The John Candy Collection: Box Set (5 Discs)

As good as he was throughout the 80's / early 90's, JC's box set should have had different movies in it to this one, to reflect him at his absolute best, before his sad deimse.
Most notably though, in this set, is that his role in The Blues Brothers (Belushi & Ackroyd) only has him as a minor character (the Sheriff, "errrm, what car are we?")... with only 2 or 3 scenes...... what's with including that one here??
The one film that SHOULD be in this set is Planes, Trains & Automobiles (partnering Steve Martin), in which he was very funny, and also showed his soft sides too. A very poignant flick of his, indeed... especially the ending.
The best (of mine) are The Great Outdoors, Uncle Buck, and PT&A (not here), with his R.Pryor partnership a slow 4th.
I'll hunt for another set of his - an ultimate collection, if there is one, where he's the star in all of them.

It was not possible to contact Play.com so I bought this set based on the info of seperate sold DVDs. That was wrong. (Only Bleus Brothers which I already had, Brewsters, Uncle Buck have Dutch Subtitel). The subtitels of The Great outdoors (like English and German) are not working at all(malfunction). So better buy individual DVDs with good info I wouyd advice.

Uncle Buck is verry Nice but more a romance then a komedie (4*) mainly arround Candy.
Blues Brothers is an unbeatable kind of musical like Grease (5*) with a small part for Candy so in total a 3* for CandyMovie
Brewsters Millions has a nice start and second role for Candy, but it is bleeding a little to the end. So a 3*.
Going Berserk is indeed a mad and not so strong role played movie. more a slapstick. 3*.
The Great outdoors is a nice Comedie movie with a big part for Candy. I realy regret that no subtitles were running (malfunction) on this DVD , otherwise it would be a 4.5 star for me.Funny

I regret that Play.com gets to big and dont take the effort to reply on mails anymore like they did 2 years ago. Spoiled a big part of my fun on this box.

Really love this box set. Uncle Buck, The Great Outdoors and Blues Brothers being the highlights but I've watched them all (more than a few times!) and on a wet weekend I find myself reaching for this collection before anything else.

Solid enough box set, a half decent representation of the late, great John Candys work but it inexcuseably misses 'Stripes' and 'Planes, Trains & Automoblies' which are 2 of his best movies. And if they are including the blues brothers, how about National Lampoons vacation? where he has a similar, short, but influencial cameo.