"Atman," as in the Hindu concept of self or soul, is a universal constant. Therefore the name "Atman Begins" is actually an interesting oxymoron. Clearly this film aims to explore the origins of Hindu mythology.
This collection has a very strong, 'pirated DVDs from 2005', feel about it. Full of titles that you only buy as fillers because you want to complete the special offer of 20 for the price of 10 at your local dodgy DVD boot sale stall.
The font on Sniper 3 is called Serpentine, and has been used by all sorts of sci-fi like Babylon 5 and the Star Trek TNG movies. Also, you saw the italic version on Step Up 3, which was super-popular with spy movies in the early 2000s.
There's so many versions of that film. There's one from 1993 which is apparently "okay" and I will watch. Even Donald Sutherland starred in a similar film, Puppet Masters.
Same here, in fact I'd say that basically every movie I've seen from Clint Eastwood(as a director) has been quite good to great and worthy of the occasional rewatch. The only exceptions I can really think of were Jersey Boys and 15:17 to Paris (which suffered by the odd choice of reenacting events using the actual people involved and not actors)
Of course, if you're the sort of person who thinks characters have to be 100% good or 100% evil then you won't enjoy it. Unfortunately we live in a world where a lot of Twitter activists dislike complex characters. So there's elements of negativity and discrimination about Walt in the film. But the whole point of the film is to show how he overcomes that and helps out his neighbour. Can't really say more without ruining the plot.
@@6581punk Bee Vang's recent comments were either clout chasing or he completely didn't understand the movie he was in. He seems dumb enough for either option to fit.
I love how so many of these DVDs choose News Of The World out of all the papers to feature as their review quote in the cover. Ah yes, the paper that had went through a lot of libel cases and hacked phones. Trutely a quote I can trust.
As soon as he pulled out batman begins, My mind flashed back to the Ashens Pirated DVDs series with Batman, The Dark Knight The Animated Series Zodiac 😂
The Wrestler genuinely is such a fantastic film, and the song that plays at the end (Also called 'The Wrestler', by Bruce Springsteen) is it's own depressing emotional journey as well. To anyone out there who can enjoy watching an utterly depressing film, where things will get better just to get worse, I cannot recommend it enough.
Gran Torino is pretty good, it ends a little differently that you’d think and i wouldn’t say it is overly depressing. Has some slow notes and some brutal scenes, but I’d recommend.
Imagine telling someone that the directors of You Me And Dupree would go on to direct a film that would become the highest grossing film worldwide for a bit of time.
“The Mortal Instruments: Hat Of Paint” is actually the first in the trilogy and it’s fairly well-done, although the clown-vampire fight at the end didn’t suspend my disbelief very well.
My wife and I went to the theater when Sex & The City came out. She went to see that, I went to see Kingdom of The Crystal Skull. I still came out ahead.
@@Clay3613 Exactly. You know what you are getting. When you order mcdonalds and get a bland ass burger it's hardly newsworthy, but when you order filet mignon and get a turd sandwich garnished with the undigested corn nibblet that is Shia LeBeef, it's a real gut punch.
You could shoot a 4 hour vid at my place with all the random dvds I have here. I think one pile of them may now have become structurally necessary to the house.
A friend: Can I watch this movie? You: no no no don't touch that stack the up stairs toilet will come down (I'm not that far behind ya lol my wife complains all the time even though they are in our extra room) honestly I don't even know the movies I have now even vhs dvd laser disc hell even some obscure ones on vinyl lol. Can't watch em but I still have em found em in a pawn shop for 3 bucks a piece. The guys in there thought it was a record I didn't say anything about it lol. But I was thinking what kind of record player would play vinyls in a case?
@@fordshojoe8080 I remember back when I was studying. I lent a mate a copy of Akira on dvd. It came back soaked in coffee and scratched up by what looks like a large tiger. I was always “once bitten twice shy” about lending dvds after that.
@@biscuitsalive ooo yea I could definitely understand that. I don't understand what some people do with stuff like that. I mean it's a movie do you really touch it that much that you need it up like that? In your case it's like did you try to eat it? Did you take it to the zoo and let a tiger try to eat it? If I see someone do that thing where they put the dvd on top of the case while changing movies they never touch mine again. Kids are the world's worst getting their fingerprints all over it ugh. I get a little leery sometimes too because I've had a person borrow I think like 3 movies from me at once and literally 2 days later they were in texas moving there (I live in Tennessee) I was like wtf dude you stole my movies he said who cares they are like 5 bucks at a pawn shop. That's not the fucking point dude you borrowed my movies 2 of probably my favorite and moved across the country. I tried and tried to get him to freaking mail me those movies at least the 2 I really liked he wouldn't do it. Well I have to go to his town in a few weeks for a business trip so guess who's getting their movies back. I ain't telling him I'm coming either I'm just gonna show up.
I have around 3,000 dvds since we don't have cable or Wi-Fi besides my phone so there's nothing to watch we get a lot from yard sale and flea markets and people giving them away. Got some good ones but yeah they take up so much space and we have to keep getting new shelves which we also get from thrift stores and places like that and now it's like you can't touch them or they will come crashing down. The length of my hallway is just shelves lined with dvds. Most of which we've watched multiple times. And yes norbit was a shit movie, I think ive somehow acquired two copies lol!
God I remember Norbit on 5:30 I accepted to go to the cinema with my mom and some aunts to see that shit just to later go to a videogame store and buy a Nintendo Wii back on 2007, and the sacrifice was worth...
Welcome back.. Pete Postlewaite, we used to play on a Sunday afternoon, spot Sam Kydd, that's how my dad kept us quite, in front of the TV he was in every film in the 1950's and 60's.
Similarly, the Australian character actor, Reg Lye, who popped up everywhere in the 1950's and '60's. He's great in the 1967-68 Doctor Who story, 'The Enemy Of The World', where he plays the depressive chef, Griffin.
@@stuartkenny7430 - Sam Kydd was the star of a 1960's childrens' TV show called 'Orlando'. Oddly, this was a direct spinoff of a serious drama show for adults called 'Crane', about a smuggler on the Mediterranean. Orlando was his sidekick. Sadly, very few episodes now exist.
So the thing about the Paranormal Activity movies is they were definitely designed for theater watching. I would go to the opening weekend for those films, and the theater was always packed full. Normally this means a lot of noise etc, but with these movies it would always be a tense silence as we all looked to see what was going to move/be creepy during the “wheres waldo” type haunting scenes. Definitely something that doesnt work nearly as well sitting at home, but it was an amazingly fun group activity to see them in the theater. Not really comparable to any movie experience that i’ve had outside of those films.
I've not seen the film 'Last Orders' , but I remember reading a one star review of it ,which described michael caine as 'stumbling around like a pissed owl'. That description stuck with me for some reason .
Ironic that Ashens fell asleep during The Invasion, considering it deliberately says not to on the back of the box. Almost like they already knew how boring it was lol
@Gasoline85 I did that with the ring sequel that came out a few years back,have still never got through it,fallen asleep every time I've tried to watch it
Love the wrestler, Darren Aronofski is a genius. It's crazy how most of his movies deal with addiction and self destructive behavior in one form or another.
The advertising on that "The Wrestler" DVD is hilarious how misleading theyre trying to be!!! Its a great movie, I LOVE it. but its FAR from ANYTHING anyone would call "THE RAGING BULL OF WRESTLING MOVIES" or "THE ULTIMATE MAN FILM"
It's so disingenuous to the actual film I almost feel like it's intentional. Like how Spec Ops The Line was advertised as just another military shooter.
@@swanningabout being horologically correct yes Saturday, but as another said until I’ve nodded off it still feels like a Friday night. If out drinking ( remember those days?) I consider it Friday.
Fun fact about "The Passion of the Christ": the dude playing Jesus got struck by lightning during filming. Apparently nobody involved could take a hint.
If I was Mel I'd be calling up the studio like "Yeah, we're halting production and destroying all the footage. Why? Because God let off a warning shot at Jim that's why!"
Interesting link between the last 2 films. 'Sugarscape', the publication that reviewed 'The Mortal Instruments', was owned by the Hearst Corporation, a company founded by William Randolph Hearst who was portrayed in 'The Cats Meow'!
Gran Torino is an excellent film. Definitely recommend it, it was my introduction to Clint Eastwood. It's about a Korean War veteran overcoming his bias towards Koreans after an Asian family moves in next door to him.
did you know that the hand written codes on the stickers from charity shops like wk3 10219 are like use by dates in a sense. they tell the staff seeing a a lot of the time staff is rotated when that item was out from and if its been out too long it gets reduced, put away for another time like when stock is short, or packed away and sent to another branch of that charity. So stock is refreshed, and things are kept interesting. Which can be difficult cause they rely on what gets donated sometimes there's a flurry of that one things sometimes not. It's not like tescos or other big places where they just order stuff in. Although some charity shops do have new stock like calendars, diaries, and some gifts but they are usually only seasonally available.
Charity shops such as sue ryder also have a lot of new furniture which would help to make extra cash but often ends up just being a waste of floor space as they rarely ever sell
The fact that I got on ad for some dolls called "Na! Na! Na! Surprise Teens" on a youtube channel that reviews tat tells me all I need to know about the product advertised But hey on the bright side I did see that and go "huh, maybe I should buy one and save it to ship to Stuart in 20 years for no reason"
Stuart I hope you see this comment. Gran Torino is a really uplifting story about a crotchety old man and a kid bonding after the kid nearly steals the old man's car. The old guy being bitter about Hmong Vietnamese people basically taking over his neighborhood, but becoming accepting through exposure. Meanwhile he teaches the kid to be a responsible adult and a good person. Also the ending will definitely make you bawl your eyes out. It's a damn good and underrated movie. Just in a bittersweet sort of way. It's definitely worth a watch, or 20. Despite Clint Eastwood's faults, he made a real gem with Gran Torino.
Wouldn’t a zero-disc edition be like those games that have a physical case you can buy from a store, but then all it has inside is a slip of paper with a download code? Have any movies actually been released like that? Now I’m curious
I still associate the Toby Maguire trilogy with spider-man, so I was really freaked out and kind of disgusted until I remember that marvels been making Live Action Aunt May hot now.
How much would someone, or a group of people, have to donate for you to watch and record your reactions to the films you haven't seen in these DVD groups? Preferably all in one sitting.
I remember Greenfingers! It's about a group of prisoners who take up gardening as a reform program, and go on to enter some big national gardening competition. No idea how close it was to reality, but the movie was enjoyable enough.
@@bettyswollocks1670 including the Capitol ya’ll tried to wreck? Just because I have Gestapo in my username doesn’t mean I’m a Nazi. I like Orwell and freedom so fuck off.
I love it when they list "animated and sound interactive menu" as an extra feature. Were there ever DVDs which didn't have menus--pop them in the player, and they automatically played AND YOU COULDN'T MAKE THEM STOP
I've only seen 1 DVD without a menu and that was my DVD of K-1 Grand Prix 2002, which was a kickboxing show from Japan. And I have about 1000 DVDs in my collection.
There were actually a whole range of them in Turkey with "Press-n-Play" branding until about 7 years ago. They were versions of films with no menu, no extras, cost more than regular DVDs for some reason yet they sold much more apparently.
As a fan of wrestling for 53 years.... I can say, the movie The Wrestler is an excellent movie to learn the behind the scenes business. Highly recommended.
22:50, ah, the Serpentine font, as seen on low-budget sci-fi, automobile maintenance stuff, and the logo of Dance Dance Revolution games from the 90's.
Regarding Argo: the "based on a selection" by Tony Mendez, he was a CIA officer, and his wife Jonna (still alive) was the CIA head of disguises. They both wrote some crazy books, and Jonna has done some really cool videos recently about her days at the CIA. That said, overall while Argo was a great film, in reality Canada did the lions share of the work in getting the hostages out, not the US as depicted.
The Mike Tyson tattoo thing happened but it was the 3rd movie I think. It was the tattoo artist that sued the movie rather than Tyson himself though. I'm pretty sure the whole case was settled to keep the movie in theaters though and most likely the home version changed it.
I love longer Ashens videos, i often use them to fall asleep, in a good way. I find them to be oddly comforting for some reason I can’t explain. Thanks stu
Regarding The Hangover 2, I believe it was Tyson's tattoo artist who sued over them reusing a specific design, because Tyson doesn't own that design. Same reason why most wrestling action figures don't recreate the wrestlers' tattoos accurately, because they generally don't want to pay the original tattoo artist to reuse their design.
The Mortal Instruments movie, you were correct, it was meant to have addition movies. So they turned it into four seasons on Netflix called Shadow Hunters.
@@Fatspurios I wasn't disputing that it was your opinion, you can think it's brilliant if you want. I was simply offering my own opinion of it. You seem to have taken my reply in the wrong way. :-)
Exactly, thank you. Not saying that because I knew it or something, but by logic, you know. Because Mike Tyson, is in one of these damn things!!! So why would he sue them, it's not the logical thing, unless the guy is a complete d*ck.
They look like charity shop shelf pulls. It’s sad how much they have dropped in value , I remember the days of selling them for a quid each at boot sales real easy. Now I struggle to sell x200 for £10
That was Nemesis in Resident Evil Apocalypse. I love the games and the films. The films are not movie versions of the games, but I highly enjoyed them. I love these DVD segments, glad their back.
This is a mostly high-quality selection of films (and a few amazingly bad ones). Kinda shocked this came from e-bay. Gran Torino isn't really that depressing of a film. It's rather heart-warming for most of its run-time. It's about a crotchety old guy who gets involved with some young immigrant kid and decides to help him out (I forget the actual reason for it...). He doesn't like young people and they allude to him being possibly a bit racist (? I can't remember...), but Foreign Kid gets to learn how to be a responsible Good American and Old Man learns to respect youth and them foreigners and then some shit goes down with some other foreigners that he doesn't learn to like. Overall, tho, it's a decently made movie with a really simple plot and story, but engaging, and while the actors are largely not that great at all in it (some of them are just goddamn terrible, in fact), there's a charming earnestness to the acting of these poor kids who have clearly never acted before that makes you like them beyond just as characters in a story, but as actors who landed their first gig acting against Clint fucking Eastwood.
I like the idea of referring to Sean Bean as Mr Bean just to really confuse people when talking about movies.
Rowan Atkinson "Stay Frosty"
Mr Bean always dies
When asked, just say "the one that punched Madonna."
For some reason that reminds me of the gag in the Simpsons where Tony Blair appears, voiced by actual Tony Blair, only for Homer to call him Mr Bean.
Unless you need something lets continue on to weynon priory
One day your movies will turn up in one of these.
Implying someone actually bothered to make more than one bluray or dvd
didn't he show off a pirated copy of quest for the game child once?
@@trashheap94 yeah lol
Sure he showed a dvd before in one of these that he was in
@McFlickers More like spot the new content.
You can't tell if the video is new or 11 years old (and I love it)
"Atman," as in the Hindu concept of self or soul, is a universal constant. Therefore the name "Atman Begins" is actually an interesting oxymoron. Clearly this film aims to explore the origins of Hindu mythology.
This collection has a very strong, 'pirated DVDs from 2005', feel about it. Full of titles that you only buy as fillers because you want to complete the special offer of 20 for the price of 10 at your local dodgy DVD boot sale stall.
The font on Sniper 3 is called Serpentine, and has been used by all sorts of sci-fi like Babylon 5 and the Star Trek TNG movies. Also, you saw the italic version on Step Up 3, which was super-popular with spy movies in the early 2000s.
I think I used to use a very similar font called "dungeon" in my graphics design days.
Huh. Thanks, I never knew what that font was called. The more you know
@@SusanIvanova2257 Sites like fonts in use are a great resource for learning about different and common typefaces used. :)
You know you're in for a treat when the actors' "previously known for" movies on the back cover are Date Movie and White Chicks.
Wow they’re really scraping the bottom of the barrel with quality there aren’t they?
DVD case:
"Don't fall asleep, the invasion is here."
Ashens:
"I fell asleep watching this"
failed step one
There's so many versions of that film. There's one from 1993 which is apparently "okay" and I will watch. Even Donald Sutherland starred in a similar film, Puppet Masters.
It was a plea, rather than a command.
@@6581punk The 1993 version is the best with the 1956 original. Then the 1978 version, then it's fifty feet of crap, then it's the 2007 version.
"Samuel l Jackson is superb"
nothing to do with the film, we just thought you ought to know.
Well, they're not wrong.
@yogibear2k2 cringe
If you ever meet him, tell him I loved him in "The Matrix".
@WARMODE CHODE - What, you're saying he sucked in The Matrix, is that it? I guess you're entitled to your opinion, but I think he was great in it.
@WARMODE CHODE - He's alright, but not as good as Samuel L. Jackson was in The Matrix.
12:55 "Why have I not heard of this?"
*Checks Special Features*
"Unseen Marketing Campaign"
Well that explains it.
Gran Torino is actually really good, I’ve watched it probably 5 times over the years, it’s got a really good story
I recommend the film as well.
I third this, brilliant movie.
Same here, in fact I'd say that basically every movie I've seen from Clint Eastwood(as a director) has been quite good to great and worthy of the occasional rewatch. The only exceptions I can really think of were Jersey Boys and 15:17 to Paris (which suffered by the odd choice of reenacting events using the actual people involved and not actors)
Of course, if you're the sort of person who thinks characters have to be 100% good or 100% evil then you won't enjoy it. Unfortunately we live in a world where a lot of Twitter activists dislike complex characters. So there's elements of negativity and discrimination about Walt in the film. But the whole point of the film is to show how he overcomes that and helps out his neighbour. Can't really say more without ruining the plot.
@@6581punk Bee Vang's recent comments were either clout chasing or he completely didn't understand the movie he was in.
He seems dumb enough for either option to fit.
I love how so many of these DVDs choose News Of The World out of all the papers to feature as their review quote in the cover. Ah yes, the paper that had went through a lot of libel cases and hacked phones. Trutely a quote I can trust.
News of the World had a reading age of 8 and gave star ratings. That's all the marketing execs care about.
'The Men Who Stare at Goats' is very rare in that the names are in the same order as the faces on the cover (poster)
But they left out the goat's name.
Saying that, weren't there some posters that had "Goat" written above the goat?
Norbit is one of those films that if your heavely depressed you can watch it and realise your life is perfect compared to the film.
Or compare to your own*
At least he (actually, I will not spoil it).
as soon as i finish rewatching the other mystery dvd boxes a new one is uploaded, hell yeah
same here lol
We live in your world today.
It's funny you say that because I was just about to start rewatching them. I was like holy shit did he read my mind?
you should play the lottery
Want a handy?
As soon as he pulled out batman begins, My mind flashed back to the Ashens Pirated DVDs series with Batman, The Dark Knight The Animated Series Zodiac 😂
'This is the zodiac spoaking'
Bought it for son as he requested.
His random DVD or CD showcase videos are one of my favourite segments.
It is a great segment, just the right amount of randomness
I love it
Same here
The Wrestler genuinely is such a fantastic film, and the song that plays at the end (Also called 'The Wrestler', by Bruce Springsteen) is it's own depressing emotional journey as well. To anyone out there who can enjoy watching an utterly depressing film, where things will get better just to get worse, I cannot recommend it enough.
*its [own depressing, et cetera], meaning belonging to, and not "it's", which means 'It is'...
Gran Torino is pretty good, it ends a little differently that you’d think and i wouldn’t say it is overly depressing. Has some slow notes and some brutal scenes, but I’d recommend.
It's a good vs bad plot but done in a different way.
It has character development, something which is missing from most media nowadays.
@ShadowAngel I was thinking that same thing
These are always a treat; its like rummaging through cheap dvd bins at a dollar store, but at home!
A dear old friend of mine was the composer/music supervisor for 'The Cat's Meow.' He regrettably passed away last summer.
F
Sorry to hear
Imagine telling someone that the directors of You Me And Dupree would go on to direct a film that would become the highest grossing film worldwide for a bit of time.
Me after reading this comment: "Who directed You, Me, and HOLY SHIT IT'S THE RUSSO BROTHERS!"
Fifth highest counting inflation, second highest not counting inflation (Avatar took back the first place after China re-release).
It's like finding out the director of the 1st and 3rd highest grossing films of all time used to do modelwork for Roger Corman.
“The Mortal Instruments: Hat Of Paint” is actually the first in the trilogy and it’s fairly well-done, although the clown-vampire fight at the end didn’t suspend my disbelief very well.
My wife and I went to the theater when Sex & The City came out. She went to see that, I went to see Kingdom of The Crystal Skull.
I still came out ahead.
Debatable.
@@capness1228 Sex & The City the TV show was horrible and so are the movies.
I'd say it was probably a close thing but oooof
@@Clay3613 Exactly. You know what you are getting. When you order mcdonalds and get a bland ass burger it's hardly newsworthy, but when you order filet mignon and get a turd sandwich garnished with the undigested corn nibblet that is Shia LeBeef, it's a real gut punch.
@@Clay3613 The second movie killed the whole franchise...for now.
"Norbit" vs "Jack & Jill" - FIGHT!
i think you meant to finish that with 'foodfight!'
which is another absolutely atrociously terrible film
Norbit hands down
Norbit. At least that movie had Terry Crews.
No matter what the audience loses
Love Norbit hilarious
With how many DVDs you have you could probably open a damn blockbuster
Why would he open a corpse?
Did you just wake up from a 20 year coma?
I still have a Blockbuster member card. My plan is to keep it for 20 years then sell it to fund my retirement. A sure-fire strategy.
Blockbuster is technically still going by the way.
@@bt3743 if it's past its expiry date
You could shoot a 4 hour vid at my place with all the random dvds I have here.
I think one pile of them may now have become structurally necessary to the house.
A friend: Can I watch this movie?
You: no no no don't touch that stack the up stairs toilet will come down
(I'm not that far behind ya lol my wife complains all the time even though they are in our extra room) honestly I don't even know the movies I have now even vhs dvd laser disc hell even some obscure ones on vinyl lol. Can't watch em but I still have em found em in a pawn shop for 3 bucks a piece. The guys in there thought it was a record I didn't say anything about it lol. But I was thinking what kind of record player would play vinyls in a case?
@@fordshojoe8080 I remember back when I was studying. I lent a mate a copy of Akira on dvd.
It came back soaked in coffee and scratched up by what looks like a large tiger.
I was always “once bitten twice shy” about lending dvds after that.
@@biscuitsalive ooo yea I could definitely understand that. I don't understand what some people do with stuff like that. I mean it's a movie do you really touch it that much that you need it up like that? In your case it's like did you try to eat it? Did you take it to the zoo and let a tiger try to eat it? If I see someone do that thing where they put the dvd on top of the case while changing movies they never touch mine again. Kids are the world's worst getting their fingerprints all over it ugh. I get a little leery sometimes too because I've had a person borrow I think like 3 movies from me at once and literally 2 days later they were in texas moving there (I live in Tennessee) I was like wtf dude you stole my movies he said who cares they are like 5 bucks at a pawn shop. That's not the fucking point dude you borrowed my movies 2 of probably my favorite and moved across the country. I tried and tried to get him to freaking mail me those movies at least the 2 I really liked he wouldn't do it. Well I have to go to his town in a few weeks for a business trip so guess who's getting their movies back. I ain't telling him I'm coming either I'm just gonna show up.
Ah yes, me and my load-bearing copy of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
I have around 3,000 dvds since we don't have cable or Wi-Fi besides my phone so there's nothing to watch we get a lot from yard sale and flea markets and people giving them away. Got some good ones but yeah they take up so much space and we have to keep getting new shelves which we also get from thrift stores and places like that and now it's like you can't touch them or they will come crashing down. The length of my hallway is just shelves lined with dvds. Most of which we've watched multiple times. And yes norbit was a shit movie, I think ive somehow acquired two copies lol!
God I remember Norbit on 5:30 I accepted to go to the cinema with my mom and some aunts to see that shit just to later go to a videogame store and buy a Nintendo Wii back on 2007, and the sacrifice was worth...
An evening of torture followed by an eternity of Wii'ing. Are you sure Norbit didn't kill you and send you to heaven?
That was your reward for watching one of the worst movies ever made, I think. They knew.
"Films you've actually heard of!? Not interested!"
Hilarious
Welcome back.. Pete Postlewaite, we used to play on a Sunday afternoon, spot Sam Kydd, that's how my dad kept us quite, in front of the TV he was in every film in the 1950's and 60's.
Similarly, the Australian character actor, Reg Lye, who popped up everywhere in the 1950's and '60's.
He's great in the 1967-68 Doctor Who story, 'The Enemy Of The World', where he plays the depressive chef, Griffin.
@@brianartillery Both Sam Kydd and Reg Lye turn up in old films and TV shows on Talking Pictures TV.
@@stuartkenny7430 - Sam Kydd was the star of a 1960's childrens' TV show called 'Orlando'. Oddly, this was a direct spinoff of a serious drama show for adults called 'Crane', about a smuggler on the Mediterranean. Orlando was his sidekick.
Sadly, very few episodes now exist.
So the thing about the Paranormal Activity movies is they were definitely designed for theater watching. I would go to the opening weekend for those films, and the theater was always packed full. Normally this means a lot of noise etc, but with these movies it would always be a tense silence as we all looked to see what was going to move/be creepy during the “wheres waldo” type haunting scenes.
Definitely something that doesnt work nearly as well sitting at home, but it was an amazingly fun group activity to see them in the theater. Not really comparable to any movie experience that i’ve had outside of those films.
I recall falling asleep for about 20 minutes when watching the first movie.
I've not seen the film 'Last Orders' , but I remember reading a one star review of it ,which described michael caine as 'stumbling around like a pissed owl'. That description stuck with me for some reason .
This is in my top 10 fav TH-cam comments
Ironic that Ashens fell asleep during The Invasion, considering it deliberately says not to on the back of the box. Almost like they already knew how boring it was lol
I remember trying to watch a particular movie thrice because I fell asleep the first two times watching it.
Ave
@Gasoline85 I did that with the ring sequel that came out a few years back,have still never got through it,fallen asleep every time I've tried to watch it
Clearly we must start making more noise for THE RETURN OF TERRIBLE OLD GAMES WE'VE PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OF.
Hear hear!!
@@GreatSageSunWukong YOU HEAR THAT, STUART? THE BUDDHA VICTORIOUS IN STRIFE AGREES.
YES!!
Absolutely!
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It's not quite the same when you can't get Season 2, Episodes 12-15 of some random show.
God I know. I got so many random dvds from movie stop one time and it was aaammaaazing
wonder if this is stuff Music Magpie can't shift - I used to volunteer in an oxfam and things that didn't sell were sent to Music Magpie
Love seeing a Moodysson film in here. Show Me Love is my favorite movie of all time, and Together is a damn good follow up.
Love the wrestler, Darren Aronofski is a genius. It's crazy how most of his movies deal with addiction and self destructive behavior in one form or another.
Ashens) "My name is Alice and I remember everything" said in the tone of Hannibal Lector
Resident Evil starring Anthony Hopkins would be much better.
The advertising on that "The Wrestler" DVD is hilarious how misleading theyre trying to be!!!
Its a great movie, I LOVE it.
but its FAR from ANYTHING anyone would call "THE RAGING BULL OF WRESTLING MOVIES" or "THE ULTIMATE MAN FILM"
It's so disingenuous to the actual film I almost feel like it's intentional. Like how Spec Ops The Line was advertised as just another military shooter.
The Ultimate-Man Film? The Ultimate Man-Film? What does it even mean
The Passion of Chris Tarrant, starring Michael Sheen, Steve Punt and the hot priest from Fleabag
I haven't even seen the series Fleabag but I knew who you meant and...yeah 🤤 lol
Stuart, it’s 10 past midnight.
But you’ve nothing better to be doing on a Friday night. Join the very large club.
@@sparky4878 Saturday morning if it's past midnight
It's not the next day until you wake up
@@swanningabout being horologically correct yes Saturday, but as another said until I’ve nodded off it still feels like a Friday night. If out drinking ( remember those days?) I consider it Friday.
Fun fact about "The Passion of the Christ": the dude playing Jesus got struck by lightning during filming. Apparently nobody involved could take a hint.
Jim Caveezel?Caviezel? (Yeah, the guy from the first one)
@@iimMrBrightside Yup.
I always get his surname wrong so just refer to him as Jimmy Christ.
when even God says your movie is just an overbudgeted exploitation flick and he prefers Life of Brian, you're doing filming wrong.
If I was Mel I'd be calling up the studio like "Yeah, we're halting production and destroying all the footage. Why? Because God let off a warning shot at Jim that's why!"
Interesting link between the last 2 films. 'Sugarscape', the publication that reviewed 'The Mortal Instruments', was owned by the Hearst Corporation, a company founded by William Randolph Hearst who was portrayed in 'The Cats Meow'!
I have that DVD of Death Train and 80% of Christopher Lee's dialogue is in Russian... There are no subtitles.
The subtitles are on vhs but they didn't put them on the dvd
Studio executive: How do we market L.A. Confidential DVD?"
Studio executive #2: "boobs"
Gran Torino is an excellent film. Definitely recommend it, it was my introduction to Clint Eastwood. It's about a Korean War veteran overcoming his bias towards Koreans after an Asian family moves in next door to him.
did you know that the hand written codes on the stickers from charity shops like wk3 10219 are like use by dates in a sense. they tell the staff seeing a a lot of the time staff is rotated when that item was out from and if its been out too long it gets reduced, put away for another time like when stock is short, or packed away and sent to another branch of that charity. So stock is refreshed, and things are kept interesting. Which can be difficult cause they rely on what gets donated sometimes there's a flurry of that one things sometimes not. It's not like tescos or other big places where they just order stuff in. Although some charity shops do have new stock like calendars, diaries, and some gifts but they are usually only seasonally available.
Charity shops such as sue ryder also have a lot of new furniture which would help to make extra cash but often ends up just being a waste of floor space as they rarely ever sell
The fact that I got on ad for some dolls called "Na! Na! Na! Surprise Teens" on a youtube channel that reviews tat tells me all I need to know about the product advertised
But hey on the bright side I did see that and go "huh, maybe I should buy one and save it to ship to Stuart in 20 years for no reason"
Ship it to him now, he'll review it in 20 years
@@TheTreyBlue The level at which you are absolutely correct is disturbing 🤣
I'm waiting for them to go on clearance, so I can make something neat out of them.
I’ve been seeing those ads a lot lately too. And they always pop up in the weirdest places like Warhammer 40K videos.
Who Frames Roger Rabbit ends in 'bit'.
*Framed. You were so close to making an excellent joke, but blew it due to the spelling. What a shame...
that moment DVD's became the new VHS tapes, the future is sometimes scary.
"How about you" - saw it over this last Christmas period - It was 'nice', predictable and harmless. I think your evaluation from the cover was spot on
Apocalypse is my favourite of the Resident Evil films, if only because the Nemesis was just a big guy in a suit.
Gotta appreciate a good suit.
i think i like these vids so much because it's clear that stuart is a film buff and he gets to talk about something he likes.
This video has the same vibe as digging through the Wal-Mart $5 DVD bin looking for hidden treasures.
Stuart I hope you see this comment. Gran Torino is a really uplifting story about a crotchety old man and a kid bonding after the kid nearly steals the old man's car. The old guy being bitter about Hmong Vietnamese people basically taking over his neighborhood, but becoming accepting through exposure. Meanwhile he teaches the kid to be a responsible adult and a good person. Also the ending will definitely make you bawl your eyes out. It's a damn good and underrated movie. Just in a bittersweet sort of way. It's definitely worth a watch, or 20. Despite Clint Eastwood's faults, he made a real gem with Gran Torino.
"nah this is that mel gibson one where there's like, jesus, innit?" lmao
0:25 'I would have referenced Sweet Dreams there'
*Stuart references Sweet Dreams*
'This is why he's my favourite TH-camr'.
What I'm getting from this is that you can buy 80 DVDs for £12 but for the love of God, don't.
I would have nowhere to put them!
I would buy 80 anime DVDs and I damn well did 5 times.
@The Annoyed Mr Floyd 80 anime dvds would cost you a bajillion pounds 10 years ago
@@theannoyedmrfloyd3998 80 anime DVDs for £12? Are you sure you actually bought them and it wasn't just a dream you had?
Actually, I’m surprised at how many of these are watchable.
Bloody love Death Train, my 2nd favourite Brosnan movie 👍🏻
7:10 Batman Begins, 1 - Disc edition
Thanks for not selling the zero disc edition.
This is the first time of heard a DVD with a 1-disc edition.
I have the zero disc editions of every film ever made.
Wouldn’t a zero-disc edition be like those games that have a physical case you can buy from a store, but then all it has inside is a slip of paper with a download code?
Have any movies actually been released like that? Now I’m curious
@@psmstr that's a good point.
@@psmstr yes I've actually seen a copy of the last spiderman film in Tesco that came in a little cardboard box with a code inside
for anyone wondering death train came out in 1993 and ashens being born in 1976, he was only 16 years old when death train was released
I was about 19. Good times, people used to go out to the pub, socialise before the internet ruined everything :)
Its weird he says that he remembered being really young, Implying a way younger age, but in reality it was just his mid teens.
The Wrestler is great, worth it just to see Aunt May get her baps out 👍🏻🤣🤣🤣🤣
"And down in Norwich a slightly mad doctor puts it on to the pile with Death Train."
I still associate the Toby Maguire trilogy with spider-man, so I was really freaked out and kind of disgusted until I remember that marvels been making Live Action Aunt May hot now.
If you're using an external mic, perhaps a ground loop isolator would eliminate the noise you're getting whilst recording off of the mains.
the same happened to my Nintendo Switch
DI box. Commonly used to stop such things.
Is that a typical problem in Cobristan?
@@DennisFromRLM “Cobristan is not a real country!”
@@DennisFromRLM Well, that and a lack of passport-quality crayons, yes.
I am simultaneously pleased and ashamed that I too immediately think of Privateer when I see Clive Owen.
The resident evil movie series is fantastic for getting a group of friends together and cracking jokes as you watch, love em for that reason alone
Clearly you've never watched any decent films like the 1993 film Deadfall featuring all kinds of famous people who should know better
How much would someone, or a group of people, have to donate for you to watch and record your reactions to the films you haven't seen in these DVD groups?
Preferably all in one sitting.
Ashens needs to go on RLM.
I remember Greenfingers! It's about a group of prisoners who take up gardening as a reform program, and go on to enter some big national gardening competition. No idea how close it was to reality, but the movie was enjoyable enough.
It was the tattoo artist that sued because it was his design, but yes. I believe they settled it in the end.
It was the tattoo artist and they did settle.
I only know this because I watched a video on frivolous lawsuits and this was featured.
nothing like good old Ashens on a Saturday's morning at 8 AM
Here it’s 8 pm on a Friday night
Are you also in Perth, western Australia?
No, I’m in Houston, Texas, USA.
@@GamerKing50 I meant red wolf92 but thank you regardless
@@DewMan001 make sure to tag next time
Oh Mr Ashens, you do spoil us.. 😁👍🏻
Batman Begins's Gotham was lit. Then they just made it into NY for some reason.
*Chicago
Chicago in Dark Knight, then New York in Dark Knight Rises.
there have been plenty of well lit cities over the last year or so in the USA
@@bettyswollocks1670 including the Capitol ya’ll tried to wreck? Just because I have Gestapo in my username doesn’t mean I’m a Nazi. I like Orwell and freedom so fuck off.
@@MatiPryjomko yeah, TDKR actually used like 7 or 8 different cities mashed together, but I totally agree it feels the most like New York.
I look forward to your reviews of each and every one of these movies.
The Town is one of my all-time favorite films. I have seen it no less then 5 times.
I love it when they list "animated and sound interactive menu" as an extra feature. Were there ever DVDs which didn't have menus--pop them in the player, and they automatically played AND YOU COULDN'T MAKE THEM STOP
it was esp worse when you couldnt find the remote and you'd go insane from repeating clips in the menu
I've only seen 1 DVD without a menu and that was my DVD of K-1 Grand Prix 2002, which was a kickboxing show from Japan. And I have about 1000 DVDs in my collection.
There were actually a whole range of them in Turkey with "Press-n-Play" branding until about 7 years ago. They were versions of films with no menu, no extras, cost more than regular DVDs for some reason yet they sold much more apparently.
"Interactive menus" is up there with "1 disc edition" in terms of just having something to fill space on the box
As a fan of wrestling for 53 years.... I can say, the movie The Wrestler is an excellent movie to learn the behind the scenes business. Highly recommended.
The Wrestler is a fantastic movie. Something both fans and non-fans can enjoy.
for sure. it shows how scummy that avenue of entertainment can be.
22:50, ah, the Serpentine font, as seen on low-budget sci-fi, automobile maintenance stuff, and the logo of Dance Dance Revolution games from the 90's.
Regarding Argo: the "based on a selection" by Tony Mendez, he was a CIA officer, and his wife Jonna (still alive) was the CIA head of disguises. They both wrote some crazy books, and Jonna has done some really cool videos recently about her days at the CIA.
That said, overall while Argo was a great film, in reality Canada did the lions share of the work in getting the hostages out, not the US as depicted.
America exaggerating its accomplishments in international politics and diplomacy? Tell me it ain't so!
Eagle Eye is one of my favorite movies, very chaotic and entertaining.
You me and dupree isn't for everyone but i say give it a watch its just a fun movie
I remember seeing bits of Norbit while channel surfing on a hotel TV like 10 years ago. It was horrendous but not as bad as Pluto Nash.
Not a bad haul there for 12 quid delivered!
22:58 wow I immediately thought that it came with a game manual
The Mike Tyson tattoo thing happened but it was the 3rd movie I think. It was the tattoo artist that sued the movie rather than Tyson himself though. I'm pretty sure the whole case was settled to keep the movie in theaters though and most likely the home version changed it.
Greenfingers is a surprisingly good little film. Definitely worth a watch.
Seeing some of these DVDs who would pay the prices of them from a charity shop.
Had to argue with a guy in a charity shop once because they were 2 for £1 and there was only one film I wanted.
I would choose the worst DVD they had and then bin it immediately lol
I love longer Ashens videos, i often use them to fall asleep, in a good way. I find them to be oddly comforting for some reason I can’t explain. Thanks stu
"Everyone is a target" well it is an American film.
Regarding The Hangover 2, I believe it was Tyson's tattoo artist who sued over them reusing a specific design, because Tyson doesn't own that design. Same reason why most wrestling action figures don't recreate the wrestlers' tattoos accurately, because they generally don't want to pay the original tattoo artist to reuse their design.
The town was Pete postlethwaite last major film release did 1 more independent film and then sadly passed
Of cancer
That explains why I've not seen him in any films lately.
The Mortal Instruments movie, you were correct, it was meant to have addition movies. So they turned it into four seasons on Netflix called Shadow Hunters.
Which is much better then the movie. Except for the final season, absolutely rushed nightmare
@@jackieelizabeth8614 Agreed.
Men who stare at goats. Brilliant film.
I wouldn't say brilliant but it is great. Kind of a Coen brothers movie but without the Coen brothers.
@@lwaves it's only my opinion maybe I should of used enjoyable. Be well and stay safe.
@@Fatspurios I wasn't disputing that it was your opinion, you can think it's brilliant if you want. I was simply offering my own opinion of it. You seem to have taken my reply in the wrong way. :-)
@@lwaves no worries. Be well and stay safe.
@@Fatspurios You too. :-)
7:36 Went into Argo expecting nothing but it was really compelling. I'd watch it again. Always nice to find one of those.
Mike Tyson didn't sue the producers of The Hangover 2, the tattoo artist did because the tattoo was his original design.
Exactly, thank you. Not saying that because I knew it or something, but by logic, you know. Because Mike Tyson, is in one of these damn things!!! So why would he sue them, it's not the logical thing, unless the guy is a complete d*ck.
The Cat's Meow has Eddie Izzard as Charlie Chaplin and is quite good.
They look like charity shop shelf pulls. It’s sad how much they have dropped in value , I remember the days of selling them for a quid each at boot sales real easy. Now I struggle to sell x200 for £10
Gran Torino is a freaking excellent film. Totally right that it is depressing as all hell, but it's such a good movie
That was Nemesis in Resident Evil Apocalypse. I love the games and the films. The films are not movie versions of the games, but I highly enjoyed them. I love these DVD segments, glad their back.
Apocalypse is easily the best of the movies.
The invasion was terribly unbelievable. There’s dodgy people in the house and yet the owner walks right in as if nothings wrong.
This is a mostly high-quality selection of films (and a few amazingly bad ones). Kinda shocked this came from e-bay.
Gran Torino isn't really that depressing of a film. It's rather heart-warming for most of its run-time. It's about a crotchety old guy who gets involved with some young immigrant kid and decides to help him out (I forget the actual reason for it...). He doesn't like young people and they allude to him being possibly a bit racist (? I can't remember...), but Foreign Kid gets to learn how to be a responsible Good American and Old Man learns to respect youth and them foreigners and then some shit goes down with some other foreigners that he doesn't learn to like. Overall, tho, it's a decently made movie with a really simple plot and story, but engaging, and while the actors are largely not that great at all in it (some of them are just goddamn terrible, in fact), there's a charming earnestness to the acting of these poor kids who have clearly never acted before that makes you like them beyond just as characters in a story, but as actors who landed their first gig acting against Clint fucking Eastwood.