The Criterion Collection

[Shane Rollins]

Originally Posted by BunyipPouch

Adding all of my new Criterion movies to the database and I'm noticing a lot of 'official' blu-ray scores that are pretty low (3 or 4 stars). The technical scores are all really high, but then the total score is low. All from the same user.

It's like:

Visuals 5/5
Audio 5/5
Extras 4/5

Total Score: 3/5

????

That's total garbage. Why are personal opinions on the movie itself deciding the official release score? Should be based on technical scores only, no?

Let me guess, Svet?

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by Sifox211

Totally agree. Also it seems the total is not an average of the individual scores - why is that?

Average or not, to me a total score as such makes very little sense. The scores of the individual categories should suffice.

[Vinyl]

Wow… I genuinely loved Luis Guzman’s closet pics. He has such an honest passion and personal connection with his films and people involved in making them. You hear in his voice how much he cares about the films he picked.

[Lannister1098]

Hopefully the Criterion sale at Barnes and Noble will start on Friday. Will probably get the Olympic set, Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project Vol 3 and 4, and The Others on 4K.

[Shane Rollins]

I know I'm getting Freaks, some Welles, maybe some Lynch and Bergman, WALL-E, Thelma & Louise, The Princess Bride, and I'll take the rest from there. If the November 15 announcement has any upgrades, some things will be going back.

[CRASHLANDING]

Originally Posted by Lannister1098

Hopefully the Criterion sale at Barnes and Noble will start on Friday. Will probably get the Olympic set, Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project Vol 3 and 4, and The Others on 4K.

I thought it was confirmed, the dedicated thread on the sale page says it runs from 11/3 to 12/4.

[Lannister1098]

Originally Posted by CRASHLANDING

I thought it was confirmed, the dedicated thread on the sale page says it runs from 11/3 to 12/4.

Great news then! Time to spend the cash I got from my birthday present then.

[Shane Rollins]

Originally Posted by CRASHLANDING

I thought it was confirmed, the dedicated thread on the sale page says it runs from 11/3 to 12/4.

But I'm only going up near the B&N on 11/2.

[fitprod]

Originally Posted by CRASHLANDING

I thought it was confirmed, the dedicated thread on the sale page says it runs from 11/3 to 12/4.

I just asked tonight when I was at B&N and they said it starts Monday the 6th. (Mind you, this wasn't the B&N I normally shop, it was he resurrected Walnut Creek, CA that opened about 4 months ago.)

fitprod

[CRASHLANDING]

Originally Posted by fitprod

I just asked tonight when I was at B&N and they said it starts Monday the 6th. (Mind you, this wasn't the B&N I normally shop, it was he resurrected Walnut Creek, CA that opened about 4 months ago.)

fitprod

Thanks for the update. Doesn't much matter to me, as I'm probably waiting until mid-month anyway so I can pick up The Others and The Last Picture Show 4K.

[Rayjg]

i plan to go to my local B&N and start yelling: "Freaks!, where are the Freaks!" I'm sure everyone will keep sipping their pumpkin spice lattes while fake-reading books and completely ignore me

[JasonMichael]

Originally Posted by Rayjg

everyone will keep sipping their pumpkin spice lattes while fake-reading books and completely ignore me

Buncha freaks!

[Macatouille]

Originally Posted by fitprod

I just asked tonight when I was at B&N and they said it starts Monday the 6th. (Mind you, this wasn't the B&N I normally shop, it was he resurrected Walnut Creek, CA that opened about 4 months ago.)

fitprod

Not saying they're wrong but if it starts Monday, that would be a change from recent history. Start dates from the last few years:

• 2022: 11/4 (Friday)
• 2021: 10/29 (Friday)
• 2020: 11/6 (Friday)
• 2019: 11/1 (Friday)

[CelestialAgent]

Originally Posted by RCRochester

I was recently watching a multi-part documentary on Roger where he basically sits there and talks about his movies. It's really great because he's such an engaging and honest speaker (though I sometimes have to doubt his assessment about many of his films having "really good scripts"). Anyway, for much of the shoot Roger is sitting at his desk and his Oscar is visible in the background among other career paraphernalia.

Later on though, the setting switches to Roger and his wife Julie sitting in their living room discussing things a bit more, and the Oscar is sitting there on their coffee table.

Roger is apparently really proud of that Oscar.

I thought Corman’s World was good, is this a different one?

Originally Posted by Snicket

Janus films liking the Eras Tour movie on letterboxed this morning is something I’m trying very hard to not get super excited about.

I would absolutely buy an Eras Tour UHD with the cut songs as a bonus.

[TolerancEJ]

Originally Posted by Rayjg

i plan to go to my local B&N and start yelling: "Freaks!, where are the Freaks!" I'm sure everyone will keep sipping their pumpkin spice lattes while fake-reading books and completely ignore me

Barista replies: "You want Fantasy/Fiction. 4 shelves over!"

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by Rayjg

i plan to go to my local B&N and start yelling: "Freaks!, where are the Freaks!" I'm sure everyone will keep sipping their pumpkin spice lattes while fake-reading books and completely ignore me

Then an employee will reply, “You mean, Tod Browning's Sideshow Shockers, since Freaks wasn’t released on its own. Poser.”

[ErickRPG]

got my movies in my cart at B&N ready to be a first time customer for some Criterion dealzzzz.

[Shanghai Express]

Do I pre-order BFI's new Wages Of Fear UHD or do I bet on Criterion upgrading it in 2024 hmmm

[speedracer5]

The one thing I wanted during the last sale was the Dietrich and von Sternberg set and it was sold out. It looks like it is still sold out online. There is a set at one of my local Barnes and Noble stores, but of course it's at the location on the complete opposite end of town--at least an hour drive, in good traffic. ::SIGH::

I may also pick up Charles Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" as I realized that I didn't own it when this film aired last week on TCM.

[bsend]

Originally Posted by speedracer5

The one thing I wanted during the last sale was the Dietrich and von Sternberg set and it was sold out. It looks like it is still sold out online. There is a set at one of my local Barnes and Noble stores, but of course it's at the location on the complete opposite end of town--at least an hour drive, in good traffic. ::SIGH::

I may also pick up Charles Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" as I realized that I didn't own it when this film aired last week on TCM.

Maybe you can make an excuse on a weekend/day off to go there to grab the set and then do some other fun things/grab food at a restaurant you don't normally go to.