Collecting movies

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 30 Apr 2009, 17:32

Are you collecting movies from some certain directors, actors, studios, genres...? Meaning that you would buy a missing film just because of that, no matter if the film is good or not.

Me

Directors
- Nobuhiro Yamashita (only missing a few TV works)
- Norifumi Suzuki (missing many, but got over 30)
- Kazuhiko Yamaguchi (missing one that is on dvd)
- Shinji Somai (missing two that are on dvd, plus many that aren't)
-Hideo Gosha (got about 20, missing 5. May later limit my collection to 60's and 70's because his output becomes uneven in the 80's and 90's)
- Shunji Iwai (missing his latest film. I'm a bit unsure about his future)

Actors
- Shinichi Chiba (till early 90's, excluding some TV work and maybe smallest supporting roles)
- Reiko Oshida
- Jackie Chan (HK films)
- Maybe: Hiroko Yakushimaru till mid 80's.

Studios
- No studios, but I am a Toei fanatic. A person's value equals to how many Toei dvds he owns...

Once gave a thought for
- Sogo Ishii (having the first R2J box set in my shelf and the second on my shopping list, a complete collection wouldn't look bad at all. But he's too uneven, so, no)

Maybe in the future
- Ken Takakura has become one of my favorite actors. I may end up with quite a big Takakura Toei collection one day

Excluded are directors who have only made a few films and therefore can't be qualified yet.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 30 Apr 2009, 17:37

I used to own all of WKWs movies but sold As Tears Go By and Days of Being Wild, as they're not keepers IMO.

Otherwise no. I don't see the point owning a rubbish movie.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 30 Apr 2009, 17:53

I used to do it for Jackie Chan, but then ended up selling shitty ones and I haven't bought some of his newer ones I don't fancy.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 30 Apr 2009, 17:54

bradavon wrote: Otherwise no. I don't see the point owning a rubbish movie.

That does make a lot of sense and I have quite a lot of appreciation for people who think like that.

But then, if you're a fan of a director who has made 30 movies, 29 of them great, and you already own those 29, wouldn't it be nice to have a perfect collection? Especially if it's a lesser know director, someone whose films you can't get from your local video rental store or see on TV every 4 months.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 30 Apr 2009, 17:59

gasteropod wrote:I used to do it for Jackie Chan, but then ended up selling shitty ones

That will be many then

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 30 Apr 2009, 18:04

I have lots of Jackie movies, but have no desire to COLLECT all of them (including the really bad ones), Tuxedo etc..

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 30 Apr 2009, 18:05

Haha, it's true that the only real keepers for me are the ones he himself directed. I know that's controversial though as most people love the Sammo Hung ones such as Dragons Forever and Wheels on Meals, but I just find those ones dull.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 30 Apr 2009, 18:09

I own so many bland Jackie Chan films, still I guess I have them for reference at least if I need to go back

many merge into one another.

I collect many films from some people, Van Damme for instance, own every one of his film bar one (AWOL-Lionheart) own it on VHS mind you haha. VD has a few turds, but I dont mind as I paid very little.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 30 Apr 2009, 18:09

Dragons Forever is very good and I really enjoyed it - I got Wheels on Meals PE in 2006 and STILL not watched it yet

I havent seen Medallion yet, or Rob-B-Hood

But I really enjoyed ACCIDENTAL SPY and THE MYTH

I need to get the remastered ACCIDENTAL SPY one day.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 30 Apr 2009, 18:12

@ Hung: In the case of Jackie he's made shed loads of movies and a hell of alot are rubbish, some great ones too obviously but yes sure, if it's only 1 title why not.

I own the Alien Quadrilogy, even though really I could sell Part 4. I own Goodfellas on DVD ans BD, as I own a Scorsese DVD box set.

I did used to think like that but ultimately it gets silly and you start to new rooms just for DVDs. I used to have 650 DVDs/BDs. I now have 480 and it's not moved higher than that really in about 2 years. Sure many because I'm replacing DVDs for BDs but many because I have a clear out and get rid of those, that really can go. I made a decision that I had enough space taken up and am absolutely not going over it.

p.s - Dragons Forever is one of JCs best. Anyway back on topic, off JC.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 30 Apr 2009, 18:13

I still maintain that The Medallion is the worst Jackie Chan film, but some people think it's better than The Tuxedo

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 30 Apr 2009, 18:28

gasteropod wrote:I still maintain that The Medallion is the worst Jackie Chan film, but some people think it's better than The Tuxedo

Both of those are better than Rob-B-Hood. Out of the 30 Jackie movies I've seen, Rob-B-Hood is the only really bad one.

With Jackie (and Shinichi) the thing is that even if the film is otherwise poor, Jackie himself always tends to be a lot of fun.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 30 Apr 2009, 19:20

Wheels on Meals is pretty good, grim. You should watch that. I still regret not having picked up the HKL when I could.

I don't 'collect' movies just because they're from a certain director or actor. I just buy movies that I feel are good enough to be worth owning.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 30 Apr 2009, 20:37

I Have a few of Van Damme/Seagal/Jet Li/Chow Yun Fat's better efforts, used to be a Jackie completist but no longer,got rid of a quite a few,owned all Brandon Lee's films but got rid of Legacy Of Rage,Kung Fu:The Movie & Laser Mission,have Bruce's main movies plus the Green Hornet tv series.don't have his childhood efforts. Got a few Jimmy Wang Yu movies,i have a soft spot for him

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 01 May 2009, 04:27

My favourite directors, I'm eager to see all of their films.

Off the top of my head:- I'd buy the complete works of WKW, Kitano, Cronenberg and maybe Kevin Smith too (I own every film of his to date, except that new one with Seth Rogen).

I was going to say John Carpenter, but then I realised that I already own all of his great to decent films bar "In the Mouth of Madness". I've seen his complete filmography now (except the Masters of Horror episodes that he directed) and there's a few of his films that I'll never own because they are garbage:- Village of the Damned, Ghosts of Mars, Memoirs of an Invisible Man.

I have a soft-spot for JC's Vampires, I may pick that up on BD if I see it for cheap.

diceman · Post by **diceman** » 01 May 2009, 05:35

I won't ever aim to own every single movie of the people I'm gonna list below, because I simply don't see the point of keeping a bad movie which I probably won't watch for a second time, but those are still the people in filmmaking business I respect more than others, respectively watched more than a good share of films by, and whose careers I'm certainly gonna follow in future times:

Directors:

- Takashi Miike
- Sion Sono
- Seijun Suzuki
- Shunji Iwai
- Ryuhei Kitamura
- John Woo
- Quentin Tarantino

Actor / Actress:

- Sonny Chiba
- Aoi Miyazaki
- Gianna Jun a.k.a. Jeon Ji-Hyun
- Hiroko Yakushimaru
- Moon Lee

Studio:

- Ghibli
- Furthermore I'm kinda enamoured with the idea of owning all Godzilla-Movies one day

Special Mention:

- Uwe Boll. No respect, though. Just morbid curiosity.

Seen almost every single one of his flick and will continue to do so in future times. But only for rental; I'd never buy 'em.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 01 May 2009, 09:31

EvaUnit02 wrote:I've seen his complete filmography now (except the Masters of Horror episodes that he directed)

That's actually the best episode in the first series.