Cheap DVD buys

[vynsane]

Also got Mother Night, which I've always wanted to see, despite hearing it's not especially faithful to the book.

really? that's disappointing. 'breakfast of champions' was pretty faithful, but i think you'd have to have read the book in order to actually follow it.

[Diabolical]

Best Buy has a nice sale this week (ending Saturday). Lots of $4, $5 and $9 dvds.

$3.99 – Terminator 2, Memento, Big Fish, Troy, Master and Commander, Les Miserables, Green Street Hooligans, Talladega Nights, Hitch, The Pursuit of Happyness, The Interpreter, Madagascar, Over the Hedge, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, and more…

$8.99 – Tropic Thunder, Pineapple Express, Step Brothers, Burn After Reading, Wanted, Hellboy II, Eagle Eye (2-Disc Special Edition), Iron Man, Kung Fu Panda, Madagascar 2, Casino Royale, Superbad, Across the Universe, Death Race, 3:10 to Yuma, Hancock, Lakeview Terrace, Killshot, and more…

In a nice coincidence I grabbed the Director's Cut of the late 90's Mel Gibson flick Payback. I've been re-reading early issues of Criminal and Ed Brubaker was raving about it and how much different (and darker) it was from the theatrical cut. It went under heavy reshoots and changes before it was originally released to be more like a semi-dark Lethal Weapon type of flick. Now it's been restored to the director's original version - a very dark and brutal noir film. And this may seem totally asinine to some, but the D.C. actually removes Kris Kristofferson from the flick. I've never seen the original version, but this cut had me very interested.

Also grabbed Terminator 2 since I didn't already have it. Blasphemous, I know.

I may pick up Pineapple Express before the sale is over.

[vynsane]

IAnd this may seem totally asinine to some, but the D.C. actually removes Kris Kristofferson from the flick.

talk about blasphemous... also, i'm not entirely sure how the movie would even work without him, as he's the 'final boss' (to use video game parlance).

[anarky]

Why would anyone remove Kris Kristofferson from a movie? I thought all director's cuts were originally designed to get him into the movies!

[Diabolical]

IAnd this may seem totally asinine to some, but the D.C. actually removes Kris Kristofferson from the flick.

talk about blasphemous... also, i'm not entirely sure how the movie would even work without him, as he's the 'final boss' (to use video game parlance).

From what I've read he was added to the movie during reshoots when the studio wanted a different type of film. His character was originally (and is now again) a woman.

[vynsane]

picked up transporter 2 for $5 when i want to wallymart to pick up 'adventureland'. also, check the 'what toys did you buy...' thread topic.

[Diabolical]

I picked up a replacement copy of Half Nelson (which mysteriously disappeared) at Big Lots for $3.

Also grabbed The Animatrix for the same price. Haven't seen it since it came out and I remember some of it being pretty cool...before the Matrix sequels came and sucked ass.

[Diabolical]

Stopped at Big Lots. There was a bunch of new stuff - all crap.

But I did find "Reel Talent" which has the first (USC film school) short films of:
Robert Zemeckis - Back To The Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Forrest Gump
Stephen Sommers - The Mummy, Van Helsing, GI Joe
Jon Turteltaub - 3 Ninjas, Cool Runnings, National Treasure
Shawn Levy - Cheaper By The Dozen, The Pink Panther, Night At The Museum
James Foley - Glengarry Glen Ross, Fear, Who's That Girl
Kevin Reynolds - Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Waterworld, The Count of Monte Cristo
Richard Kelly - Donnie Darko, Southland tales
Richard Bare - TV's Green Acres
And George Lucas's Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138 4EB


There is an exception or two on that list, but fuck, look at all of the shitty directors they've put out at USC!

[anarky]

Damn, you almost expect Michael Bay and Allan Smithee to be on the list.

[Diabolical]

My Big Lots recently got a shit ton of new $3 DVDs. There wasn't much that screamed "BUY ME NOW!" but there were some newer flicks in there (Goya's Ghosts and The Ruins are the two that spring to mind).

They also had a couple copies of The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. I know there are some peeps that dig that flick so I thought I'd mention it.

[anarky]

The only thing I've seen new recently was A Wish for Wings That Work, the nearly forgotten Bloom County Christmas special.

If any of you don't have it, I recommend making a trip to Big Lots right now. It's a shame it's not better known, as it's as good as A Charlie Brown Christmas, and better than a lot of the old Christmas specials.

[Diabolical]

The only thing I've seen new recently was A Wish for Wings That Work, the nearly forgotten Bloom County Christmas special.

If any of you don't have it, I recommend making a trip to Big Lots right now. It's a shame it's not better known, as it's as good as A Charlie Brown Christmas, and better than a lot of the old Christmas specials.

Oh yeah, they had that also. I may go back for it soon.

[anarky]

At Marshall's, I picked up the mack-daddy collectors edition of The Wizard of Oz (for Anarky Jr, who loves that movie) -- the previous packaging, not the one that just came out -- for $14.99. Seemed pretty good, since the new version, with a nicer box but seemingly less bonus stuff, costs twice that. Also got Gone With The Wind (the standard version, single disc) for $3.99.

Ross had a bazillion copies of the extended, 4-disc version of Return of the King for $4.99. Just Return of the King; none of the others, but a bazillion copies. Not sure if they seriously overproduced this one, or if the others went to different Ross stores.

[Ran]

Thanks for the heads up. I found a Big Lots and grabbed A Wish for Wings That Work. The only other notable DVDs they had were Connan the Barbarian (Widescreen), Half Baked (Dave Chapelle & Jim Breuer), and James Bond: The Man With The Golden Gun.

[anarky]

Went to Big Lots today, mostly to get out of the house. Found Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid (2-disc edition) for $3. I've always wanted to see it, the soundtrack kicks all sorts of ass, and I figure a movie must be great if it stars James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, and Bob Dylan, so I picked it up.