Club Columbia DVD

Club Columbia DVD believes there are certain films that stick with you forever. Some how they capture some truth, and life throws things at you that reminds you of them. Something someone says. A look that a friend gives you. A ridiculous situation that life puts you in.

There are a few films that you have to see before you die. I’m not being morbid- they are just amazing and totally unique experiences. I feel that if you don’t see these films you are truly missing out on something. Now narrowing these films down to five is impossible, but this is a blog and that’s what blogs do best.

So if you’re bored and wondering what to watch tonight- go get American Psycho. This is one of the great movies that may have slipped by you. Video stores often put this in the horror section. It was years before I saw if because I thought it was a cheap rip-off of Hitchcock’s Psycho. I was completely and totally wrong.

American Psycho is so much more than an everyday hack’n’slash. It’s a comedy, it’s satire, it’s tragedy- don’t let all of this put you off though. It’s not overwhelming with pretentious bullshit like a lot of art films. You don’t have to have a PhD in Sociology to understand what’s going on. It’s a damn funny and gory film by itself without any help from intellectual ideas.

At the same time it’s one of the most profound films you’ll ever see if you want it to be. I’m not going to delve into all the theory behind it- other people have written books that will be a far better read than this about the ideas behind the film. Also I can’t really convince you how good this film is by talking about it. It’s not one of those films you can describe by saying ‘Well, it’s kind of like a cross between Charlie’s Angels and Titantic.’ It’s American Psycho. The film is in a league of it’s own.

Below is a short clip from American Psycho. While it doesn’t capture the violence of the film, it has the tone. On that note, if you don’t like the sight of blood, stay far far away from this film.

I rarely buy films- it usually doesn’t make any sense because I only watch them once or twice- but every time I travel I make sure to carry my copy of American Psycho with me. It’s so good that, who knows, maybe one day I’ll even read the book!

Amazon has the film for pretty cheap if you’re interested. American Psycho on DVD goes for $3.99, and if you’re lucky enough to have Blu-Ray, American Psycho on Blu-Ray goes for $14.99

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This is the first post of Club Columbia DVD!  Let me spread some background over this site and what it’s about.  Life can be difficult.  Frustrating.  Ugh.

Whatever your philosophy on film, they make a great way to just get away from it all.  Some of my best memories are of sitting around on a sofa watching a film with friends.  Seeing Martin Sheen drop with a huge splat of blood in front of Leonardo DiCaprio in ‘The Departed’ will always be imprinted on my mind.

Even the more annoying movies have a place in my life.  Every girlfriend I’ve ever had as tried to get me to watch ‘The Notebook’.  None have succeeded.

One of the first things I’m interested in when I meet a person is what films they like.  You can tell a lot about a person from what they choose to watch when they want to take their mind off things.  You can get a feel for their humour, their personality, their values- ask someone if they laughed throughout ‘American Psycho’ and you’ll see what I mean.

Now while I love films, today is a strange place in the industry.  With Blu-Ray, DVD, piracy, Blockbuster and Netflix all over the place it’s hard to know what’s the best way to get a movie.  Going to the cinema is getting expensive as well as annoying.  I’m one of those people who can’t watch a film with the backlight of a mobile phone shining in my face as I laugh about how Jess said that to Brian and then she was like all pissed and whatever and then oh my God you won’t believe what happened next.

I just want to watch movies.  With Club Columbia DVD I’ll lay out what has worked in my experience.  What films to see.  Which to miss.  The where, how, when and why of the DVD world.

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