Please create an account to participate in the Slashdot moderation system

 


Forgot your password?
Close
typodupeerror
×
Movies Media

Top 50 DVDs 393

Posted by CmdrTaco from the do-you-see-what-i-see dept.
Muftakkabe327 writes "TheForce.net points to UGO's Top 50 DVDs feature where Star Wars makes a healthy appearance at #11. Whether that's high enough to keep fans from rioting remains to be seen. Other nerd-friendly fare on the list include Evil Dead, Lord of the Rings, Ghostbusters, Akira, Dawn of the Dead, Freaks & Geeks and Led Zeppelin. "
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.

Top 50 DVDs More

Top 50 DVDs

Comments Filter:

  • Bias (Score:4, Funny)

    by r_glen ( 679664 ) on Monday January 10, 2005 @05:38PM (#11315201)
    Is it really fair to rate Trilogy/Quadrilogy box-sets against single DVD's?

    According to UGO, Men In Black is better than all three Star Wars movies combined? Really?

    • Re:Bias (Score:5, Funny)

      by nightsweat ( 604367 ) on Monday January 10, 2005 @05:40PM (#11315214)
      Star Wars does not have Will Smith, therefore Star Wars must be inferior to Men in Black.

      This is the "Principle of Jiggy-osity".

    • Re:Bias (Score:3, Informative)

      by papadiablo ( 609676 )
      It is obviously not rating the movies themselves, but rather the DVDS total content, as in special features, etc, contained on the disc and bonus discs. Even given that, it is a bit surprising that Men In Black would beat out the Star Wars Box Set.

    • Re:Bias (Score:2, Interesting)

      by Anonymous Coward
      "According to UGO, Men In Black is better than all three Star Wars movies combined? Really?"

      If it's not based on movies then yeah, it prolly is better. All the SW movies had really were one documentary that was aired on TV. Men In Black edition had a ton of extras and incredible picture and sound transfers.

      Plus, Lucas not releasing the trilogy in its original state probably dropped it down the list a little, which I agree with since it should get penalized for that.

  • Boo (Score:3, Funny)

    by loid_void ( 740416 ) * on Monday January 10, 2005 @05:38PM (#11315206) Journal
    Okay, it's call UnderGroundOnline, and they gave ghostbusters a slot at #10. Somethings wrong? Who you gonna call?

    • Re:Boo (Score:4, Insightful)

      by roseblood ( 631824 ) on Monday January 10, 2005 @05:51PM (#11315350)
      What is really frightening, not the ghostbusters, but that ESCAPE FROM NEWYOUK was rated higher in the list than THE GODFATHER MOVIES, TRON, THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, and SAVING PRIVATE RYAN. Escape from New York should make the list, it's *THE* classic lame action film set in a sci-fi enviroment, but there's no way in hell being the best of the bad is better than being one amongst a herd of great movies.
      • you don't get it.

        saving private ryan, godfathers and such are FUCKING OSCAR GRADE MOVIES, WHATS UNERDGROUND ABOUT THEM???

        now shitty movies, they're really underground!
      • Escape from New York should make the list, it's *THE* classic lame action film set in a sci-fi enviroment

        I'm sorry, I believe you're confusing it with the final part of number 3.

  • The Matrix at #3 (Score:3, Interesting)

    by DoubleDownOnEleven ( 690607 ) on Monday January 10, 2005 @05:39PM (#11315210)
    I can understand the first movie being up there. But a box set? After the second two were so disappointing, I'd really rather own just the initial movie, even with all the extras available in the box set.

    P.S. Did anyone else notice some pretty obvious similarities to Dune in the 3rd movie?

    • Re:The Matrix at #3 (Score:3, Interesting)

      by JahToasted ( 517101 )
      The beginning seemed a lot like return of the jedi to me. Neo in a coma, Han frozen in carbonite. Leia negotiating with Jabba, Trinity negotiating with the frenchmen (while he was laughing a corny laugh like old Jabba). Neo meeting with the machine emporer while Morpheus at al fight the machines down on the forest moon of endor.

      I'm not sure which is more silly, the ewoks or those APU's, these heavily armed war machines that leave the operator completely exposed.

      • Trust me; I am *no* Star Wars fanboy- I reckon the trilogy is in general way overrated. But I'll take "Return of the Jedi" over "Matrix Revolutions" anyday. At least Jedi was an entertaining film, M3 was just wooden, po-faced and *boring*.

        I thought the APUs were damn stupid too. Especially the way they waved the mechanical arms in the air when they were massed together like that. Possibly the biggest display of brain-dead testosterone-stuffed macho bullshit war-movie posturing. Look, when you have an exos
        • You *do* realize that the APU's have no baring whatsoever on the movie. Or at least a very insignificant part of the over all story line. You are really picking nits, if thats the biggest problem with the movies. The whole smith agent entering a human brain thing didn't bother you? Or how about the powers of the one extending beyond the matrix? crasy slashdotters. I think I might have to move to an island without any of you. Oh, wait I'm already doing that. So sorry to interrupt.
          • The biggest problem I had with the film was that it was wooden and boring. Sure, there were quite a lot of things (including the ones you mentioned) that got on my nerves, but the film was such a deadening experience that I couldn't be bothered expending much mental effort on them.

            The APU was just a fairly obvious example of the stupidity and lack of thought in the movie; it was symptomatic. Not a big deal in itself, just the thing my brain seized on to sum up all that was wrong with the movie.

            Personall

  • Did you have to be under 15 to vote? (Score:5, Insightful)

    by winkydink ( 650484 ) * <sv.dude@gmail.com> on Monday January 10, 2005 @05:39PM (#11315211) Homepage Journal
    Top 50? Top 50 DVD's? What was the criteria? Movies you can watch without having to think all that much?
    • and don't you think they should remove the line "of all time"? Really.
    • Top 50? Top 50 DVD's? What was the criteria? Movies you can watch without having to think all that much?

      I always thought that tv shows based on countdowns and top XX lists were a sign of a lack of quality programming.

      Hmm.

      The funniest is when MTV has a top XX music video countdown.

    • Re:Did you have to be under 15 to vote? (Score:5, Insightful)

      by eno2001 ( 527078 ) on Monday January 10, 2005 @05:53PM (#11315384) Homepage Journal
      I noticed that The Blade Runner is conspicuously missing. If that movie is not on the list, then the list must be kil... err.. retired. :)
      • This is not a troll. I seriously don't understand the fascination with Blade Runner. I saw the special edition and thought it was very average. Could you please explain why it deserves to be on a top 50 list?
        • I don't know how old you are, but think about it in the context of the movies of the time. It's deep, has great effects that don't disrupt the story-telling, it does make you think, and even leaves some un-answered questions. It think for its day, it was remarkable and groundbreaking.

          I mean, imagine watching Star Wars today, having never seen it, and you'd probably not be very impressed.

      • Re:Did you have to be under 15 to vote? (Score:4, Informative)

        by Dogtanian ( 588974 ) on Monday January 10, 2005 @06:21PM (#11315670) Homepage
        I noticed that The Blade Runner is conspicuously missing.

        If they were rating the overall DVD package, and not just the film on its own merits, then damn right it shouldn't be in there.

        The current transfer (at least the one available in the UK) is quite dark, and the quality is nothing special. If I remember correctly (and I haven't bought it, because I reckon they'll bring out a better transfer/set), it includes next-to-no extras.
      • the bladerunner dvd release kind of sucks ass.

        great movie(saw the directors cut in a theatre in the late 90's too! special showing, was fucking beautiful! and i was born in 1981 so no chance of seeing it back then..).

        but the dvd sucks ass, it's quite old and it could use some extras.

    • Pearl Harbor [ugo.com] made it, so it cannot be soley on the quality of the movies! (Actually, if you read the page, they admit the movie pretty much does suck, but the extras are quite interesting). I think it's based mostly on what the DVD includes, but having a good movie behind it never hurts!
    • These are their top 50 DVDs of all time, not the top 50 movies on DVD. They are rating these on video quality, sound quality, amount and quality of extras, etc.

      I don't think I've seen the "Citizen Kane" DVD, but it probably wouldn't rate high on their scale since the video is probably from an old print, the sound might be mono, and there is probably not an insightful commentary track by Orson Wells.

      • By the criteria you list, then the Stargate SG1 boxsets would have to be #1. Incredible amount of extras, and incredible value for the money (an entire season for $50!)
        • But, how is the sound and video quality? Since its a TV show on DVD, I wouldn't expect much (surround sound? Wide screen?)

          Also, $50 for a single season of any show is REDICULOUS. I would maybe think of paying $50 for the entire, full, complete collection of one of my favorite series.
        • I always felt 50 bucks for a season was ludicrous. Selling DVDs of TV shows is like an icing on the cake to me and paying like 300 dollars to own a six season show is INSANE. They should be less becuase they were already on friggin TV for free with thier ad/cable revenue. I love Stagate, but unless (when it is finally over), I can get the whole entirety of the series for 100-150 bucks, I wont. Also, other than the simpsons, I cant see myself shelling out that much for any other series.
          • compare it to the cost of other series, such as DS9 or TNG which run nearly $200 a season. it's a good deal in that respect.
          • I mean, look at what goes into them

            * Totally new digital transfers of all the shows

            * For a whole season, tens of hours of "blooper-reel" type footage has to be found, approved,and edited in.

            * A bunch of documentry films have to be shot

            * Then, the big one - the commentarys. You need to bring in the cast/crew, make them sit through hours and hours of their old shows, and comment on them. Hint: Actors don't do this for free.

            I mean, sure, they are taking a nice profit. So is the store selling the DVDs. But

      • What do you base that on? Dolby Digital Mono baby! (Score:4, Informative)

        by xtermin8 ( 719661 ) on Monday January 10, 2005 @07:17PM (#11316179)
        Why are you spreading FUD about Citizen Kane? Available subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese # Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono) # Commentary by Orson Welles biographer Peter Bogdanovich # Commentary by Roger Ebert # Disc 1: # Feature Film # 1941 Movie Premiere Newsreel # Gallery of storyboards, rare photos, alternate ad campaign, studio and personal correspondence, call sheets and other memorabilia # Disc 2: # Two-Hour Documentary: The Battle Over Citizen Kane, details the power struggle between Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst # Number of discs: 2

  • What a joke (Score:5, Insightful)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 10, 2005 @05:40PM (#11315219)
    31. Daredevil
    22. Pearl Harbor

    Q.E.D.

    • Re:What a joke (Score:4, Interesting)

      by soliptic ( 665417 ) on Monday January 10, 2005 @05:56PM (#11315412) Journal
      Agreed, and worse still is Memento at 32!

      I mean what are DVDs if not about films with replay value?

      What is Memento if not the first well-known movie in years to literally require at least two viewings!?

      • Re:What a joke (Score:3, Insightful)

        by wfmcwalter ( 124904 )
        What is Memento if not the first well-known movie in years to literally require at least two viewings!?

        Indeed, it really does require that second viewing. But once you've truly figured out what's going on, and the forward-backward conceit, the third viewing is downright dull. With the tension and ambiguity resolved, Memento turns into a movie with negligible plot and incredibly flat characters. I loved it the first time though, but it has no long term watchability.

        Fight Club, on the other hand, is co

        • The first time i watched Memento was on dvd with some friends. The disk was scratched or dirty, so it would skip unpredictably back and forth. You will not believe what a weird experience that is - especially when you add in the fact that the chapters in the menu are listed in reverse order.
      • I was struck at the time by what Roger Ebert had to say about the second viewing:

        "The first time, I thought I'd need a second viewing to understand everything. The second time, I found that greater understanding helped on the plot level, but didn't enrich the viewing experience. Once is right for this movie."

        (From his review)

        I'm told that the DVDs also have alternate cuts of the movie in chronological order. That's a piece of coolness that makes this one of the truly great DVDs.
      • What is Memento if not the first well-known movie in years to literally require at least two viewings!?

        The Sixth Sense came first.

    • Also, the conspicuous absence of Shichinin no Samurai [imdb.com].

      They do have some good ones like dark city and 12 monkeys (but no "la Jetee"?). I think they have only American films (other than Akira).

  • Goonies? (Score:3, Interesting)

    by smallfeet ( 609452 ) on Monday January 10, 2005 @05:42PM (#11315237) Journal
    I sorry, but who put this list together? Goonies is number 20? That is just wrong. This list is obviously a joke list.

    I get jokes

    • Well, Goonies had that nice video cast commentary (Commentary could have been better, as people were talking over each other). But otherwise, as a DVD (not as a movie) yeah, it wasn't that good. It probably could have been lower on the list.
    • Yea I agree, its way better than most of 1-19. I expected it much higher in the list.

    • Re:Goonies? (Score:5, Insightful)

      by DeadMeat (TM) ( 233768 ) on Monday January 10, 2005 @05:57PM (#11315434) Homepage
      Not to mention the notable omission of the Criterion Collection version of Brazil [criterionco.com]. It's hard to take any "Top DVDs" list seriously that doesn't acknowledge the grand-daddy of all over-the-top multi-disc sets.
    • I don't know, Goonies was good but where do you think it should have gone, top 10? I think top 20 is fair.

      Everything. OK! I'll talk! In third grade, I cheated on my history exam. In fourth grade, I stole my uncle Max's toupee and I glued it on my face when I was Moses in my Hebrew School play. In fifth grade, I knocked my sister Edie down the stairs and I blamed it on the dog... When my mom sent me to the summer camp for fat kids and then they served lunch I got nuts and I pigged out and they kicked me ou

  • Where's the pr0n? (Score:5, Funny)

    by redonion ( 843912 ) on Monday January 10, 2005 @05:44PM (#11315274)
    It did not make the top 50? Not even one video?

  • Based on what? (Score:5, Insightful)

    by stratjakt ( 596332 ) on Monday January 10, 2005 @05:45PM (#11315275) Journal
    Sales, I imagine.

    Which makes me wonder, who really cares? What purpose do articles like this serve?

    It's like lists like these exist so that people with nothing rewarding in their lives can read it and go "oh! I've seen, or own, most of those movies! Phew, I can relax! I'm normal like everyone else!"

    Meh

    • Re:Based on what? (Score:2, Informative)

      by Twench ( 580538 )
      THIS IS NOT BASED ON SALES!!!!! This list a rating of the DVD's as a whole. They weren't rating movies or The Godfather Trilogy would be a lot higher than #49. This was an attempt to highlight those DVD's that have a lot of great extras that enhance the value of the DVD above and beyond simply owning the movie.
    • "Sales, I imagine."

      No such luck. Seems to be a randomly cobbled together list of films, the names of which were pulled from some sort of hat, possibly one of those large ones with beer cans on either side.

      • No such luck. Seems to be a randomly cobbled together list of films, the names of which were pulled from some sort of hat, possibly one of those large ones with beer cans on either side.

        Notice how a prominent part of each selection's page is a price search link. Notice also how they're pushing things like 'Buena Vista series' and 'superbit'. I think the real point of this is pretty much like any other UGO advertorial: sell stuff.

        Why else would Clerks X be rated higher than Fifth Element or even Tron?

  • This guy is retarded! (Score:5, Insightful)

    by bigbabich ( 687827 ) on Monday January 10, 2005 @05:45PM (#11315283)
    I wasn't going to say anything when I saw Beauty and the Beast AHEAD of the Godfather...but when I saw DAREDEVIL ahead of the royal Tannenbaums (and with a #31) I have to cast my vote for this guy getting the lobotomy of the year award. What a dumbass.

  • Top 50 DVD List (Score:5, Informative)

    by NYCVidit ( 842822 ) on Monday January 10, 2005 @05:48PM (#11315313)
    From my understanding they rate THE DVDS not THE MOVIES. So they based it on stuff like picture and sound quality, commentary value, menus, features, and packaging. The suckiest movie in the world (Pearl Harbor) can still make an impressive DVD for audio/video buffs and those interested in filmmaking (features)
    • Now that makes sense. I was lookign at the list and wondering what they were thinking.

    • Re:Top 50 DVD List (Score:3, Insightful)

      by wayne606 ( 211893 )
      This is not an especially useful way to rate movies, IMHO. Like, "This is an awesome computer - it's green and the CDROM drawer makes a neat swoosh sound when it opens." No amount of interesting commentary and level of video transfer is going to make me want to watch Daredevil again...

  • How incredibly convenient! (Score:3, Funny)

    by cbrichar ( 819941 ) on Monday January 10, 2005 @05:49PM (#11315326)
    Incredibly helpful that we're also given a one-sentence catch-phrase for each of the movies, explaining in detail why each deserves to be in the list.

    "HellBoy - eh, why not?"

  • Pirates (Score:5, Funny)

    by flossie ( 135232 ) on Monday January 10, 2005 @05:50PM (#11315340) Homepage
    I can't believe that the film about how bad pirates are didn't make it into the list. I see trailers for it on almost every DVD I've ever seen!

  • Star Wars should be higher. (Score:4, Insightful)

    by GeorgeMcBay ( 106610 ) on Monday January 10, 2005 @05:50PM (#11315342)
    Ok, I guess I'm a fan coming out of the woodwork, but really... I know it is fashionable to be anti-Star Wars these days, but the original trilogy still kicks all kinds of ass, and the transfer, sound and extras on the original trilogy collection are all top notch.

    I'm not saying it should be #1, but seriously, it should NOT be behind Dawn of the Dead, Men in Black or Ghostbusters. Some of the others are debatable, but I don't think those are. I like all of those movies, and own 2 of the 3 on DVD, but cmon.

    • Re:Star Wars should be higher. (Score:2, Interesting)

      by Anonymous Coward
      From the site:

      --It's probably unnecessary, on the other hand, to note that the picture and sound on a Lucasfilm THX-certified release of a George Lucas Star Wars film are perfect, but, for the record, the picture and sound are perfect -- reference quality, as they say -- the pod race sequence (which, in fact, is massively cool) and final cross-cut battle(s) being the standouts here.--

      Except it's NOT reference quality. AOTC is a MUCH better DVD. Want proof? Listen to the pod racers warming up on disc on

  • Bias schmias. (Score:3, Insightful)

    by Scoopus ( 840676 ) on Monday January 10, 2005 @05:51PM (#11315351)
    It's obvious the list has a bias... it's a list! It's the site's editorial call. The thing about the list is it's obviously not based on the movie, but on the quality of the extras, transfer, packaging, etc. Sure, there are some discs I disagree with, but for the most part, this seems like a collector's wet dream to me... even if it means owning Pearl Harbor.
    • The thing about the list is it's obviously not based on the movie, but on the quality of the extras, transfer, packaging, etc.

      If it is based on DVD quality why is Tron on the list. Damn thing won't even play on my PS2!

  • Top 5 DVDs in my collection (Score:5, Funny)

    by aardwolf204 ( 630780 ) on Monday January 10, 2005 @05:53PM (#11315383)
    The Top 5 DVDs in my collection are:

    1. Ritek
    2. Memorex
    3. Imation
    4. Taiyo Yuden
    5. Verbatim

    Of course, you'll need a good Sharpie [sharpie.com] or equivelent and a copy of DVD Shrink [dvdshrink.org]

    BTW: Special 100 pack of DVD-R's at newegg [newegg.com]... See, both funny and informative.
  • is The Matrix. Not only was the movie good, it had excellent other features, such as 'Follow the White Rabbit' mode. These extra features followed in the theme of the movie, and were edited wonderfully. Montages of special effects methods merged with the movie itself wonderfully.

    I don't know if The Matrix is on the top 50... I hope so... because despite trying, the site gives me error 414!? URI too long when I try to view the pages. Pfft.
    • The comment track on the original DVD was shit. And I don't mean "the shit", I mean it was the shitties shit that has ever been shat from a butt.

      The comment track had minutes of silence during which you forgot that you were listening to the comment track and upped the volume to hear the soundtrack of the movie. Then suddenly someone says something insightful like "Carrie Ann is mighty hot in that rubber suit" and you nearly crap your pants because you had raised the volume.

      Don't know about the other versi

  • Ultimate Fanboy Fighting League (Score:4, Insightful)

    by STrinity ( 723872 ) on Monday January 10, 2005 @05:55PM (#11315406) Homepage
    Sorry, but the Star Wars and Indiana Jones sets don't deserve to be on that list. Don't get me wrong, I love both trilogies, but the DVDs are completely underwhelming. Apart from Irving Kershner on Empire, the commentaries are complete snooze-fests, and the docus in those sets were edited by people who think Bill Moyer specials are the epitome of entertaining documentaries. I'd actually rate the THX-1138 DVD above the Star Wars set -- at least there, Lucas offered an honest appraisal of his career, and actually seemed to enjoy talking about his work.
  • There are so many "Ultimate Editions" out there. There were several Dawn of the Dead DVD releases and numerous other films where you have the "Ultimate Extended Edition 6.1 DTS-ES Digital Discrete Surround 10 different commentaries and 5 versions of the same film! --with alternate endings! And it only took 5 DVD releases to get here!"

    So let me say this, "Why should I buy the DVD if it seem like there will invariably be yet another better edition of the same thing?"

  • Our Top 50 DVDs of All Time. Remember, these aren't the Top 50 Greatest movies of all time - we are judging how worthwhile the actual DVD is in terms of quality and extras.

  • The IMDB? (Score:4, Informative)

    by bfizzle ( 836992 ) on Monday January 10, 2005 @05:58PM (#11315435)
    What is wrong with the IMDB Top 250 [imdb.com] movies?

  • i wnat tr0n!! (Score:5, Interesting)

    by Dogtanian ( 588974 ) on Monday January 10, 2005 @06:04PM (#11315500) Homepage
    Tron was an interesting selection from the 'complete DVD' point of view. The 20th Anniversary set (*not* 25th; it came out in 1982) had some interesting stuff from it; notably, it provided insight into why the film was technically brilliant for the time, but horribly lacklustre when it came to the story and characters.

    Basically, the actors didn't really "get" the concept. As they said on the DVD, this was almost 20 years before 'The Matrix', computers were new and mysterious to most people, and... they just didn't get it. You can see that they tried, but the characters just never come to life in the way that they should. Some of that is down to the wooden dialogue, but the inability of the leads to place themselves in that situation, reliant on "kludge" explanations (of the nature of the characters and their origins) for technophobes, is in my opinion, probably to blame just as much.

    The other problem that came to light when viewing the DVD was that the film was *so* technically demanding, they didn't have the same freedom to rework and rearrange the material that a more conventional film might have.

    Enough negatives; it's when watching the documentary (which was well worthwhile, despite excessive reliance on "talking heads" and little behind-the-scenes footage), that it becomes apparent how technically brilliant Tron was. Not so much as an innovative CGI movie (which, of course, it is), but for its original and demanding use of multilayered, back-lit animation. And here's the question; are the computer scenes in Tron live-action, or animation?

    I'd still say live-action, but if you watch the documentary, and see how they had to filter, matte, break down, retouch and merge these basic live-action scenes to produce the fantasy world that they ended up with, you'll understand why I asked the question.

    One thing stuck with me from that documentary; they said that Tron was the first, and likely to be the last film that was produced in that manner.

    As a complete film, Tron may be sorely flawed, but it's for the reasons given above that it should be in every geek's DVD collection.
    • indeed, what people fail to realize is how truly little CG there actually was in tron. a real testament to the skill of the filmmakers.
  • Without the 3-disc Criterion Brazil set in the top 10, this list doesn't mean shit.

    Looks like a bunch of uneducated teenagers made the list.
  • They are ranking the actual DVDs in terms of packaging, image quality, extras, etc. - not the actual movies. So stop complaining about which movies are on the list - it stands to reason that more modern movies have better DVDs.
  • *mumble* I set fire to the building *mumble*

  • Monkeys? (Score:2, Interesting)

    by elecngnr ( 843285 )
    I am wondering if they had a basement full of monkeys picking this list. First of all, Star Wars being behind MIB...wow. Then, the inclusion of The Mummy and X2(X-Men II) on a list of the Top 50 that does not include either Blues Brothers, Caddyshack, or Stripes just boggles the mind.

  • Not hard to figure out why LoTR is #1. (Score:5, Informative)

    by MtViewGuy ( 197597 ) on Monday January 10, 2005 @06:25PM (#11315704)
    The Extended Edition DVD sets of all three Lord of the Rings movies pretty much has completely redefined the new standard of excellence and completeness for DVD's.

    Look at what you get in the Extended Edition LoTR releases:

    1. Longer versions of the film, which often help with improving the continuity of the movie.

    2. Dolby Digital 5.1 EX AND DTS-ES 6.1 soundtracks.

    3. Four audio commentary tracks, something that has never been done before (to my knowledge).

    4. Supplementary discs with so much useful information it would take days to view them all.

    In short, the LoTR EE releases probably are the best examples of fully taking advantage of the DVD format.
  • The pointer says F&G made the list, but I've looked at it several times, no dice. Are others he mentioned missing, also?

  • Pearl Harbor (Score:5, Insightful)

    by Detritus ( 11846 ) on Monday January 10, 2005 @06:36PM (#11315795) Homepage
    I can't believe Pearl Harbor made their list. What a POS.

    For less money, you can get a DVD version of Tora! Tora! Tora!, a far superior movie, and they did a great job of restoring the film and mastering the DVD.

  • Who decided that movies like 5th element should be lower on the list than DAREDEVIL!?!?!

    Sounds like a crock to me.
  • This is a great DVD for showing off some of the features of DVD. Multiple different camera views and multiple audio mixes for various tracks. Very nice.

  • LotR (Score:2, Interesting)

    by dynamo_mikey ( 218256 )
    It's not the fact that Jackson put a bazillion features and like 40,000 hours of material on his extended versions that make the LotR extended disks the best. It's the fact that I WATCHED the bazillions of features and even listened to all that commentary and enjoyed (almost) every minute of it.

    I even listened to Elijah Wood and Sean Astin's commentary which was basically the same general sentiment regurgitated in different forms: "No YOU'RE the best actor ever" "NO YOU'RE the best actor ever." or "It was

  • So... this list isn't about the content? (Score:3, Interesting)

    by eno2001 ( 527078 ) on Monday January 10, 2005 @07:04PM (#11316062) Homepage Journal
    OK... after seeing some the posts, I see now that this list has nothing to do with the quality of the actual films, but the quality of the package surrounding the films. And this is useful how? Sure, the extras are nice, but an educated person doesn't buy a car because it has a nice stereo or plush interior, they buy the car because it performs well in going from point A to point B. On the other hand the idiot consumer spends all their time looking that the shiny features without realizing that they are still buying a sack of old shit. So, I still don't see the point of this list. There are a few things on the list that are OK, but I'm not buying DVDs because of nice menus, extra outtakes that I may watch only once, or director's commentary. I'm buying them because I like the story line. Get a life folks.

Slashdot Top Deals

"Being against torture ought to be sort of a multipartisan thing." -- Karl Lehenbauer, as amended by Jeff Daiell, a Libertarian

Close