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"DVD Collection...What's in yours?"

I've been a DVD'ist for about a year now and now have about 60 or so in my collection. Admittedly, not everyone a classic so i'll try to blame all the suspect discs on someone else. The first one I got was Men in Black, obtained some eight months before I got my DVD player. Try as I might, I couldn't get a decent picture using it on my CD player. Mind you I got an even worse result using it in my video recorder! No, not really, I just knew that I would buy a DVD player eventually and Men in Black was secured thanks to a winning bid on the old Coke Auctions site. I only had to drink forteen million gallons of fizzy drink to get it too. What a bargain! Top film and disc though. I also got Deep Blue Sea in the same Auction. When I eventually splashed out on my player, it came with two free films, namely X-Men and Erin Brokovich. Being a bit of a fan of weird mutant like creatures, I was happy to get a Julia Roberts film and X-Men is a favourite of mine too. Good old Filmaday has contributed some eight or nine films to my collection including High Fidelity, The World is Not Enough, Lake Placid and Charlie's Angels. I chose the latter of these having not previously seen the film and this was probably the first disappointing addition to my collection, but there were more to follow. Being a bit of an Internet competition fan, I have won several DVD's from various sites including the abysmal Duets ( Gwyneth Paltrow singing? ) and Space Cowboys ( begs the question, why? ).
Some of my favourites include Hollow Man, Terminator 2, What Lies Beneath, The Thing and Best in Show. Hollow Man is the perfect film for DVD, offering endless bonus material as well as brilliant special effects. Terminator 2 sits proudly atop my DVD stand in it's tin box. Mind you it wouldn't matter what film it was, I just love the tin box! What Lies Beneath wasn't a widely applauded film but I like it anyway. The Thing is an all time classic and when I saw it in the shops for next to nothing, I just had to have it. For an old film in DVD terms, it has a generous helping of extras. Best value for money DVD in my collection. Best in Show is one that not many will have heard of and is a documentary style film about a dog show and various odd characters involved in it. Very funny.
Before going any further, I have a confession to make. Amongst my collection is a Steps DVD...there, i've said it. It's my girlfriends, honest. If ever there was an argument to go back in time to the silent classics!
Since I discovered DVD my visits to the cinema have become almost non existent. As a result I do tend to buy DVD's before i've seen them, sometimes regrettably. I hadn't seen Tomb Raider before buying it and was very disappointed with the movie. Suffice to say I have only watched it once. The same goes for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, I just can't see the appeal.
Being a family man ( by the way, that's another title I won on this website) I have many family films. The brilliant Shrek, the impressive Harry Potter thingy, the for kids only Cats and Dogs and the terrible Grinch.
So what of the future then. I have a list as long as my arm of films i'm waiting for. The new Star Wars, Spider Man, The Others, Lord of the Rings ( not long to wait now ) and From Hell are just a few that will one day be added to my list. Just watch some jerk go and invent a new medium to view films on now and i'll have it all to do again.

I've been a DVD'ist for about a year now and now have about 60 or so in my collection. Admittedly, not everyone a classic so i'll try to blame all the suspect discs on someone else. The first one I got was Men in Black, obtained some eight months before I got my DVD player. Try as I might, I couldn't get a decent picture using it on my CD player. Mind you I got an even worse result using it in my video recorder! No, not really, I just knew that I would buy a DVD player eventually and Men in Black was secured thanks to a winning bid on the old Coke Auctions site. I only had to drink forteen million gallons of fizzy drink to get it too. What a bargain! Top film and disc though. I also got Deep Blue Sea in the same Auction. When I eventually splashed out on my player, it came with two free films, namely X-Men and Erin Brokovich. Being a bit of a fan of weird mutant like creatures, I was happy to get a Julia Roberts film and X-Men is a favourite of mine too. Good old Filmaday has contributed some eight or nine films to my collection including High Fidelity, The World is Not Enough, Lake Placid and Charlie's Angels. I chose the latter of these having not previously seen the film and this was probably the first disappointing addition to my collection, but there were more to follow. Being a bit of an Internet competition fan, I have won several DVD's from various sites including the abysmal Duets ( Gwyneth Paltrow singing? ) and Space Cowboys ( begs the question, why? ).
Some of my favourites include Hollow Man, Terminator 2, What Lies Beneath, The Thing and Best in Show. Hollow Man is the perfect film for DVD, offering endless bonus material as well as brilliant special effects. Terminator 2 sits proudly atop my DVD stand in it's tin box. Mind you it wouldn't matter what film it was, I just love the tin box! What Lies Beneath wasn't a widely applauded film but I like it anyway. The Thing is an all time classic and when I saw it in the shops for next to nothing, I just had to have it. For an old film in DVD terms, it has a generous helping of extras. Best value for money DVD in my collection. Best in Show is one that not many will have heard of and is a documentary style film about a dog show and various odd characters involved in it. Very funny.
Before going any further, I have a confession to make. Amongst my collection is a Steps DVD...there, i've said it. It's my girlfriends, honest. If ever there was an argument to go back in time to the silent classics!
Since I discovered DVD my visits to the cinema have become almost non existent. As a result I do tend to buy DVD's before i've seen them, sometimes regrettably. I hadn't seen Tomb Raider before buying it and was very disappointed with the movie. Suffice to say I have only watched it once. The same goes for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, I just can't see the appeal.
Being a family man ( by the way, that's another title I won on this website) I have many family films. The brilliant Shrek, the impressive Harry Potter thingy, the for kids only Cats and Dogs and the terrible Grinch.
So what of the future then. I have a list as long as my arm of films i'm waiting for. The new Star Wars, Spider Man, The Others, Lord of the Rings ( not long to wait now ) and From Hell are just a few that will one day be added to my list. Just watch some jerk go and invent a new medium to view films on now and i'll have it all to do again.

I have many DVDs in my collection to many to mention so good some bad but it depends as one mans drink is another mans poison, but I agree about crouching tiger.

My DVD collection encompasses 2 NGC cover disc freebies.

I have a Bruce Lee (actually Bruce Li) DVD. No DVD player (other than the one which is no longer allowed anywhere near my PC).

If I want to watch DVD quality movies, I don't need to buy a DVD...

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Meet the parents
Clerks the animated series
Family Guy series 1
Simpsons series 1
Futurama series 1
2 South park (4 episodes on each)
Spiderman
Fast and the furious
Shrek
The Mummy
The Mummy Returns
Final Fantasy
Recces Schools out (what can I say...it's a classic)
Down to Earth
The best of the Chris Rock show volume 2
Waynes world
Waynes world 2
Ali
Castaway
Me Myself and Irene
Father Ted
Rush Hour 2
Jurassic Park 3

Think that's all of them

I'll try and list all of them from the top of my head...

Fightclub
T2 Ultimate edition
Fast and the Furious
Swordfish
Spiderman
Traffic
Shawshank Redemption
Maradona: his life
Simpsons series 1
Only fools and horses series 1
only fools and horses series 2
My mate Zippy (yes, zippy from rainbow :D)
Gremlins
Die hard with avengence
Con Air
Face/Off
Leon
All the goals of France 98
South Park
Tomb Raider
Casino
Seven
Matrix
Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure
Hannibal
Pulp fiction

Think thats about it...

Nice to see everyone admitting to owning Spiderman on DVD, which has to be an illegal copy...

Oops I forgot:

Chasing Amy
Hot shots double set

Insane Bartender wrote:
> Nice to see everyone admitting to owning Spiderman on DVD, which has
> to be an illegal copy...

Mine is actualy copywrited by Tristar

Muwahahahaha ahem...

A Bugs Life
American Pie 2
American Pie- Ultimate Edition
Armageddon – 2 Disc Collectors Edition
Atlantis; The Lost Empire: Deluxe Collectors Edition
Batman
Batman Returns
Blink-182: The Urethra Chronicles II: Harder, Faster, Faster, Harder (Region 1)
Braveheart
Buzz Light-Year < Cats and Dogs
Charlie’s Angels
Devil’s Advocate
DIE HARD- Special Edition
Die Hard 2:Die Harder –Special Edition
Die Hard: With a Vengeance- Collectors Edition
Dinosaur: Collectors Edition
Dragnet
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Friends: Series 5,Episodes 1-8
Futurama Season One Box Set- 3 Discs
Galaxy Quest
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters II
Gladiator
Godzilla
Great Escape – World Cup Edition
Groundhog Day
Hannibal – Special 3 disc set
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone – Wide Screen edition
Hollow Man
Home Alone
Idle Hands
Jewel of the Nile
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park III
Jurassic Park: The Lost World
Lethal Weapon – Directors Cut
MI: 2
Mission Impossible
Muppets From Space
Pinocchio
Romancing the Stone
Saving Private Ryan
Shawshank Redemption
Shrek
Simpsons Film Festival
Sneakers
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Collectors Edition
Spiderman – Ultimate Villain Showdown
Stargate SG-1: Volume 1- The Best of Season One
Stargate SG-1: Volume 17-Season 4 Episodes 13-17
Stargate-Directors Cut
Superman Special Edition
Superman II
T2: Ultimate Edition
Terminator
The Green Mile
The Matrix
The Mummy- Ultimate Edition
The Mummy Returns- Special Edition
The Rock
The Very Best of the Muppet Show
The World Is Not Enough
Toy Story 2
Transformers: Heroes (Region 1)
Transformers: Original Series: Volume one
Transformers: The Movie
True Lies
Usual Suspects
Way of the Dragon
What Lies Beneath
What Women Want
X-Men- Collectors Edition


and Lord of the Rings on a GAD pre-order thing