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Summary: Waste of Money
Review: I share the same feelings as Gary on this one. This is a really great program- not only for the Academy Awards info but for film history and great footage. There's plenty of red carpet footage and interviews with the stars who won and who came close.
- This is the silver dagger of my DVD collection. I literally hugged this boxset after watching it. I hugged it. It is mine. I am Fortunato Plethora, and I hug stuff I really, really like. And I really, really like this DVD collection.
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Summary: THE PANACEA OF DVDs
Review: I share the same feelings as Gary on this one. This is a really great program- not only for the Academy Awards info but for film history and great footage. There's plenty of red carpet footage and interviews with the stars who won and who came close.
- This is the silver dagger of my DVD collection. I literally hugged this boxset after watching it. I hugged it. It is mine. I am Fortunato Plethora, and I hug stuff I really, really like. And I really, really like this DVD collection.
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Summary: Waste of Money
Review: I was initially very excited about buying this DVD. Unfortunately, I bought the DVD before the viewer from Sacramento, CA. had posted his review. The only reviews that were posted at the time were glowing. Needless to say, I was very disappointed when I viewed the DVD. Not only is the quality of the movie footage terrible, but the quality of the audio is also very poor. There is even a statement on the back of the video that this product has not been endorsed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. I don't blame them.
This is truly a waste of money.
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Summary: Pop your popcorn and settle back for this one
Review: This is a great compilation of the last 31 years of Academy Awards. (They say that it is for the last 30 years. Wrong. Years 1972 through and including 2002 is 31, and not 30 years.) Of note, when they are referring to the winners of the 2002 Academy Awards, they are talking about movies released in 2002, and the Academy Awards show from spring of 2003. In other words, this compilation was completely up to date as of January, 2004, given that the Academy Awards show for movies relased in 2003 didn't occur until February 29, 2004.This set is a great trip down memory lane. At about six hours for the entire 3 disc set, each year has only 12 or so minutes devoted to the catagories of Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Actress in Leading Roles, and Best Actor and Actress in Supporting Roles, listing all of contenders and then the winners. Occasionally, they would even mention who won that year for the best screenplay, or original or adapted. I started watching the awards for 1972 movies, and didn't stop until 6 hours later at around 3:30 a.m. One interesting facet of this collection is that I could reflect on who I likely saw these movies with, given what realtionships I was in at the time. In watching this collection, I was able to remember some of the great movies that I've seen, and to be exposed to new movies to watch. But I want more! First, I thought that I'd like for them to go back to include the 50's and 60's. Then I realized that I'd want to see all of those great movies just before World War II. Then I realized that they might as well go back to the first Academy Awards in the late 20's. This collection is great fun. Every movie lover should have it in his or her library. I recommend it highly.
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Summary: Pop your popcorn and settle back for this one
Review: This is a great compilation of the last 31 years of Academy Awards. (They say that it is for the last 30 years. Wrong. Years 1972 through and including 2002 is 31, and not 30 years.) Of note, when they are referring to the winners of the 2002 Academy Awards, they are talking about movies released in 2002, and the Academy Awards show from spring of 2003. In other words, this compilation was completely up to date as of January, 2004, given that the Academy Awards show for movies relased in 2003 didn't occur until February 29, 2004. This set is a great trip down memory lane. At about six hours for the entire 3 disc set, each year has only 12 or so minutes devoted to the catagories of Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Actress in Leading Roles, and Best Actor and Actress in Supporting Roles, listing all of contenders and then the winners. Occasionally, they would even mention who won that year for the best screenplay, or original or adapted. I started watching the awards for 1972 movies, and didn't stop until 6 hours later at around 3:30 a.m. One interesting facet of this collection is that I could reflect on who I likely saw these movies with, given what realtionships I was in at the time. In watching this collection, I was able to remember some of the great movies that I've seen, and to be exposed to new movies to watch. But I want more! First, I thought that I'd like for them to go back to include the 50's and 60's. Then I realized that I'd want to see all of those great movies just before World War II. Then I realized that they might as well go back to the first Academy Awards in the late 20's. This collection is great fun. Every movie lover should have it in his or her library. I recommend it highly.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: This is a rip-off. The quality of the movie footage is terrible. Most of the stills they show aren't even from the movies they are talking about. Most of the red carpet footage seems to be from the 1999 awards. They even get facts wrong, such as stating that Meryl Streep won an Oscar for "Silkwood." This is just a cheap, shoddy product. Read Damien Bona's Oscar books instead. They offer great insight.
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