Desert Island DVDs

MrHobbs · **Joined:** 24th Jul, 2011 **Posts:** 232

You have been marooned on a desert island, and a genie appears with a 50" LCD tv and a wish of one movie boxset and 5 single movies.

What would you pick? Not necessarily your alltime faves but films you can watch over and over again without getting bored of them?

My boxset would be the Rocky series, because they are the greatest series of films ever made (except 5!)

The other 3 would be Point Break, Leon, American history x, the Green mile and casino.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26522

Back to the Future boxset, The Princess Bride, Labyrinth, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, A Knight's Tale... Just can't think of a last film at all!

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26522

Actually, no. Groundhog day, though that would be rather ironic.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26522

Or maybe A Life Aquatic.

Oh, now you've done it...

Hugh · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2011 2:25

Blade Runner (the first director's cut)
2001: A Space Odyssey
Labyrinth
Withnail & I
Rushmore (hard to pick the best Bill Murray experience)

Boxset: Star Wars (Original Trilogy - the prequels are dead to me)

I considered saying The Princess Bride too, but thought Mimi might find that a bit spooky.

Runcle · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2011 3:05

Mimi wrote:

Or maybe A Life Aquatic.

Oh, now you've done it...

Life Aquatic is my favourite re-watchable film because at first you see the film is fairly layered, then you realise it's the best mixtape music video ever.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26522

Hugh wrote:

I considered saying The Princess Bride too, but thought Mimi might find that a bit spooky.

Not at all. I consider you to have excellent taste. To be honest I'd expect EVERYONE with the merest idea of taste to say The Princess Bride, but nobody moreso than one so avatar'ed up as yourself.

Also, I know you watch Labyrinth for Bowie's Pants, Magic Pants.

Don't worry - we all do.

Derek The Halls · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3742

Blade Runner (I'm not yet sure of the differences between Director's Cut and Final Cut)
Breaking Glass
A Life Less Ordinary
Running Man
Liquid Sky

Box set - Aliens (even though I'm not that bothered about 3 onwards but I definitely need the first two)

NervousPete · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2011 10:33

Hmm...

There's a Powell & Pressburger boxset, so I'd go for that. Among a few lesser films it contains:

I Know Where I'm Going
Black Narcissus
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Tales of Hoffman
A Matter of Life and Death
A Cantebury Tale
The Forty-Ninth Parralell

As my favourite film-makers and being some of the most beautiful and human films ever made, I'd be fair chuffed with that. The additional five would be:

O'Brother Where Art Thou
Porco Rosso
Master & Commander
Tree of Life
Fargo

romanista · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2011 10:44

nemo
american beauty
kill bill (since it is a amalgam of so many films)

Decca · **Joined:** 23rd Jun, 2010 **Posts:** 2282

Can this include TV?

The west wing/The police story boxed set

Crouching tiger hidden dragon
The women (original)
The dark knight
Monty python life of Brian
Zulu.

MrHobbs · **Joined:** 24th Jul, 2011 **Posts:** 232

TV would be fine, as I contemplated the Frasier boxset with about 11 series in it because its one of the most finely written consistently funny shows ever made, and it would pass a lot of time on a desert island!

Surprised no-ones mentioned a porno so they'd have sommat to bash off to!

NervousPete · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2011 11:03

Shall we say + 3 additional TV series? I don't think I could sacrifice anything from my main list!

Decca · **Joined:** 23rd Jun, 2010 **Posts:** 2282

OK then.
Monty Python boxed set
The west wing
The wire.

NervousPete · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2011 11:23

Okay so...

Hmm...

There's a Powell & Pressburger boxset, so I'd go for that. Among a few lesser films it contains:

I Know Where I'm Going - [Contains the most oddly beautiful woman in kino history, Pamela Brown.)
Black Narcissus - [Lush mentalness with nuns in Nepal!]
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp - [Probably the most touching friendship in film, and mythic.]
Tales of Hoffman - [Great opera, great visuals]
A Matter of Life and Death - [Arguably my all time fave film, though Blimp and Cantebury run close.]
A Cantebury Tale - [The greatest pilgramige on film, only with an American GI in WWII England.]
The Forty-Ninth Parralell - [Eric Portman and Leslie Howard at their best. Nazi's on the run in WWII Canada.]

As my favourite film-makers and being some of the most beautiful and human films ever made, I'd be fair chuffed with that. The additional five would be:

O'Brother Where Art Thou - [Beautiful music, visuals and great humour.]
Porco Rosso - [Infalibly makes me cry in the cloud plain scene, best cartoon to my mind.]
Master & Commander - [There's a lot of life in this film.]
Tree of Life - [Creation of the universe. Lush Texas 60's suburbia visuals. So much story you could invent yourself to fit within it's near dialogue-free nature. Jessica Chastain is astonishingly gorge and red-headed.]
Fargo - [Funny, dark, atmospheric. Probably one of the best films ever made. Best heroine at any rate.]

And in addition with TV series:

Band of Brothers - [Shoot bang bang and great characters equals moving fun.]
Twin Peaks - [C'mon, do I have to say why?]
The Complete Wire - [Again, it's The Wire.]

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13388

NervousPete wrote:

<< List of clever things. >>

Spot the librarian!

I'd go for:

Withnail & I - I just never tire of watching this film, and I love the music, it would be a good companion on my desert island

N.A.R.C. - Not exactly cheerful, but soooo rewatchable.

The Big Lebowski - This would relax me in my solitude.

Layer Cake - For some reason I always watch this film every few months, so it would be a good option.

Aliens Director's Cut - This might be a bit scary so I would only watch it during the day.

Boxset - Friends - One of the best comedies ever! If that's not allowed 'cause it's telly, then tough, I will sneak it onto my island in my underpants.

Derek The Halls · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3742

For TV I might go for a bit of 30 Rock. Not sure what else. Don't really re-watch much TV.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26522

I've never seen an episode of Twin Peaks, but people always say I'd enjoy it, so maybe I'd go for that.

Or the X Files, but I'd throw any episodes after Duchovny's exit from the show into the sea and hope that sharks ate them.

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13388

Mimi wrote:

I've never seen an episode of Twin Peaks, but people always say I'd enjoy it, so maybe I'd go for that.

Or the X Files, but I'd throw any episodes after Duchovny's exit from the show into the sea and hope that sharks ate them.

The X-Files really hasn't aged well.

Twin Peaks is crappy and weird, like the film.

lasermink · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1883

Your face is crappy and weird.

TK-421 · **Joined:** 27th Feb, 2009 **Posts:** 244

Star Wars.

Casablanca.
Dirty Dancing.
Goonies.
Top Gun.
Once Upon A Time In The West.

Friends/Arrested Development/Firefly/Monty Python's Flying Circus/Six Feet Under.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2011 14:41

I'd take the AvP megasuperilagy, or whatever it's called.

My five single movies would be The Lion King, Ace Ventura, Event Horizon, the special "one disc" version of Kill Bill, and Shipwrecked. For the ironing.

Alberto · **Joined:** 28th Jan, 2011 **Posts:** 1198

Mimi wrote:

I've never seen an episode of Twin Peaks, but people always say I'd enjoy it, so maybe I'd go for that.

It's an acquired taste, I wouldn't risk a desert island pick on it.

Alberto · **Joined:** 28th Jan, 2011 **Posts:** 1198

The boxset is giving me troubles... The Omen is probably too scary to watch alone in a strange environment... Terminator films go a bit crap after the first two, although the female casting of T3 has its merits... so I'm probably left with Back to the Future as well. Maybe a Saw boxset instead, although I don't have one so how I can logically prioritise it above the others I'm not sure.

Reglah fillums: Rain Man, Usual Suspects, Fight Club, Being John Malkovich, maybe Seven Pounds? Not sure I'm really covering all bases though, not a lot to laugh at... but then "comedy" films are usually wank.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2011 15:56

Alberto wrote:

Maybe a Saw boxset instead, although I don't have one so how I can logically prioritise it above the others I'm not sure.

There's more of them, I guess.

Alberto · **Joined:** 28th Jan, 2011 **Posts:** 1198

Grim... wrote:

Alberto wrote:

Maybe a Saw boxset instead, although I don't have one so how I can logically prioritise it above the others I'm not sure.

There's more of them, I guess.

They also tail off in quality, and I held that against the Terminator ones.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12372

I would only ask for one DVD:

This one

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26522

Alberto wrote:

Mimi wrote:

I've never seen an episode of Twin Peaks, but people always say I'd enjoy it, so maybe I'd go for that.

It's an acquired taste, I wouldn't risk a desert island pick on it.

I'm trapped on a Desert Island. When better to acquire a taste for something than when you have the rest if your solitary life to do so?

Another possibility would be Scrubs.

... To be fair I'd probably just pick any three box sets with the longest running times.

TheVision · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2011 16:51

I think I'd go with every episode of Seinfeld... that would keep me going for ages!

As for DVDs, I'll have a think....

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

NervousPete wrote:

Shall we say + 3 additional TV series? I don't think I could sacrifice anything from my main list!

Seinfeld.
The Wire.
The Sopranos.

Films:

Scott Pilgrim vs The World.
Amelie.
The Godfather, part I.
The Godfather, part II.
Akira.

Alberto · **Joined:** 28th Jan, 2011 **Posts:** 1198

I don't want any additional TV series, TV is crap.

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

I'll take my Twin Peaks boxset (1411 mins btw), The Office and Brass Eye... happy now?

GazChap · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2011 20:48

Boxed set: The Alien Anthology.

Single DVDs:

Back to the Future, Part II
The Dark Knight
Grosse Pointe Blank
Groundhog Day
The Shawshank Redemption

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2011 0:01

For TV shows I would take Scrubs, The Wire, and Galactica. And Firefly.
Shh.
[edit]And Buffy and Angel.

Lord Rixondale · **Joined:** 10th Mar, 2009 **Posts:** 343

For the boxset, I'd have to go with NervousPete and choose the Powell and Pressburger set, a pair of auteurs I'd never heard of until the Nervous one introduced me to them. Trust me, you need to watch these films. They are just extraordinary, original, touching and nothing like them has been made since. Do yourselves a favour and check out "A Matter of Life and Death" next time it's on the box. It's perfect in every way.

I am now upset that I have to leave the James Bond Boxset behind.

Other films...

Airplane
Usual Suspects
Trainspotting
Back to the Future
Shawshank Redemption

I'm not a massive fan of tv series generally, but I'd bring along Buffy for sure.

NervousPete · **Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2011 0:26

I was so tempted by Airplane I could not even begin to say.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49253

I have to say, as far as TV shows goes, I'd probably want to be stocked up on Bear Grylls shows. BEAR GRYLLS.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2011 10:33

I'd take a porn bumper boxset - to stop me shagging macaques.

Life on Earth series - to help me decide what to avoid/eat.

Freddy got Fingered.

The Christmas Martian - for Christmas Day.

The Old Grey Whistle Test - Volumes 1-3 - For tunes... I think I'll buy that now actually.

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

Craster wrote:

I have to say, as far as TV shows goes, I'd probably want to be stocked up on Bear Grylls shows. BEAR GRYLLS.

It's not about large canines having a barbecue, you know...

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Aug 31, 2011 0:10

IT'S ABOUT KILLING A YAK WITH YOUR BALLS!

CALL ME BEAR, MOTHER! NORTH! TRUE NORTH! BEAR GRYLLS!

myp · **Posted:** Wed Aug 31, 2011 8:58

throughsilver wrote:

Craster wrote:

I have to say, as far as TV shows goes, I'd probably want to be stocked up on Bear Grylls shows. BEAR GRYLLS.

It's not about large canines having a barbecue, you know...

Ursines!

Curiosity · **Posted:** Wed Aug 31, 2011 10:25

Grim... wrote:

IT'S ABOUT KILLING A YAK WITH YOUR BALLS!

CALL ME BEAR, MOTHER! NORTH! TRUE NORTH! BEAR GRYLLS!

BEAR GRYLLS!!!

That comedian was freaking hilarious.

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

myoptikakaka wrote:

throughsilver wrote:

Craster wrote:

I have to say, as far as TV shows goes, I'd probably want to be stocked up on Bear Grylls shows. BEAR GRYLLS.

It's not about large canines having a barbecue, you know...

Ursines!

Gesundheit.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Sep 01, 2011 0:02

Curiosity wrote:

Grim... wrote:

IT'S ABOUT KILLING A YAK WITH YOUR BALLS!

CALL ME BEAR, MOTHER! NORTH! TRUE NORTH! BEAR GRYLLS!

BEAR GRYLLS!!!

That comedian was freaking hilarious.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4bJKCMoxGo

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

Wait a minute. What is this Fucking tv powered by? Coconuts?

Until some fucker has confirmed the availability of mains power, I'm folding an inflatable dinghy into the hollow empty shell of a friends all episodes DVD box set.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Sep 01, 2011 1:01

Solar power exists dude.

You dropped this: :belm:

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