The prequels are in fact worse than the sequels. Jar-Jar Binks, Anakin, midicholorians and some of the worst dialogue ever put to film are why the prequels are not good films.
The hills are alive with the Sound of Music
Added
Looney Tunes: Stars of Space Jam Japanese Laserdisc
Raiders of the Lost Ark 4K
The Conversation Blu-Ray
Pre-Ordered
The Boy and the Heron 4K Steelbook
Sold
Half of my Beta collection
Gone With the Wind (1939)
1 star out of four
Scarlett O’Hara is just as manipulative and self-centered as Bella Swan, and just as unsympathetic. Speaking of unsympathetic, the rest of the white cast is fine with owning slaves, and Rhett is abusive to Scarlett. The only saving graces are the cinematography and some of the sets. Might very well be one of the most overrated films out there. The Oscars made a huge mistake when they gave this Best Picture.
Gone with the Wind is severely overrated, and either Wizard of Oz or Stagecoach should have won Best Picture that year. None of the main characters are likeable in any way, and Scarlett is just as big a self-centered bitch as Bella from Twilight.
Added 4 Kid Favorites: Looney Tunes Features DVD, The Thing CED and Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Vol. 3 Blu-Ray
Added Terminator 2: Judgment Day (French HD-DVD) and An American In Paris (Video8) to my collection.
Gave the VHS of Back to the Future to a friend whose never seen it.
Jaws 2 has one of the most underrated John Williams soundtracks out there. Almost every piece in this score is awesome, and it’s a film I’m glad exists because of the score.
For me, my personal Indy canon is this:
Temple of Doom
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Last Crusade
Fate of Atlantis
Crystal Skull (TM2YC Edit)
EU novels will be added as I read them
Added (used copies):
Animal Crackers (1930) {Laserdisc}
Cape Fear (1962) {DVD}
Casablanca (1942) {Cartrivision}
The Clock (1945) {Laserdisc}
Double Indemnity (1944) {Laserdisc}
Bought during Criterion Flash Sale:
Days of Heaven (1978) {4K Ultra HD} [Upgrade from DVD]
EO (2022) {Blu-Ray}
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) {Blu-Ray}
Seconds (1966) {Blu-Ray}
Cinema is not disposable entertainment. It is a serious artform with the ability to move people to tears, make people laugh, ask meaningful questions about ourselves and make us question reality.
Added My Fair Lady (1964) Fullscreen AC3 Laserdisc. Fullscreen Laserdiscs with AC3 are rare, and that’s why I bought this one.
Also added the 2008 UCE Blu-Ray of Casablanca (1942) and Criterion Laserdisc of Sling Blade (1996).
Gave the Skynet Edition of Terminator 2 to a friend (keeping the 2015 edition for my Blu-Ray copy)
Added The Polar Express 4K. Upgraded All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) to a German Mediabook Blu-Ray that features an extended cut.
Also got two legit VCDs from 1999: The Sound of Music (1965) Filipino edition and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Hong Kong edition.
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon is the greatest film released in the year I was born, but Gladiator won Best Picture for films released that year.
Here’s what my Betamax collection looks like at the end of 2023.
It is wrong to assume that your digital movies will be preserved by the studios, who recently cancelled films as tax write-offs and deleted films from digital collections. The only way to legally own a film is through physical media.
Added Mean Streets (1973) Criterion 4K Ultra HD & The Last Picture Show (1971) Criterion 4K Ultra HD
Got my first VHDs as part of a lot that I mainly bought for The Thing (1982) and My Fair Lady (1964).
Added Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) Warner Archive Blu-Ray, Forbidden Planet (1956) Widescreen VHS, Metropolis (1927) Masters of Cinema Blu-Ray, Coraline (2009) 4K Ultra HD, Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) 4K Ultra HD, Oppenheimer (2023) 4K Ultra HD Steelbook, The Ghost Breakers (1940) Laserdisc, The Thing (1982) Japanese Laserdisc, Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) 4K Ultra HD and Cleopatra (1963) Blu-Ray to my collection.
Added 2001: A Space Odyssey UHD and Batman (1989) Digibook Blu-Ray to my collection.
Batman (1989) is the best live-action superhero film of all time. The costumes, cinematography, art direction and score are all incredible, and Keaton is the best live action Batman. I also love the reveal that the Joker killed Batman’s parents, making their relationship more personal than any other version.
Added The Phantom of the Opera (1925) Remastered Laserdisc.
Added Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Best Buy Exclusive 4K Ultra HD Steelbook for $40.
House of Wax (1953) is overrated and a step down from Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933). Mystery of the Wax Museum was a unique film that had a strong female protagonist and a unique visual look that the remake lacks.
That’s a shame. The “nooooo” scene is cheesy but the scene where he walks on the Star Destroyer next to Palpatine is my favorite scene in the whole film.
Honestly, for ROTS the differences between my version and HAL’s aren’t huge and it would still fit with my episode 1 and 2 edits.
The changes in 1 and 2 are much bigger and different. ROTS is a pretty functional movie with some trimming and the deleted scenes added back in.
Does this mean the shot of Padme holding Leia on Alderaan is in this edit?