DVD of the Month - March 2004: VOTE Now!

[Marq]

It's time for yet another DVD of the Month contest (albeit a bit late)! Where the DVD and/or film most admired by members of the DVDFile Forum will be crowned to join the ranks of greats this year's already great winners: Ikiru and Lost in Translation.
Also, thanks for sticking me with a Month that had 5 Tuesdays.

Please list your Top 2 DVDs for the month of March. Your first selection will get 2 points, second choice - 1 point. After a a couple weeks I'll tally up the total votes (along with adding them up as often as possible during the voting process).
Below I'll keep a running tab/ leaderboard of the DVDs that have gotten votes.
Also, I've provided a list of MANY of March's DVD releases as a refresher, primarily ones that might get votes, but by all means you can vote for ones not listed here as well.

Continually Updated Point Results (up-to-date as of porkChopXpress' vote)

• School of Rock - 26 WINNER!
  
• Panic Room (Special Edition) - 23 2nd place!
  
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (2003) - 15
• The Final Countdown - 14
• Futurama (Volume 3) - 13
• Schindler's List - 9
• Dawn of the Dead - 7
• Flintstones: The Complete First Season - 4
• 21 Grams - 3
• Osterman Weekend - 3
• Splash (20th Anniversary Edition) - 3
• Chaplin Collection, The (Vol. 2) - 2
• Cheaper by the Dozen (1950) - 2
• Onibaba - 2
• The Rundown - 2
• Scenes from a Marriage - 2
• 7 Grand Masters - 1
• American Nightmare, The: A Celebration of Films from Hollywood's Golden Age of Fright - 1
• Brother Bear - 1
• Honey - 1
• Married with Children: The Complete Second Season - 1
• Ripley's Game - 1

Some of the DVDs released in March to choose from, but by no means all of them:
21 Grams
Absolutely Fabulous (Series 5)
American Nightmare, The: A Celebration of Films from Hollywood's Golden Age of Fright
And God Created Woman (1988)
Beast Wars: Transformers (The Complete Second Season)
Beyond Borders
Beyond The Mat - Director's Cut (Ringside Special Edition)
Bible, The (1966)
Big Bounce, The
Book of Love
Brother Bear
Cat In The Hat, The
Chaos
Chaplin Collection, The (Vol. 2) (Includes: The Circus/City Lights/The Kid/A King In New York & A Woman of Paris/Monsieur Verdoux/The Chaplin Revue/ Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin)
Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)
Circus, The
City Lights
Clifford
Cold Creek Manor
Commitments, The (Special Edition)
Croupier
C.S.I.: The Complete Third Season
Curdled
Dawn of the Dead
Demonlover
Dirty Pretty Things
Dog Park
Duplex
Faustina
Final Countdown, The
Flintstones: The Complete First Season
Futurama (Volume 3)
Good Boy!
Gothika
Grand Slam Gift Set (Includes: Bull Durham, Eight Men Out, The Jackie Robinson Story & The Pride of the Yankees)
Homicide Life on the Street: The Complete Season 4
Honey
House of Sand and Fog
JEM: The Complete First & Second Seasons
Jersey Girl
King In New York, A / A Woman of Paris
King Ralph
La Habanera
Larceny
Last Unicorn, The
Late Show , The
Liliom
Looney Tunes Back in Action
Mad Dog and Glory
Mad Dog Time
Magdalene Sisters, The
Martha
Married with Children: The Complete Second Season
Melvin and Howard
Mona Lisa Smile
Mother Jugs & Speed
Myra Breckinridge
Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection #5
Ned Kelly (1970)
One Million Years B.C.
Onibaba
Osterman Weekend, The
Other Side of the Bed, The
Panic Room (Special Edition)
Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Peyton Place
Playboy: Women Of Wal-Mart
Prey for Rock & Roll
Prisoner, The
Problem Child (Tantrum Pack)
Raquel Welch Collection, The (Includes: Bandolero!, Mother Jugs & Speed, One Million Years B.C., Myra Breckinridge, Fathom)
Ripley's Game
Rundown, The
Running Man, The (Special Edition)
Scenes from a Marriage
Schindler's List
School of Rock, The
Scooby-Doo Where Are You?: The Complete First & Second Seasons
Searching for Debra Winger
Shattered Glass
Singing Detective, The
Something's Gotta Give
Splash (20th Anniversary Edition)
Starsky & Hutch (The Complete First Season)
Ten Commandments, The (1956) (Special Edition)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (2003)
Unknown Pleasures
Veronica Guerin
Walk Like a Man
Will & Grace: The Complete Second Season

[Marq]

My votes:



1. Panic Room (Special Edition) – an overwhelmingly comprehensive edition of a perfect modern B-movie. It’s almost embarrassing how in-depth this is.



2. School of Rock – a major studio DVD that simply “gets it right”. Every extra is so interesting and enjoyable. It perfectly complements and keeps in theme the fun movie.


Runners-Up:
- Homicide Life on the Street: The Complete Season 4 (even though I don’t own it yet, I know I won’t be disappointed by the presentation of the best pure drama in television history)
- Dirty Pretty Things
- 21 Grams (I look forward to the rumoured better edition on the way)

Still Need to Buy/ See:

- American Nightmare, The: A Celebration of Films from Hollywood's Golden Age of Fright
- Beast Wars: Transformers (The Complete Second Season)
- Chaplin Collection, The (Vol. 2)(Includes: The Circus/City Lights/The Kid/A King In New York & A Woman of Paris/Monsieur Verdoux/The Chaplin Revue/ Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin)
- Croupier
- Dawn of the Dead (I’m holding out for the bigger edition)
- Demonlover
- Futurama (Volume 3)
- Magdalene Sisters, The
- Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection #5
- Onibaba
- Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
- Ripley's Game
- Scenes from a Marriage
- Shattered Glass

[SeanL]

Being as I only bought two new releases in March, I'll go with those.

#1. Final Countdown (2 disc LE)
#2. The Rundown

[aintnosin]

Easy for me:

1. (In the "It's about f***ing time" category): Schindler's List

2. (In the "If at first you don't succeed" category): The Final Countdown

[Lex M]

I haven't had time to watch all of the extras, but I'm voting for OSTERMAN WEEKEND just because I'm a Peckinpah fanatic.

But the TCM remake DVD is seriously loaded.

[Marq]

Originally Posted by Lex M

I haven't had time to watch all of the extras, but I'm voting for OSTERMAN WEEKEND just because I'm a Peckinpah fanatic.

But the TCM remake DVD is seriously loaded.

So does that make TCM '03 your second place vote, Mr. Bay?
I'm going to assume yes, but let me know if it's not.

Hmmm, Peckinpah and Bay... I'm starting to put the pieces together here.

[Lex M]

Originally Posted by Marq

So does that make TCM '03 your second place vote, Mr. Bay?
I'm going to assume yes, but let me know if it's not.

Hmmm, Peckinpah and Bay... I'm starting to put the pieces together here.

Even Bay has to come second to Peckinpah for me. A 2-disc version of Peckinpah's last, which stars RUTGER HAUER? Can't beat that.

Though if Bay/Nispel had cast Brittany Murphy in TCM instead of Jessica Biel, it'd be the movie and DVD of the millennium for me.

[larphillips]

[Anti-Hero]

1. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
2. Dawn of the Dead

[projecteightysix]

1. Dawn Of The Dead (finally reprinted)
2. TCM

When is the 3 disc DOTD supposed to come out? or was that just a rumor

[Riedenschneider]

Wow, I haven't voted for this in a loooong time. And I only opened this thread 'cause my main man Marq started it. And what do you know? My votes go exactly like his!

*ga-gung-ga-ga-ging-ga-ga-gung-ga-ga-ging-ga-ga-gung-ga-ga-ging-ga--ahAHAAAAAAAAHAA-ahAHAAAAAAAAHAA we come from the land of the ice and snow from the midnight sun where the hot springs flow...*

[dvdfan]

My vote:

1) School of Rock
2) Futurama Volume 3.

I'd rather see SOR win over Schindler's List since they screwed up the release of Schindler's List. I mean really do we want a FLIPPER with no Behind the Scenes or deleted scenes to win DVD of the Month????

1) (Tie) TCM and Panic Room

[Marq]

Originally Posted by dvdfan

I mean really do we want a FLIPPER with no Behind the Scenes or deleted scenes to win *** of the Month????

I don't know... do we? It doesn't matter to me.
Everyone can base their choices on different things - simply the movie; A/V quality; extras galore; critic quotes on the cover; etc.

Ried, nice choices! Obviously.
Fact: I've played that very Led Zep song in my car for the sole purpose of rocking out Jack Black style to it. All I needed was it to be a shitty van instead...

[boddah]

1. Panic Room
2. School of Rock

[ebuzz79]

I only bought 2 new releases this month, so those will be the 2 to get my votes:

1- Dawn Of The Dead

2- Splash


Still need to get:

Osterman Weekend, Panic Room, American Nightmare and Myra Breckinridge.

[SharpShooter5]

Lots of good Movies/TV shows out this month, but not all of them got great releases (a certain movie about a "list" comes to mind )

But here are my votes:

Futurama Volume 3

The Rundown

[Icon769]

1. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2 Disc)
2. Dawn Of The Dead

[Marq]

Originally Posted by Herbert West

1) (Tie) TCM and Panic Room

Hmmm. I tie, eh?
I suppose I'll allow it for now and give 1 point to each choice (rather than 1.5, which it should be, but I don't like .5s).

[Master Gandhi]

1. Final Countdown (2-Disc Limited Edition)
2. School of Rock

Runners-up:

• Panic Room (Special Edition)
• The Flintstones (Complete First Season)

[cbrun]

1) The Final Countdown (2 Disc)
2) Onibaba

[GaLvAtRoN187]

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2-Disc)
Dawn of the Dead

[Indyphantom]

Tough month...so many great releases.

Here are my choices:

1. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: 2 Disc SE No, the film is not a match for the original in any way. But it is still an impressive studio horror film with a nasty enough edge for me to enjoy it. New Line's DVD Platinum Edition blows me away with a terrific transfer...probably the best ever DTS track for a horror film, and loads of interesting features. The making-of documentary is anything but fluff, and the Ed Gein piece is just creepy. I'll happily own it along with Pioneer's still superior release of the original film.

2. The Osterman Weekend Underappreciated Peckinpah masterpiece. Strikingly beautiful transfer by Anchor Bay, and a cool documentary also. So glad they kept (basically) the original artwork. Just awesome to finally own this film on DVD.

Honourable mentions

The Commitments: SE
The Magdalene Sisters
The School of Rock
Homicide: Life of the Street: Season 4

[Indyphantom]

Originally Posted by Riedenschneider

Wow, I haven't voted for this in a loooong time. And I only opened this thread 'cause my main man Marq started it. And what do you know? My votes go exactly like his! [/size][/i]

It's like what's happening on Broadway. When you call in an old star...people who haven't been to a show in awhile, turn up.

[Lex M]

Originally Posted by Indyphantom

2. The Osterman Weekend Underappreciated Peckinpah masterpiece. Strikingly beautiful transfer by Anchor Bay, and a cool documentary also. So glad they kept (basically) the original artwork. Just awesome to finally own this film on DVD.

Could not agree more on all counts. Now give us CONVOY on DVD!!!

[Marq]

Originally Posted by Indyphantom

It's like what's happening on Broadway. When you call in an old star...people who haven't been to a show in awhile, turn up.

Awesome.

Indy, your vote is dangerously close to making me lift my boycott on seeing TCM '03...

[Indyphantom]

Originally Posted by Marq

Awesome.

Indy, your vote is dangerously close to making me lift my boycott on seeing TCM '03...

Well, take it for what it's worth. I can't really recommend the film itself that strongly. I like that it's not a literal remake (new characters, similar situations) and that the cinematographer is the same as the original. But I'm a very die-hard horror buff and I think most will be disappointed by the film in many ways. Still, I liked it even more the second time...so I'm a fan.

The DVD however, is extraordinary...

[tqpix]

1. 21 Grams
2. Splash