The Criterion Collection

[jw007]

Originally Posted by mrjohnnyb

Thank you , man! I finally pulled the trigger on The Turin Horse.

Criterion needs to get some Béla Tarr.

Satantango would be aces!

Originally Posted by jayembee

I also just recently pulled the trigger on The Turin Horse (wait...that doesn't sound right...) myself, from Amazon. Managed to get decent prices on that, two Cohen titles (The Thief of Bagdad and Intolerance) and a Kino title (Russian Ark), all of which I'd been wanting to get for some time.

Anyway, I want more Béla Tarr, and quite frankly, I don't care who it comes from.

Turin Horse takes a lot of patience to watch, but it inspired me to eat more boiled potatoes recently. ;-)

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

Same here...except Darjeeling is my second least favorite Wes Anderson film. I consider those two films to be the point in his career where the artifice ceased to be charming and started to become irritating. That scene at the end scored to Sigus Ros is his lowest moment as a filmmaker. It was incredible that all those pretty images and sounds could have no effect at all on me.

I only really enjoyed The Darjeeling Limited because of its pretty visuals. The story was okay, but most Wes Anderson things do nothing for me.

I haven't seen The Royal Tenenbaums since the DVD Criterion came out a long, long time ago, but I would have to vouch that it's my first or second favorite (if that exists) Wes Anderson film next to Fantastic Mr. Fox.

[Abdrewes]

JW, bring back Orson Welles

Re: The Turin Horse. If I remember correctly, the runtime listed on the back of the case is incorrect by ten or twenty minutes.

Originally Posted by iScottie

I only really enjoyed The Darjeeling Limited because of its pretty visuals. The story was okay, but most Wes Anderson things do nothing for me.

I haven't seen The Royal Tenenbaums since the DVD Criterion came out a long, long time ago, but I would have to vouch that it's my first or second favorite (if that exists) Wes Anderson film next to Fantastic Mr. Fox.

Royal Tenenbaums is number one for me too. Each of Anderson's first three films have a strong emotional core, so I don't think I'll ever tire of them.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by Edward J Grug III

I got Ace in the Hole, The Swimmer, Beauty of the Devil and the Bogart collection.

The Swimmer is a terrific movie, and the Blu-ray looks stunning. Burt Lancaster should have won every award in the book that year.

I watched Ace in the Hole earlier this evening, but I want to finish all of the supplements before I write my thoughts. I've seen the movie a few times by way of my old DVD, but I had never taken the time to enjoy the commentary. The video and audio are both near-perfect, though. This is a huge improvement over the DVD.

[Edward J Grug III]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

The Swimmer is a terrific movie, and the Blu-ray looks stunning. Burt Lancaster should have won every award in the book that year.

I watched Ace in the Hole earlier this evening, but I want to finish all of the supplements before I write my thoughts. I've seen the movie a few times by way of my old DVD, but I had never taken the time to enjoy the commentary. The video and audio are both near-perfect, though. This is a huge improvement over the DVD.

The Swimmer is a blind buy, and I'm really looking forward to it. Ace in the Hole we saw maybe two or three years ago. Very excited to see it again.

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

Royal Tenenbaums is number one for me too. Each of Anderson's first three films have a strong emotional core, so I don't think I'll ever tire of them.

Just to put some sort of order to my ranking to this discussion, here's mine (more or less).

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
Bottle Rocket (1996)
Rushmore (1998)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004)
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

[Edward J Grug III]

Originally Posted by iScottie

Just to put some sort of order to my ranking to this discussion, here's mine (more or less).

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
Bottle Rocket (1996)
Rushmore (1998)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004)
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

Move the bottom three to the top in reverse order and you have mine.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

Re: The Turin Horse. If I remember correctly, the runtime listed on the back of the case is incorrect by ten or twenty minutes.

Not that much, certainly. The IMDb says it's 146 minutes (2:26). The BD case says it's 143 minutes (2:23). The actual time on the disc is 145 minutes (2:34:40 to be exact).

I have noted some reviews that claim it's 154 minutes, but most stick to the 146-minute run-time. When I streamed it on Netflix a few months ago, it was in the 143-146 range.

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by jayembee

Not that much, certainly. The IMDb says it's 146 minutes (2:26). The BD case says it's 143 minutes (2:23). The actual time on the disc is 145 minutes (2:34:40 to be exact).

I have noted some reviews that claim it's 154 minutes, but most stick to the 146-minute run-time. When I streamed it on Netflix a few months ago, it was in the 143-146 range.

Ill double check when I get home, but I am positive it was around 154 minutes...so eleven minutes difference.

[jw007]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

JW, bring back Orson Welles

I've retired Orson for now. He got so fat, he crashed my browser.

[Polaroid]

umm.....

I just ordered Zatoichi Boxset (Bluray) for £5 on Amazon. O_o

Advertised as Like New and doesn't say anything is wrong with it... O_o has to be something wrong with it lol....

Ugh some Amazons elders annoy me, filed a claim against them as they sent and item which arrived damaged and they would't help - they go on to tell me its impossible for an item to arrive damaged and by law it won't??? ughh...??

[Clare2904]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

umm.....

I just ordered Zatoichi Boxset (Bluray) for £5 on Amazon. O_o

Advertised as Like New and doesn't say anything is wrong with it... O_o has to be something wrong with it lol....

Maybe it is just the box.

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by Clare2904

Maybe it is just the box.

Id be happy with that haha - its a nice box, but they have stated its like new and its is the blurays not just a box lol

Its probably mistake or a typo on their end but if its the box set with the films lol Bargain of the year?!

WHATTTT got Hunger Bluray (upgrade) from same seller for a fiver!?

I have emailed them to ask ^^ seems way to good to be true, but if its not what they have advertised then they are naughty :/ lol

[JeffTheMovieGuy]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

Id be happy with that haha - its a nice box, but they have stated its like new and its is the blurays not just a box lol

Its probably mistake or a typo on their end but if its the box set with the films lol Bargain of the year?!

WHATTTT got Hunger Bluray (upgrade) from same seller for a fiver!?

Hopefully the seller isn't dying and just giving away a steal like that.

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by JeffTheMovieGuy

Hopefully the seller isn't dying and just giving away a steal like that.

I will have to update you guys haha

Just hope it doesn't turn to be like my Revanche order (paid full price) Came in a Blue Bluray case (shudders) and art work pretend off computer and cut up to fit in case and no booklet.... horrifying lol worst part was I had to wait weeks for it!!! lol

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by jw007

I've retired Orson for now. He got so fat, he crashed my browser.

Your Scarlett Johansson avatar is awesome enough to keep indefinitely.
A few weeks back, when I was admonished for discussing Under the Skin here in the thread, I briefly considered changing mine to an image of Scarlett from that movie, just as a show of solidarity. I like my current avatar too darn much, though.

Speaking of fat Welles, you could always go with the below image for an avatar, since the new Universal Blu-ray of Touch of Evil is so marvelous. Seeing the movie with the proper black levels on a transfer really makes a difference.

[Polaroid]

Ive bought from this seller in past and not had issues - so confused now lol

[LPMA]

All of this avatar talk got me to finally add (a Criterion related) one!

[JeffTheMovieGuy]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

I will have to update you guys haha

Just hope it doesn't turn to be like my Revanche order (paid full price) Came in a Blue Bluray case (shudders) and art work pretend off computer and cut up to fit in case and no booklet.... horrifying lol worst part was I had to wait weeks for it!!! lol

Yikes

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

The Swimmer is a terrific movie, and the Blu-ray looks stunning. Burt Lancaster should have won every award in the book that year.

I watched Ace in the Hole earlier this evening, but I want to finish all of the supplements before I write my thoughts. I've seen the movie a few times by way of my old DVD, but I had never taken the time to enjoy the commentary. The video and audio are both near-perfect, though. This is a huge improvement over the DVD.

Glad to hear that the blu ray is an improvement. I have the DVD and was underwhelmed with the PQ, even for a DVD. I cancelled my pre-order at the last moment because 1. I wanted to wait for the reviews to come in to see if it was worth the upgrade, and 2: I'm will to wait for a 1/2 price sale.

Looking forward to your thoughts on Ace. It's still a great film, but not quite the masterpiece I remembered from when I first saw it years ago.