When you buy movies...

[pixler]

Do you buy them in a collection if one is available or do you like to buy the separately?

[Scottie]

Separately

[TimeForNostalgia]

I always try to buy them separately. I love having the artwork and box for each film. I am currently kicking myself for buying the Tim Burton Collection. I wish I would have waited and picked them all up seperately.

[Dex Robinson]

Which ever is cheapest.

It's all about the movies.

The more movies you can get for your dollar is all that counts.

[The Great Owl]

I prefer to buy separately if it's economically feasible to do so, and if separate versions are available. I will buy a collection only if I want to own all of the films included in the collection, and only if no other economically practical alternative is available at the time.

I bought Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection because I was genuinely interested in owning every single film in the box set, and because the films were not available in stand-alone editions. I bought Universal Monsters: The Essential Collection for the same reason.

I do not like dead weight in my collection, though, so I generally steer clear of collections that include films I do not want to own. The Superman Motion Picture Anthology is one such box set that I have avoided, simply because I have no desire to own Superman Returns.

[SpartanIre]

Originally Posted by Dex Robinson

Which ever is cheapest.

It's all about the movies.

The more movies you can get for your dollar is all that counts.

[Atreyu]

If the movies are sold both separately and in a box set I will buy whatever is cheapest.

[belar]

I prefer separately, except on occasions like the Star Wars blu-ray set.

[slimdude]

I'll buy whichever is released first! The boxsets or the individual movies.

[Majin Blu]

I don't really have a preference. Just whatever's cheaper in the end. It's the same movie, regardless of the case (or cases).

[Twisted-Alien]

Originally Posted by Dex Robinson

Which ever is cheapest.

It's all about the movies.

The more movies you can get for your dollar is all that counts.

Pretty much this. If it's an ongoing series, then I'll buy them one at a time. Although, there are rare times where I have no interest in the other entries in the series (Anything beyond the original The Matrix, for example).

[Race Bannon]

I prefer collections, if I like all the movies in a collection. Especially if it's multiple movies in one case, like the Dirty Harry Collection exclusive at Best Buy.

If I don't like each of the movies in a series/collection, I prefer to pick and choose. I'm not a completist at all. I love rejecting something that isn't as good as the rest.

[TripleHBK]

When it's a complete collection I always try to buy the box sets. I prefer the clean look of the collections, plus more often then not they have extra content exclusive to them. With that said, I prefer my box sets to have individual cases for each movie, so in a way, I'm getting the best of both worlds anyways. To date I own...

-The Alien Anthology
-Back to the Future Trilogy
-The Batman Anthology
-The Ultimate Bourne Collection
-The Original Christmas Classics
-Chucky The Complete Collection (Coming soon)
-Home Alone Collection
-Jurassic Park Collection
-The Lord of the Rings Collection
-The Matrix Collection
-Mission Impossible Collection
-Nightmare on Elm Street Collection
-Oceans Collection
-The Omen collection
-Puppet Master Collection vol. 1
-Rambo collection
-[Rec] Collection
-Robocop Trilogy
-Rocky Collection
-Santa Clause Collection
-Shrek Collection
-Spiderman Trilogy
-Star Wars the Complete Collection
-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Collection
-X-Men Trilogy

[sukraj]

Collections imo.

[master gandhi]

Usually whichever comes first, or if I have held out on the individual releases and a collection is later unveiled with new features, I consider myself lucky and go for that version. Basically, I go for what I perceive is the best version available.

Unfortunately, you can't win them all. For example, I have the first three Friday the 13th movies and want the fourth, but I don't particularly want to double dip with the box set. I may just have to live with the DVD version of the fourth that I got with the 1-8 box from back in the day (with Best Buy exclusive bonus disc).

[StankYouSmellyMuch]

I buy collections when they're cheap and will likely special editions for a movie I'm a big fan of in the collection like the matrix digibook (I still need to get that).

[Visco.]

Separately unless the box set has a bonus dick or the whole franchise can only be fulfilled by it.

[RyanPom]

I get the box set. I like having all in one shot, and it's usually cheaper than getting individual ones unless you want to wait.

[fiveseven4combat]

It just depends on the collection, if I want every movie or not. Also cover art can be a determining factor for me.

[jarrod_inf]

Price per movie wins the day for me. I usually end up with box sets