DVDs and features

[shred]

Well, there are times where I can't resists.

I think the most expensive DVD I've bought (besides boxsets) was The Simpsons movie. I bought it as soon as it came out.

[Allan]

ariensun said:

I am too impatient to wait for a favorite movie to get cheaper. I bought Pan's Labyrinth for $34. Ridiculous.

That is ridiculous. Do independent movies generally cost more than mainstream ones in the States? I picked it up for $30 the day it was released here, and DVDs are virtually never cheaper here than the US.

[Lizzie]

vardamir said:

i would never pay that much for a dvd, i rarely buy them on release i will wait a few months and then get them for about £7.50 not sure how much that is in aussie dollars but i hate to pay more than that

That's about $16 and around about how much I like to pay for DVDs...I like to buy them on sale.

[Nico]

I would never spend more than 15 pounds on a film, I would just wait until it went on sale. POTC went on sale almost days after it was released on dvd!

[Allan]

Which PotC? Spider-Man 3 did here, which was surprising. It rarely happens that way.

[Nico]

the third one, it was released in december I think, we saw it for 20 pounds on its release day, a few days later it was down to almost half that price with a free interactive game dvd with it!.

[Bre]

batmite79 said:

That is ridiculous. Do independent movies generally cost more than mainstream ones in the States? I picked it up for $30 the day it was released here, and DVDs are virtually never cheaper here than the US.

Uh I don't know if ind. movies cost more, but I mean I bought mine at Barnes & Noble which is just ridiculously expensive. I thought if I used my employee discount, it would be cheaper than getting it anywhere else, but I was wrong.

[Glenn]

On the subject of features. I only like watching the features of big epic movies. Ever since the LotRs four disc boxsets and all the features they had other films features just seem so lame. I only like commentaries when it has the actors involved too.

[shred]

I'm with you, Glenn. I prefer if the commentaries were done by the actors. It's a lot more fun and insightful in my opinion.

I was watching the commentary for Hell's Bells a few nights ago and that was boring! I think that's the worst commentary I've watch on Buffy (just from season 1-6 since I don't have season 7 yet).

[Allan]

I think it depends on the person themselves. Some commentaries with the actors show how little they know. Personally, I prefer them with the directors, who generally have more insight about the entire process, rather than just what it was like on set.

[Nico]

I think you need an actor on the commentary, The directors may know why they wanted a specific scene done the way it was etc;, but only the actors know how it felt, how tough it was.

To me, its like asking a football manager how the game went, why not ask the players to who actually PLAYED the game?.

Actors make it more fun (like Irene said) I dont want to hear 2 hours worth of a driector telling me how they made the entire film, I want to hear some Diversity.

Plus its seen quite alot when the actors say "I dont think my character would necesarily act like that, or say that" I have seen it frequently on the SGA dvd Commentaries.

[Loz]

Commentaries with the Director are my favourites. As someone whose dream it is to make films i find them fascinating and often pretty educational I like ones with other parts of the production team and actors too though. Actor ones tend to be more personable and amusing. Enjoyable for the most part but you don't learn a lot from them

And Nico i think you may be slightly confused as to the role of a director is you are likening them to a football manager. Send a football team out without a manager they still know how to play the game. Actors without a director is a bunch of people standing around on a set or location

[Glenn]

Certain directors are very charismatic and fun in their commentaries and those ones are the ones i like because you get the feeling that they love what they do and are really pleased with the film. I have listened to some though where the director is so mono-tone and sounds half asleep and bored with what they are watching

[Allan]

Yeah, charisma plays a lot in any commentary, Glenn. They may have some insightful thoughts, but unless they sound like it, it's too easy to switch off, or just wish they'd shut up so you can enjoy the movie.

[Paul]

i never listen to the commentarys the extras that im intrested in are the deleted scenes the gag reals and the making of.... i really dont want to listen to someone droning on while i watch a movie

[Bre]

You've obviously never listened to a good commentary before. Sometimes I think the commentaries on episodes can be better than the episode itself.

[Glenn]

I was generally disappointed with the commentaries on Buffy and Angel because there just wasn't enough of them!!!

I bought Rome season one though and almost every ep has a commentary. Lack of commentaries to 75% of the episodes is what has stopped me buying a lot of TV shows on DVD.

[Bre]

You just get so much more insight about what it's like to be working on a show. The commentaries on the first season of the US Office are hilarious. And I think there's one on every episode, if not most of them.

[Glenn]

When i listen to the LotR actor commentary it makes me wish that i had landed a role as one of the Hobbits. Would have been the experience of a lifetime working on that trilogy.

Does anyone else have any TV show boxsets they would recommend because of the number of commentaries available?

[Bre]

The lotr actor commentary is my all-time favorite. Elijah Wood and Sean Astin always interrupt each other and Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd are the funniest mother effers I've ever heard.