[lei]

I'm a newbie and would like to know what DVD's should I have right away, either movies or musics.


Thanks very much,

Lei

 

[hmurchison]

Lord of the Rings

Gladiator

Memento

The Matrix

Fight Club

Moulin Rouge

The Shawshank Redemption

Terminator 2

The Godfather Series

Aliens Series


10 is not enuff...you're gonna need at least 30

 

[lei]

thanks, hmurchison, for the recommendation. anybody else? movies, musics, concerts?

 

[William]

If you are looking for the highest PQ and SQ in a mixture of genres my 10 would be.


Fast and the Furious

A Bug's Life (collectors Edition) or Toy Story (collectors Edition) if it counts as 1

The Fifth Element (SB)

Moulin Rouge

The Corrs-Live in London (Canadian 1.78 version only)

Tarzan (collectors Edition)

Gladiator

Bram Stoker's Dracula (SB)

Spy Games

Diana Krall-Live in Paris

 

[CraigR]

lei,


Ten must own dvd's (IMO) and in no particular order:


The Matrix

Patton

Lawrence of Arabia

Aliens

Shawshank Redemption

Gladiator

Ronin

Jaws

North by NorthWest

The Eagles Hell Freezes Over


There are a lot more but this will get you started.

 

[Shaded Dogfood]

A list of different sort of things, an overview of genres:

The Red Shoes

Muriel's Wedding

Spartacus


Britcom (pick one):
Fawlty Towers

Black Adder (I recommend the Elizabethan one and the Restoration one)
AbFab (The series is broken into the last season in one and the earlier seasons in a set or three individual DVD's; the earlier stuff is funnier)
Monty Python a low number or the whole bloody business


Music (pick one):
Woodstock

The Last Waltz

Stop Making Sense

The Rolling Stones: Bridges to Babylon

Down from the Mountain


Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Living Color

Casablanca or The Big Sleep

Training Day

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Superbit)


Modern Science Fiction (pick one):
Starship Troopers

Dark City

AI


All are good films and are known to have good transfers as far as sound and picture (okay, the Britcoms may not be top of the heap, but their content is strong enough to overcome any shortcomings).

 

[hob]

I'll go with Craig R for I have 8 of his 10, I'll add Vertical Limit, and Cobra.

 

[Von]

Blade

Spriggan

The Matrix

Once Upon a Time In The West / the LD is great

Vampire Hunter D

All of the SBs

 

[Larry Davis]

Ghost In The Shell (Japanese animation show off disc)

Singin' In The Rain (Technicolor at its most eye popping)

Training Day (superb video quality)

Fifth Element SuperBit (all around home theater show off disc)

Bram Stoker's Dracula SuperBit (detailed, colorful transfer)

Desperado SuperBit (superb, film-like transfer)

Blade (film-like, home theater show off disc)

Saving Private Ryan (show off disc for your 5.1 sound system)

Das Boot (mature war drama with dramatic and powerful 5.1 sound)

Toy Story/Toy Story 2 (high quality show off disc for digital source video)

 

[Frank J Manrique]

Ben-Hur


Lawrence Of Arabia


El Cid (when it comes out on DVD)


The Ten Commandments


Khartoum


Spartacus (Criterion version only)


The Robe


The Fall Of The Roman Empire (when it comes out on DVD)


Demetrius And The Gladiators


Barabbas


Bridge Over The River Kwai...Oops! That's 11 classics!...


-THTS

 

[Cinder]

The Fifth Element (SB)


The matrix


Starship Troopers (SE)


Fight Club (Vista)


Gladiator


Unbreakable (Vista)


Roger Waters: In the Flesh


Moulin Rouge


Dark City


The Sixth Sense (Vista)

 

[Shaded Dogfood]

Frank! You old dog! You must have liked Barabbas after all. Good for you.

 

[Frank J Manrique]

Originally posted by Shaded Dogfood:


"Frank! You old dog! You must have liked Barabbas after all. Good for you."

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-THTS