The Criterion Collection

[nondiatonic]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

The voting is simple this year. It's being done by PM so I know every vote counts and is 100% accurate. Voting is open from now until January 1, 2015.

Just click on my name to the left to PM me or use this link: https://forum.blu-ray.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=59122

The categories:

• Best Cover Artwork
• Best Box Set
• Favorite Blind Purchase
• What were they thinking by releasing........
• Best Upgrade
• Best New Spine
• Best Release of the Year

I can't narrow down some of these categories to just one release!!

This is probably common knowledge, but here's a way to list the blurays released this year:

The first of the year is Throne of Blood on the second page.

[ShellOilJunior]

2014 Criterion releases:

[Show spoiler]A Brief History of Time
A Hard Day's Night
Ace in the Hole
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
All That Heaven Allows
All That Jazz
Bay of Angels
Blue is the Warmest Color
Breaking the Waves
Breathless
Donkey Skin
Eraserhead
F for Fake
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Foreign Correspondent
George Washington
Hearts and Minds
Il sorpasso
Insomnia
It Happened One Night
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Jour de fete
Judex
Jules and Jim
King of the Hill
La dolce vita
La vie de boheme
L'avventura
L'eclisse
Les Blank: Always for Pleasure
Like Someone in Love
Lola
Love Streams
Macbeth
Master of the House
Mon oncle
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
My Darling Clementine
Overlord
Parade
Persona
Pickpocket
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Playtime
Red River
Ride in the Whirlwind
Rififi
Riot in Cell Block 11
Safe
Scanners
Sundays and Cybele
Tess
The 400 Blows
The Big Chill
The Complete Jacques Tati
The Essential Jacques Demy
The Freshman
The Great Beauty
The Hidden Fortress
The Innocents
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
The Long Day Closes
The Night Porter
The Shooting
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
The Vanishing
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Thief
Throne of Blood
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Time Bandits
Tootsie
Trafic
Une chambre en ville
Vengeance is Mine
Y tu mama tambien

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by nondiatonic

I can't narrow down some of these categories to just one release!!

Good catch. I forgot to ask for 3 submissions for a few of the categories. It's been revised.

[monorail91]

Watched Watership Down for the first time - really interesting movie, a lot more violent than I expected. Not sure if I need to own, but definitely one I would watch again.

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by monorail91

Watched Watership Down for the first time - really interesting movie, a lot more violent than I expected. Not sure if I need to own, but definitely one I would watch again.

Would be a great film to watch with family at Easter :P

[lordmorpheus72]

Had a day off yesterday so I decided to catch up on a couple of my many unwatched Criterion releases from the last few sales. It ended up being a nice day of westerns.

First up was 3:10 to Yuma. I saw the remeake a few years ago, and enjoyedit very much, so I was really excited to finally see the original. I must say, as you would expect, the original blew me away. Glenn Ford is such a charismatic actor, that I continued to forget he's supposed to be the bad guy.

[Show spoiler]The scene at the dinner table really shows the amazing ability he has to charm others and make you forget he so casually kills 2 people, one them a member of his gang.

And I don't leave out Van Helfin's perfomanace. The struggle he shows as a father trying to protect and provide for his family, while trying to do the right thing, tugs at the moral center of a person.

[Show spoiler]As he is promised cast amounts of money to let Ben go, you can see the struggle he faces, knowing that he is a good man, but he wants to keep his family safe.

Overall an amazing movie I can't say enough about.

My Darling Clementine was the second faeture of the day. True to form, the movie was beautiful. John Ford's films continue to amaze me every time I see them. Monument Valley looks no better than in a John Ford film. The transfer of the film, simply stunning. And once again the leading men in this movie are second to none. I know we have great actors now, but there's just soemthing about the likes of Henry Fonda and Victor Mature. The charisma both men have on screen suck you in to their characters, and have you feeling every emotion the are enduring.

[Show spoiler]From the death of James, to Doc Holliday, ending with Wyatt riding off into the sunset, you ache, mourn, and yearn right along side each character.

The film is a masterpiece.

Both films are amazing and should be a part of any western fan's collection. My only regret is that I am just now getting to these great films.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

Would be a great film to watch with family at Easter :P

Oh, OUCH!

That movie has traumatized more children than anything that the crazy people rant against on a daily basis.

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

The voting is simple this year. It's being done by PM so I know every vote counts and is 100% accurate. Voting is open from now until January 1, 2015.

Just click on my name to the left to PM me or use this link: https://forum.blu-ray.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=59122

The categories:

• Best Cover Artwork
• Best Box Set
• Favorite Blind Purchase
• What were they thinking by releasing........
• Best Upgrade (Give me 3 films)
• Best New Spine (Give me 3 films)
• Best Release of the Year (Give me 3 films)

Voted, though I'm not sure I interpreted the categories the way others will. For upgrade and new spine I based it on the film itself. For Best Release I based it on overall package (film, supplements, packaging).

Maybe next year a Best Supplements category?

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by shadedpain4

Voted, though I'm not sure I interpreted the categories the way others will. For upgrade and new spine I based it on the film itself. For Best Release I based it on overall package (film, supplements, packaging).

Maybe next year a Best Supplements category?

Your interpretations are as good as any. I purposely didn't define the categories this year. I agree 100% with your take on best release. I tend to look at that one by overall presentation.

[StLouisRibs]

Secret Sunshine as a companion piece to Finding Nemo; yes/no?

[aes3728]

Week away and no review of Tootsie? Anyone know when that'll be coming down? Pro-B perchance?

[Polaroid]

50% off The Essential Art House Boxset

http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/305...q=autocomplete

Help me pls

[StLouisRibs]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

50% off The Essential Art House Boxset

http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/305...q=autocomplete

Help me pls

Some may note that this includes a certain StudioCanal title of note...

[EPlay]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

Just got back from seeing Men, Women and Children. I think I loved it, I preferred it to Boyhood, its not a perfect film but it really represented our generation really well and it's my favourite film from this director. I need to see again to truly judge how I felt but I really liked it and I wasn't expecting to like it this much.

I was a bit disappointed with Men, Women and Children -- I expected to like it much more based on Reitman's other films. I found it tread quite similar ground with Disconnect, which I adored. Did you see that one?

[bwdowiak]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

50% off The Essential Art House Boxset

http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/305...q=autocomplete

Help me pls

conceptually neat, but its useful life certainly had to be short. ...and that's because many of these films have seen new transfers. on top of that, there are no special features with any of the discs.

I can't see anyone justifying $8.50 each for these editions... on DVD no less

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by EPlay

I was a bit disappointed with Men, Women and Children -- I expected to like it much more based on Reitman's other films. I found it tread quite similar ground with Disconnect, which I adored. Did you see that one?

See I found his other films a bit meh - Juno has a great soundtrack though!

I wanted to love Young Adult, and it was good at times but it did let itself down at times sadly.

I haven't seen Disconnect, is it worth seeing? I have seen the poster around but never look into it tbh.

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

conceptually neat, but its useful life certainly had to be short. ...and that's because many of these films have seen new transfers. on top of that, there are no special features with any of the discs.

I can't see anyone justifying $8.50 each for these editions... on DVD no less

Isn't the book it comes with meant to be really good? I don't know much about this set tbh, just contains some brilliant cinema! Probs a bit like the AK set I suppose.

[aes3728]

Originally Posted by StLouisRibs

Some may note that this includes a certain StudioCanal title of note...

Third Man or Grand Illusion?

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by aes3728

Third Man or Grand Illusion?

I just realised they are in this set, how can they sell if its OOP? Unless they have stock left over? or are there certain rights where they can continue to sell, but only in that set etc?

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

50% off The Essential Art House Boxset

http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/305...q=autocomplete

Help me pls

Ain't no need to buy this set. Even the StudioCanal Blu-ray releases of certain out-of-print films are better than the DVD editions in terms of picture quality.

[Mr.ClassyMovies]

I got the "Rosemary's Baby" Blu today and the back of the artwork has a big indention from the disc tray. Anyone else have that happen? Looks like they pressed too hard in manufacturing.