| Film | Bought it because... |
|---|---|
| 12 Monkeys | (Special Edition) terry gilliam directed, beautiful work by brad pitt, intriguing time travel with gilliam's wonderful visuals |
| 2001: A Space Odyssey | directed by stanley kubrick, a classic sci-fi film |
| Adaptation. | written by charlie kaufman, directed by spike jonze, nicolas cage |
| The Alamo | it was cheap, it's about Texas, filmed in Texas, and it's got john wayne |
| Alien | (Director's Cut, Collector's Edition) really great, classic sci-fi horror film |
| Amelie | (2-disc) by jean-pierre jeunet |
| Art of Noise: Into Vision | i love art of noise. this disc ain't so great though. |
| Band of Brothers | (6-disc set) wonderful visual style, engrossing stories |
| Being John Malkovich | (Special Edition) very unique and well-written, written by charlie kaufman, directed by spike jonze |
| Blade Runner | (The Director's Cut) it's beautiful, it's dark, it's cyberpunk sci-fi |
| Blood Simple | great writing, intriguing, filmed in Texas, first film by the coen brothers (joel and ethan) |
| The Blues Brothers | (25th Anniversary Edition) classic comedy, great lines |
| Bottle Rocket | wes anderson, owen wilson, luke wilson...this is their first film, filmed in Texas, it's a personal favorite with tons of lines i quote |
| Brazil | (Criterion Collection) i've got the single disk version. sigh. terry gilliam's visuals are incredible. and it's a cool story too. |
| Cars | pixar, nice animation, voice of owen wilson |
| Chasing Amy | (Criterion Collection) some great dialogue, wonderful admission of love scene ...kevin smith is a bit raunchy for me overall, sort of a love/hate thing |
| A Christmas Story | it's the classic christmas comedy |
| The City of Lost Children | (Special Edition) by jean-pierre jeunet, beautiful and stunning visuals, unique storytelling |
| A Clockwork Orange | directed by stanley kubrick, mind-bending and disturbing visuals and story |
| Dazed and Confused | (Flashback Edition) richard linklater, filmed in Texas, matthew mcconaughey's character is great |
| Dazed and Confused | (Criterion Collection) see above, plus as a criterion release! |
| Devo: The Complete Truth About De-Evolution | i love devo. a bunch of videos and random devo stuff. |
| Drive-By-Truckers: The Dirty South | the drive-by-truckers rock. southern rock, that is. live at the 70-watt. |
| Edward Scissorhands | (10th Anniversary Edition) i love the visual style and the story, directed by tim burton, i cry when i watch it (maybe i identify with the misunderstood and lonely edward too much) |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | (Special 2-disc Collector's Edition) written by charlie kaufman, awesome visuals and dialogue and narrative style, the film has so many parallels to my relationship with tamara it's frightening |
| Fight Club | (Collector's Edition) great movie about the insanity of modern life, cool visuals, brad pitt and edward norton are great, you can never have the same experience as when you watched it the first time |
| Finding Nemo | (2-disc Collector's Edition) pixar, good story, fun, nice animation |
| Five Minutes to Live | johnny cash movie (given to me as a gift) |
| Full Metal Jacket | directed by stanley kubrick, intense, dark, harrowing, beautiful |
| The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly | (2-disc Special Edition) directed by sergio leone, clint eastwood, visually stylish (but odd) western |
| GoodFellas | (2-disc Special Edition) martin scorsese, robert deniro, ray liotta, joe pesci, great mob movie with some incredible moments |
| Heathers | christian slater, winona ryder, intelligent dark comedy about society and high school life |
| Idiocracy | mike judge, luke wilson, piercing and funny social commentary |
| The Incredibles | (2-disc Collector's Edition) pixar, funny, cool story, nice animation |
| King of the Hill: Season Two | mike judge! Texas! funny. and true! funny and true! |
| The Last Picture Show | (Special Edition: Definitive Director's Cut) beautiful movie about growing up in a small town, filmed in Texas, directed by peter bogdanovich, a young cybill shepherd, ben johnson's part is great |
| The Last Temptation of Christ | (Criterion Collection) directed by martin scorsese, powerful, thought-provoking vision of Christ's life |
| The Life Aquatic (with Steve Zissou) | (Criterion Collection) wes anderson rocks. |
| Little Miss Sunshine | what a great slice of absurd yet real life, hilarious, with good things to say underneath it all |
| Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels | written and directed by guy ritchie, his first film, great dialogue, interesting characters, entertaining and fast-paced story |
| Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | (Special Extended DVD Edition) it's j.r.r. tolkien, it's well done, i feel an obligation to own this, and there's a ton of extra stuff with this edition...geez! |
| Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | (Special Extended DVD Edition) see above |
| Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | (Special Extended DVD Edition) see above |
| Mad Max | (Special Edition) classic post-apocalypse high-octane road movie, mel gibson |
| El Mariachi | (Special Edition) written and directed by robert rodriguez, his first film, really enjoyable low-budget action film |
| Memento | (Limited Edition 2-disc set) very unique storytelling style, interesting ideas |
| Metropolis | (Restored Authorized Edition) classic black and white silent film about classism and technology, directed by fritz lang |
| Monsters, Inc. | (Collector's Edition 2-disc) pixar, good story, great computer animation |
| Monty Python's Flying Circus | |
| Monty Python and the Holy Grail | (Extraordinarily Deluxe Edition) it's absurd. it's hilarious. it's monty python. |
| Napoleon Dynamite | it's hilarious and unique, and very quotable |
| Office Space | written and directed by mike judge, it painfully pegs so much of working in the modern white collar technology sector |
| Office Space | (Special Edition) see above. now with flair! |
| Once Upon a Time in Mexico | written and directed by robert rodriguez, johnny depp rocks |
| Pi | darren aronofsky, visually unique as well as a great, thought-provoking storyline about patterns and equations and G-d |
| The Pride of Jesse Hallam | johnny cash movie (given to me as a gift) |
| Pulp Fiction | (2-disc Collector's Edition) written and directed by quentin tarantino, great dialogue, nice filming style, tons of quotable lines |
| Requiem for a Dream | (Director's Cut) directed by darren aronofsky, visually beautiful but what a depressing well-told story |
| Reservoir Dogs | (Special Edition: Ten Years, Mr. White cover) written and directed by quentin tarantino, great dialogue, good story, lots of quotable lines |
| Robot Chicken: Season One | animated shorts with kids' toys is hilarious |
| The Royal Tenenbaums | (Criterion Collection) wes anderson, owen wilson, luke wilson, kumar... |
| Rushmore | (Criterion Collection) wes anderson, filmed in Houston, Texas, cool characters and dialogue, visually nice |
| Saving Private Ryan | (D-Day 60th Anniversary Commemorative Edition) directed by steven spielberg, incredible beach storming intro, and the sniper rocks |
| Schindler's List | powerful story, directed by steven spielberg, visually compelling |
| Slacker | (Criterion Collection) written and directed by richard linklater, filmed in Austin, Texas, unique storytelling, wonderful characters |
| Snatch | (Superbit Special Edition) written and directed by guy ritchie, great characters and dialogue, fast-paced enjoyable story |
| Star Wars: A New Hope | (part of the Star Wars Trilogy Box Set) uh...it's star wars. hello? |
| Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back | (part of the Star Wars Trilogy Box Set) see above, plus boba fett |
| Star Wars: Return of the Jedi | (part of the Star Wars Trilogy Box Set) see above, even if there are ewoks |
| Star Wars: A New Hope | (Limited Edition) lucas finally puts out older version (but not true original theatrical) on dvd. gotta buy it. |
| Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back | (Limited Edition) see above. i hope he stops putting out new versions. |
| Star Wars: Return of the Jedi | (Limited Edition) see above (i still hate the ewoks) |
| Stop Making Sense | (Digitally Re-mixed and Re-mastered, 15th Anniversary Edition) i love the talking heads |
| Swingers | (Collector's Series) great story, lots of quotable lines, and jon favreau plays a guy who i can identify with |
| Taxi Driver | (Collector's Edition) directed by martin scorsese, robert deniro, memorable |
| THX 1138 | (The George Lucas Director's Cut) first film by george lucas, robert duvall, interesting story and commentary on society |
| Tombstone | (The Director's Cut) great lines, well-paced story, val kilmer as doc holliday is awesome |
| Toy Story | (2-disc 10th Anniversary Edition) pixar's first full length! amazing animation that broke new ground. |
| Tron | (20th Anniversary Collector's Edition) it's freaking tron, man! it's classic! |
| True Romance | (2-disc Special Edition, Unrated Director's Cut) written by quentin tarantino, patricia arquette is hot, christian slater is cool, slater's character early in the film reminds me of me |
| True Stories | david byrne and the talking heads. in Texas! |
| Two Tons of Steel: Two Ton Tuesday Live! | a live show at gruene hall by two tons of steel |
| UHF | come on..."weird al" yankovic? michael richards? it's stupifyingly hilarious! |
| Work of Director: Spike Jonze (Volume 1) | (part of Directors Label 4-disc set) quirky, clever, fun |
| Work of Director: Chris Cummingham (Volume 2) | (part of Directors Label 4-disc set) dark, disturbing, beautiful |
| Work of Director: Michel Gondry (Volume 3) | (part of Directors Label 4-disc set) brilliant, innocent, awesome visual tweaks |
| Work of Director: Mark Romanek (Volume 4) | (part of 2nd Directors Label 4-disc set) |
| Work of Director: Jonathan Glazer (Volume 5) | (part of 2nd Directors Label 4-disc set) |
| Work of Director: Anton Corbijn (Volume 6) | (part of 2nd Directors Label 4-disc set) |
| Work of Director: Stephane Sednaoui (Volume 7) | (part of 2nd Directors Label 4-disc set) |
Last Updated: 03.Oct.2007