top 3 essential dvd purchases of 2001 ?

[martinb]

give me your lists so i can see if i missed any plse? :)

[Alanok]

Oh so many to chose from but if I was threatened to be hung, drawn and quartered I would plump for.....

Moulin Rouge R1
Monty Python and the Holy Grail SE R1
Die Hard Ultimate Boxset R1

closely followed by Shrek R1

[SimonI]

So many good discs from this year to choose from; top three off the top of my head:

In the mood for love (French R2)
The Road Home (R2)
Sullivan's Travels (Criterion)

Those are the ones I've watched; my lamentably large list of unwatched DVDs from this year that I am sure will be worthy of this list includes:

Akira tin (R1)
L'avventura (Criterion)
Obscure object of desire (Criterion)
Playtime (Criterion)

... oh, the list goes on and on...

[Ono]

Star Wars TPM
Crouching Tiger HIdden Dragon
Shaolin Soccer

[Yonathan Gal]

Godather Trilogy
North By Northwest
Cast Away

and... Shrek :)

[Gromit]

This is just too difficult. I guess,

Gladiator
Last of the Mohicans DTS
Amores Perros

but there's also TPM, Requiem for a Dream, . . . . the list is sooo long really

[Yonathan Gal]

Gladiator was last year mate:)

[Gromit]

Originally posted by Yonathan Gal
Gladiator was last year mate:)

:eek: :o

**** - so it was.

Have to be Requiem for a Dream then :D

But . . . my R4 Moulin Rouge is on its way as is my copy of the Fast and the Furious :)

[cervaro]

Originally posted by Yonathan Gal
Gladiator was last year mate:)

How quickly the year has passed!

I'd say the three essential purchases for this year are:

Shrek (R1)
Lawrence of Arabia (R4)
Thirteen Days (R1)

[Citysmith]

Godfather trilogy
The Sopranos (season 2)
Twin Peaks (season 1)

That's off the top of my head, without including Simpsons season 1, or any music titles, Fire walk with me, I'll stick with the 3 I have

[Sputnik]

Godfather Trilogy :clap:
Godfather Trilogy (incase the first set goes missing :eek: )
Kubrick set :clap:

But that misses out Almost Famous Bootleg, Platoon SE and loads of other goodies :)

[Confucius]

Single purchases?

That'll be Stingray, Captain Scarlet and Blackadder: the Complete Collection.

Single movies or discs?

The Rock, Big Trouble in Little China, Citizen Kane.

It's a meaningless list anyway, I've bought 150+ discs this year, none of which I regret - therefore they're all essential (to me).

[deftone666]

Shrek
Almost Famous Bootleg cut
Army Of Darkness (Just cus it's a class film and you should buy a copy every year!):D

[Cap'n Al]

Tricky, because it's been a damn good year for DVDs. If we're just going for single films- thus ruling out <i>The Godfather</i> trilogy and the Kubrick boxset, my choices would be:

3. <i>Almost Famous</i>: Untitled. Perhaps the best example I've seen yet of where a director's cut has turned a good film into a great one, by adding depth, shading and detail and finally making it work on an emotional level. Some excellent extras as well, and a fantastic commentary track, which is up there with PT Anderson's dissection of <i>Boogie Nights</i>.

2. <i>Monty Python and the Holy Grail</i>. A great example of just what care and planning can do for a disc, with some fantastic extras, as well as the 'director's cut' (with all of 24 extra seconds) of the classic film, complete with all the usual bells and whistles.

1. <i>Moulin Rouge</i>. See my sig for full, pretentious dissection of the film and the disc, but suffice it to say that I love the film, and it's got the disc it deserves.

[Yonathan Gal]

Cap'n Al: You're right, it's been a great year for DVD, but I've got a feeling next year will really be the best year for DVD. Srating with Cape Fear, A.I and Sixth Sense in January :) There are thousands of rumours about all sorts of s.e's of films next year that people have been asking for, for ages! Maybe Criterion will even do a few more hitchcocks, apart from spellbound which is already slated for january... and we;ve got:

Indie Jones,
Back to the future trilogy,
Dracula se (to round off coppoll'a films all having great dvd treatment pretty much)
Die hard on region 2,
loads of old classics that WB are taking out of dusty cupboards and giving fresh transfers for 2002
mgm doing loads of old titles
and much, much more! Maybe star wars if we're lucky? :):):) I think from here, the dvd industry can only get better, until they've done good s.e's of ALL the old, great classics, and that does include 5 disc box sets for EACH and EVEREY Hitchcock film, apart from of course Rear Window, which deserves 10 discs full of extras :) ... lol and shqwshank, green mile are rumoured for 2 disc sets next year :)

[Nicky Ray]

Moulin Rouge - Best film of the year on a first class disc.
Citizen Kane - One of the finest films ever, on a first class disc.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Great film, and yes, on a first class disc.

That would be my top purchases, off the top of me head.

I personally can`t wait for next year. So many good releases coming out. In the first few months alone, theres enough to send me bankrupt. And the icing on the cake for me is Back To The Future, out in August I should hope.

[silverpenguin7]

Hmmmmm, its gonna have to be:

1) Almost Famous: Untitles Bootleg

2) Moulin Rouge

3) Shrek

[SimonInd]

I'd have to go with:

Suspiria Limited Edition R0
Almost Famous ( Bootleg ) R1
In The Mood For Love (French) R2
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon R3
Moulin Rouge R4 ( even though I don't like the film, it's a damn good disc )

It's more than 3 but there have been some exceptional discs this year, and I didn't even mention Monty Python and the Holy Grail or Citizen Kane 60th Anniversary....oops, just did:D

Simon

[sbooth]

Difficult! Can't even remember what's come out this year!

Star Wars
Shrek
& CTHD

But i've bought loads more than that :)

[desmondc]

I'm sorry but I have to do it this way:

R1

Sopranos Box Set 2
Akira Tin Set
Die Hard Box Set

R2

In The Mood For Love - French
The Godfather Trilogy
T2/Total Recall Box Set - French

R3

Audition
Battle Royale
Taxi 1 & 2

R4

Paris Texas
Betty Blue – Long Version
Lawrence Of Arabia – Limited Felt Edition

[hometown38]

1) Almost Famous - Bootleg Cut

2)Lawrence Of Arabia

3)Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

[Madm@tt]

My five (three are not enough!:D) -

T2:Ultimate Edition (LE Tin) / Total Recall:Ultimate Edition (LE Tin) French 5 disc set

Swordfish (R4) - A bargain @ £10

Almost Famous: Untitled Bootleg

The Godfather Trilogy

and finally, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

[jroadley]

Tough...

O Brother Where Art Thou?
Almost Famous (Bootleg Cut)
Godfather Boxset

;)

[john316]

Already posted before but again:

The Rock: CC R1
Star Wars: Ep 1 R1
Die Hard: UC R1

[Budge]

Seems like i'm missing something by not having seen Almost Famous....


1) Way Of The Dragon HKL
2) Princess Mononoke R2 Jap
3) Godfather B/S

[mikegray]

1. Moulin Rouge
[Everything a 2*DVD set should be... great film, great audio, great image and incredibly comprehensive extras. Fantastic... can't wait to see Romeo & Juliet get similar treatment]

2. Shrek
[Perfect image quality, film in both W/S and F/S, good commentary track, good sound, good extras.]

3. Godfather Trilogy Box Set
[Speaks for itself.]

[SkySter]

Here's my three..

Lawrence of Arabia
Godfather Trilogy
Wickerman SE

SkySter

[jimmy_b]

My votes:

<ul>
<li>Akira
<li>Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
<li>Iron Monkey
</ul>