This is my long list of DVDs collection. Yes, I've paid for every one of these (as in retail, not that there's some badge of honor in doing so... but some day, I want to see my name credited to films or adaptations of scripts, and it would be nice to know that at least most of it viewed was paid for), and sometimes, have had cause to repurchase them to put into or restore to my collection. There are many, many more that I don't own, but borrowed from the public library. I'll add those (such as the various Kim Ki-duk films) at a later date, when I scare up (locate, dig up) all my check-out receipts.... I have this list (or, most of it, rather) on flixster, but for some reason, I want to go through the exercise of writing it all again.
Here it is, in no particular order, by the English titles, and, if provided on the disc, the non-English title as well. (Some I own, but lent out to friends who never returned them, and since I never maintained a coherent lend list, I won't know which ones are missing until I dig up an even older list against which to compare... And, there are some 10 I gave away... Even though I liked the discs... )
Also, some of these I bought as far back as 1998 or 1999. Generally, most of them I bought within 2 years of their release in the US or in the West, much to my frustration, since some of the distributors here can't pick good movies, or they take too long getting stuff into the outlets, and so, we have to learn to go to the Asian DVD sales sites to get our fixation. Sometimes, I've bought purely based on the back panel description, sometimes the artwork, sometimes the names of the actors/actresses I recognize. I have NEVER bought a DVD on the basis of it being an adaptation of an anime or manga work. I simply have not had that level of fanaticism to know that Azumi (the movie which I like very much and have on the list) came from this or that. I thoroughly, THOROUGHLY enjoyed Battle Royale (and BR II) and Oldboy and Azumi and although Oldboy came from Japanese comics/manga/anime, it seems Koreans REALLY REALLY know how to drag tears out of even though most soulless of humans... When I watch Korean films, I have to keep tissues nearby to catch things. I showed Battle Royale and BR II in the hostel in Tokyo in 2004/2005, and those made adults cry, though some tried to hide it. The girls cried openly, but some guys tried to hide it, or they hugged their girls closer. Funeral March and Bullets of Love had people crying, too. Then, off they went to Gaspanic to indulge their beer fixations and to shed the exhaustion brought on by the crying and mental gymnastics required to get through some of those films. Most who saw Pitch Black enjoyed it better than The Chronicles of Riddick, even though they never knew Vin Diesel was in Pitch Black, and even though they loved The Chronicles of Riddick. I changed that by showing Pitch Black to them.
Anyway, I digress... ON WITH THE LIST:
Heading each film or movie title is an asterisk (*), present for readability. Plus symbols (+) indicate how much I like it on a scale of 1 to 5; higher than 5 means off the personal chart because I like or love it at first watching, and can watch it 3 or 4 times a year at the drop of a hat...
In US English Alphabetical Order by Country Common Name
(Chinese/Taiwanese/Hong Kong:)
* +++++ + Beast Cops
* +++++ +++++ Beast Stalker (Nicholas Tse.... Emotional/touching scenes when his nose bled; when doing sketching art; when he cried for the little girl; and when he was having his accident in the car...)
* Beauty and the Breast (VCD) (Daniel Wu; yes, "breast", not a typo. Kinda funny; maybe I need to re-watch to "get it")
* +++++ +++ Bishonen (Daniel Wu)
* +++ Body Weapon
* +++++ The Bodyguard from Beijing
* +++++ ++ Daai si gin (Breaking News)
* +++++ ++++ Bullets of Love (Len Lai, and Asaka Seto...)
* ++++ Color of Pain
* +++++ Color of the Truth
* Cop Shop Babes (VCD)
* +++ Devil Angel
* +++ San Cha Kou (Divergence)
* ++ Dizzy Date (VERRRRY sharp videography/color, but weak meandering plot)
* +++++ +++++ +++++ Gau Ngao Gau (Dog Bite Dog) (Good but very, very painful film)
* +++++ Double Tap
* +++++ +++++ +++++ Maang Lung (Dragon Heat (AKA, Dragon Squad, etc...))
* +++++ Sheng Xia Guang Nian (Eternal Summer) (Loaned it and never received it back)
* +++++ ++ Fong Juk (Exiled)
* +++++ +++++ The Fist of Legend
* +++++ +++ Full Time Killer
* +++++ +++++ Funeral March (Eason Chan was GREAT in this, I feel)
* +++++ +++++ +++++ Gen-X-Cops
* +++++ +++++ Gorgeous (Funny scene with Sam Lee screams when Jackie Chan hits him in the chest and the beads fall from his necklace.... and the presidential face masks... worth the price of the dvd... funny as hell)
* ++++ Lat sau san taam (Hard Boiled) (only bought maybe 2005 and for the first time watched this in 2008)
* +++++ Hitman (Jet Li did some gayish-swaying moves when trying on suits for his con jobs in this one, but the US edit removed them--- editors... sigh....) Also, in this version, unlike the US release, the high-tech biometrics scene was present. Guess the US was not privy to know such tech existed in /~1992.... Censors?
* +++++ +++++ +++++ Infernal Affairs
* +++++ +++++ +++++ Infernal Affairs 2
* +++++ +++++ +++++ Infernal Affairs 3 (the airport rundown scene ALWAYS sends chills down my spine.... why can't Hollywood films/movies get this kind of emotion out of me?)
* +++++ +++++ +++++ Invisible Target (Nicholas Tse, Shawn Yue, Jaycee Chan, Wu Jing)
* +++++ ++ Sha Po lang (SPL) (Kill Zone) (watch the last 4 minutes, or the last fight... a major, major, MAJOR continuity error.... Was so funny (though unfortunate error) it's worth paying for the DVD...)
* +++++ +++++ +++++ Kidnapped (Rene Liu, Karena Lam) Very good, very painful, shocking car-strike scene)
* +++++ +++++ Lan Yu (Blue)
* +++++ The Last Emperor
* +++++ Laughing Gor (Anthony Wong shows versatility of his repertoire....)
* +++++ +++++ On the Edge (Nick Cheung) (Nick Cheung plays a deep mole/undercover cop who returns from assignment, only to never be trusted by anyone on either side of the law)
* ++ Men and Woman (mehhh, was ok)
* ++ Chek Law Dak Gung (Naked Weapon)
* +++++ +++++ Overheard
* +++ Raped by an Angel (-)
* +++ Red Firecracker Green Firecracker
* +++++ +++++ +++++ Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
* +++++ Am Zin (Running Out of Time)
* +++++ The Sniper (Edison Chen, and Richie Jen)
* +++++ +++++ The Stool Pigeon (Nick Cheung, Rob Lok) (Many things go wrong for a detective and his under cover agents; shows the harsh side of such a career)
* +++++ Supercop (Best Part? The window cover slamming shut before Michelle Yeoh could get through it... worth rewinding like 8 times...)
* +++++ The Personals (-) Ahhh, Rene Liu... so beautiful...
* ++ Theft Under the Sun
* +++++ +++++ Shun Liu Ni Liu (Time and Tide) Ahhh, Nicolas Tse
* Election/Triad Election 1
* +++++ Triad Election 2 (Simon Yam STILL looks fairly good...)
* ++ Young and Dangerous IV (VCD)
(-) = Gave Away as a Gift
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Japanese
* +++++ +++++ Adorenarin Doraibu (Adrenaline Drive)
* +++++ +++++ +++++ Boku No Aegisu (Aegis) (The plot is decent (fine by me), but slow for Westerners; the ship scenes were very worth the price of the DVD)
* +++ Audition
* +++++ +++++ Azumi
* +++++ ++Azumi 2
* +++++ ++ Battle Royale (Dragon Ash disk?)
* +++++ +++++ Battle Royale (BonZai/Director's Cut)
* +++++ ++ Battle Royale II (Mei Ah disk)
* +++++ +++++ Battle Royale II (Red Sun disk)
* +++++ ++ Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
* +++++ Blood (Riki Takeuchi)
* +++++ ++ Blue Spring
* +++++ +++++ Brother (Kitano Takeshi)
* ++++ Crows Zero
* +++++ ++ Fudoh
* +++++ +++++ Hush
* ++ In the Realm of the Passion (A Woman Called Sada Abe)
* +++++ +++++ In the Realm of the Senses (different, better take on "A Woman Called Sada") (-)
* +++++ ++ Kuroshiya 1 (Ichi The Killer) (Uncut Special Edition)
* +++++ +++++ Moon Child
* ++ Tomie (Replay)
* +++ Umizaru
* +++ Versus
* +++ Yakuza Blood (Riki Takeuchi)
* +++++ ++ Zero Woman (Triple Shot/3-disc set)
(-) = Gave Away as a Gift
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* +++++ +++++ +++++ Ajosshi (AKA: The Man from Nowhere) (Won Bin)
* +++++ +++++ Bin Jip (3-Iron)
* +++++ ++ Suchwiin Bulmyeong (Address Unknown)
* +++++ ++ Gonggongui Jeog 2 (Another Public Enemy) (-)
* +++ Aria
* +++ A Bloody Aria
* +++++ Seuseung-ui eunhye (To Sir With Love, aka Bloody Reunion)
* +++++ Sasaeng gyeoldan (Bloody Ties)
* +++ Blue
* +++++ +++++ +++++ Detectives in Trouble
* ++++ ++++ Double Agent (AKA: Comrade) (Han Suk-hyu)
* +++++ +++++ A Dirty Carnival
* +++++ +++ Noksaek uija (Green Chair)
* ------ Haendae (Chinese version, very poor subtitles & audio, gave me a headache)
* +++++ +++++ JSA
* +++++ +++++ The Host (Gwoemul) (One of my Korean friend's Korean friends works for The Orphanage)
* +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ Chinjeolhan geumjassi (Lady Vengeance (Sympathy for Lady Vengeance))
* +++ Salinui Chueok (Memories of A Murder )
* +++++ +++++ +++++ (My Girlfriend is an Agent)
* +++++ +++++ +++++ Natural City
* +++ Pido NunMuldo Eobshi (No Blood No Tears)
* +++++ +++++ +++++ Oldboy
* Public Enemy
* +++++ Kyun-gu Sol vs Chul-jung Kang (Dokhan Nom vs Nappun Nom) (Public Enemy III)
* ++++ R-Point (-)
* +++++ +++++ +++++ Shiri
* +++++ +++++ +++++ Silmido
* +++++ +++++ Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
* +++++ +++++ +++++ Typhoon
* +++++ ++ Tube
(I have maybe 5 or 6 more Korean DVDs I bought but cannot recall the name of)
(-) = Gave Away as a Gift
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* +++++ The Rebel (-) (-) = Gave Away as a Gift
======================== Hollywood:
(all these I find Good to AWESOME.... Awesome enough to have in my personal collection)
* +++++ +++++ The Abyss (Special Edition)
* +++++ Alien Vs Predator (Only watched for the first time in 2009, hehhe, tho in Tokyo in 2004 I saw AVP posters ALL OVER the stations from Azabu Juuban to Odaiba... LOL)
* +++++ Air Force One
* +++++ Aliens
* +++++ Alien Resurrection
* ++ Battlestar Galactica (original, premier)
* +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ Battlestar Galactica ("re-imagined"; have entire series, plus Razor, The Plan, & Caprica first DVD)
* +++++ Bionic Woman (lent to a friend, think he sold it for food money)
* +++++ Blade
* + Blade II (I needed a couple of shots of soju to finish this, and that included an 8-hour interruption, due to the excessive gore; saw in 2011 in SF on the DVD; Saw again in Korea in 2012
* +++++ +++++ The Brothers (Chestnut/Hughley/Bellamy/Moore... Funny as hell, about 4 professional Black guys and their relationship problems)
* +++ The Corrupter
* +++++ +++++ +++++ Deep Rising
* +++++ +++++ Domino
* +++++ +++++ Firefly (preceded movie Serenity)
* +++++ +++++ Gray Lady Down (first saw back around 1975)
* +++++ Hamburger Hill
* +++++ +++++ +++++ Heat
* +++++ +++++ +++++ The Kingdom
* +++++ Lethal Weapon
* +++++ +++++ +++++ Pitch Black (US/Australian)
* +++ Quantum of Solace (didn't buy; was free due to Quill orders in 2009; office didn't want)
* +++++ ++ The Replacement Killers
* +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ The Return of the Living Dead (first saw this in 1986; caused maybe 20 more people to go see, and they all loved it)
* +++++ Romeo Must Die
* +++++ +++++ +++++ Ronin (US/French?)
* +++++ +++++ +++++ Serenity (followed Firefly)
* +++++ +++++ Set It Off (very good; about 4 black women who are desperately in need of money... Has Queen Latifa & Jada Pinkett (Will Smith's wife, now))
* +++++ +++++ +++++ The Siege (Denzel Washington; good, scary, and eye-popping pre-9/11 AND pre WTC (1) film... apparently Washington didn't learn...)
* +++++ +++++ The Spy Who Shagged Me
* ++ Star Trek The Original Series, Vol 1 DVD (2 Episodes, the ONLY Trek Episodes I bought on DVD)
* ++ Star Trek The Motion Picture/The Wrath of Khan VHS/DVD? (the only Trek MOVIES I recall buying)
* +++++ Suicide Kings (AWESOME; Christopher Walken is DAMNED good, as almost always; GREAT script) * +++++ Terminator 2
* +++++ +++++ Tora Tora Tora (First saw around 1971 as a kid.... Was so long that there was an intermission; bought out of nostalgia in 2009)
* +++++ +++++ +++++ US Marshals (Wesley Snipes/Tommy Lee Jones)
* +++++++++++++++++ V (Series, remake)
Maybe 15 others not here that I bought on VHS
(-) = Gave Away as a Gift
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Three that I didn't buy, but were given to me:
* +++++ + Korean: Chugyeogja (The Chaser) (brutal and painful)
* +++++ Korean: The High Rollers (somewhat funny at times)
* +++++ +++++ Thai: Jan Dara
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Movies I've seen: (T) at a theatre, (R) on store rental DVD, (L) Library Loan DVD, (CTV) or on cable TV), or, on a plan (AP):
* +++++ Yaku Sanju no Uso (Thirty Lies or So) (AP, ANA, on my flight back to San Fran, in Feb 2005... I think I watched it 3 times)
* +++++ +++++ District 9 (T) (Hey, Vickers, is that "inter-species prostitution" photo of you true?)
* ++ Running Out of Time II (not as good as the first, but still OK...)
* +++++ +++++ Spider Lilies (Chinese, L)
* ++++ Please Watch My Cat (Korean, L; Bae Do-Na; we both are Libras and both are Blood Type O)
* +++ Woman is the Future of Man (Korean, L; Yu Ji-tae)
* +++++ Harmonium in My Memory (Korean, L; Lee Byung-hun)
* ++++ Winter /christmas in summer (Korean, L; Sol Kyung-gu)
* +++++ +++++ +++ Najjisul (Daytime Drinking) (Korean; L
* +++ Star Trek (movie, latest one, that one in some bizarre, alternate uniwerse...)
* +++ Star Trek (all the episodes, & all the movies, TNG, DS9, Voyager, & Enterprise... Voyager being my favorite of the Trek franchises...)
* ++ The Dentist (CTV)
* +++++ +++ All About Lili ChuChu (Japanese, L)
* +++++ +++++ After Life (Japanese, L)
* +++++ + Untold Scandal (Korean, L)
* +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ The King's Man (The King and the Clown) (Korean, L)
* +++++ So Close (Chinese/HK/TW? R)
* +++++ ++ The Transporter (with Shiu Qi R)
* +++++ Geuddae Guesaramdeul (The President's Last Bang) (Korean, L)
* +++++ +++++ +++++ Iris (Korean, Drama, TV in Korea, only saw 4 or so episodes)
* +++++ +++++ +++++ Uri Hyeong (My Brother) (Korean, L)
* ++++ ++++ Jade Goddess of Mercy (Nicholas Tse)
* ++ Oasis (Korean, L) (Disturbing theme, to me... I got a very, very bad headache, different from Oldboy or Ichi the Killer)
* +++ H (Korean, L)
* +++ May 18 (AKA: Splendid Holiday) (Korean, L)
* +++++ +++++ +++++ The Beast (Jung Suk Won; Korean, Film, TV Saw in Korea 2 times)
* +++++ ++++++ Coffee Prince (Korean Drama, L)
* +++++ ++ Geunyeoreul Moreumyeon Gancheob (Spy Girl) (Korean, L)
* +++++ +++++ Seom (The Isle) (Korean, T) (quite disturbing at some points.... points not being a pun...)
* +++++ The Lover (L'amant) (Vietnamese, T)
* +++++ +++++ Ju Dou (Chinese, T)
* +++++ ++ King of Beggars (Chinese, T)
* +++++ +++++ +++++ Pulp Fiction (VHS)
* +++++ Platoon (CTV)
* +++++ +++++ +++++ Kill Bill: Volume 1 (DVD, merkun, in Japan)
* +++++ +++++ +++++ Kill Bill 2: (DVD, Rental)
* +++++ ++ Kung Fu Hustle (Chinese, R)
* +++++ GoodFellas (Merkun, T)
* +++++ +++++ +++++ Dae mo shiranai (Nobody Knows) (Japanese, L)
* +++++ +++++ +++++ Ritana (Returner) (Japanese, R) (poor little ET) (Takeshi Kaneshiro)
* +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ Killerdeului Suda (Guns & Talks) (Korean, R)
* +++++ The Shooter (Merkun, DVD, borrowed)
* +++++ +++++ +++++ 2009: Lost Memories (Korean, L)
* +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ Yi Ge Dou Bu Neng Shao (Not One Less)
* ++++ Saving Face (Merkun/Chinese, Friend)
* ++++ Wong Gog Hak Yau (One Night in Mongkok) (Chinese, R)
* ++++ Lan Feng Zheng (The Blue Kite)
* +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ Huhwihaji Anha (No Regret) (Korean, T)
* +++++ ++ The Way Home (Korean, L)
* Samaritan Girl (Korean, L, Kim Ki-duk)
* Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... And Spring (Korean, T; watched in 2004 in San Jose, CA)
* +++++ The Isle (Korean, DVD; Saw in Portland in 2002, then in Korea in 2012)
* Pieta (Korean, T, Kim Ki-duk; watched in Hyehwa with one of my good friends)
* Prometheus (US, T; watched in Hyehwa alone and then again, but in Gangnam with a new Korean friend visiting from Boston)
* _______ (K, T; Watched in Wanshimni with a good friend and his girlfriend)
* +++++ +++++ +++++ Kikujiro (Japanese, L)
* +++++ Wu Ji (The Promise) (Chinese/Korean/Japanese, housemate's)
* +++++ +++++ Beijing Bicycle (Chinese, L)
* +++++ + Yi Yi (Chinese, L)
* ++++ Seoul Raiders (Chinese/?, L)
* +++++ +++++ ++ Seoul/72 Hours (Japanese/Korean?, R)
* +++++ Raise the Red Lantern (Chinese, T)
* +++++ Scent of Green Papaya (French/Vietnamese, T)
* +++++ Marooned (?/L)
* +++++ Shaolin Soccer (Chinese, T)
* +++++ +++++ +++++ Goddess of Mercy (Chinese (with Nicholas Ts, L)
* +++++ +++++ Chin Ge Bin (The Vampire Effect/The Twins Effect) (Chinese, R)
* +++++ +++++ Take Care of My Cat (Korean, L)
* +++++ 301, 302 (Korean, L)
* +++++ 2LDK (Japanese, L)
* ++++ Harukana Jidai no Kaidan O (Stairway to the Distant Past) (Japanese, L)
* ++ Chakushin Ari Final (One Missed Call Final) (Japanese, L)
* +++++ (Palwolui Christmas (Christmas in August) (Korean, L)
* +++++ Pepperment Candy (Korean, L)
* +++++ Memento Mori (Korean, L)
* +++++ Formula 17 (Taiwanese, L)
* +++++ Gei ba ba de xin (My Father is a Hero) (Chinese, T)
* +++ Yeojaneun namjaui miraeda (Woman is the Future of Man) (Korean, L)
* +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ +++++ Save the Green Planet (Korean, L)
* ++ Sin City (Merkun, friend)
* ++++ PTU (PTU - Police Tactical Unit) (HK, L)
* +++ Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Merkun, T)
* +++ The Matrix (Merkun, T)
* +++ Like Water for Chocolate (Como Agua Para Chocolate) (Spanish, T)
* ++++ The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (T)
* +++++ ++ Bian Bian (The King of Masks) (Chinese, T)
* +++++ +++++ Quill (Japanese, R, the best doggone (dog) move I've seen... made me cry)
* +++++ +++ Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (Korean/Kim Ki-duk, T)
* ++++ Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (Korean, L)
* ++++ Leviathan ('Merkun, T)
* +++++ Picture Brides (Japanese/American? VHS rental)
* ++++ Kiss of the Dragon (Merkun/etc, T)
* +++++ The Specialist (with Jean Reno, housemate's)
* +++ Most of the James Bond films
* numerous other H'wood movies....
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My Korean DVDs as of 2011-08:
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