Dianrez wrote:Every cut-price movie I have ever seen on the racks has had the closed captions cut off even if it was captioned in the full price edition. No captions, no buy.

Hmmm, I'm now considering buying one for an Xmas gift, but said person always watches with the captions. Would be interesting to get a confirmation.

micahnathaniel wrote:yeah, Fahrenheit 9/11 really was superior wasn't it?

I'm with you. It was that film that won the Golden Palm & holds the box office records. Why would they pick BFC instead?

Because that wasn't UA, it was Lion's Gate

BlueVoid wrote:This works out to 60 cents a DVD. Not just junky bargain-bin-at-Walmart DVDs either, but quality films. This is a steal.

60 cents a DVD? What kind of fairy tale mathland do you live in?

(just messin with ya)

$50 / 30 movies = ~$1.67 per movie (even if you go per disc it's $50/46 discs = ~$1.08) Still a good deal with some classics in here.

Moore ALMOST killed it for me, but it's such a good deal and I do love many of the other films, I figure I can just not watch Bowling for Columbine and if I dispose of it quickly no one will ever know that I had it at all. The only one I actually already own is West Side Story. Well and maybe Rocky. I think I have that somewhere. Definitely a good deal. In for one.

This is very tempting to me. But I'm afraid that it will be all banged up like the war DVD's I got not to long ago. They were listed as "new" also, but my tin appeared to have been used as a step stool at some point in it's life. Going to have to sleep on it.

Sinjz wrote:I had the exact same thought.

so why not buy the damn set for $50 and throw out, burn, run over, or discard that movie however you please and still get 29 other flicks for a great price with a nice book and whatever else is included? a bunch of idiots. i know you are trying to make a point but it is just pure stupidity to not buy a collection like this because 1/30th of it is bad especially at this price.

eldad9 wrote:60 cents a DVD?

I don't see how you'd get that figure, unless you divided $55 by 90th anniversary.

Ummm, yeah, pretty close (it would have to be the 91.6th anniversary).

Here's the actual breakdown:

$55 divided by 30 Movies = $1.83 per Movie
$55 divided by 42 DVDs = $1.30 per DVD disk.

I have many of these movies but bit anyway. The packaging is pretty cool, and perhaps I can sell a few of the ones I already have and come out ahead. This is a great deal ($1.19 per disc). I think this'll be gone by morning.

My initial reaction was "Bowling for Columbine? No way am I interested." Then I thought: "Maybe I should buy this just to desecrate (use your imagination) a Michael Moore DVD, the rest of these movies are OK."

Great item for a first-time wooter.

And as for the BFC complaints, you can take the disc out to the gun range with you the next time you go. Who cares? With a 30 movie set there's bound to be a lemon or two; that doesn't ruin the whole thing!

Dianrez wrote:No captions, no deal.

I guess that's why you only have 1 woot so far Dianrez. Some people always find a reason for no deal, usually it's a low balance in their checking account or no credit.

I disable captions on my TV's, they're a pain in the behind unless someone is hearing impaired.

Under $2 per movie is a deal. I bought only 1 as a gift and glad I did.

You can go to sleep now, this is another good deal you lost out on.

Why does the first disk description say "Marty P&S"? Doesn't this mean Pan & Scan?

Woohoo!! It's Christmas in July...My dad is going to love this for his Christmas gift

darn: there are a lot of films here that I both like and don't have, but due to budget cuts, I'd much rather have half the films for 5/8 to 2/3 the price.

Bytheway: the monkey island remake is awesome!

Edit: clarification on fraction syntax.

What's with all the Bowling for Columbine hate? Out of all those films, that's The Big One? You're all Sickos. I'll tell you The Awful Truth, my friend Roger & Me use Fahrenheit 9/11 times even though celcius is a better system.

Enjoy your Capitalism: A Love Story.

Shrewed wrote:Renting each one from Redbox would put you back, um $50. Better yet, rent only the good ones from Redbox!

I don't think Redbox has any of these movies

BlueVoid wrote:This works out to 60 cents a DVD.

60 cents?
$54.99/30 = $1.83

But..... yes, even 3X $0.60 is still very cheap.

bakntime wrote:60 cents a DVD? What kind of fairy tale mathland do you live in?

(just messin with ya)

$50 / 30 movies = ~$1.67 per movie (even if you go per disc it's $50/46 discs = ~$1.08) Still a good deal with some classics in here.

Maybe he's doing his calculations using Canadian cents.

I'm in for 1...

Even though I already have all the James Bonds

worldofjohnboy wrote:Are you hearing impared or something?

Some people really like watching movies with the subtitles even if they can hear just fine. I don't know why UA would make a fancy compilation and leave out subtitles, especially since they usually charge $150 for the set.

NCP14 wrote:Moore ALMOST killed it for me, but it's such a good deal and I do love many of the other films, I figure I can just not watch Bowling for Columbine and if I dispose of it quickly no one will ever know that I had it at all.

Every now and again, you should watch, read, or listen to, something that you're pretty certain you're going to disagree with.

alunj wrote:Every now and again, you should watch, read, or listen to, something that you're pretty certain you're going to disagree with.

Oh I've seen 2/3 of the movie before. I just didn't like it. Don't assume. It's rather unappealing.

I wish these were individually packaged, so you could give away the ones you have extras of without it affecting the set as a whole, if you see what I mean.

This is an issue in the case of the Bond movies - I'd have duplicates of all of them, but both in different sets.

the talk about this dvd set cracks me up and makes me want to not read anymore at the same time. Bunch of whiners about 1 movie! sheesh.

Also! All this talk about mr. moore and mr. Limbaugh makes me think of the family guy episode where they are suspected of being lovers...

can we talk about what you all think of that instead?

spitfire8898 wrote:
Also! All this talk about mr. moore and mr. Limbaugh makes me think of the family guy episode where they are suspected of being lovers...

can we talk about what you all think of that instead?

hoho, I saw that one. It was funny until I actually thought about it. Then it was just icky. Those are definitely two people I never EVER want to think about having sex lives.

heretic0 wrote:Why does the first disk description say "Marty P&S"? Doesn't this mean Pan & Scan?

That's because it's a very old movie (1955) and was filmed in 1.37:1 ratio. Since that's virtually identical to 1.33:1 (aka 4:3, the standard-definition TV, non-widescreen ratio), it can't be presented as widescreen without cropping the top and/or bottom off of the movie.

The description really should say 4:3 rather than P&S, since there's no panning or scanning going on. Unfortunately, P&S has stuck as the description of 4:3 regardless of whether the original format was 4:3 or not.

worldofjohnboy wrote:Are you hearing impared or something?

Yes, I am. (BTW, the PC term is deaf or hard of hearing.) This is true of about 10 percent of the population of the United States. That's a lot of customers to ignore.

Best woot in months; if you're at all into movies, don't see how you can pass this up.

If i throw this fast enough at an intruder, will it strike my enemy down? I just want to make sure it also offers safety.

Hardcorebetty wrote:If i throw this fast enough at an intruder, will it strike my enemy down? I just want to make sure it also offers safety.

Looks bullet-proof in the picture.

Dianrez wrote:Yes, I am. (BTW, the PC term is deaf or hard of hearing.) This is true of about 10 percent of the population of the United States. That's a lot of customers to ignore.

My father worked in special education for nearly 40 years and my sister is a Social Worker that knows sign language. I wasn't being disrespectful, just curious if you were hearing impared or not... sorry to have struck a nerve.

I wonder why so many need two DVD's. They are not usually 2-disk movies. I wonder if these are first-rate, current format DVD's?

pbalkan wrote:I wonder why so many need two DVD's. They are not usually 2-disk movies. I wonder if these are first-rate, current format DVD's?

One widescreen, one fullscreen. Go figure.

All of you Moore lovers who are so in to documentaries should check out "Manufacturing Dissent." The creators set out to do a bio of Moore, but once they started to dig it quickly turned into a documentary about what a hypocritical, misleading asshat he is.

mckinnington wrote:I love that everybody's up in arms about people boycotting Michael Moore when nobody would raise an eyebrow about people boycotting Tom Cruise or some other Scientologist.

Not everybody hates him because of his politics... A lot of us just dislike him because he's a hack who discredits real documentaries with the apcray he churns out. If you make your footage say what you want it to say, it's not a documentary, it's propaganda.

Wrong - clearly, it's a documentary if I agree with it, it's propaganda if I don't. As any fule kno.

nelly99 wrote:so why not buy the damn set for $50 and throw out, burn, run over, or discard that movie however you please and still get 29 other flicks for a great price with a nice book and whatever else is included? a bunch of idiots. i know you are trying to make a point but it is just pure stupidity to not buy a collection like this because 1/30th of it is bad especially at this price.

It's called "voting with your wallet" (and your conscience).

BTW, only 1% or less of "rat poison" is actually poison... far less than the 3.33% that BFC contributes to this product.

This set is going to be a great Christmas Present to my movie-loving husband.

I would hope it is Closed Captioned as I do use the Captions, too.

harrisry wrote:I was going to join the conversation, but I forgot my thimbles and socialist literature.

snap!

heck! I'll give you 3 snaps in a Z formation!

Shrewed wrote:Renting each one from Redbox would put you back, um $50. Better yet, rent only the good ones from Redbox!

Except red box doesn't have older movies, at least all the ones I've ever seen