Wow, did I get lost in the shuffle (about 3 pages ago!). Any one care to give me a shot (or do I have to do Metaphor4 first? )

John

JSwarce,

I'm game.

BEST:

Star Wars Trilogy
Fight Club
Unbreakable

WORST:

The Haunting
Point of No Return
xXx

MOST NEEDED:

Apocalypse Now
Full Metal Jacket
Platoon

- You seem to have an interest in war movies, but are missing some classics, IMO.

Paul:

Best Three:

-12 Monkeys
-After Hours
-Walt Disney Treasures: Tomorrowland

Worst Three:

-Exorcist II: The Heretic
-Flashdance
-Anastasia: Fox Studio Classics

Need:
-In the Mouth of Madness
-The Vanishing: The Criterion Collection
-Mulholland Drive

Nice collection - you seem to like all subgenres and offshoots of the horror genre, so I think my three suggestions would nicely suit your tastes.

I need Sidney Lumet movies.

cheers,

-the Jesus

cupcake jesus

best
Alien Quadrilogy
Memento - Limited Edition
Godfather Collection
Citizen Kane SE

worst
Moulin Rouge
Dogma
multiple copies of a few

most needed
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Peter Weir)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Milos Forman)
Carlito's Way (Brian De Palma)
Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet)
The Last Samurai, Glory, Legends of the Fall (Edward Zwick)

Skip me, I'm just going back to do PotVsKtl who was kind enough to do me and got skipped. Nice collection, BTW! A lot of your stuff is on my want-to-see list.

best:

Alfred Hitchcock Collection, The - Best of Hitchcock, Vol. 1
Bonnie and Clyde
Wong Kar-Wai Collection

worst

Gangs of New York
Gremlins SE
Pleasantville (I was forced to see this too many times, and Toby Maguire kind of grates on me)

need

Badlands
Gattaca
Straw Dogs

(btw - O Brother isn't my only Coen bros movie - I also have the brilliantly hilarious Fargo. I agree that I need more however.)

Best:
Seinfeld Seasons 1-3
Taxi Driver
LOTR Trilogy

Worst:
Romeo must die
Wag the dog
Billy Elliot

Needed:
T2
Reging Bull SE
Seven Samurai CC

(my collection http://www.intervocative.com/DVDColl...spx/horseflesh )

I have been skipped three or four times.

Here you go fryinpan 1 - my humble opinion. Nice movies in there, lots of great 80's action flicks, after my own heart. Tap into more classics, maybe older suspense or horror, and film noir. Happy collecting.

BEST
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly - Special Edition
Monster Legacy Collection
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Criterion
Indiana Jones Collection

WORST
Charlies Angels - Superbit
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (with Bryan Adams video ) (actually I saw this in the theater with my mom )
Marylin Manson DVDs (no wink)
The Matrix Collection (but that's just me)

NEDDED
Full Metal Jacket
Psycho
The Night of the Hunter
The Limey
The Third Man - Criterion

and what about me????

Can I do this more than once?

If so...

naitram,

BEST:

Brazil (Criterion)
Dream On - I need to get this.
Horror of Dracula - Ultimate Hammer

WORST:

Armageddon (Criterion)
The Haunting (DTS)
The Quick and the Dead

MOST NEEDED:

Nightmare on Elm Street - Under-rated horror classic
Revenge of Frankenstien - More Hammer/Cushing goodness
Star Wars Trilogy - Episode I and II, but not IV, V, and VI!

Ah, good to see some Hammer love. I know, I really need to get more of these. And I have the laserdisc versions of the Star Wars OT, can't deal with the "special editions". Thanks for the input, Paul!

Best:
Family Guy v.1, and 2
Godfather Trilogy
Memento: L.E.

Worst:
Daredevil
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
Hulk

Most Needed:
City of God
Buffalo 66
Adaptation

My "most needed" aren't really based on prestige and "everybody must own this classic piece of cinema," but it's more or less recommendations of some of my favorite films that you don't own.

http://www.dvdaficionado.com/dvds.ht...atrlbornthrllr

-JP

The first thing in your collection made my jaw drop! 1900 is a must have for me. Too bad I can't get that edition. (as it says it only has Italian subtitles). What sort of features does it have to make it collector's edition? It only says scene access listed under Features.

Best:
1900 CE
Walt Disney Treasures Sets
Fawlty Towers (used to have this. Now that my local library has it, I sold it recently) Great series.

Worst:
Daredevil
A Knight's Tale
Intolerable Cruelty

Most Needeed:
La Commare secca Criterion (another Bertolucci that I will be picking up soon. Just sent my Netflix copy back - since you have 1900)
Saving Private Ryan (you have other Spielberg, why not this?)
More Billy Wilder (Some Like It Hot is just a start).

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Now someone can do me (if they want)!

I'm sorry, but "Daredevil" is a damn fine superhero-action yarn!!!!!

Yarn is right. Damn fine is wrong.

X-2, Spiderman 2 were much better in recent years.

It tried to go dark and dark and dark and failed.


Just my take though.

conscience

Best:
Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas CC
Rushmore CC
Reservoir Dogs 10 Years SE

Worst:
Napolean Dynamite
About Schimdt
Lost In Translation

Needed:
Brazil CC
Battle of Algiers CC
The Killer CC

My turn please:

http://www.dvdaficionado.com/dvds.html?cat=1&id=dman47

Thanks.





Brazil is a couple of slots down from the top of my wishlist. Battle Of Algiers, I used to have, and sold it on her a couple of months ago. Got it when Barnes and Noble had that coupon out that one time. Might have to revisit it again at Netflix and think about it. The Killer? Hmm. That would be nice. Maybe scott can give me his cause I need it. Please?

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My turn please:

http://www.dvdaficionado.com/dvds.html?cat=1&id=dman47[/QUOTE]


Best:

Lord of the Rings Sets
Master and Commander CE
Clerks X

Worst:

Black Knight
Fast & The Furious/2 Fast 2 Furious
Sorority Boys

Most Needed:

Panic Room Special Edition
Chasing Amy Criterion (Smith's best movie, IMO)
Lock, Stock, And Two Smoking Barrels (I thought this was much better than Snatch. A lot of people seem to hate it though).

Best:
Godfather, The - DVD Collection- I’m a HUGE fan & I respect anybody who has this in their collection
Wrong Men & Notorious Women: Five Hitchcock Thrillers 1935-1946 – Fantastic collection from The Master
Star Wars Trilogy – another reason why DVDs were invented in the first place – the first reason being The Godfather Trilogy

Worst:
About a Boy (Full Screen) – FS?! Why?!
Solaris (2002) – not exactly a bad movie but I included it here because I thought you might like the original better
Fat Girl (Full Screen) (2001) – dump this & get the CC version if you really like this movie

You need:
24 - Season 2 & 3 – excellent TV IMO.
Crimson Rivers 2 disc set from R4 – since you have quite a number of titles from R4 & I think you might appreciate this genre.
The Exorcist – you seem to have some great horror titles in your collection & I think you need this

I’d write more but I think I’d respect the restriction for each of the categories. Great collection you have there.

Now I wish somebody would do mine as I’ve been skipped over

Best
Red Violin (one of my favorite films ever)
The Vanishing (In My Opinion one of the scariest films there is)
Salo: CC (For the fact you have it)

Worst (This Was tough catagory, in a good way there were very few poor choices)
Short Circuit 2
Naked Gun 33 1/3
Lost in Space

You Need (Again very Hard You Have so many it was hard to find things you need)
Neon Genesis Evangelion (One of the best Anime series Ever)
The Sweet Hereafter (Just A Beautiful Film)
Notrious: CC (Classic Hitchcock)

apchrist! What a diverse collection. So many great films but also so much crap.

Best 3 (hard to pick just 3!)
2001: A Space Odyssey
Dead Ringers
12 Monkeys

Worst 3 (hard to pick just 3!)
Chasing Amy
Not Another Teen Movie
Last Action Hero

Needed 3
Bottle Rocket (Wes Anderson's debut masterpiece!)
La Dolce Vita (Fellini's masterpiece. You already have some of his greatest films)
eXistenZ (anyone who has Cronenberg films and Matrix films in his/her collection needs this! Get the Canadian version with lots of worthwhile extras)

slowcloud

best
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - The Criterion Collection
Rushmore - The Criterion Collection
Alien Quadrilogy
Dead Man

worst
Late Night With Conan O'Brien - The Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
Star Wars: Episode 1

most needed
Dr. Strangelove
Godfather Collection
Seven Samurai Criterion

1900 is a bit of a sneaky entry actually. What I have is actually recorded from a Movie cable channel just before Christmas. It was originally on 3 DVD-r's but my brother (who works for another cable TV company, LOL) did an excellent editing job on it and it's now on ONE dual-layer disc. "One disc!", you say, "isn't the quality crap???". Actually no, it's very good, the source was a digital broadcast so it's immeasurably better than any VHS copy you may have. It's the full length version but unfortunately is the English dubbed version. Having said all that, I have yet to watch it, LOL!!.

1900 : see above
Disney Treasures : Absolute treasure (pardon the pun) troves, but I've still only scratched the surface.
Fawlty Towers : IMFFHO still the best TV sitcom ever made, British or American

My dvdprofiler is actually a couple of months out of date, which reminds me I should update it this weekend. Daredevil and Intolerable Cruelty are both now gone, funnily enough. A Knight's Tale is my wife's. I HOPE you were able to spot her DVDs in the collection, LOL.

La Commare Secca : I will certainly look into this.
Saving Private Ryan : The first 20 minutes were visually impressive, but after that it just didn't "do it" for me.
Wilder : True, my collection is lacking. Any recommendations? Actually, Some like it Hot is also my wife's, it's her favourite film!!

Damnit. I got skipped.

-JP

fryinpan1:
Best:
-Rushmore - The Criterion Collection: Jealousy boils inside of me for this.
-Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - The Criterion Collection: See Above.
-The Simpsons (Saesons 1-5): The BEST Show on TV.

Worst:
-National Security: I saw this in a hotel for free... and hated it.
-Fair Game (Full Screen): Bad movie, in full screen, double whammy.
-End of Days - Collector's Edition: There was no need for a collector's edition for this.

Need:
-Futurama (Vol 1-4): Underrated show cut in it's prime.
-Clerks X: Don't seem to have any Smith movies, but this is needed.
-Monty Python's Life of Brian- CC: Great movie, and DVD.

Interesting. I beg that this gets a decent, uncut release in the US soon. This movie screams for a Criterion release.

Update that thing! Scary stuff. And tell your wife to get her own. Hell, I can't say anything. I have some guilty pleasures that you would think are my wifes (if I had one and wanted one at this time).

La Commare Secca - A really good debut from Bertolucci. It bares resemblance to Kurosawa's Rashomon (in that they both tell multiple stories around a certain topic).

Saving Private Ryan - I can understand this, but I don't agree. I loved the film.

Wilder - Where do I begin? Since you have SLIT, definitely start with his comedies The Apartment, Sabrina (which is my favorite in this category. Gotta love Hepburn and Bogart - even though he couldn't stand her in real life), and The Seven Year Itch (another with Monroe). But his dramas are some of the best as well. Sunset Boulevard is compelling, Double Indemnity is a pot boiler (the good way), Stalag 17 has a good twist (you want to rip through the screen to tell everyone the secret). Top it all off with The Lost Weekend a scathing look at alcoholism.

So start with The Apartment (definite recommendation), then see how you and your wife like his dramas (my personal favorite in his drama category is Stalag 17, but I love them all. Not sure if your wife will be into it, though. There isn't a pretty blonde to grace the screen for the time of the movie. His most well known drama is Sunset Blvd, so do what you will.

Billy Wilder on IMDB