Recently purchased DVDs

[Saffyre Tempest]

My boyfriend and I are currently working our way through the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series, so the fourth season of that was a recent buy. We also got Benny and Joon, my favorite movie.

[Moon Shadow]

I Love Lucy (First Season)
Frasier (Eigth Season)
Marie Antoinette
The Queen

[chris302116]

I never buy dvd's, don't see the point. Blueray is here now which will send dvd's down the video road to obscurity.

But I do rent them and my last rental was 'Children of Men' and the next one to watch is 'The Queen'.

[mehastings]

I just bought The Holiday. I rented it in a weak moment and then forgot to return it. At this point it was cheaper for me to pay for the loss than for all the late fees. This is why I do not rent movies. Ever.

[Moon Shadow]

Originally Posted by chris302116

I never buy dvd's, don't see the point. Blueray is here now which will send dvd's down the video road to obscurity.

But I do rent them and my last rental was 'Children of Men' and the next one to watch is 'The Queen'.

The Queen is an excellent movie. I bought it and watched it last week.

[Moon Shadow]

Originally Posted by mehastings

I just bought The Holiday. I rented it in a weak moment and then forgot to return it. At this point it was cheaper for me to pay for the loss than for all the late fees. This is why I do not rent movies. Ever.

Same with me. I always returned rentals late, so finally I decided to just buy dvds. They're not that expensive, really.

[beer good]

Visited one of my favourite DVD stores the other day and picked up:
Cannibal Holocaust
The Office UK - Complete series box set
The Frankenstein Legacy Collection box set (Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, Ghost of Frankenstein, House of Frankenstein)
Goodbye Lenin
Catch 22
Withnail and I (20th Anniversary edition 3-disc set)

Not a bad haul for about $70.

[RobertM]

TV series: 'Combat'
Four disks. Thought it was quite the score until I realized there are a total of 44 disks in the series.

Okay show, but not worth buying all 44. Watching Joan Hackett play a French girl was pretty funny. Her French accent was well...ahem.

[mehastings]

Originally Posted by Moon Shadow

Same with me. I always returned rentals late, so finally I decided to just buy dvds. They're not that expensive, really.

I get them used from the movie rental store. They end up very cheap that way. I have to wait a while to see stuff, but there isn't often something I am dying for.

[Libra6Poe]

Originally Posted by mehastings

I get them used from the movie rental store. They end up very cheap that way. I have to wait a while to see stuff, but there isn't often something I am dying for.

Ooh! That's what I do. Sometimes buying them turn out to be cheaper than renting them or just as much. I like the 5 for 20 deals... not bad! And why not buy DVDs? I like watching things over and over and over...

[Libra6Poe]

Yay! Hollywood video is doing the 4 for $20 & the 3 for $25 deal on their previously viewed DVDs.

Normally, I take advantage of the 4 for 20, but the 3 for 25 selection was excellent.

So, here's what I got (haven't seen any of these):
Children of Men
Casino Royale
(Lenny Nero was going on & on about it, so I had to finally get it. )
Babel

I really wish they had Pan's Labyrinth (which I have seen). I would've gotten that over Casino Royale.

And it was also a toss up between Casino Royale & Curse of the Golden Flower. I called my boyfriend and he seemed really excited about C. Royale... so yeah.

Now, let's count how many times I wrote "Casino Royale."

[Anamnesis]

Now, let's count how many times I wrote "Casino Royale."

Five .

Went to Costco and purchased the special editions of A Fish Called Wanda and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves for the low prices of $9.99 and $8.99.

[lenny nero]

Picked up a few during deepdiscount.com 20% off sale:

Night Train Murders ~ this is basically an Italian version of Last House on the Left. Probably the best of it's imitators.

Lady Chatterley's Lover ~ this the Just Jaeckin(Emmanulle, Story of O) directed adaptation of the Lawrence classic, starring Emmanuelle herself(with a dubbed voice), Sylvia Kristel. An 80's late-nite cable classic.

Porky's ~ titled "the one size fits all edition", this one comes with some good extras, mainly an interview with Bob Clark(Black Christmas, A Christmas Story), who was killed in a car accident a couple of months ago.

[Peronel]

Went on a little spree yesterday, and got the following for under $50 (Australian):

The Neverending Story II - the first was too expensive
Zoolander
Silent Hill
Stripes - Extended Cut
28 Days Later
Big Trouble In Little China - commentary featuring Kurt Russell! Huzzah! (I haven;t actually listened to it yet)

and

Field of Dreams - for my brother, although we did watch it when we got home.

[Ninjalore]

Originally Posted by Libra6Poe

I just got Memoirs of a Geisha today because it was on sale for $10. I really liked the movie anyway (the women & costumes, etc. are beautiful!), my boyfriend still hasn't seen it, & I can see myself watching it several more times in the future.

I loved the book but held back from watching the film as they never seem to be as good. Maybe I'll watch it now

Last movie I bought was Crying Freeman. I'm a big manga/martial arts fan