New DVD/Blu-Ray Thread XVI - (insert witty subtitle here)

[AwallaceUNC]

A Song from the Heart (DVD)

-Aaron

[JiminyCrick91]

Sleeping Beauty: 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition [Blu-Ray]
-Sky

[PixarFan2006]

Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland - 4.99*
Metropolis/Things to Come (Double Feature) - 3.99
Golden Age of Silent Films (Mark of Zorro/Blood and Sand/Hunchback of Notre Dame/Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde) - 5.99

*=I used to have this on VHS as a kid, but I never really watched it. I decided to buy the DVD because I heard it's kind of good and at 4.99 it was kind of hard to pass up on.

[jrboy]

Disney Movie Club

[PixarFan2006]

Why are there 3 copies of The Jungle Book?

[zackisthewalrus]

Walt Disney Treasures: Your Host, Walt Disney
Disney Movie Rewards

[JiminyCrick91]

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (DVD)

-Sky

[Barbossa]

Picked these all up at Walmart:

from the 2 for $10 bin:




$10.96:


$13.88:

[JiminyCrick91]

The Fletch Collection[DVD]


I, Robot (+ Digital Copy) [DVD]
-Sky

[disneyboy20022]

From the Disney Movie Club:

Morning Light - DVD - $7.98

http://www.amazon.com/Morning-Light-Chr ... 872&sr=1-1



The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad: with Halloween Special SLeeve DMC exclusive - $21.95

http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Ichabo ... 006&sr=1-2


and from Best Buy.com


The Late Shift - $3.31 after remaineder of $6 gift card leftover

http://www.amazon.com/Late-Shift-John-M ... 083&sr=1-1

[blaing]

Bought yesterday at the ABC Shop in Melbourne (I'm currently on holidays)

Allo Allo: the Complete Series Collection

and also at the shop at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image

Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days

[JiminyCrick91]

Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt
-Sky

[blackcauldron85]

Since there are only 3 movies (1 already out, 2 upcoming) in the near future that I have left to buy, and plus we'll be getting rid of DirecTV, I decided to once again start buying TV on DVD. But this time, I'm being picky (although I once owned The O.C. and now need to rebuy it...).

I just used some gift cards I had lying around and bought:

Degrassi: The Next Generation- Season 1 ($19.60, Walmart.com)

Degrassi: The Next Generation- Season 7 and Season 8 ($21.60 total, BestBuy.com)

[PeterPanfan]

Since there are only 3 movies (1 already out, 2 upcoming) in the near future that I have left to buy, and plus we'll be getting rid of DirecTV, I decided to once again start buying TV on DVD. But this time, I'm being picky (although I once owned The O.C. and now need to rebuy it...).

I just used some gift cards I had lying around and bought:

Degrassi: The Next Generation- Season 1 ($19.60, Walmart.com)

Degrassi: The Next Generation- Season 7 and Season 8 ($21.60 total, BestBuy.com)

Just wondering, why the huge gap between seasons?

[blackcauldron85]

Just wondering, why the huge gap between seasons?

Seasons 7 & 8 were only $9.99 each, so I wanted to buy those while they were so cheap, and then Season 1. I was going to buy Season 2, until I saw that I couldn't do in-store pickup. Then I was going to buy Season 3, but when it was in my cart, with tax, I didn't have enough money. I watch them out of order on TV all the time, though, so at least for this show, it doesn't matter. But I'll miss not being able to watch it (when we get rid of DirecTV), since I spend a lot of my time watching it on TeeNick.

[PeterPanfan]

Just wondering, why the huge gap between seasons?

Seasons 7 & 8 were only $9.99 each, so I wanted to buy those while they were so cheap, and then Season 1. I was going to buy Season 2, until I saw that I couldn't do in-store pickup. Then I was going to buy Season 3, but when it was in my cart, with tax, I didn't have enough money. I watch them out of order on TV all the time, though, so at least for this show, it doesn't matter. But I'll miss not being able to watch it (when we get rid of DirecTV), since I spend a lot of my time watching it on TeeNick.

Ah, okay. I think I remember you saying you were going to buy all the Gilmore Girls seasons when you started re-collecting TV-On-DVD.

Is that still the plan?

[blackcauldron85]

Ah, okay. I think I remember you saying you were going to buy all the Gilmore Girls seasons when you started re-collecting TV-On-DVD.

Is that still the plan?

Yup. I'm really strict now with what I allow myself to buy (I just hate being wasteful and end up selling things), and the only shows I'm going to buy on DVD are Degrassi, Gilmore Girls, The O.C. (I don't remember what I bought with the $ I made selling those, but hopefully it was something good ...my bad), and Dawson's Creek. With comedies, when I've bought them in the past, I never watched them on DVD, even if I watch them on TV, but I figured that with the dramas, I'll watch them.

[Escapay]

I rarely venture into this thread because I only like to post about a DVD I got that I'm really excited for. Needless to say, the fact that I'm in this thread must mean I bought a DVD that I'm really excited for.



Gilda (1946): Columbia Classics - $10.49 at Barnes & Noble, bought January 12, 2010.

Strangely enough, despite my love for classic Hollywood films/actors/directors, I haven't had a chance to see as many of Columbia's films as I'd like to (what with TCM always showing more Warner/MGM/RKO films since they can clear those faster than licencing from other studios), and I know much less about it than other studios. This was largely due to the fact that - in addition to TCM being WB/MGM/RKO-centric - I haven't acquired as many of their DVDs, as I always had a preference for Warner & 20th Century Fox's. And in reading reviews for most of them, Columbia often had more misses than hits when they put their films on DVD, especially regarding special features, so I wasn't always keen on buying them. But after I had finally gotten around to picking up Lost Horizon (1937) some months ago and getting Golden Boy (1939) for Christmas from PixarFan2006, I started looking at the Columbia section of my DVDs and seeing that it was really lacking. So I decided to start building it up, even if may be a slow-and-steady process. I figured I'd start with one of their more well-known titles, Gilda, since I was more or less aware that Rita Hayworth = Columbia's Biggest Name. I had only seen very few of her movies (I vaguely remember watching Gilda on TCM some years ago - I want to say 2005 - but hadn't seen it since then, and I know I saw Pal Joey some time in 2007). Since the price was right, I figured I might as well pick up Gilda at B&N (even though a Rita Hayworth Collection - Gilda included - will be coming out in May. I plan to get that when it comes out too). I bought the DVD, and that night (January 12), I watched Gilda for the first time in like, 5 years.

Rita Hayworth, seriously, where have you been and why have I ignored you all my life?

Ever since I got the DVD, not only have I picked up several other Rita Hayworth movies (such as You Were Never Lovelier, Blood and Sand (woohoo, another for my Tyrone Power collection, though I stack it with the Rita Hayworth movies), and Affair in Trinidad, even though the last is more or less a useless film except for her dance numbers), but I've found myself watching Gilda at least four or five times a week. There's just something about the movie that makes me revisit it again and again. It's like my new Laura (in 2005/2006 I did the same thing, bought the DVD and became obsessed with watching it over and over. Even going so far as to even write a one-act play inspired by a prop - the portrait of Laura - used in the movie). Of course, some may say it's just because Rita Hayworth is as hot as hell in the movie. Which of course, is true. But there's so much more to the movie than the fact that it has the original Hottie McHotHot. Just watch her flip her hair.

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In addition to that iconic moment, Gilda also has a smartly-written script, very interesting characters, and while the story still leaves me wondering some things, it is told in a remarkably-simple-but-still-complex way and comes to a satisfying conclusion. The two songs featured are also really good, I've found myself humming "Put the Blame on Mame" more often than I expected, and I often wonder how it and "Amado Mio" would have sounded if Harry Cohn had allowed Hayworth to sing them herself (she was dubbed in the songs for all her movies). The dancing, of course, is such a turn on.

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The DVD (originally released in 1999) is pretty good, even though the supplements are rather lacking by today's standards (well, maybe even in 1999's standards). There's an 8-minute excerpt from 1999's The Lady with the Torch documentary, focusing on Rita Hayworth's Columbia career, which is okay, but I'd have preferred something a bit more substansive (then again, since it is an excerpt from a documentary, it makes sense why it's so short). There's a trailer, which I'm sure will be missing in the forthcoming boxset, and some Vintage Advertising, as well as Cast/Crew bios. But all in all, the importance in the DVD is the film itself, and Gilda is indeed one of those films where you could have a barebones DVD and still be satisfied. I think I'm gonna go watch it again. Or just watch this music video again...

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Anyway, if you read all this and watched the video clips, yay you! Here's hoping you check out Gilda as well!



albert

[The Little Merboy]

Haven't posted in this thread for awhile.

Memoirs of a Geisha - Blu-ray
True Romance - Blu-ray

ordered just now, on Bestbuy.com
Liza's At The Palace - Blu-ray

pre-ordered on Disney a week back
Exclusive Limited-Edition Collectible Princess Tiana Doll/Princess and the Frog - 3 Disc Blu-ray/DVD/Digital copy - Gift Set

[PeterPanfan]

$3 at Big Lots[/img]