My Sinful Madness

I luv movies... to be truthful, I'M MADLY IN LOVE WITH MOVIES. Any kind of movies. Drama, comedy, rom-com, action, science fiction, foreign, cult, 'jiwang', xxx, etc. =;) My previous fav director, Kevin Smith and Quentin Tarantino. My current fav director (pending approval) is Judd Apatow. My fav movie, hmmm, alot, but the one that inspire and seems to be stuck in my head are the talkative one or the serious one like Clerks (1 & 2), Jackie Brown, Reservoir Dogs and Godfather (all) of course. To me, a great movie constitute excellent acting, excellent script and excellent story. For example, Jersey Girl. Simple and straight forward but acting - A++, script - A++ and story - touching yet comedic (I know the feeling coz I've a daughter).

Being an avid movie addict, I'm proud of my DVD collection. But if you ask around (my wife, my family and friends), they would say it is a waste of good money. What do I care, hehehe... Some are addicted to eating. Some are addicted to gossip. Some are addicted to, God forbid, drugs. Me, well I believe my addiction is healthy, right?

Based from my calculation (2-3 years ago), my DVD collection is nearing the 2000 mark. And that just only the collection I've stored in my hometown. Currently, I'm starting new again, with just around 30++ DVDs. Actually, I'm now living in Melbourne for 2 years and if needed, maybe longer. Here, the DVDs is quite cheap (if you're not doing any currency conversion in your head).Price for an original DVD R4, depends on the movie, normally would go up to 20 dollars. Price for an original DVD R1, normally would go up to 60-70 dollars, depending on where and how you want to buy it. There are 2 shops in Melbourne CBD selling DVD R1. One is called Minotaur (nice selection) and the other is simply The DVD Collection (excellent selection). Both are located on Elizabeth St.

To get DVD R1, the cheapest and sometime the simplest way is to search in on Ebay. Almost all of my DVD R1, I bought it from Ebay. But, the thing that always bother me is the time taken for the DVD to arrive safely in your hands. The waiting... aaarrggghhh! Now, I'm still waiting for my Planet Terror and Clerks X to arrive, and it has been almost 2 weeks.

My current DVDs (Melbourne),

1. Troy - Director's Cut Boxset (2d)
   
2. Sin City - Recut & Extended Boxset (2d)
3. The Lone Gunmen (3d)
4. Jerry Springer Uncut (3d)
5. The X Files - Season 1 & 2
6. 300 - Collector's Edition (2d)
7. Heroes - Season 1
8. RATM - Live at Grand Olympic Auditorium
9. Tenacious D - The Complete Masterworks (2d)
10. Night Watch - Definitive Edition (2d)
11. Gandhi - Ultimate Edition (2d)
12. Taxi Driver - Ultimate Edition (2d)
13. Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Bueller... Bueller... Edition
14. Heavy Metal Louder Than Life (2d)
15. Ghost - Special Collector's Edition (2d)
16. Once a Warriors - Collector's Edition
17. The Blind Swordsman: Zaitoichi (dir. Takeshi Kitano)
18. Metal, a Headbanger's Journey (2d) R1
    
19. What We Want, What We Believe: The Black Panther Party Library (4d) R1
    
20. Kidulthood
21. The Warriors - Ultimate Director's Cut
22. 40 Year Old Virgin - Unrated Double Your Pleasure Edition (2d) R1
23. Knocked Up - Extended & Unrated Collector's Edition (2d) R1
24. Anchorman - Super Special Classy Edition (2d)
25. Metallica, Some Kind of Monster (2d)
    
26. An Evening with Kevin Smith - Across the USA; Toronto & London (4d)
27. Blades of Glory
28. Clerks II (2d)
29. Best of CRIBS (2d)
30. Romper Stomper
31. Team America World Police - Uncut, Special Collector's Edition
32. Malcolm X - Special Edition (2d) R1
33. Welcome to Death Row

To end, this writing is not to show off or to be 'bongkak' with my little collection. Just to share and hopefully inspire all the DVD aficionados out there to come out of the closet, hehehehe!

Well, maybe 'bongkak' sikit kot =;)

Bonafide & Ikhlas,
Kota Melbourne,
0213 Pagi Rabu