Worst DVD covers... ever! (Part Deux)

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Kinsayder · #901 Post by **Kinsayder** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:33 am

dx23 wrote:

Wow, what a foxy babe! Oh, wait...

#902 Post by **domino harvey** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:52 am

Fred Ward rules.

Cold Bishop · #903 Post by **Cold Bishop** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:54 am

kaujot · #904 Post by **kaujot** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:46 pm

I'm pretty sure this has been posted before. But it needs repeating.

#905 Post by **domino harvey** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:48 pm

Why is Frank Sinatra's signature on the set?

Kinsayder · #906 Post by **Kinsayder** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:59 pm

So Prince of Pennsylvania is either... a wacky comedy about a crazy happy family and their loopy VW Beetle who drives around in a giant straw hat... or a post-apocalyptic Mad Max nightmare where kids tote shotguns, wage war on the police and wear the scalps of their victims.

Tom Hagen · #907 Post by **Tom Hagen** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:13 pm

I really was hoping that they would change the Godfather set's cover for the American release. The terrible irony is of course that Paramount spent so much time, money, and care restoring the films, only to end up with this atrocity of a box case.

And "amazing" is the best adjective they can come up with for these films?

dx23 · #908 Post by **dx23** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:00 pm

Antoine Doinel · #909 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:06 pm

Tom Hagen wrote:And "amazing" is the best adjective they can come up with for these films?

The question is why do they need to put sales text on the cover of the box at all? Isn't the legacy of these films enough? (And calling the Godfather Part III "amazing" is generous at best).

Kirkinson · #910 Post by **Kirkinson** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:26 am

#911 Post by **mfunk9786** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 2:22 pm

Antoine Doinel wrote:
Tom Hagen wrote:And "amazing" is the best adjective they can come up with for these films?
The question is why do they need to put sales text on the cover of the box at all? Isn't the legacy of these films enough? (And calling the Godfather Part III "amazing" is generous at best).

I don't know, I was pretty amazed at how badly that movie was executed.

colinr0380 · #912 Post by **colinr0380** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 4:08 pm

Correction:

mfunk9786 wrote:I don't know, I was pretty amazed at how badly Sofia Coppola was executed.

BrianInAtlanta · #913 Post by **BrianInAtlanta** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:19 pm

colinr0380 wrote:Correction:
mfunk9786 wrote:I don't know, I was pretty amazed at how badly Sofia Coppola was executed.

I don't know. One shot to the gut and down she goes. I thought it was a good execution.

#914 Post by **domino harvey** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 6:44 pm

***SPOILER ALERT***
Just joking, we've all seen that shit

davebert · #915 Post by **davebert** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 6:57 pm

I've actually put off watching Godfather Part III since I got the trilogy on DVD, what, five years ago? I simply can't bring myself to spoil the fond memories.

#916 Post by **domino harvey** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 6:59 pm

Allow me to be heretical and say I like Part III exactly as much as I like Part II, which is to say, not a whole lot. I'll just be picking up the first movie this go-around and not blind-buying the whole trilogy.

flyonthewall2983 · Tue Jul 01, 2008 7:12 pm

kaujot wrote:I'm pretty sure this has been posted before. But it needs repeating.

I like the spine. That's all that matters to me, since ostensibly I would spend more time looking at it rather than the cover.

Tom Hagen · #918 Post by **Tom Hagen** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 7:14 pm

domino harvey wrote:Allow me to be heretical and say I like Part III exactly as much as I like Part II, which is to say, not a whole lot.

Rounding the pitchforks and torches . . .

I haven't watched my Part III disc once since I purchased the first box set in 2002. Aside from the horrible cover art, the continued bundling of Part III with the first two films is the only irritant involved in double dipping for this set.

chaddoli · #919 Post by **chaddoli** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:47 pm

I actually don't mind Part III. Sure it's far too long, Sofia is terrible and it is certainly the worst of the series, but there are some good scenes in there. I particularly like the finale assassination. The film would be an interesting companion piece to The Sopranos: Season 6.

colinr0380 · #920 Post by **colinr0380** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:50 am

chaddoli wrote:I actually don't mind Part III. Sure it's far too long, Sofia is terrible and it is certainly the worst of the series, but there are some good scenes in there.

This is where I would completely agree with Coppola on the commentary - even just calling the film The Death Of Michael Corleone would have served to reduce expectations of an enormous, booming "Part III" of the series and given the film a chance to stand up as an addendum to what came before rather than a continuation. I don't mind the film, but it was always going to have a tough time dealing with the slide into failure of the main character compared to the rise of the first two parts (albeit with major sacrifices along the way).

dx23 · #921 Post by **dx23** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:23 pm

fiddlesticks · #922 Post by **fiddlesticks** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:50 pm

That's got the BFI Salo beat by a full nipple.

flyonthewall2983 · Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:16 pm

God, did that movie really deserve TWO spoofs?

moviscop · #924 Post by **moviscop** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 1:40 am

Reeves is such a badass

Antoine Doinel · #925 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 3:59 am

That tagline is probably true.

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