Do you collect all Disney DVDs? Even if...

[chernabog_ca]

I collect everything animated (Classics and sequels) except for anything Winnie The Pooh related.

[catNC]

oh no!! another chernabog to keep up with!!!

i only collect the animated classics. i have them all on vhs (up to mulan), am slowly upgrading them all to dvd (buying them when they come out, and picking up the others that are already released here and there when money matters permit). there are some that i don't like that much, but i want to own them so i have the whole collection. also, it is really neat to see how the movies have changed over the years, animation styles, music, effects, story lines.. it's my timeline of animation from disney

as far as live action goes, i don't own any as of yet. i hope to pick up a few of the ones i have seen and liked, which are mainly the older live actions (the vault disney collection, etc.. that time period).

[IggieKuzco]

oh well.... welcome to the forum chern3.... even if you are another chernabog we always welcome new ppl on the forum.... and anyway.. lets look at the bright side- at least you added the 'ce' at the end and mad things a little less complicated!

I collect only what i like alot or i think is goin to be really special someday.

[Loomis]

I collect everything animated (Classics and sequels) except for anything Winnie The Pooh related.

Shock horror! No WTP!!! Gasp!!!
You are missing out on classic stuff there...

Anyways, back to me (because it is all about me...).
I certainly collect all the animated classics, and I have to say that I DO enjoy them all. Not simply because they are "classics", but because I enjoy animation, and have found something in all of the films I can like.
Mind you, I am a bit of a completist.

I also tend to get a fair few of the sequels (anything animated), and all the Winnie the Pooh releases (and there have been quite a few more in Oz!).
I buy the live action stuff if I think it is going to be a good DVD (like the Vaults/SEs).

[ZOOMBOOM0688]

i just buy the movies i like. though i will probaby buy all the platinum titles even though i'm not a huge fan of some of them (jungle book).

Yeah, I'm going to collect all the Platinum Titles even if I hate The Jungle Book. The ones I'm really looking forward are Bambi, Cinderella and Lady and the Tramp.

I agree with them even if i didn't like one of the platinums i would still buy them

[gaysnappercarr]

I think I'm somewhere inbetween a Completest and a Casual Buyer.

(LOL - and, NO, I'm not trying to 'justify' my collection! )

I have all of the animated classics - except for Lilo & Stitch becuase I figured it would be a double disc! YEA!
There is something in each of the features that I can watch and admire. I wouldn't say that I don't like any of them.
Black Cauldron would be my least favorite, but I can still watch it and find some parts of it interesting.

I also like the 'historical' aspect of the Treasures and the Vault Disney titles and will probably continue to pick up those series. (Even if it doesn't 'say' Vault Disney, you usually have a pretty good idea what was intended to be a Vault - even if it's a single disc release.)
I haven't been disappointed with ANY Treasures or Vault's at all and some of them were gambles for me!

The sequels I would get on an 'If I Like It Basis', and I DO like King Of Thieves.
The bulk of the live action on an 'If I Like It Basis'
I would buy a boxed set of all of the Sing-A-Long songs on DVD! Love, love, love! YEA!
I get all of the Pixar movies, but I have enjoyed all of the Pixar movies.
I plan to always send away for the Walt Disney World Travel Planning DVD's.
I'm really looking forward to Gargoyles and hope, hope, hope that they are released in a complete series boxed set. PLEEEEEEEEASE!
I will buy EVERY Hayley Mills DVD, and every Dexter Riley movie!

If you'd like to investigate my DVD collection for yourself click on the link below!

[The Lizard King]

I collect everything animated (Classics and sequels) except for anything Winnie The Pooh related.

Oh, for the love of Pete, we have another "Chernabog/Chernobog/chernabog_ca" poster! Is finding a unique nickname in this forum THAT hard?!?!?

TLK

[Luke]

Chernabog_ca registered over two months ago. Let's cut him/her some slack. Welcome to the forum, well as a poster anyway.

I have to agree with in that it makes sense to buy what you like. There are a few of the Disney classics that I'm not crazy about and there's other stuff I'd rather buy on DVD first. One day maybe I'll have all the animated classics; of course, I still have to SEE two of them. I own more than I don't.

[michelle]

well I'm not old enough...or rich enought for that matter...to have had the chance to collect the disney classics...
so I said to myself after Snow White Platnium came out I would get all the platniums...(not too sure now though)...
and then I saw Sleeping Beauty...and although not a Platnium (why?!? they stuck the ugly collection banner on the R4 version) I just had to get it...so I decided to get all the 2-discers...lol...
well can't have everything...

[thomashton]

For the classics, yes I would purchase the ones that I considered were not good just to complete that collection. Personally, i just got through watching Salados Amigos the other day (i purchased it at Wal-mart for 14.44) and if it wasn't a classic, i would have never brought it in the first place. I didn't like the back and forth from real people to animation and the breaks in the story. Right now, that movie is the lowest on my list of Disney movies....even Cinderella 2 beat it out.

I won't pay full price for some of the classics and am waiting until they are cheap and can get them for less than 15 or 10.

I find this so funny. I really enjoy both Saludos Amigos and Three Caballeros. I watch them quite often. Actually much more often than BatB or other more modern classics.

BTW, Cinderella 2 beats out NOTHING! It is by far the worst thing disney has EVER produced. It was because of it I stopped buying sequels blind. It is so bad, it is even worse than the Return of Jafar.

I own Aristocats and Fox and the Hound but don't really like them that much.

[2099net]

I collect everything animated (Classics and sequels) except for anything Winnie The Pooh related.

Oh, for the love of Pete, we have another "Chernabog/Chernobog/chernabog_ca" poster! Is finding a unique nickname in this forum THAT hard?!?!?

TLK

Oh good exclamiation Lizard King! "For the love of Pete"

Basically I buy what I think I or my family will like. I don't have any overwhelming desire to collect all of the Gold Collection (I haven't) or whatever. Occasionally having the majority of a set may convince me to buy the other (I would never have bought Pollyanna apart from the fact I had ordered the other three in the Vault Disney collection)

Sometimes I do just buy something for the cover (my international collections). Sometimes I buy something I regret. Sometimes I skip something.

[MickeyMousePal]

I collect all Disney classic and some sequels

I collect all the Disney's classic animations because they teach everyone values and lessons in life.

Only collect good sequels like for example: Peter Pan 2, Jungle Book 2, Lady and the Tramp 2 and 101 Dalmations 2.

I dislike Little Mermaid 2 and Lion King 2( they just copy the first story all over again.)

I also collect Pixar films.

[The Lizard King]

Oh good exclamiation Lizard King! "For the love of Pete"

I was thinking of you when I wrote that! In my daily vernacular, I tend to use religion-based words for "Pete." However, when I thought of this particular non-religious word, I thought of you immediately 2099net!

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to register on this forum over-and-over as:

2009net
2990net
2999net
etc.



TLK

[badboy2102]

If it's made by Disney, I try to buy it. Cause I know sooner or later it will go out of print.

[jasmine-rules]

I only buy the ones that I really really like. If it's a sequal, I usually just rent it to see it, since most have the reputation of not being very good

[mariula]

In Norway, the 42 animated classics have numbers on the back of the cover, and then it's nearly impossible to collect them all. The instincts says that if you have number 23 and 25, you just got to have number 24 as well.

[IggieKuzco]

it is even worse than the Return of Jafar.

wo.... hold up there just a sec tommy boy.... Jafar kicked some serious sequel ass!

[Uncle Remus]

i only buy 2-disc special editions of Disney movies like Monster's Inc and Lion King. i will never buy any more Disney sequels since they are poisonous to my mind.

[blackcauldron85]

There were 3 threads that I could've asked this in, but why not in this one...I need advice!

So, a month or so ago, I went through my CDs and sold the ones that I just don't listen to enough. That got me thinking about my DVDs.

I went through my DVDs to participate in the "You can own only 17 DVDs" thread, or whatever it's called.

Not lately, but in the past few years (especially last year when I got some graduation money), I had been buying a lot of Disney DVDs, including a lot of live-action. I got all of them at a decent price. But, truth be told, I haven't watched many of them; some I've never seen, and some I haven't watched since I was a little girl and saw them on TV or on VHS.

So, that said, should I sell the movies I never watch? Or should I find time to sit down and watch them? I blind-bought Return to Oz, and now it's one of my favorite movies. I don't necessarily see any of these other movies as being as magical as that one, though (at least the live-action films, anyway).

Some of these movies I've never seen, some I've seen but haven't watched on my DVD (like I grew up watching them or saw them on TV or in the theater), some I've seen parts of but not the whole thing, some I've only watched once

Never seen:
Savage Sam (part of the Old Yeller set)
Moon Pilot
The Legend of Lobo
The Ugly Dachshund
Blackbeard's Ghost
The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit
The Boatniks
Superdad
Ride a Wild Pony
Candleshoe
The Journey of Natty Gann
Flight of the Navigator
White Fang (I may have seen it when I was younger, but I don't remember any of it.)
The Adventures of Huck Finn
White Fang 2 (Again, I may have seen it, but I don't remember it.)
The Other Side of Heaven
Around the World in 80 Days
The Princess Diaries 2
Narnia: Prince Caspian
Dadnapped (part of the Hatching Pete set)
Tinker Bell
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
The Fox and the Hound 2 (I saw a little of it, but not much at all.)
Leroy & Stitch
Lilo & Stitch 2
Tarzan II (I saw a little of it, but not much at all.)
101 Dalmatians II
Mickey's House of Villains (I'm not sure if I ever got through the whole thing...)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (I've seen some of it, but not all.)
Recess: School's Out
The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart (I fell asleep & didn't finish it.)
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World (I never finished it.)
Pooh's Grand Adventure (I'm pretty sure I fell asleep & never finished it.)
Walt Disney Treasures: Annette

Have seen but haven't watched on my own DVD:
Old Yeller
The Absent-Minded Professor
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Polly
Polly Comin' Home
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
The Rocketeer
A Far Off Place
Heidi
Cool Runnings
Blank Check
The Santa Clause
Operation Dumbo Drop
Tom and Huck
Wish Upon a Star
Air Bud
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Smart House
Annie
Miracle in Lane 2
Cadet Kelly
The Lizzie McGuire Movie
Sky High
Narnia: tL, tW, & tW
Cow Belles
Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior
Read It and Weep
The Cheetah Girls 2
POTC: At World's End
Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: The Best of Both Worlds
The Cheetah Girls: One World
The Wild
Valiant
Cinderella II
An Extremely Goofy Movie

Movies that I've only watched once (or twice):
Babes in Toyland
In Search of the Castaways
Summer Magic
The Monkey's Uncle
The One and Ony, Genuine, Original Family Band
Rascal
Midnight Madness
Max Keeble's Big Move
Snow Dogs (I think I watched this twice)
The Country Bears (I've seen this twice)
POTC: The Curse of the Black Pearl (twice, I believe)
The Haunted Mansion (once or twice)
POTC: Dead Man's Chest (twice)
High School Musical: The Concert
Snow Buddies (twice: once to do an interview for UD, and another when our friend's kids wanted to watch it)
The Secret of the Magic Gourd
Hatching Pete (for a UD interview)
Princess Enchanted Tales
Cinderella III
Brother Bear 2
Bambi II
Kronk's New Groove
Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie
Mulan II (maybe twice, but one time was on TV?)
The Lion King 1 1/2 (maybe 3 times)
Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo
Stitch! The Movie
Atlantis: Milo's Return (2 or 3 times)
The Jungle Book 2
Tarzan & Jane
American Legends
Return to Never Land (twice, probably)
The Lion King 2 (probably twice)
Pocahontas II (twice, if not 3 times)
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (twice, if not 3 times)
The Return of Jafar (One and a half? Twice and a half?)
WDT: Oswald (Never did watch the whole thing, but watched some of it once.)
WDT: Mickey in B&W (ditto)
WDT: Mickey in B&W, vol. 2 (ditto)
WDT: Disney Rarities (ditto)

Some movies that I've seen elsewhere (on TV mostly) that I've watched once or twice on my DVD:
The Mighty Ducks
D2: The Mighty Ducks
Man of the House
D3: The Mighty Ducks
Jungle 2 Jungle
Get a Clue
Freaky Friday (2003)
The Cheetah Girls
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
The Three Musketeers
Lady and the Tramp II
The Little Mermaid II
Aladdin & the King of Thieves

The Cartoon Classic Favorites & Funny Factory DVDs occasionally will get watched.

Pretty much that leaves WDT: On the Front Lines as a maybe, since I do watch it from time to time, and The Princess Diaries, which shouldn't have gone on my list in the first place!

Out of these, I'd be possibly inclined to keep:

The Absent-Minded Professor (It is a good movie, even though it never gets watched.)
Babes in Toyland (I didn't like it until they got into Toyland, but it is a musical with some fun special effects.)
Summer Magic (Since it's a musical, and I did like it.)
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (Since it's a musical.)
Rascal (Maybe...I did like it very much, but how often will I watch it? It's not as magical as other Disney films, but it's sweet.)
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (A childhood favorite.)
The Mighty Ducks, D2, & D3 (I do enjoy them, even if I don't watch them often.)
The Santa Clause (Since it's a Christmas film.)
Jungle 2 Jungle (Such a good movie.)
I'll Be Home for Christmas (Since it's a Christmas film, sort of, anyway.)
The Wild & Valiant (I like The Wild more than Valiant, but technically they're Disney animated theatrical films.)
The Three Musketeers
WDT: On the Front Lines
Aladdin and the King of Thieves (I do enjoy it, even if I hardly watch it these days.)

As far as other animated films, I'm on the fence:

I do enjoy Lady and the Tramp II and The Little Mermaid II, so maybe I'd keep those. I haven't yet seen Ariel's Beginning, so maybe I should watch that before I decide; ditto with Tinker Bell. I only watched Cinderella III once, but it was quite good. Atlantis: Milo's Return I'm on the fence about because a) it's fun to watch after Atlantis, and b) it's from an unreleased series. I'm torn about The Jungle Book 2 because it was theatrically released; sort of ditto about Return to Never Land, but I'd be more likely to keep that one than TJB2, since I like it more. An Extremely Goofy Movie is a maybe...I only watched it once, on Disney Channel, and I think I liked it, but how often would I watch it? I can't say that it's really a favorite. I'm probably better off without Pocahontas II, since it taints my thoughts about John Smith. Maybe I'd keep Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas because a) it's a Christmas film, and b) I like some of the songs.

As you can obviously see, I'm torn. I would keep the animated classics and other theatrical animated films (The Tigger Movie, A Goofy Movie, Dinosaur, etc.). And I'll keep my favorite live-action films. And Muppet films. But I don't know about Muppets From Space, since I haven't watched it yet.

Money has been tight, due to my joblessness; if I sold some DVDs, the money would go into my spending fund, though; I mean, bills are getting paid.

So, wow, I bet this is a super-long post. I need advice. Should I keep movies that I either have never watched or that I have only watched once? I have an interest in some of the movies, sort of, in terms of them being Disney movies and all, but, like, I don't really care enough about Superdad to watch it, I guess. If I really wanted to watch these movies, I would have, right? Luckily, I got some for free or for about the price of a rental, so I wouldn't be losing much money by selling them. I also went through my non-Disney DVDs and picked out some to maybe sell.

What I've been doing is just trying to get rid of things that I just don't use, whether it's clothes or CDs or whatever. Get rid of some clutter. I had bought slim jewel cases because my DVDs and CDs were taking up so much space, so I'd have more space to use if I sold off DVDs I don't really care about.

I could just sell off the live-action titles that I don't care much about (but then there are iffy ones, that I'm on the fence about, such as Jungle 2 Jungle, or the Mighty Ducks films, for example), and some of the animated sequels that I just never watch.

Now, part of me is thinking, what kind of Disney fan am I if I won't even at least give these movies a try?!? But that's silly talk. Part of me also is thinking of my non-existant children. About if I have kids, they'll be without certain Disney movies. But that's silly talk, too. I'm just silly.

Thoughts, comments, advice, wish lists to trade...anything would be welcome!

[goofystitch]

Hey Amy,

Wow! What a post! Anyways, I recently did an overhaul on my DVD collection and got rid of any that I haven't watched within the past 2 years and that I don't think I'll watch within the next 2 years. My logic is that if I don't watch them more than once every 2 years, its not worth the shelf space as I could just rent it or catch it on TV later.

I hung on to any theatrically released Disney film, since I hope to own them all someday, but a lot of the TV/DTV films went to eBay and Amazon's trade in store.

Out of your list of films that you are contemplating getting rid of, I'm going to make some recommendations of the films I think are definitely worth owning (and in some cases, watching):

Candleshoe
Flight of the Navigator
The Adventures of Huck Finn
The Princess Diaries 2
Narnia: Prince Caspian
Tinker Bell
Mickey's House of Villains
Walt Disney Treasures: Annette
Old Yeller
The Absent-Minded Professor
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
The Rocketeer
Cool Runnings
The Santa Clause
Tom and Huck
Air Bud
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
I'll Be Home For Christmas
Sky High
Narnia: Lion, Witch, Wardrobe
Babes in Toyland
Summer Magic
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
Rascal
POTC: Curse of the Black Pearl
WDT: Oswald
WDT: Mickey in B&W 1 & 2
WDT: Disney Rarities
Freaky Friday

I hope that somewhat helps with your decision.