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10-09-2003, 02:41 PM
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Worst... XXX and Scary Movie.
Best... have to say Animatrix. It's rare I make blind purchases anymore since I got burned a few times.
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10-09-2003, 02:47 PM
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I used to make TONS of blind purchases. Now I'm more sensible and I use the public library whenever I can.
Best (not counting stuff like Kurosawa or Kubrick movies which I was pretty sure I would like):
Evil Dead trilogy
Brazil
by Brakhage
Casablanca
Dancer in the Dark
The Dark Crystal
Donnie Darko
Kwaidan
Moulin Rouge
"Mr. Show"
Toy Story & Toy Story 2
The Wicker Man
Zoolander
Worst:
15 Minutes
The Anniversary Party
The Bank Dick
Celebrity
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
The Goonies
House/House 2
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Requiem for a Dream
Sisters
State & Main
The Toxic Avenger
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10-09-2003, 03:07 PM
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My 2 blind buys turned out to be some of the best I've got in my collection:
Re-Animator, Millennium Ed - One of the best cast & producer commentary tracks out there! I'd never seen one single second of it & I was thoroughly entertained.
Yojimbo, Criterion - Never saw a min of it before purchasing & it became one of my favorite Kurosawa flicks.
It has to start somewhere, it has to start sometime,
What better place than here? What better time than now?
-Rage Against the Machine
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10-09-2003, 03:52 PM
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Worst: The Loss of Sexual Innocence
Best: The Decalogue
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10-09-2003, 04:02 PM
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Figure that one was an automatic for people from Oregon. 
Best
Red Beard
- I've always wanted to be a physician. This one compounds my interest.
Worst
- I've purchased some films in combo, so I really shouldn't count this, but I will.
Tie: High Fidelity and From Dusk Till Dawn 2
HF was good, but too dry for me, and FDTD2 was just blah.
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10-09-2003, 04:04 PM
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I don’t know about the best, but my most recent very good blind purchase was:
Hopscotch
which I ordered due to a gauntlet thrown down by George Kaplan. Even though I had not seen the film, I did know that George and I have very similar tastes in many comedies.
Worst was
Chasing Amy and it was a Criterion. And only about $15. A movie that I did not like and commentary where Kevin and his mates spent most of their time giggling.
¡Time is not my master!
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10-09-2003, 04:17 PM
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Best: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 1: I remebered hearing good things about the show and it was only $25, so I went for it. My life has more or less revolved around it and Angel for two years now.
Worst: Novocaine: I only bought this because the two-pack with L.A. Story only cost another $4 over L.A. Story itself. I thought it was horribley contrived and just didn't work as a comedy.
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10-09-2003, 04:20 PM
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Figure that one was an automatic for people from Oregon.
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Well, I'm from Chicago. I've only lived here 10 years. |
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10-09-2003, 04:29 PM
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Best: Ghost World
Worst: Pearl Harbor
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