Big Screen Romances - 8-Movie Set

When I am sewing costumes on a rainy day, I love having a movie pack like this to put in and just let play in the background. I like all the movies well enough to watch them again, they are uncomplicated love stories (some end happily and some tragically), and each in its own way captures a movie style from its era, or ins some cases, that of a particular actor/director.The best in the set (my opinion), is The Luzhin Defence, brilliantly shot and acted, and the reason I bought the movie set in the first place. It was cheaper to purchase this set than to purchase the movie on its own, so this is a great bonus pack.Tempest is the loose-retelling of Shakespeare's play set in 80's New York and Greece, with the always brilliant John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands and Raoul Julia and young Molly Ringwald making every second memorable. Susan Sarandon also stars.The other movies are all very watchable, no stinkers in the pack

Good value, but very poor picture quality - 240p resolution I suspect (DVDs are normally 720p).You need to sit 12-14 feet away from a 55 inch tv to not see the poor quality.I bought this mainly because I had not seen most of the movies on it for a long time, andwanted to see if they were worth buying separately.I really liked Violets are Blue, but not quite enough to buy it separately - given the high price.It's a great collection of different sorts of romances, and I recommend it if picture quality is not important.

Major audio issues. I bought it for no small affair. Volume at 80 and still unclear. A great value of movies. Modern romance works good. Tempest is seriously one of the worst movies. Perfect is a bizarre movie of the 1980s fitness boom time. It's story bogs down but the stars Travolta and Curtis do as best they can with odd formulaic material. Modern romance has eight or nine funny scenes but is pretty uneven and basic as movies go. Violets are blue seems awfully pretentious so far. I haven't seen the Irish or the chess movie yet.None of the movies have special features. The Man Who Loved Woman with Burt Reynolds is missing the first ten minutes I think too. I bought the set because of Demi Moore in no small affair. I like that weird movie

I really wanted to get 'Violets Are Blue' and "Modern Romance' and found this DVD cheaper than buying them separately. 'Violets Are Blue' is great romance, some comedy and brings 2 high school sweethearts back together although 1 is now married; 'Modern Romance' is so very, very funny with Albert Brooks at his best as a neurotic boyfriend thinking he doesn't deserve his girlfriend and is driving her away with his neediness --- absolutely funny and reminds us how we are in a relationship (sometimes).

I got this for Violets Are Blue, a film I'd seen long ago and searched for. Chick flick. Love Sissy Spacek and Kevin Kline. In this story, they were deeply in love when young, but each chose a different life path. She went away and became a reknown photojournalist and he stayed in their small town, married and had a child. It is years later and Sissy returns to visit her family. They reconnect. I won't tell anything more, except your heart will break.

Just as described love all movies Thanks

A few good movies and a few boring or over the top sappy.

I purchased this 8 movies set for the film VILOTS ARE BLUE........bonus i got 7 additional that i had never seen. Loved it! And was equally thrilled with the price. Thank you Amzon! p.s. all i ordered arrived lighting quick.

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I had seen most of these movies a long time ago, and remembered them as being better. Now, I find them dated and only mildly entertaining. It seems some movies stand the test of time, while other do not.

If you like chick flix - as I do - this is a great deal!!

love it

CRAP!! Absolutely did not enjoy.