Ever bought a film, sold/traded it, then bought it again?

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Ever bought a film, sold/traded it, then bought it again?

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And I don't mean because of a new S.E. or whatever.

Have you sold/traded a film because you didn't think much of it, only to regret it and buy it again? (To give it another chance).

I haven't yet... but quite fancy giving Pi another chance...
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I remember trading Game of Death 1 and 2 but then bought them again :D
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Desperado: It's always disappointing but I've learned my lesson now :D
Full Contact: Didn't like it when I first saw it (I was maybe 15, just having seen my first HK movies... which were The Killer and Hard Boiled...). Now I love it
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grim_tales wrote:I remember trading Game of Death 1 and 2 but then bought them again :D
Game of Death is absolute shit. The HKL is only worth owning for 40-min edit of Bruce's rediscovered footage.
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True :D
Game of Death II is good fun though.
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Game of Death is a great film. GOD2 is a masterpiece.
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What have you done with Hungfist? ;)
I enjoyed GoD 1 and 2, especially 2, the fights are great in GoD 2 but theyre both cheesy movies :)
The best part of GoD, lost 40 mins footage excepted, is the final 20 minutes.
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HungFist wrote: Full Contact: Didn't like it when I first saw it (I was maybe 15, just having seen my first HK movies... which were The Killer and Hard Boiled...). Now I love it
Ah but did you buy the DVD and then sell/trade it?

Because there are dozens of films, which I didn't like when I was younger but love them now. However I'm meaning actually buying the DVD twice.
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I love 'Pi', you probably should give it another chance.
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BiscLimpkit wrote:
HungFist wrote: Full Contact: Didn't like it when I first saw it (I was maybe 15, just having seen my first HK movies... which were The Killer and Hard Boiled...). Now I love it
Ah but did you buy the DVD and then sell/trade it?
Yeah I did. The same dvd edition even. And the best of all, I had to do some work to track it down because it had gone OOP by then. (I'm speaking of the original Mei Ah release btw)
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Yes, Dazed and Confused.

I had the R2 then sold it when I pre-ordered the R1 which I was lead to believe had a director's commentary... disc turned up... no commentary and really shitty extras... I was sooooooo pissed I flogged it... and then needing the film again bought another copy of the R2... now I'm wating to get the Criterion at a sensible price.
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HungFist, cool. Nice one.

So did you not like Dazed and Confused the first time Mark?
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Yes: Failan. The Thai DVD size of the subs bugged me and the first half I still have issues with but overall it's still very good so I even bought the same DVD again.
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EvaUnit02 wrote:
grim_tales wrote:I remember trading Game of Death 1 and 2 but then bought them again :D
Game of Death is absolute shit. The HKL is only worth owning for 40-min edit of Bruce's rediscovered footage.
Game Of Death in its original form has but two redeeming features; the fight actually involving Bruce Lee and Kareem Abdul Jabbar, and John Barry's fantastic score.
As far as the HKL version goes, yeah, the extended sequence involving the various fighting styles makes it a worthwhile purchase.

As far as films go that I regret getting rid of... American Psycho. I really wish I hadn't rid myself of the film. I watched it twice and could never envisage myself watching it again, so I traded it in against something.
I now really want to watch the film again...
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BiscLimpkit wrote:So did you not like Dazed and Confused the first time Mark?
Loved it. Re-read my post. It was because of the crappy extras.
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Kurgan wrote:, and John Barry's fantastic score.
Watch one of the better Bond films that he scored then. GoD is an abortion of a film, Sammo's cut would be interesting to see though.
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Markgway wrote: Loved it. Re-read my post. It was because of the crappy extras.
I thought so, I was just clarifying something with you. Re-read my original post... I want to know of films that you re-bought because you didn't think much of the film... not because of a new S.E.

If we're rebuying a film due to extras then we're all guilty of double/tripple dipping.

I did that with Infernal Affairs... bought the original HK disc, sold it and bought the L.E., sold that and bought the original HK disc again... and I sold that around 2 years back....
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Eva what do you mean Sammo's cut?
John Barry's GOD score is very good, stands out as being better than the film ;) It does sound very Bond-like (especially the theme tune). Even the opening sequence looks/feels like a Bond opening title sequence.
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grim_tales wrote:Eva what do you mean Sammo's cut?
Listen to Bey's commentary.
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Thanks, I don't remember him saying that. Interesting :)
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No.

However I have bought dvd's that I already owned (yes, same version!) ... I blame that on my ever growing DVD collection and my ever failing memory :D
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EvaUnit02 wrote:Listen to Bey's commentary.
Even Sammo's version of the film couldn't have saved it. The forced angles that are used ruin the film, because they just highlight the fact that Lee wasn't actually there and that the story had nothing in common with his original idea.
There wasn't even much of a physical likeness between Lee and the actor (name escapes me at the moment) used to play his character. Granted, there weren't (and still aren't) many who had Lee's physique, but the producers could've tried harder.
As far as Barry's score goes, yup, I've seen and heard the Bond films, but it still doesn't stop Game Of Death having a classy score.
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Kurgan do you mean Kim Tae Jung (sp?) who doubled for Bruce?
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They hired three people to play Bruce Lee.
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