Worst DVD Covers...ever! (Part 3-D)

[mfunk9786]

Rhys, we're only going to have one-day cameos in this movie if the production company will sign something promising that we're uncredited. No, we're not joking.

[Minkin]

Caught this today at Barnes and Noble.

[karmajuice]

I can't wait to see the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die edition of Au Hasard, Balthazar.

[mfunk9786]

More like Movies You'd Rather Die Than See, amirite?

[domino harvey]

The first rule of the 1001 Films You Must See Before You Die is that no one gives a shit

[dx23]

[zedz]

I know his career's gone down the toilet, but it's a bit of an insult to leave Kilmer off the cover and stick his lesbian aunt up there instead.

[oldsheperd]

What is this movie about? The title is awfully ambiguous

[aox]

I am assuming it is sort of like that documentary, Hands on a Hard Body, but with guns instead of a truck.

[domino harvey]

It's about a dyslexic zookeeper and his friendship with a wildebeest

[aox]

It probably isn't worth seeing. It's getting the worst reviews since Heaven's Gate.

[tarpilot]

i am very happy to own this.

[zedz]

Probably the truest use of the word 'variety' you'll ever see.

[eerik]

The first rule of the 1001 Films You Must See Before You Die is that no one gives a shit

I actually own that book (2008 edition I think) but the list is quite worthless indeed. Recent editions include such films as Avatar, Precious, Paranormal Activity, The Hangover, etc.

[domino harvey]

More like films to die before you see, amirite

[Brian C]

Does the list actually stay constant at 1001 from year to year? I would be interested to know what was bumped off to make room for The Hangover.

[Murdoch]

Prolly one of them movies where the people don't talk

[domino harvey]

Does the list actually stay constant at 1001 from year to year? I would be interested to know what was bumped off to make room for The Hangover.

Days of Wine and Roses?

[swo17]

I know you're not supposed to ask questions like this, but what is even the point of including on a list like this films that take more effort to avoid than to watch? I mean, is it possible somebody picks this book up and goes "Oh, The Hangover! I was meaning to see that!"

[domino harvey]

I know you're not supposed to ask questions like this, but what is even the point of including on a list like this films that take more effort to avoid than to watch? I mean, is it possible somebody picks this book up and goes "Oh, The Hangover! I was meaning to see that!"

"Let's consult the book: Okay, when we get to Blockbuster, we're gonna rent Wedding Crashers... Iron Man... and Pather Panchali!"

[matrixschmatrix]

I know you're not supposed to ask questions like this, but what is even the point of including on a list like this films that take more effort to avoid than to watch? I mean, is it possible somebody picks this book up and goes "Oh, The Hangover! I was meaning to see that!"

I've looked through that book- I got the impression it was larded with the occasional movie most people have seen so that if you were doing the 'how many of these have I watched' thing nobody would wind up with zero.

[Saturnome]

Hey it's the book that changed my life. I had never seen anything older than Star Wars before buying it, and the presence of a number of films I don't think much of today but did back then was simply the bait. Then I discovered Hitchcock made more than this TV series I heard of (the 80s one) and that Chaplin actually existed. Then about two years later I discovered this forum after seeing Abel Gance's Napoleon. I was watching almost a film per day back then, and of course I looked further than what was in the book (especially silents or a few directors like Ozu) but I think of this book as a real fine introduction to cinema for complete newbies. It's just something that is able to turn someone into a cinephile. I'm sure there's better, but nobody looks at these because they don't include Avatar, Lord of the Rings and Forrest Gump. Or film school, but that's a lot of time and money.

So yeah, I did rent Wedding Crashers, Iron Man and Pather Panchali when I started. Then I only rented Pather Panchali's sequels. (not exactly though, since my edition of the book is too old for Wedding Crashers and Iron Man)

[domino harvey]

Fair enough. I think we can at least all agree the initial thing that started this, the custom retail cover flaunting its placement on said list, is ridic

[dx23]

[jsteffe]

11th commandment: Thou shall hate this cover

Just saw this atrocious cover and was about post it here. I'm gratified to discover that a like-minded soul has beat me to it! I sincerely hope that the plastic-figurine look of Heston on the cover doesn't foretell a ruthlessly scrubbed and waxy image on the Blu-ray itself.