Directors The Last Dozen DVDs You Bought Tournament (1 Viewer)

[Nick Sievers]

I abstain from voting in rounds which I am involved.

Lew Crippen

3 Women - , want
Double Suicide - N/A
The Story of Floating Weeds - N/A
Sisters - N/A, but very interested
Diary of a Country Priest - N/A
Under the Roofs of Paris - N/A
À nous la liberté - N/A
Cranes Are Flying - N/A
Good Morning - N/A
The Devil & Daniel Webster - N/A, but interested
Rolling Stones: Gimme Shelter - , own
Pygmalion - N/A

I'm not very familiar with Lew's list but if my wallet was a little bigger I would probably buy a few of these blind just because you can't buy/rent Criterion's over here.


Probably my favorite film from 2000, I recommend any film fan to pick this up or at the very least rent it. A great film.

 

[Lew Crippen]

Well I see Nick took the high road, while I shamelessly voted for myself. In the spirit of solidarity, I withdraw my vote of self-interest and sentence Nick to being forced to watch Buffy, Season 6 over and over.

 

[Arman]

Lew Crippen = 71 pts

5 3 Women
5 Double Suicide
6 The Story of Floating Weeds
5 Sisters
9 Diary of a Country Priest
5 Under the Roofs of Paris
9 À nous la liberté
7 Cranes Are Flying
5 Good Morning
5 The Devil & Daniel Webster
1 Rolling Stones: Gimme Shelter
9 Pygmalion

vs.

Nick Sievers = 45 pts

6 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
5 Stray Dog: Criterion
-2 Bubba Ho-Tep
5 The Good the Bad and the Ugly: Extended Version
3 Enter the Dragon: SE
6 The Triplets of Belleville
-1 Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan
3 Capturing the Friedmans
0 Freaks and Geeks: The Complete Series (Yearbook Edition)
6 Songs from the Second Floor
6 Kill Bill Vol. 1
8 2001: A Space Odyssey

Lew

1st Round Scores (Proclaimed Winners in bold; ed My Picks :
71 Lew
55 Brook
47 Tommy
45 Nick
43 Bill
34 Henry
30 Steve
30 Jim
14 Brad
13 Erik

 

[Brad Porter]

I'm not even going to bother with the math on this one. My vote goes to Nick Sievers.

Brad

 

[SteveGon]

Hey, there are MUCH worse programs than Buffy (I had my doubts too until I started watching it). At the very least it's chock full of babes. Anya.

 

[Nick Sievers]

I watched the entire first season but it still did nothing for me. I gave it a chance.

 

[SteveGon]

The first season of Buffy wasn't the best, though if you didn't get hooked on it then, you probably won't want to watch any of the other seasons. Angel is okay.

 

[John C. Wilson]

Nick

 

[ErikG]

Lew Crippen

3 Women - no interest
Double Suicide - never heard of
The Story of Floating Weeds - never heard of
Sisters - Have
Diary of a Country Priest - never heard of
Under the Roofs of Paris - never heaerd of
À nous la liberté - never heard of
Cranes Are Flying - never heard of
Good Morning - never heard of
The Devil & Daniel Webster - abstain
Rolling Stones: Gimme Shelter - not a fan
Pygmalion - never heard of

vs.

Nick Sievers

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Have
Stray Dog: Criterion - abstain
Bubba Ho-Tep - Have
The Good the Bad and the Ugly: Extended Version - Have
Enter the Dragon: SE - Have
The Triplets of Belleville - abstain
Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan - Have
Capturing the Friedmans - abstain
Freaks and Geeks: The Complete Series (Yearbook Edition) - Have
Songs from the Second Floor - never heard of
Kill Bill Vol. 1 - Have
2001: A Space Odyssey -

Nick

 

[SteveGon]

Nick wins.


Round 1 - Bracket 6

George Kaplan

Walt Disney Treasures: Tomorrowland
Walt Disney Treasures: On the Front Lines
Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Living Color, Vol. 2
Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Vol. 1
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly: SE
Enter the Dragon: SE
The Great Escape: SE
The Winds of War
Cheers Season 3
Frasier Season 3
Master & Commander: Far Side of the World
The Life & Death of Colonel Blimp

vs.

Arman

Legends of the Silver Screen: Charlie Chaplin & Buster Keaton
Punch-Drunk Love - Superbit Deluxe
Amélie
A.I. Artificial Intelligence - Special Edition
The Matrix Reloaded
Irreversible (Uncut)
Waking Life
The Beatles Collector's Set
The Adventures of Antoine Doinel - The Criterion Collection
Wrong Men & Notorious Women: Five Hitchcock Thrillers 1935-1946 - The Criterion Collection
Three Colors - The Exclusive Collection
Y tu mamá también - Unrated Edition

 

[Jim_K]

George Kaplan

Walt Disney Treasures: Tomorrowland - never seen it
Walt Disney Treasures: On the Front Lines - ditto
Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Living Color, Vol. 2 - ditto
Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Vol. 1 - ditto
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly: SE - own it
Enter the Dragon: SE - just picked it up
The Great Escape: SE - own it
The Winds of War - never seen it
Cheers Season 3 - used to watch it - good show but I don't collect TV on DVD
Frasier Season 3 - ditto
Master & Commander: Far Side of the World - own the SE
The Life & Death of Colonel Blimp - own it



Arman

Legends of the Silver Screen: Charlie Chaplin & Buster Keaton - not much interest
Punch-Drunk Love - Superbit Deluxe - eh, it was so-so
Amélie - didn't care for it
A.I. Artificial Intelligence - Special Edition - own it
The Matrix Reloaded - own it
Irreversible (Uncut) - will rent eventually
Waking Life - haven't seen
The Beatles Collector's Set - unfamiliar with this. If it's an intelligent introspective look at them - I'm interested. If it's just a fluff piece for the rabid fans forget it.
The Adventures of Antoine Doinel - The Criterion Collection - 400 Blows was good but didn't like enough to buy, may rent the other 3 someday
Wrong Men & Notorious Women: Five Hitchcock Thrillers 1935-1946 - The Criterion Collection - own most of the individual releases
Three Colors - The Exclusive Collection - seen 'em, no desire to ever see again
Y tu mamá también - Unrated Edition - no interest

George

 

[Tommy G]

I'm going with George on this one.

 

[SteveGon]

George Kaplan

Walt Disney Treasures: Tomorrowland - No interest.
Walt Disney Treasures: On the Front Lines - Will probably pick it up.
Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Living Color, Vol. 2 - No interest.
Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Vol. 1 - No interest.
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly: SE - Have it.
Enter the Dragon: SE - Have it.
The Great Escape: SE - Have it.
The Winds of War - Seen it when it aired on tv, no interest in the DVD.
Cheers Season 3 - No interest.
Frasier Season 3 - No interest.
Master & Commander: Far Side of the World - Have it.
The Life & Death of Colonel Blimp - Have it.

vs.

Arman

Legends of the Silver Screen: Charlie Chaplin & Buster Keaton - Not sure what this release has on it.
Punch-Drunk Love - Superbit Deluxe - Seen it, it's okay but I wouldn't buy it.
Amélie - Have it.
A.I. Artificial Intelligence - Special Edition - Have it.
The Matrix Reloaded - Seen it, didn't care for it.
Irreversible (Uncut) - Seen it. Worth seeing I guess, but I wouldn't buy it.
Waking Life - Have it.
The Beatles Collector's Set - Not a big fan of the Fab Four.
The Adventures of Antoine Doinel - The Criterion Collection - Have it.
Wrong Men & Notorious Women: Five Hitchcock Thrillers 1935-1946 - The Criterion Collection - Have it.
Three Colors - The Exclusive Collection - Have it.
Y tu mamá también - Unrated Edition - May rent it someday, not very high on the list.


14 thumbs up for Arman, 12 for George.

Arman gets the vote.

 

[Lew Crippen]

My wife and I have watched every episode of Buffy at least once. I really thought very innovative and well-done (though the first season suffered a bit from a small budget).

It is just that it should have ended at its natural conclusion (season 5). The last two were quite sub-standard (at least IMO).

To the matter at hand:

Arman, though I did not care for ‘Reloaded and I am lukewarm as to the French lass. While I like George’s list, except for The Winds of War, I’m indifferent to Steve McQueen and his motercycle. I like the Disney selections, but there are just too many in one list.

 

[Brook K]

Round 1 - Bracket 6

George Kaplan

Walt Disney Treasures: Tomorrowland no interest
Walt Disney Treasures: On the Front Lines would like to see, wouldn't buy
Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Living Color, Vol. 2 no interest
Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Vol. 1 no interest
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly: SE want
Enter the Dragon: SE
The Great Escape: SE
The Winds of War would like to have, don't know if I'd ever have the time to watch
Cheers Season 3 very good show but I never liked it as much with Kirstie Alley after Diane left
Frasier Season 3 even usually enjoyable when I watched but never really got into watching the show much
Master & Commander: Far Side of the World
The Life & Death of Colonel Blimp own it

vs.

Arman

Legends of the Silver Screen: Charlie Chaplin & Buster Keaton not sure what's in this
Punch-Drunk Love - Superbit Deluxe own it, love it
Amélie even
A.I. Artificial Intelligence - Special Edition best flm of the 00's
The Matrix Reloaded ugh
Irreversible (Uncut) double ugh
Waking Life even somewhat like, but not enough to buy
The Beatles Collector's Set even, no idea what this is
The Adventures of Antoine Doinel - The Criterion Collection
Wrong Men & Notorious Women: Five Hitchcock Thrillers 1935-1946 - The Criterion Collection own Rebecca and Notorious
Three Colors - The Exclusive Collection own
Y tu mamá también - Unrated Edition own the r2 which has the utterly pointless commentary track translated plus a 50pg booklet I've never gotten around to reading.

This came out tied but I'll go with Arman since he has multiple films I love on his list (PD Love, A.I., Rebecca, Stolen Kisses, Three Colours) while George only has Life And Death of Colonel Blimp

 

[Bill McA]

George Kaplan

Walt Disney Treasures: Tomorrowland - no interest in Disney TV
Walt Disney Treasures: On the Front Lines - own it
Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Living Color, Vol. 2 - own it
Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Vol. 1 - own it
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly: SE - own it
Enter the Dragon: SE - own the 1st release, won't be upgrading
The Great Escape: SE - seen it, don't like
The Winds of War - no interest
Cheers Season 3 - no interest
Frasier Season 3 - no interest
Master & Commander: Far Side of the World - good
The Life & Death of Colonel Blimp - own it

Arman

Legends of the Silver Screen: Charlie Chaplin & Buster Keaton - a Public Domain compiliation????
Punch-Drunk Love - Superbit Deluxe - own the non-SB
Amélie - didn't care for it
A.I. Artificial Intelligence - Special Edition - own it
The Matrix Reloaded - own it
Irreversible (Uncut) - own it
Waking Life - own it, but haven't watched it yet
The Beatles Collector's Set - no interest
The Adventures of Antoine Doinel - The Criterion Collection - see all but only own 400 Blows
Wrong Men & Notorious Women: Five Hitchcock Thrillers 1935-1946 - The Criterion Collection - own most of these individually
Three Colors - The Exclusive Collection - own all but White
Y tu mamá también - Unrated Edition - own it

Arman - too many disposable TV shows in George's list, unfortunately

 

[guille verdun]

here's my list anyway...

Disney Treasures On the Front Lines
Disney Treasures Mickey Mouse in Living Color 2
Disney Treasures Chronological Donald
Disney Treasures Tomorroland
Fantasia Anthology
Kill Bill Vol1
Matrix Revolutions
Todd McFarlane's Spawn (Animated Series)
Pearl Jam Live at The Garden
Iron Maiden in Rock in Rio
AC DC live
X-Men United (Widescreen Edition)

a lot of these are old releases because i bought like 3 old-different-original-discontinued Star Wars trilogy vhs boxes in february and March... a pause for DVD you might say...

have a nice day...

 

[Arman]

abstain (will post George's The Last Dozen DVDs Bought scores after Steve's proclamation of the winner)

 

[Nick Sievers]

George Kaplan

Walt Disney Treasures: Tomorrowland - N/A, not interested
Walt Disney Treasures: On the Front Lines - N/A
Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Living Color, Vol. 2 - N/A
Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Vol. 1 - N/A
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly: SE - , own
Enter the Dragon: SE - , own
The Great Escape: SE - , might buy in a quite month
The Winds of War - N/A
Cheers Season 3 - N/A, not really interested but it was a funny show
Frasier Season 3 - N/A, same as above
Master & Commander: Far Side of the World - , own
The Life & Death of Colonel Blimp - N/A

vs.

Arman

Legends of the Silver Screen: Charlie Chaplin & Buster Keaton - N/A, not really interested
Punch-Drunk Love - Superbit Deluxe - , own and love this film.
Amélie - , same as above
A.I. Artificial Intelligence - Special Edition - , same as above
The Matrix Reloaded - , liking this less and less each time.
Irreversible (Uncut) - , good film that I probably wouldn't watch again.
Waking Life - , own.
The Beatles Collector's Set - , don't have this set but I dig The Beatles.
The Adventures of Antoine Doinel - The Criterion Collection - , would like to own this set.
Wrong Men & Notorious Women: Five Hitchcock Thrillers 1935-1946 - The Criterion Collection - , own a few of the individual releases
Three Colors - The Exclusive Collection - , own them and love them.
Y tu mamá también - Unrated Edition - , good film but a little overrated.

My vote goes to Arman who has quite a few titles I own and some excellent titles among them.

 

[Justin_S]

George Kaplan

Walt Disney Treasures: Tomorrowland- Zero interest, hate this kind of Disney stuff.
Walt Disney Treasures: On the Front Lines- ditto.
Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Living Color, Vol. 2- ditto.
Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Vol. 1- ditto.
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly: SE-
Enter the Dragon: SE- okay.
The Great Escape: SE-
The Winds of War-
Cheers Season 3- decent.
Frasier Season 3- decent.
Master & Commander: Far Side of the World-
The Life & Death of Colonel Blimp-

vs.

Arman

Legends of the Silver Screen: Charlie Chaplin & Buster Keaton- never seen.
Punch-Drunk Love - Superbit Deluxe- Good, but wouldn't buy.
Amélie- Never saw the appeal.
A.I. Artificial Intelligence - Special Edition- Quite a beautifully done film.
The Matrix Reloaded- Garbage.
Irreversible (Uncut)- An amazing masterwork, one of my top 5 favorite films.
Waking Life- okay.
The Beatles Collector's Set- never seen.
The Adventures of Antoine Doinel - The Criterion Collection- not familiar with.
Wrong Men & Notorious Women: Five Hitchcock Thrillers 1935-1946 - The Criterion Collection- Magnificent set.
Three Colors - The Exclusive Collection- Another remarkable set.
Y tu mamá también - Unrated Edition- okay.


Arman