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So you want to buy a DVD movie. You go to the UKdvd.com and look at all there is to offer, spread out in front of you. How do you choose between all the hundreds of films on DVD?
Maybe it's the movie itself, something you have been longing to see ever since you missed it at the local picture house, or something you've seen before but thought it was so good you would watch it again (and again, and again) Perhaps it's you're favorite movie and you already had it on VHS, but it's wearing out from over watching.
Maybe it's the features. Perhaps you've always wanted the room to shudder to the 5.1 dolby surround sound from your subwoofer, or experience the fully emersive sound layers lap your senses. Or is it the crisp, clear picture quality that tapes cannot provide. It could be that there's a favorite bit you're always skipping to in the film.
Maybe it's the extras. That all elusive interview with the main star, or the making of the spectacular special effects. It could be those hilarious outtakes or the fact that you want to watch the film in Spanish. Is it, perhaps, the feature length director's commentry that gives you all the inside information.
Well, how do you choose your DVD movies?
Maybe it's the movie itself, something you have been longing to see ever since you missed it at the local picture house, or something you've seen before but thought it was so good you would watch it again (and again, and again) Perhaps it's you're favorite movie and you already had it on VHS, but it's wearing out from over watching.
Maybe it's the features. Perhaps you've always wanted the room to shudder to the 5.1 dolby surround sound from your subwoofer, or experience the fully emersive sound layers lap your senses. Or is it the crisp, clear picture quality that tapes cannot provide. It could be that there's a favorite bit you're always skipping to in the film.
Maybe it's the extras. That all elusive interview with the main star, or the making of the spectacular special effects. It could be those hilarious outtakes or the fact that you want to watch the film in Spanish. Is it, perhaps, the feature length director's commentry that gives you all the inside information.
Well, how do you choose your DVD movies?
So you won't buy a film you like if it doesn't have extras, but what about a film that you heard was complete trash, but it had loads of extras?
As somebody that doesn't own a DVD player I watch all movies on good old VHS, I have never seen any of the extras, so don't know what I'm missing. If I was to get a player, I'm sure initially my choice of DVD's would only be based upon the film, but as I saw what else could be offered on this format, I might choose to buy one film over another due to what else was on the DVD other than the film....
meka_dragon PQMS8/00
As somebody that doesn't own a DVD player I watch all movies on good old VHS, I have never seen any of the extras, so don't know what I'm missing. If I was to get a player, I'm sure initially my choice of DVD's would only be based upon the film, but as I saw what else could be offered on this format, I might choose to buy one film over another due to what else was on the DVD other than the film....
meka_dragon PQMS8/00
I agree, by far the most important aspect of a DVD purchase for me is the film itself. While a bundle of features may encourag eme to buy it, I would never buy a film I wouldn't buy if it didn't have all the features (I'm sure there's an easier way of explaining that!).
I got Fight Club on DVD for Christmas, and it has a bonus disc packed with loads of features, but that's not the reasaon I bought it. No, the reason I bought it was because I had been told it was one of the best films of the decade, and because of it's rave reviews and controversy. The extra disc of features was just an albeit large bonus.
However, I am sometimes discouraged from buying films if they have no features at all, probably because I know there are other films which do have them, so I feel the film is somehow incomplete.
For example I was in HMV the other day and saw The Big Lebowski on sale for £10, but it had no features whatsoever, apart from scene access, so I didn't buy it, although it's one of my favourite films. A film like Fight Club, howver, which I had never seen before and cost £25, seemed more appealing.
So why don't film companies have at least some special features ontheir discs? They must surely be able to tell from statistics that discs with features sell much better than those without, regardless of the price. It seems quite obvious to me.
citizencole.
I got Fight Club on DVD for Christmas, and it has a bonus disc packed with loads of features, but that's not the reasaon I bought it. No, the reason I bought it was because I had been told it was one of the best films of the decade, and because of it's rave reviews and controversy. The extra disc of features was just an albeit large bonus.
However, I am sometimes discouraged from buying films if they have no features at all, probably because I know there are other films which do have them, so I feel the film is somehow incomplete.
For example I was in HMV the other day and saw The Big Lebowski on sale for £10, but it had no features whatsoever, apart from scene access, so I didn't buy it, although it's one of my favourite films. A film like Fight Club, howver, which I had never seen before and cost £25, seemed more appealing.
So why don't film companies have at least some special features ontheir discs? They must surely be able to tell from statistics that discs with features sell much better than those without, regardless of the price. It seems quite obvious to me.
citizencole.
I choose mine the same way I used to choose videos, if I liked the film, or if I hadn't seen the film yet but liked the look of it, or if it has Robert De Niro or Uma Thurman or Jean Reno or Michael Ironside, (not to mention quite a few others) in it, then I buy.
The extras are really a bonus. I enjoy DVD for the films alone, but the sound and picture quality help to enhance the experience better than VHS ever really did.
Funnily enough, most of the featurettes bundled as extras hardly ever appeal to me. It is the film that is important, not the actual making of it. But then, if you are in the movie business or a real movie buff, then perhaps featurettes are a real boon.
The extras are really a bonus. I enjoy DVD for the films alone, but the sound and picture quality help to enhance the experience better than VHS ever really did.
Funnily enough, most of the featurettes bundled as extras hardly ever appeal to me. It is the film that is important, not the actual making of it. But then, if you are in the movie business or a real movie buff, then perhaps featurettes are a real boon.
So you want to buy a DVD movie. You go to the UKdvd.com and look at all there is to offer, spread out in front of you. How do you choose between all the hundreds of films on DVD?
Maybe it's the movie itself, something you have been longing to see ever since you missed it at the local picture house, or something you've seen before but thought it was so good you would watch it again (and again, and again) Perhaps it's you're favorite movie and you already had it on VHS, but it's wearing out from over watching.
Maybe it's the features. Perhaps you've always wanted the room to shudder to the 5.1 dolby surround sound from your subwoofer, or experience the fully emersive sound layers lap your senses. Or is it the crisp, clear picture quality that tapes cannot provide. It could be that there's a favorite bit you're always skipping to in the film.
Maybe it's the extras. That all elusive interview with the main star, or the making of the spectacular special effects. It could be those hilarious outtakes or the fact that you want to watch the film in Spanish. Is it, perhaps, the feature length director's commentry that gives you all the inside information.
Well, how do you choose your DVD movies?
Maybe it's the movie itself, something you have been longing to see ever since you missed it at the local picture house, or something you've seen before but thought it was so good you would watch it again (and again, and again) Perhaps it's you're favorite movie and you already had it on VHS, but it's wearing out from over watching.
Maybe it's the features. Perhaps you've always wanted the room to shudder to the 5.1 dolby surround sound from your subwoofer, or experience the fully emersive sound layers lap your senses. Or is it the crisp, clear picture quality that tapes cannot provide. It could be that there's a favorite bit you're always skipping to in the film.
Maybe it's the extras. That all elusive interview with the main star, or the making of the spectacular special effects. It could be those hilarious outtakes or the fact that you want to watch the film in Spanish. Is it, perhaps, the feature length director's commentry that gives you all the inside information.
Well, how do you choose your DVD movies?