this year... a really solid and entertaining flick that I think most people underestimated... I can't wait to pick this up on Tuesday.
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07-05-04, 06:41 AM
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Originally posted by DataZak
Film Noir Collection, Batman: Animated Series Vol. 1, Charlie Chan Chantology, Red Sonja, Monsieur Ibrahim, Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.....
Slow week? Far from it.
Film Noir Collection, Batman: Animated Series Vol. 1, Charlie Chan Chantology, Red Sonja, Monsieur Ibrahim, Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.....
Slow week? Far from it.
TBE will be long forgotton while some of these catalogue titles will endure.
07-05-04, 11:02 AM
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Re: Butterfly Effect the only major motion picture DVD release this week?
Originally posted by corycouger
I know it is the 4th of July this weekend but only one major movie will be released this week.
Has this happened before?
Netflix better have this one. It might suck but this is the only new release I can see this weekend since Secret Window and Badder Santa are on long wait.
I know it is the 4th of July this weekend but only one major movie will be released this week.
Has this happened before?
Netflix better have this one. It might suck but this is the only new release I can see this weekend since Secret Window and Badder Santa are on long wait.
As many others have glady pointed out, there is "The Film Noir Collection". Some of the most inluential movies ever filmed, a lot bigger than movies like Secret Window & Butterfly Effect.
Perhaps this would be a good week to check out some quality major studio releases rather than wait for the next DVD some commercial during Punked tells you to buy.
07-05-04, 11:15 AM
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Yeah, next week looks a little slow too.
Mid-summer is never a great time for DVD releases - by the time mid-June rolls around most of the christmastime Oscar-contenders are already out on disc.
We are getting some great catalog titles this year, though - the Film Noir box, the Scorsese box, the Hitchcock box - and late August is usually incredible for the sheer number of great discs being released.
Mid-summer is never a great time for DVD releases - by the time mid-June rolls around most of the christmastime Oscar-contenders are already out on disc.
We are getting some great catalog titles this year, though - the Film Noir box, the Scorsese box, the Hitchcock box - and late August is usually incredible for the sheer number of great discs being released.
07-05-04, 12:05 PM
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FYI, The Butterfly Effect has the theatrical version of the film and an alternate version listed as a "director's cut". The DC runs six minutes longer and the ending is completely different.
Not having seen the film before, I opted for the DC version when we screened the disc a couple of nights ago. A very "down" ending, but yet more of a logical conclusion to this story than the theatrical version ending, which we watched afterward and I consider a studio cop-out.
There were five of us watching and all agreed the DC has the better ending. That would be my recommendation to anyone considering this disc.
Not having seen the film before, I opted for the DC version when we screened the disc a couple of nights ago. A very "down" ending, but yet more of a logical conclusion to this story than the theatrical version ending, which we watched afterward and I consider a studio cop-out.
There were five of us watching and all agreed the DC has the better ending. That would be my recommendation to anyone considering this disc.
07-05-04, 12:32 PM
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Originally posted by Robert George
FYI, The Butterfly Effect has the theatrical version of the film and an alternate version listed as a "director's cut". The DC runs six minutes longer and the ending is completely different.
Not having seen the film before, I opted for the DC version when we screened the disc a couple of nights ago. A very "down" ending, but yet more of a logical conclusion to this story than the theatrical version ending, which we watched afterward and I consider a studio cop-out.
There were five of us watching and all agreed the DC has the better ending. That would be my recommendation to anyone considering this disc.
FYI, The Butterfly Effect has the theatrical version of the film and an alternate version listed as a "director's cut". The DC runs six minutes longer and the ending is completely different.
Not having seen the film before, I opted for the DC version when we screened the disc a couple of nights ago. A very "down" ending, but yet more of a logical conclusion to this story than the theatrical version ending, which we watched afterward and I consider a studio cop-out.
There were five of us watching and all agreed the DC has the better ending. That would be my recommendation to anyone considering this disc.
07-05-04, 05:05 PM
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Re: Re: Butterfly Effect the only major motion picture DVD release this week?
Originally posted by Sessa17
It's a sad day when one of, if not THE bigesst "major motion picutre" DVD release days of the years comes along, & someone complains about there not being any good major motion pictures coming out.
As many others have glady pointed out, there is "The Film Noir Collection". Some of the most inluential movies ever filmed, a lot bigger than movies like Secret Window & Butterfly Effect.
Perhaps this would be a good week to check out some quality major studio releases rather than wait for the next DVD some commercial during Punked tells you to buy.
It's a sad day when one of, if not THE bigesst "major motion picutre" DVD release days of the years comes along, & someone complains about there not being any good major motion pictures coming out.
As many others have glady pointed out, there is "The Film Noir Collection". Some of the most inluential movies ever filmed, a lot bigger than movies like Secret Window & Butterfly Effect.
Perhaps this would be a good week to check out some quality major studio releases rather than wait for the next DVD some commercial during Punked tells you to buy.
And your Punk'd reference...well, I just don't get it I guess...
07-05-04, 05:11 PM
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Re: Re: Re: Butterfly Effect the only major motion picture DVD release this week?
Originally posted by Tarantino
There's nothing wrong with not caring about your precious 'Film Noir Collection'. I personally don't care either, and think it's a weak release day for DVD's.
And your Punk'd reference...well, I just don't get it I guess...
There's nothing wrong with not caring about your precious 'Film Noir Collection'. I personally don't care either, and think it's a weak release day for DVD's.
And your Punk'd reference...well, I just don't get it I guess...
The only TV show on MTV I know the name of is Punked, which has the same guy as Butterfly Effect in it & with such significant major studio releases coming out tomorrow, & the guy not even knowing about them, it just read to me like the person was getting their movie info from commercials on MTV.
I never said there was anything wrong with it, I just find it sad, that so many don't care about the truly great films.
07-05-04, 05:19 PM
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Butterfly Effect the only major motion picture DVD release this week?
Originally posted by Sessa17
I never said there was anything wrong with it, I just find it sad, that so many don't care about the truly great films.
I never said there was anything wrong with it, I just find it sad, that so many don't care about the truly great films.
07-05-04, 05:24 PM
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Butterfly Effect the only major motion picture DVD release this week?
Originally posted by gutwrencher
...I cant help it. guess it helps to be older and have a wider taste.
...I cant help it. guess it helps to be older and have a wider taste.
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07-05-04, 06:46 PM
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Originally posted by Sessa17
You can't be much of a Tarantino fan you are if you don't care about some of the biggest, most signifant influences on his career.
You can't be much of a Tarantino fan you are if you don't care about some of the biggest, most signifant influences on his career.
07-05-04, 06:48 PM
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I enjoyed the director's cut yesterday... I didn't see the movie in the theatre, but the wife did and explained all the differences (which were mainly the ending)... overall I thought it was a GREAT movie... definitely not one to miss... a little odd, but there's nothing wrong with that. 
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Butterfly Effect the only major motion picture DVD release this week?
Originally posted by Sessa17
I never said there was anything wrong with it, I just find it sad, that so many don't care about the truly great films.
I never said there was anything wrong with it, I just find it sad, that so many don't care about the truly great films.
All of the other releases being touted by you and others are catalog titles--great ones, yes, but still catalog releases, even if they are new to DVD. No need to get high and mighty about what seemed like a simple comment.