Friday, June 11, 2004

Introduction

Updates : 6th June 2006
I've totally lost count/track of my dvd collection. But just to note some japanese titles I have, which are superior than other regions thanks to the DTS track.
Jurassic park Superbit
Jurassic park2 Superbit
Blade DTS
Speed DTS Ultimate Edition
The Core DTS (full bitrate)
Predator DTS Ultimate edition
Moulin Rouge DTS ultimate edition
Hulk DTS edition
Blade 2

Intro
Ok... just what we need, another site about dvd and reviews. Well, hopefully to be different, my point of views will be accepted by a niche market/viewability. How's that again? Well, not everyone has the same taste or preference for movies and by that, my reviews may be spot on only with a niche following. And I'm asian and that may count for a different palette or preference altogether. What's that again? Well, let me put it this way, what some may hail as the best picture or all-time best eg. AFI, I tend to not agree from my point of view/entertainment level. Take a look at the list of the AFI accolades and I will only pick a handful as my favorites.  I never understood how classic movies are all time best though considering they are boring and have funny acting/style, IMO. Someone should revise these lists to incorporate latest offerings. Anyway, you won't see the AFI dvds in my list. But you will see Oscar awards movies in my dvd list.

In order to know which niche is mine, perhaps I may list my favorite dvds... the more it matches, the more you know our similarities.

Firstly, the action movies, in no particular order :-


  • Armageddon
  • Blade 1 & 2
  • Underworld
  • The Core
  • U571
  • Matrix trlogy

  • ..... wait a minute, the list is going to be long... I think I better list the ones I don't like and why.....



  • Bad Boys 1 & 2
  • (I just don't like the duo's chemistry and dull jokes....it's totally the opposite feeling of the duo in Rush Hour)


  • Fast and Furious 1 & 2
  • ( (again, similar reason as Bad Boys... just don't cut it for me, regardless of the action. I prefer Gone in 60 seconds or Days of Thunder in terms of car movies)


  • Shanghai Noon/Knights/I-Spy
  • ( (what's with all this movies with duos... chemistry is not as easy as it seems... or perhaps the writing was bad (who knows). Anyway, they are nothing like Lethal Weapon or Rush hour)


  • Lord of the Rings trilogy
  • ((ok, ok... I know this is strange. But somehow, despite the widespread mainstream craze for these movies, they just didn't cut it for me the first time I watched them. Maybe because I read some of the books and the plot is no surprise to me... maybe it was too draggy eventhough it was intentional to maintain the detail/spirit of the books.... maybe the action was too non-flashy, people swinging away with their weapons and not getting wounded or tired despite the hundreds of enemies swarming into them or perhaps there was no uuummphhh at all, perhaps I wanted more action similar to the pc games where wizards can cast more spells/magic and elves can do more wonders than just use arrows. There's just too many 'perhaps' that I can list, but overall the movies just didn't excite me that much, as compared to similar genre Willow when I first watched it. Nevertheless, the trilogy is still one of my favorite demo dvds due to the cool action and special effects factor


  • Matrix trilogy
  • ... these movies however I don't hate, I love them, despite the negative reviews. I mean, anyone who denied not having the ride of their life or a tripping journey during the first Matrix movie, would probably not like action/sci fi movies generally. This has got to be the newest/freshest story in this century or decade.


    Next, the non-action movies that I disliked :-


  • Stanley Kubrick's movies except for Eyes wide shut;
  • Any classic movie eg. Gone with the wind, Casablanca.... they are just so slow or old-fashioned feeling, no deal with me as a nice afternoon choice of movie.

  • In short, I am easily entertained. I'm not critical in judging a movie in many levels. I can suspend my disbelief very well, thus enjoying movies without worrying about logic or common sense eg. Matrix 2 and 3 or The Core or Armageddon, etc.. Some prefer to watch a movie which is realistic or has all plot holes filled to the brim, but not me ... if it's fun and entertaining in terms of action, story, comedy, special effects, etc. who cares. But things will hit the fan, if there's no original fun or x-factor or proper scripting/directing from the movie (eg. Timeline, Around the world in 80 days, Tuxedo) or just plain dumb (eg.Kung Pow, Freddy got fingered, Stealing Harvard, Eurotrip, etc.) , as you will soon realize from my reviews.

    As an overview, the following are my dvd collection but categorised according to my favorites, rewatcheability and demo quality.

    Rating : 5 (My favorites and recommended to home visitors. Demo quality or unique from first seating)
    Abyss
    Air Force one
    Air force one : superbit
    Alien Trilogy
    Amelie
    Antz
    Any given Sunday SE
    Aria
    Armageddon
    Armageddon Criterion
    Back to Future 1
    Back to Future 2
    Back to Future 3
    Backdraft
    Basic Instinct
    Basic Instinct SE
    Beach
    Beautiful Mind
    Behind Enemy Lines
    Behind enemy lines
    Big Hit
    Black Hawk Down
    Black hawk down
    Blade
    Blade 2
    Blade R2
    Blade2
    Bug's life
    Butterfly effect
    Cast Away
    Cheaper by the dozen
    Confidence
    Congo
    Conspiracy theory
    Contact
    Copycat
    Core
    Dante's Peak
    Dark City
    Deep Blue Sea
    Deep Impact
    Devil's Advocate
    Die another day
    Die another day
    Down with love
    Dracula (superbit)
    Equilibrium
    Fifth Element
    Fifth Element Superbit
    Fight Club
    Final Fantasy
    Forest Gump
    Game
    Gattaca
    Ghost
    Gladiator
    Godfather collection
    Godzilla
    Harry Porter
    Harry Porter 2
    Harry Potter
    Heat
    Hollow man
    Hunt for Red October
    Indiependence Day
    Italian Job
    Jimmy Neutron
    Jurassic Park 1
    Jurassic Park 2
    Jurassic Park 3
    Jurassic park superbit
    Kill Bill vol.1
    LA Confidential
    Last Samurai
    Lethal Weapon 4
    License to Kill
    Living daylights
    Long Kiss Goodnight
    Lord of Rings
    Lord of rings : Return of King
    Lord of rings : Two towers
    Lord of Rings 2
    Lost in Space
    Man in the Iron Mask
    Matrix
    Matrix 2
    Matrix 2
    Matrix Revolutions
    Memento
    Men in black 2
    Metallica
    MIB Box
    MIB fake
    Minority report
    Minority report
    Minority report
    Mission Impossible
    Mission Impossible 2
    Mission Impossible 2
    Moulin Rouge
    Moulin Rouge R2 box set
    Mummy
    Mummy 2
    Pearl Harbor
    Perfect Storm
    Platoon
    Pulp Fiction
    Ransom
    Reign of Fire
    Rock
    Rush Hour
    Rush Hour 2
    Saving Private Ryan
    Schindler's list
    Seven
    Sex and the city Season 1
    Sex and the City Season 2
    Sex and the City Season 3
    Sex and the city season 5
    Shrek
    Signs
    Silence of the Lambs
    Sixth Sense
    Snatch
    Speed
    Speed
    Speed
    Spiderman
    Spiderman superbit
    Star Wars 1
    Star Wars 2
    Star Wars: Attack of the clones
    Starship Troopers
    Sum of all fears
    Swordfish
    T2
    T2 Ultimate Edition
    The core
    Titanic
    Tomorrow Never Dies
    Top Gun
    Total Recall
    Toy Story Box set
    True Lies
    Truman Show
    Twister
    U571
    Unbreakable
    Underworld
    Vanilla sky
    Vertical limit
    World is not enough
    X men 2
    X2
    X-men


    Rating : 4 (Second favorite, not as rewatcheable or as big in pq or sq)
    13th Warrior
    50 first dates
    6th Day
    8 Mile
    8mm
    Amadeus
    American Beauty
    American Pie
    American Pie 2
    American Pie 2
    Arlington Road
    Austin Powers 1
    Austin Powers 2
    Austin Powers 3
    Band of Brothers
    Band of brothers
    Baseketball
    Batman & Robin
    Bedazzled
    Blade Runner
    Blair Witch Project
    Blast from the Past
    Bone Collector
    Bourne identity
    Bowfinger
    Charlie's Angel
    Chicago
    Close encounters of 3rd kind
    Con Air
    Corrs in concert
    Dances with wolves
    Das Boot
    Daylight
    Daylight
    Daylight DTS
    Days of Thunder
    Desperado
    Dinosaur
    Disclosure
    Dragon
    Dragonheart
    Dude Where's my car
    Dumb & Dumber
    End Of Days
    Enemy at the Gates
    Enemy of the state
    Entrapment
    Erin Brokovich
    Executive Decision
    Eyes Wide Shut
    Face off
    Fair Game
    Femme Fatale
    Frighteners
    General's Daughter
    Ghostbusters
    Go
    Goldeneye
    Gone in 60 seconds
    Gothika
    Hart's War
    Haunting
    Heartbreakers
    Hot Shots
    Hot shots2
    Hulk
    Hulk
    Hunted
    Ice Age
    Identity
    Jackal
    Jaws
    Jerry McGuire
    JFK SE
    Judge Dredd
    Jumanji
    Kingpin
    Liberty stands still
    Life or something like it
    Linkin Park DVD-A
    Mask of zorro : superbit
    Master and commander
    Me, Myself & Irene
    Mercury Rising
    Mighty Joe Young
    Mission to Mars
    Monster Inc
    My Best Friend's Wedding
    Negotiator
    Never say never again
    Nottinghill
    Ocean's eleven
    Outbreak
    Panic Room (superbit)
    Pitch Black
    Planet of Apes
    Pleasantville
    Point break
    Predator
    Predator 2
    Pretty Woman
    Prince of Egypt
    Recruit
    Red planet
    Reindeer Games
    Rules of Engagement
    Runaway Bride
    Saint
    Scorprion king
    Secret window
    Shakespeare in Love
    Shallow Hal
    Shawshank Redemption
    Six Days Seven Nights
    Sleepy Hollow
    Snake eyes
    Something about Mary
    Spawn
    Sphere
    Star Wars : Phantom Menace
    Star Wars : Phantom Menace
    Stargate
    Stir of Echoes
    Strange days
    Striking distance
    Super Speedway
    Terminator
    Thirteenth Floor
    Titan AE
    Tomcats
    Torque
    Training day
    Untouchables
    Usual Suspects
    Waiting to Exhale
    We were soldiers
    Wedding planner
    What Dreams May come
    What lies beneath
    Wrongfully Accused
    X files
    Zoolander


    Rating : 3 (Average, may be good but less impactful ie. mundane)
    12 monkeys
    2 days in Valley
    2 weeks notice
    28 days later
    911
    Abandon
    About Adam
    Adaptation
    Adventures of Photo Nash
    Akira
    American Psycho
    Analyse that
    Analyse this
    Army of darkness bootleg version
    Around the world in 80 days
    Art of war
    As good as it gets
    Atlantis
    Bachelor
    Bad Boys
    Bad santa
    Bandits
    Bend it like beckham
    Big fat greek wedding
    Big Lebowski
    Big trouble
    Big trouble in little china
    Blue Crush
    Boogie Nights
    Bowling for columbine
    Britney Spears
    Broken Arrow
    Broken Arrow
    Broken Arrow
    Bulletproof Monk
    Cat in the hat
    Catch me if you can
    Celine Dion
    Cell
    Changing lanes
    Chasing Papi
    Chis Rock
    Collateral Damage
    Concert for NY
    Confessions of dangerous mind
    Corruptor
    Crade 2 the grave
    Cruel Intentions
    Dave
    David Copperfield
    Diana Krall in Paris
    Dirty dancing
    Dolby Digital Demo
    Domestic Disturbance
    Double Team
    Dragon's Lair
    Driven
    DTS Demo
    DVD Spectacular
    EdTV
    Eight Legged Freaks
    Enough
    Enya
    Eurotrip
    Evolution
    Existenz
    Exorcist
    Faculty
    Fargo
    Fast and Furious
    Final destination 2
    Firm
    For your eyes only
    Forces of Nature
    Forces of Nature
    French kiss
    Friday
    Friends finale
    Friends season 6
    From Hell
    Galaxy Quest
    Gandhi
    George Michael
    Ghost in Shell
    Ghostbusters 2
    Glengarry Glen Ross
    Glimmer Man
    Goldenheart
    Gone with wind
    Grave of Fireflies
    Haunted mansion
    Heist
    High crimes
    Hours
    Hudson Hawk
    Insider
    Insomnia
    Instinct
    Interview with a Vampire
    Iron Giant
    Jackass the movie
    Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back
    Jeepers Creepers
    Jerry Seinfeld
    Jewel 2004
    Jewel of the nile
    Kate and Leopold
    Kiss of dragon
    Knock Off
    Kylie concert 2002
    Laputa
    Last Action hero
    Last castle
    Last of Mohicans
    Last Starfighter
    Little buddha
    Looney Tunes
    Made
    Madonna : Drowned Tour
    Madonna Videos
    Mafia
    Maid in manhattan
    Majestic
    Mars Attack
    Mary poppins
    Masked and anonymous
    Matchstick men
    Men of honor
    Messenger
    Metallica & Symphony
    Miss Congeniality
    Missing
    Mona lisa smile
    Monsoon wedding
    Monster's ball
    Mothman prophecies
    Mr Deeds
    Mr Nice Guy
    Mulan
    Musketeer
    My fair lady
    Naked Gun
    Naked Gun 331/3
    National lampoon van wilder
    Now that's what I called music 2004
    Orange County
    Osmosis Jones
    Payback
    Practical Magic
    Proof of Life
    Pushing tin
    Queen of damned
    Replacement killer
    Ring
    Road to perdition
    Road Trip
    Rocky 5
    Rocky V
    Roger dodger
    Rollerball
    Romancing the stone
    Romeo Must Die
    Ronin
    Rushmore
    Sarah Brightman
    Sarah Brightman Harem
    Scary movie
    School of Rock
    Serving Sara
    Shanghai Noon
    Siege
    Simone
    Simpsons
    Snow White & 7 Dwarves
    Soldier
    Something to talk about
    Sound of music
    Sout Park Season 1
    South Park Movie
    Space cowboys
    Spawn cartoon
    Star Trek First Contact
    State and main
    Stealing harvard
    Stigmata
    Striptease
    Stuck on you
    Swat
    Sweetest Thing
    Swept away
    Swimming pool
    Tarzan
    The one
    The others
    The Touch
    Thin Red Line
    Thin Red Line
    Thomas Crown Affair
    Three Kings
    Tin Cup
    Transformers : Movie
    Treasure planet
    Tron
    True Crime
    Truth about charlie
    Tuxedo
    Universal Soldier 2
    Us Marshalls
    Very Bad Things
    Volcano
    Walking with Dinosaurs
    Wall Street
    Wayne's World box set
    Wedding Singer
    What woimen want
    When Harry Met Sally
    Whole Nine Yards
    Wild Things
    Wild Wild West
    Willow
    Windtalkers
    Xfiles Season 1
    XXX
    You got served


    Rating : 2 (the lowest choice, if all else fails. Probably watched once)
    10 things I hate about you
    A Guy thing
    Ali G Ali
    Animal house
    Badge
    Better Luck Tomorrow
    Cats & Dogs
    City by the sea
    Crash
    Crocodile hunter
    Fear dot com
    Friday after next
    Full frontal
    Gangs of New York
    Gosford Park
    Half past dead
    Heavenly creatures
    Heavy metal 2000
    Impostor
    Knockaround guys
    Kung Pow
    Lilo & Stitch
    Lilo n stitch
    Monty phyton & Holy Grail
    Mulholland Dr
    North by Northwest
    Not another teen movie
    Old school
    Peter Pan
    Project greenlight
    Roger Walters The wall
    Savior
    Solaris
    Sorority boys
    Soul survivors
    Spy kids 3d
    Sweet home alabama
    The Good girl
    Transporter
    Transporter
    True romance
    Vampire hunter D
    Vertigo
    Virus
    Wing Commander