Ever Bought A DVD For A Movie You Haven't Seen?

[doctor drew]

I was speaking to a friend the other day who told me that after Gladiator took home Best Picture honours, he basically went to the store and bought the DVD, even though he's never seen the movie. I've only actually done this once, for The Abyss because I got a really good deal on it. I watched the movie once and never really got around to checking it out again.

Ever done this before? Was it a worthy purchase or basically 30 bucks down the toilet? Fill me in guys...

[McBain]

The first DVD was one I had never seen. I needed a region 1 disc to check out if my all-zone player was working properly and for some reaosn I chose The Thing, even though I had never seen it (I knew it was a great dvd though).

Luckily The Thing rocks and I am happy with my purchase.

[The Professional]

I've bought about 15-20 Dvd's that i hadn't seen before. about one of them didn't turn out to be good.

[DVD dude]

I purchased THE CONTENDER on DVD without even seeing the movie first, but I knew it was going to be a good purchase because it had such a great cast, and was up for some awards, etc. In the end I was very pleased with my purchase. Besides I don't think DREAMWORKS has ever put out a bad DVD (Not like Fox, with that crappy transfer they did for PREDATOR!)

[DaN]

Never done it. But I think I will end up doing so in the future.

[V dude]

yep of course!!!

lets see

The Mummy
Taxi Driver
Tarzan
Peacemaker
EDTV
The Bone Collector
Cube
Ronin
Hard Boiled

[Dominick]

Shit all the time! Maybe i should stop...

Meet the Parents ..Regret
Three Kings
Sixth Sense sort of regret
Deep Blue Sea
What Lies Beneath.. really regret
Generals Daughter..really really regret
Austin Powers 2
American Pie...regret
Life is Beautiful
The Matrix
Gladiator...would regret if it wasnt for the sound

Usually ill buy it if i hear its good or if it made a lot of money.

[bob]

me too

final destination...watched it a few times and haven't watched it since

clerks the animated series uncensored...i only saw the episodes that were on tv

[QUENTIN]

I'm with Bob,

I've never bought a DVD movie I'd never seen before, but I did get the Clerks Animated Series: Uncensored on DVD and I hadn't seen any of them, fortunately it was well worth the mulah.

[herculeez]

Dominick, you named sooo many good movies there!
How could they be bad movies?
Matrix - brill
Gladiator - ok
meet the parent - funny
three kings - exellent
life is beautiful - great
deep blue sea - ok

good choices i say

[herculeez]

I've bought quite a few having not seen them :-

Summer Of Sam - regret it big time now
Raging Bull - one of my fav De Nire movies of all time
Casino - Another fav De Niro Movie of all time
Taxi Driver - amazing
Election - regret it
The Cell - i love this film big time!

[Bart Simpson]

Yeah, I've bought a ton that I never seen, and some I have regreted with a passion.

Bringing out the Dead-Nic Cage and Scoresses I thought was going to rock, it's one of the worst I have ever seen. I've seen it once and that's it. Owned it since May

10 thing I hate about you- I thought it was pretty good. Julia Stiles is prett good.

Requiem for a dream- I heard good things, so I picked up a region 2 copy, was impressed.

I also bought meet the parents-I can't see how they can consider that a collectors edition.

[cow]

only one: Dark City. I am glad too.

i have a friend who 75% of the time only buys ones he hasnt seen.

[Bry Bry]

i have a few..

HOLLOW MAN-i regret
ME,MYSELF,and IRENE-i regret
HELLRAISER-i regret

SEVEN(PLATINUM EDITION)-i dont totally regret this dvd,but for the most part,the EXTRAS were kinda lame,after being hyped so much..all in all,its a solid dvd..

[The Tall Man]

More often than not. I love finding new movies. I haven't been burned yet.

Braveheart - Excellent
Carnival of Souls - Pretty good.
The Changeling - Excellent
Sleepy Hollow - Not my favorite, but I love the locations and images
Star Trek: First Contact - Love it
Star Trek: Insurrection - One of the weaker ST movies, but watchable
Taking of Pelham One Two Three - Have yet to watch it, pretty confident I'll like it
X-Men - Now anxiously awaiting the sequel. /ubb/smile.gif

[Lynchfreak]

I have never done this but am tempted!!!! I have never seen lawrence of arabia, but i reckon it would be good, i love old classics, but never got to seeing it.
Now it has been released on a 2 disc collecters edition.......and i am tempted....but what if its crap? should i get it?

[Bart Simpson]

Well you could always rent it, or you could just jump in a buy it, and if it sucks, you could always try to pawn it off on half.com or Ebay

[falconfilms]

Yep. I do it fairly often, but I won't do it unless I'm getting a really good deal on the dvd.

The Matrix. Under $20. Completely, absolutely worth it on all levels.

Hollow Man. Lousy movie, enjoyable only on a "oh-my-god-I-can't-believe-how-bad-this-is" level. However, I got it new for $14, and it was worth it to me for the documentaries on how they did the truly amazing effects.

Starship Troopers. $15. Totally worth it.

Unbearable Lightness of Being. $27. Totally worth it.

Hard Eight. Totally worth the $18 I spent as part of an online coupon deal. Excellent film. Excellent commentary.

Waking the Dead. This one also was worth it to me, although it was closer to $20. It came highly recommended by a friend. It's a really good film.

[Bud_Fox]

I know how you feel Bry Bry and Falcon, I too bought Hollowman on DVD not having seen it previously. The beginning of the movie is okay at best, the middle is ahh, but the ending...oh God it was a complete Abortion.

I also bought the Virgin Suicides just because I read great stuff on it. I plan to watch it this weekend.

[Bart Simpson]

Hey Bud, if you don't like Virgin Sucides I'll buy it off of you.

My roomate bought Hollow man also, with out viewing it first, I think he uses the disk as a coaster now

[Green]

Falconfilms - yeah Waking the Dead is a great movie and DVD, have you checked out Keith Gordon's other work A Midnight Clear (1991) and The Chocolate War (1988)?

I try not to buy DVDs I haven't seen due to the huge risk, a couple:
The Cell (2000) great effects and features and it is a good disk, despite the average characters, I am satisfied with it.
My friend gave me Teaching Mrs. Tingle DVD after he watched it and didn't like it. It is my worst, I can't even give it away. I should probably use it as a coaster as well!

[falconfilms]

Haven't seen them yet, Green, but I'll check them out. Thanks.

[Ta-veren]

i've actually made a new rule to NEVER again buy a dvd of a movie i haven't seen:

BAD UNSEEN CHOICES:

dinosaur 2disc: it was ok but $40?

sleepaway camp: big horror fan but this movie, not sure if it was worth the purchase.

clerks: uncensored: is it only me who found the cartoons incredibly stupid at time? though i haven't listened to the commentary yet and i'm sur it's gold.

Urban Legends 2: Final Cut: Whoo, bought the 2pak for the ok first movie, figuring the second would be passable. Nope!

GOOD UNSEEN CHOICES:

Cider House Rules: GOt it cheap and its worth it.

Conan the Barbarian SE: Great flick.

Nightmare Before Xmas: Knew I would like it. Definitely did!

Pitch Black: Knew I'd like it, definitely did!

The Sopranos 1st season: A no-brainer. Amazing!

Tarzan 2disc: F-ing amazing!!!

[Bart Simpson]

Just bought trainspotting. Movie is friggin awsome, hard to understand throught the accents sometimes though.

Choice Life

[SeanArcher]

I am getting castaway when it comes out on dvd, even though i haven't seen it, i hear it kicks ass.

[The Tall Man]

I was planning to buy Unbreakable sight unseen, but I'm not sure I will now that it's going to be an expensive 2CD set. Something about the movie interested me, even though I didn't like the Sixth Sense very much. This one I'll probably rent.

[vahe]

Pre-ordered "Crouching Tiger" through Amazon.
I figure how can it be bad? I love Kung Fu, and it was the most widely acclaimed film of 2000. I might still end up regreting it, but tha chances are a lot less than if I had order "Coyote Ugly" for example!

[Bart Simpson]

Unbreakable is pretty much going for the same price as a regular DVD 22.95 (That's the two disk set)

[The Tall Man]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Bart Simpson:
Unbreakable is pretty much going for the same price as a regular DVD 22.95 (That's the two disk set)</font>

I may still rent it, but that's not a bad price. Have you seen the movie, and would you buy it?

[Tomb Raider]

Nope, But i really like DVD

[Narst]

I am buying Unbreakable the day it comes out. I saw it the first night it opened in the theaters and loved it. I can't wait to see it again.

[Bart Simpson]

Yeah, I all ready preorder from Amazon. Liked the movie alot, and I am a big fan of Samuel Jackson

[Steely Dave]

Sure. I've been trying to collect all of the movies on DVD that were chosen to be on the AFI 100 Greatest Movies of all time. I had not seen the majority of the movies on this list but felt it was a pretty safe bet buying a DVD for a movie that had been given the distinction of being one of the "100 Best". I have had two disappointing purchases (The Philadelphia Story and An American in Paris)...but many enjoyable surprises like, The Third Man, Annie Hall, All About Eve, The Manchurian Candidate, The Wild Bunch and many others which I had never seen before buying them on DVD.

[The Tall Man]

Two positives in a row? I may just get Unbreakable after all.

The Philadelphia Story. I like it alright, mainly because of the stellar cast, but it's no Bringing Up Baby. Now that's a great movie.

[DaMovieMan]

I bought Dr. Strangelove for the first time on DVD and not seeing it once! I dont regret it at all the movie is a Kubrick classic and is in my top 20! A 10/10 for an amazing movie!

[chandler_bing905]

the other day i bought Almost Famous
it was at wall mart for like $22 so i thought hey might as well buy it (it was my aprental figures money anyway) and i havn't regreted it. i knew it was gonna be great they esspecially with the kick ass soundtrack. just wish i ahd better sarround sound to enjoy it from.

[bob]

i love unbreakable

i just bought rope without seeing it

[Thanatos]

Heres my list

Gladiator (no regrets)
The Matrix (no regrets)
Perfect Storm (slight regret)
American Pie (still haven't seen it) /ubb/smile.gif
Somewhere in Time (for the wife, so, no regrets)
and I don't know if this counts but Lord Stanley's Cup, it's a documentary, about Gods gift to humanity...the sport of Hockey /ubb/smile.gif

[Hakaider74]

Have I ever bought a DVD without ever seeing the movie first? hmm.......only if it is a movie that I can't go rent first or borrow from someone. I am huge Jackie Chan and Jet Li fan, so I have bought alot of their imported DVD's without seeing them. Actually, any Hong Kong DVD I buy is without seeing the movie first. But I have no other choice (since most people don't collect imports), except when it comes to Hollywood made stuff...i try before i buy.

[EDsoulsurvive*]

i recently got my dvd player and i need some dvd's, but i wanna get good ones that i've never seen, ne recomendations or ones i should avoid that aren't really above. also, how is the se7en dvd?

[EL_PHANTAZMO]

Ed, if you want GOOD DVD's, get Fight Club, Seven(Special Edition),T2 (platinum Edition),
Gladiator, Saving Private Ryan, Any Given Sunday is pretty good too.

[DaMovieMan]

I bought 'The Bridge On The River Kwai' just a while ago and saw it two days ago. Awesome flick and i have never seen it before. Its two disc DVD so it was well worth the money.

[Cyclonus]

I bought the first 3 ALIEN movies without even watching them first, and I don't regret it one bit! (Okay, they were on video, but it's the same idea!)