Rolling Stone Magazine's Best DVDs of 2005
11-26-05 | 01:13 AM
#26
DVD Talk Reviewer
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 10,380
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
From: Blu-ray.com
Originally Posted by RevKarl
Sorry, folks, but why even discuss a Peter Travers article? He was/is a notorious "quote whore" (a critic who sends his reviews to the studios so he can be quoted in their ads*) ....
There is nothing more to be added
Ciao,
Pro-B
11-26-05 | 07:38 AM
#27
DVD Talk Legend
I guess for casual DVD collectors, it's a fairly decent list, but we'll have to wait for someone with a few more active brain cells who can recall that 2005 also saw the realease of the Edison boxset, Jules et Jim, The Big Red One, the Controversial Classics Collection, those James Dean movies, box sets for Crawford, Davis, Doris Day, and enough quality Criterions to break anybody's budget.
11-26-05 | 12:50 PM
#28
DVD Talk Reviewer
Originally Posted by Count de Monet
Yeah, like most mainstream lists these days, it's a truly laughable assembly of mostly recent (and therefore, highly promotable) releases. Entertainment Weekly does the same thing.
11-26-05 | 02:47 PM
#29
DVD Talk Special Edition
This list is exactly what one would expect from Travers. Hell, just look at his List for 2004 and the responses that generated.
The mere fact that this year he decided to categorize his points under the headers "Hot Bonus" & "Killer Scene", should alone be enough to warrant a complete dismissal of any perceived validity.
When viewed in context of the entire list, the inclusion of a set like The Astaire and Rogers Collection, almost seems like a token throwaway choice, put there to remind us he has "ecclectic tastes" Sort of like if one made an alltime list that looked like this
1- Fast and the Furious (Vin Diesel is the shit!!!)
2- xXx (xXx Rocks your mother!!!)
3- American Pie (Who can forget the scene where he humps the pie!!!)
4- Bad Boys (Not bad for an older film)
5- Constantine
6- I, Robot (Awesome chase scenes!!!)
7- Underworld
8- Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (Fassbinder's profound meditation on the human psyche.)
9- Bad Boys II (How awesome was it when those guys started tossing frozen bodies out of the back of the van?!!!)
10- Blade II
11- Jet Li 3-Pack (Everybody was Kung Fu fighting!!!)
12- Reign of Fire (Fire up the Sub, Awesome ass pounding bass!!!)
13- Anchorman (I've seen it 700 times!!!)
14- Garbo - The Signature Collection
15- Unleashed
The mere fact that this year he decided to categorize his points under the headers "Hot Bonus" & "Killer Scene", should alone be enough to warrant a complete dismissal of any perceived validity.
When viewed in context of the entire list, the inclusion of a set like The Astaire and Rogers Collection, almost seems like a token throwaway choice, put there to remind us he has "ecclectic tastes" Sort of like if one made an alltime list that looked like this
1- Fast and the Furious (Vin Diesel is the shit!!!)
2- xXx (xXx Rocks your mother!!!)
3- American Pie (Who can forget the scene where he humps the pie!!!)
4- Bad Boys (Not bad for an older film)
5- Constantine
6- I, Robot (Awesome chase scenes!!!)
7- Underworld
8- Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (Fassbinder's profound meditation on the human psyche.)
9- Bad Boys II (How awesome was it when those guys started tossing frozen bodies out of the back of the van?!!!)
10- Blade II
11- Jet Li 3-Pack (Everybody was Kung Fu fighting!!!)
12- Reign of Fire (Fire up the Sub, Awesome ass pounding bass!!!)
13- Anchorman (I've seen it 700 times!!!)
14- Garbo - The Signature Collection
15- Unleashed
Last edited by Bugg; 11-26-05 at 02:53 PM.
11-28-05 | 01:44 AM
#30
DVD Talk Special Edition
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 1,482
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
From: United States
Originally Posted by Count de Monet
To be fair, dx23's original post called THE BIG LEBOWSKI CE a "useless double dip" and not a "useless release." The difference is noteworthy in that the transfer was such a minor improvement and the extras so insignificantly enhanced (if you can even call them that), that it wasn't really worth a double dip -- especially considering how the film has gone on to become quite the cult favorite, thanks in no small part to Lebowski Fest. For instance, Jeff Bridges' surprise appearance and performance at the last Lebowski Fest West should have been an extra on this disc. There sure were more than enough Mini-DV cameras taping the event that night.
So while, yes, it's technically an improvement and certainly a worthy release (after all, the film's the thing), it could have been so much, much, MUCH more, rendering it a largely unworthy double dip. (And yeah, I know...that's just like my opinion, man.)
So while, yes, it's technically an improvement and certainly a worthy release (after all, the film's the thing), it could have been so much, much, MUCH more, rendering it a largely unworthy double dip. (And yeah, I know...that's just like my opinion, man.)
