Top 100 DVDs Census - Vote Now for Your Top 10

[LBPound23]

I and another member at DVDTalk have done these "Top 100 DVD Censuses" a few times now, but we'd like this one to be even bigger and better. All you have to do is list what in your opinion are the 10 best DVD releases - taking into factor the quality of the movie, audio/video quality, and extra content.

Voting ENDS DECEMBER 16. A link to the results site will be posted on Sunday, December 17.

See the rules for voting and calculating results in next post.

[LBPound23]

Here are the rules that my assistant (darktrippers, not sure if he posts here much) wrote:

What are your favourite movies on dvd? Here is an attempt to compile the ultimate listings.

List your Top Ten favourite discs in your collection (taking into account the extras, the video/audio quality, as well as the movie itself), in order of preference. Mark draws if applicable. Points will be divided between them thus: 1st, 7 points/2nd, 6 points/3rd, 5 points/ 4th, 4 points/ 5th-10th 3 points each.

eg.
1st = 7 points
1st = 7 points
3rd = 5 points
4 = 4
4 = 4
6 = 3
7 = 3
8 = 3
9 = 3
10 = 3

IMPORTANT: If all Ten Films are equally placed, the order you write them will be taken into consideration.

Related links at DVDTalk (I apologize, but at least there are a lot of people there):
http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthr...hreadid=160491 (people's votes)

Current results (as of yesterday): http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthr...postid=1775960

I understand some of you here also post there. If you've already voted there, please do not vote again here. Thanks!

This should be fun!


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[LBPound23]

Sorry, maybe the thread title is deceiving. Could a moderator please change the title to Top 100 DVDs Census - Vote Now for Your Top 10. I think people might be ignoring this thread cause they think they'd have to vote for 100, which would be crazy!

[Ratboy]

Here's my list of my top 10 movies on DVD. Revised

1) Gone With The Wind
2) The Godfather Collection
3) Apocalypse Now
4) Unforgiven
5) L.A. Confidential
6) The Third Man
7) Toy Story Ultimate Toy Box
8) The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
9) Fight Club
10) The Usual Suspects

To be honest, I don't put a lot of weight on extras when determining my favorite DVDs because a great bare-bones movie is always better than a crappy one packed with bells and whistles.

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[LBPound23]

Good choices, but I should have said this earlier: DVD releases count as one. For example, The Godfather Collection is one. The Ultimate Toy Box - one.

Thanks for voting!

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[SolidSnakeASS]

This sounds cool, looking forward to the finished site.

• 01. Boogie Nights
• 02. Toy Story Ultimate Toy Box
• 03. SE7EN
• 04. Fight Club
• 05. Rushmore: Criterion Collection
• 06. Evil Dead 2 Collector's Tin
• 07. Beastie Boys Video Anthology: Criterion Collection
• 08. Monty Python's Life of Brian: Criterion Collection
• 09. Citizen Kane
• 10. Mallrats Collectors Edition

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[AnonomusBob15]

1. Brazil - Criterion
2. Fight Club
3. Mallrats Collector's Edition
4. Boogie Nights 2 Disc Special Edition
5. Se7en - New Line Platinum Series
6. Goldeneye Special Edition
7. Star Wars Episode 1 The Phantom Menace SE
8. The Shawshank Redemption (Quality of the movie)
9. The Rock Criterion
10. Cast Away : Special Edition

Notable Mentions
The Abyss, 12 Monkeys CE Any other James Bond Movie (SE).

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Matt's DVDs

[John Ryder]

1.Fight Club
2.Terminator 2:UE
3.Boogie Nights:SE
4.The Godfather Collection
5.Die Hard:5-Star
6.Seven:SE
7.Jaws
8.Dark City
9.The Abyss
10.The Rock Criterion


As for my top ten fav movies:

1.Heat
2.Assault on Precinct 13
3.Carlito's Way
4.The Shawshank Redemption
5.Pulp Fiction
6.The Godfather
7.Goodfellas
8.Hard Eight
9.Apocalypse Now
10.Unforgiven

[Marq]

My Top 10:

1. Kubrick Collection (remastered)
2. Fight Club
3. Toy Story: Ultimate Toy Box
4. Boogie Nights: 2 disc
5. Se7en: 2 disc
6. Magnolia
7. Do the Right Thing: Criterion Collection
8. Rushmore: Criterion Collection
9. Requiem for a Dream: Unrated Director's Cut
10. The Sweet Hereafter


I know these won't be tabulated but....
runners-up: Mallrats, Hard Eight, The Evil Dead (Elite version), Jacob's Ladder, Dogma, Go, Chasing Amy, Beastie Boys Video Anthology, Clerks: Uncensored, Being John Malkovich, Taxi Driver, Buffalo 66, The Thin Red Line, Suspiria, Halloween (LE), American Pie (Unrated), Carnival of Souls......

I'm sure this list will change soon after I get Almost Famous/ Untitled: Bootleg Cut & Moulin Rouge.

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[Obi-Wan]

1. Die Hard - The Ultimate Collection
2. Star Wars Episode 1 The Phantom Menace
3. The Godfather Collection
4. Terminator 2 Judgment Day - Ult Edition
5. Chasing Amy
6. Se7en - Platinum Series
7. The Abyss - Special Edition
8. Shrek
9. For Your Eyes Only (or any of the bond films)
10. Willow


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[LBPound23]

Originally posted by Marq:
[b]My Top 10:
B]

Hey Marq, I already counted your vote at DVD Talk. If you'd like me to change anything from your post there, let me know. Thanks also, for voicing your displeasure with me being "banned". I appreciate the support.

[bchase2500]

1. rushmore criterion
2. fight club
3. saving private ryan
4. matrix
5. clerks
6. magnolia
7. chasing amy
8. star wars episode one
9. almost famous
10. crouching tiger, hidden dragon

[dvds'r'us]

10. Clerks
9. Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs
8. Se7en
7. Dogma Special Edition
6. Mallrats
5. Simpsons Season 1
4. Star Wars Episode 1
3. The Godfather Collection
2. Ultimate Toy Box
1. Terminator 2 Ultimate Edition

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I bought a pack of gum yesterday - Bubblicious - Watermelon. I know everyone's saying "Hold off, there's gonna be a special edition with remastered flavor and at least it won't be in that awful paper wrapper." But you know what, I figured it's worth it. I mean if it's not that good, I can always auction off the rest of the pack on eBay. And then if Bubblicious revisits the Watermelon gum, I can use the money to re-purchase the upgrade.

My DVD Site!

[Avid]

Top 10 DVDs:


1) Taxi Driver - Collector's Edition
2) Snow White - Platinum Collection
3) Terminator 2 - Ultimate Edition
4) Magnolia
5) Die Hard - Five Star Collection
6) Star Wars Episode 1 The Phantom Menace SE
7) Apollo 13 - Collector's Edition
8) The Limey
9) Chasing Amy - Criterion Collection
10) Ghostbusters - Collector's Series

Comments:

I think Citizen Kane and Almost Famous Bootleg will be on as soon as I see them.

Clerks and Brazil would be included if they had anamorphic transfers.

[Marty McFly]

1.) Ghostbusters SE
2.) Terminator 2: Judgment Day UE
3.) The Simpsons: The Complete 1st Season
4.) National Lampoon's Animal House CE
5.) Men in Black SE
6.) Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace
7.) The Matrix
8.) Timerider
9.) Ghostbusters II
10.) The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

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-->Marty McFly<--

Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?

My DVD Collection

[LBPound23]

Wow, guys, response is great! Keep it coming!

It means more calculating work for me, but hey...it's cool, we should be able to get a Top 100 without many ties.

[the narrator]

1.Fight Club
2.Road Trip(uncensored)
3.Forrest Gump
4.American Pie(unrated)
5.The Matrix
6.Unbreakable
7.Clerks
8.Chasing Amy
9.Dogma(special edition)
10.Almost Famous

[SephirothClone]

1. Fight Club
2. T2: UE
3. STAR WARS: Episode I
4. Akira: LSE
5. Final Fantasy: TSW
6. Brazil: CC
8. Se7en
9. Toy Story: Ultimite Toy Box
10. Mallrats: CE

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"We all go a little mad sometimes.."
-Norman Bates

[orko007]

Marked these as which region, in case this will affect the ratings

1/ El Mariachi plus Desperado - R4
2/ Die Hard Trilogy Box Set - R1
3/ Snow White - R4
4/ Mallrats - R1
5/ Toy Story - Toy Box - R4
6/ Platoon - R4
7/ Starship Troopers - R1
8/ Clerks: Uncensored - R1
9/ The Emperors New Groove - R4
10/ Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid - R4

[Lenny Nero]

Fifth Element R2 German 2-Disc SE

Terminator 2 UE

Terminator 1 SE

Ghostbusters I

Magnolia 2-Disc set

Dante's Peak CE

From Dusk Till Dawn 2-Disc SE

Dark Angel R2 Japanese First Season Boxsets

Evil Dead I Elite SE

The Dish R4 SE

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"All you need to make a movie is a girl and a gun." - Jean Luc Godard

[Heckalaska]

1. Se7en Platinum
2. Toy Story Toy Box Set
3. Fight Club
4. Almost Famous
5. Sopranos Season 1 Set
6. Godfather Box Set
7. Simpsons Season 1
8. Jeremiah Johnson
9. T2 UE
10.Legends of the Fall (bite me, I like it)

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"Work is the curse of the drinking classes."
Oscar Wilde

[Josh]

1. Star Wars: Phantom Menace
2. Superman: The Movie
3. Any Bond DVD
4. Chasing Amy:Criterion
5. Jaws
6. Godfather DVD Collection
7. Toy Story: Ultimate Toy Box
8. Lawrence of Arabia
9. Hannibal: SE
10.Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
11.X-Files: Season 4 Boxset

Runners up- Clerks, Mallrats, Dogma: SE, Clerks:Uncensored, Fight Club, Se7en, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, etc.


10 is not enough to get my faves on here, but itll have to do.

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My DVD's!

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[Marq]

Originally posted by LBPound23:
Hey Marq, I already counted your vote at DVD Talk. If you'd like me to change anything from your post there, let me know. Thanks also, for voicing your displeasure with me being "banned". I appreciate the support.

LBPound,

I'd say you can take the list off of this board to use for the final tally, as I've been able to think things over much more since my post on DVDTalk.

I never found out why you got banned, but I got the impression that most people are upset with the decision. Regardless, good luck with this poll, I thinks it's a great idea.


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[LBPound23]

Originally posted by dvds'r'us:
I bought a pack of gum yesterday - Bubblicious - Watermelon. I know everyone's saying "Hold off, there's gonna be a special edition with remastered flavor and at least it won't be in that awful paper wrapper." But you know what, I figured it's worth it. I mean if it's not that good, I can always auction off the rest of the pack on eBay. And then if Bubblicious revisits the Watermelon gum, I can use the money to re-purchase the upgrade.

Dude, I said that! I'm famous - I'm in sigs at boards where I don't even post much!

[Riddick]

1. Planet of the Apes (Fox 2 disc set 2001)
2. Se7en (2 disc Platinum series)
3. Casablanca (Warner)
4. Sound of Music (Fox 5-Star 2 disc set)
5. The Mummy (Ultimate Edition 2 disc set)
6. The Matrix (warner)
7. The Terminator (Special Eition MGM)
8. Rocky Horror Picture Show (Fox 2 disc set)
9. Alien (20th Anniversary Edition)
10. Pitch Black (Universal unrated)

Wish we had more room would have liked to add afew others

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Finally found something worse than me . . .huh?

[Indyphantom]

1. The Nightmare on Elm St. Collection (New Line)
2. Fight Club (Fox)
3. The Sopranos: The Complete Second Season (HBO)
4. Magnolia (New Line)
5. Suspiria: LE (Anchor Bay)
6. JFK: Director's Cut (Warner)
7. Brazil: SE (Criterion)
8. North By Northwest (Warner)
9. John Carpenter's Halloween: LE (Anchor Bay)
10. The Terminator: Special Edition (MGM)

[smegger2000]

1. Seven (Platinum Series)
2. Abyss SE
3. T2 UE
4. Wicker Man (Wood Box)
5. Rock Criterion
6. Fight Club
7. Die Hard Ultimate Collection
8. Exorcist SE
9. Devil's Advocate (1st Pressing)
10.Chasing Amy Criterion

[LBPound23]

bumping for others to see

[marty]

1 Phantom Menace
2 Beastie Boys Criterion
3 Terminator (special)
4 T2 UE
5 Fight Club
6 Toy Story Toy Box
7 Lawrence of Arabia
8 Die Hard UE
9 Men In Black SE
10 Simpsons Season 1

[fuddo]

1. Fight Club
2. Rushmore Criterion
3. Snow White
4. Se7en
5. Gladiator
6. Evil Dead II THX
7. Godfather Collection
8. Citizen Kane
9. Jaws DTS
10. The Shining

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dvd.fuddo - art.fuddo

[LBPound23]

Just an update on this - all votes from the participating sites have been counted - the response has been GREAT, keep it coming!

You must vote by December 15. I'll post the results on Sunday, December 16!

Thus far, some interesting results. I think it's safe to say that this is the largest project of this task and when it's done, it should be the Definitive Top 100 DVDs According to the People List....until next year anyway.

If you haven't voted yet, VOTE!