Post your blind DVD purchases here (1 Viewer)

[Dave Gorman]

My one and only blind buy was Suspiria, which I really enjoyed.

I don't buy very much to begin with as renting is much more economical for me. And when I do buy it's something that I know for sure I want either for rewatchability or for collecting.

If I had $60 lying around waiting to be spend, I'd blind buy Eraserhead. Sadly, the money tree seeds I planted in my back yard haven't sprouted yet...

 

[Mark Zimmer]

Of my collection I'd say that 95% of it has been bought blind. I have a pretty good sense of what I'll enjoy just from general reading, reviews and lurking here and on Mobius. The only ones I truly regret are the ones where I was talked into it by HTF posts going on about the reference audio or visuals---e.g., Lost in Space. Surely less than 1% though.

 

[JonZ]

Films I bought on DVD without seeing first:

I loved:
-Memento
-The Thin Red Line
-Unbreakable
-The Wickerman
-O Brother Where Art Thou (Coens are no brainers)
-Big Lebowski
-Raising Arizona
-Femme Fatale
-Blood Simple
-Training Day
-Roshomon
-The Wild Bunch
-American Psycho
-Touch Of Evil
-Toy Story 2
-Babe Pig In The City
-Bully
-Mystery Men
-Leone The Professional (the International Cut)
-Donnie Darko
-Snatch
-13th Warrior

Ok:
-Dagon
-Irreverisble
-Chinatown
-Ghost World
-Mallrats
-Royal Tennenbaums
-Dogma
-Titus

Hated:
-Y Tu Mama Tabien
-The Sixth Sense
I know there are more but cant think at the moment.


Blind purchases that are coming up:
The Pianist
Frida (Cant say no to this one beucase of Salma)

Recently tempted but decided to wait until I see it first:
-Far From Heaven
-Secretary



I really cant afford to do this much anymore so now I wait until I see it and if I like it Ill buy it.

 

[Eric Brunton]

Best Blind Purchases:

Lawrence of Arabia
Citizen Kane
Casablanca
Seven Samurai

Worst Blind Purchases:

Bowfinger (why o why did i do that)

As you can see the blind purchases i have been happy with are all regarded as great films either on the afi list or sight and sound lists, with the exception of bowfinger ofcourse! :b

 

[Joe_Pinney]

The Zatoichi films and "Daredevil" are the only "blind" purchases I can think of. :wink:

I didn't buy them though.

 

[ChrisV]

When I started reading this thread I thought to myself, "Oh I hardly ever buy movies I've never seen.", but after thinking about it a bit it turns out that I actually do it quite often (although certainly not as often as many of you ). Here are the ones I've "bought blind":

Chinatown - My most recent blind purchase. A great movie.
Citizen Kane
Clerks, Mallrats, and Chasing Amy - I bought this Kevin Smith 3-pack because I loved Dogma, and had heard very good things about Clerks. I was not dissapointed, and it turns out I saved quite a bit of money compared to the cost of buying them all individually.
Fantasia 2000 - I bought the Anthology, but had only seen the original Fantasia.
Grave of the Fireflies
Moulin Rouge - Ron and the HTF are the reason I bought this one.
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away

Looking at the list, I'm quite happy with my blind purchases.

 

[Rhett_Y]

For me...

Dog Soldiers
Brotherhood of the Wolf

Heard about them hear and on other sites..........Loved them both!

R~

 

[Steve_Tk]

Signs, Bourne Identity, Minority Report, Legends of the fall, Blade 2, Harry Potter, Gangs of New York, Monsters Inc, Both Toy Stories, Shrek, . Recent ones I can remember, happy with them all.

I'd my blind purchase rating is very good. I don't go out on too many limbs though.

 

[Justin Hargis]

Good Blind Buys:
-Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone
-Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
-Pump up the Volume
-The Chubb Chubbs
-True Romance : 2 Disc Special Edition
-Vertical Limit : Superbit

Bad Blind Buys:
-Demolition Man
-Predator 2
-XXX

I don't buy too many blind ones. Usually I've seen the movie or parts of it to justify buying it. My next blind buy may be DareDevil.

 

[Joey Gunz]

While technically not a "blind" purchase, I did buy the first 4 seasons of Buffy The Vampire Slayer one night after watching only one episode that afternoon on the FX channel. I never seen a single "Buffy" episode before this, but the episode I saw ("Hush") had me hooked! Anyway, I took the chance, bought all 4 seasons, and consider it one of the best purchases I've made yet. And because of "Buffy...", I also blindly bought the Angel: Season 1 DVD too without seeing a single episode. I'm happy to say it was another excellent decision on my part!

 

[Stephen_J_H]

Ok, blind buys it is:
AI
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (Uncut Version)
Best in Show
Big Daddy
Black Adder V: Back & Forth
Cast Away
Eight Legged Freaks
Finding Forrester
Galaxy Quest
The Importance of Being Earnest (Rupert Everett/ Reese Witherspoon)
Josh Groban in Concert
No Escape
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Possession
Walt Disney Treasures: Behind the Scenes at the Walt Disney Studio
Run Lola Run
Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie
Signs
The Truth About Charlie
Unbreakable
Vertical Limit
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney)
The Master of Disguise
A Little Princess
Spy Kids
Spy Kids 2
Fantasia 2000

A good portion of these I've bought previously viewed, with no complaints. My only regret is Run Lola Run, which is the Canadian release in P/S.

 

[Ron-P]

It's much easier to post the blind buys that I was disappointed with, luckily there are only two...
MI:2
Gods and Generals

All other blind buys I have been very happy with, the latest being Solaris and DareDevil.


Peace Out~

 

[richardWI]

Great Blind Buys:

Fitzcarraldo
My Best Fiend
La Belle Captive
Burden of Dreams
The Re-Animator
Opera
Terror Firmer
Don't Look Now
Rebecca
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Lessons of Darkness

Bad Blind Buys:

The Thing From Another World
Breathless
Heart of Glass
Gesualdo

Movies I almost bought blind, but rented first:

Once Upon a Time in America (Hated hated hated this film. Glad I didn't buy it. No offense to those that like it, just wasn't my cup of tea.)



I'll pretty much buy anything that has Werner Herzog's name attached to it. Also if it's Horror + Anchor Bay I'm strongly compelled to buy it. I usually research a title pretty well before I buy it, so I'll have a general idea of what I'm getting. I also lean towards Ebert's tastes.

 

[WillKTaylor]

Blind defined: Not seen in theaters, with friends, rented or having read anything about the film details other than the director, general feel of the film and general subject matter. I would include the following:

(ratings based on film with extra credit for DVD quality)

****1/2 - *****

Amelie ****1/2
Brazil (Criterion) ****1/2
Bride With White Hair, The ****1/2
City of Lost Children, The ****1/2
Element of Crime, The (Criterion) ****1/2
Fight Club ****1/2
Gattaca ****1/2
Hard Boiled (Criterion) *****
Irreversible ****1/2
LA Confidential ****1/2
Magnificent Butcher ****1/2
Metropolis (Tezuka) ****1/2
Monster's Ball ****1/2
Monster's Inc. ****1/2
Streetfighter (Chiba!) ****1/2
Tora, Tora, Tora ****1/2
Yojimbo ****1/2

*** - ****

American Beauty ***1/2
Animatrix **1/2 to **** (dependent on short)
Baise Moi ***
Billy Elliot ****
Blade II ***1/2
Blood: The Last Vampire ***1/2
Boondock Saints ***1/2
Bound (unrated) ****
Contract Killer ***
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ***1/2
Donnie Darko ****
Equilibrium ****
Kiss of the Dragon ***1/2
Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels ****
Master of the Flying Guillotine ****
Pitch Black (unrated) ***1/2
Requiem for a Dream ***1/2
Run Lola Run ***1/2
Sling Blade ****
Stunt Man, The (limited) ****
Tetsuo II: Body Hammer ***1/2
Wing Chun ****


< ***

Dark City **1/2
Doomed Megalopolis **
Paranoid *

So, I'm well enough happy with the results.

Blinds on order or soon to be .. and hating every minute of the wait:

Battle Royale
Versus
Band of Brothers
Chungking Express
Sanjuro
Ran
Seven Samurai
Warriors Two
Shock Corrider (Criterion)
Delicatessen
Bridge of River Kwai LE
The Third Man (Criterion)
Audition
I Spit on your Grave

Regards

 

[Jeff Swearingen]

I've done a lot of blind purchases...usually based on good reviews from the Bits or if its a Criterion disc.

Blind purchases I was not happy with regardless of title usually came from Artisan or the Wal-Mart "so cheap that a McDonald's meal is more expensive" DVD bin.

 

[ChrisBEA]

Some of my recent blinds are:
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
The Dark Crystal
Jim Hensen's Storyteller
The Black Angel
My Schoolmate the Barbarian
Volcano High
Voices of a Distant Star
Roger Dodger
Avalon
Returner
Versus
Irreversible
Unfaithful
Solaris
Spider
I also have an order in for a 10 pack of Shaw Bros kung fu flicks, all but 1 I have never seen, also on that order is Musa: The Warrior, also unseen...

I buy a lot blind, usually I do a lot of research, reading reviews and looking up opinions before making a final decision. I usually do pretty good, the only ones I can think of that were big disappointments (and I should have known better going in) were Black Mask 2 and Old School, both are downright dreadful (Except for Will Ferrell, he was OK).

 

[Joe Kamsan]

Great blind buys:
Ocean's Eleven
Mulholland Drive
Amelie
Changing Lanes
The Apartment
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Memento
Sunset Boulevard

OK:
You Can Count On Me
Hable Con Ella (Talk To Her)
The Bourne Identity
Adaptation
Phone Booth

Disappointed, wanted my money back:
12 Monkeys
All About Eve

 

[Eric Stuckey]

I got Gangs of NY on a blind buy from Blockbuster for $11.95 and I just watched it. I liked it very much. Worth the $$.

 

[Joe6pack99]

Way to much to list!

 

[Yee-Ming]

Absolute best/favourite blind buy: From The Earth To The Moon.

In second place, Sports Night.

In contrast, worst blind buy was probably Scary Movie 2.