The Criterion Collection

[Cremildo]

Originally Posted by orbital

The most frequent adjective Svet is using when it comes to women is "beautiful". Alternatively it's "attractive", "elegant" and so forth... you get the picture.

So...? Would your rant be any worse if he preferred to label them "fugly"?

[Namuhana]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

So...? Would your rant be any worse if he preferred to label them "fugly"?

I think it has more to do with the fact that it doesn't need to be brought up in reviews at all. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[theater dreamer]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

For my final blind buy purchases of this sale I chose Code Unkown and Certified Copy.

Frankly, I’m scared to death of both of them. Even if I like them, are they the type of pictures that I would want to watch more than once or twice?
I’m trying to convince myself to keep one and return the other.

Which one would you keep and why?

...help me.

[Show spoiler]

You're asking which one of the two films you just bought...you should get rid of.

Okay, then....

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

For my final blind buy purchases of this sale I chose Code Unkown and Certified Copy.

Frankly, I’m scared to death of both of them. Even if I like them, are they the type of pictures that I would want to watch more than once or twice?
I’m trying to convince myself to keep one and return the other.

Which one would you keep and why?

...help me.

[Show spoiler]

Ouch. Tough call, there. Both films are excellent. Really, I suppose it depends on whether you're in the mood for a Haneke film about deep-rooted problems in modern European culture; or are you in the mood for a Kiorastami film that examines relationships and how they are affected by aging?

Again, they are both terrific when it comes right down to it. I don't think I could choose.

[diskspinner]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

For my final blind buy purchases of this sale I chose Code Unkown and Certified Copy.

Frankly, I’m scared to death of both of them. Even if I like them, are they the type of pictures that I would want to watch more than once or twice?
I’m trying to convince myself to keep one and return the other.

Which one would you keep and why?

...help me.

[Show spoiler]

I only watched Certified Copy twice and I can watch it again now. It's very conversation based but endlessly fascinating. I think you should keep Certified Copy.

[captainron_howdy]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

For my final blind buy purchases of this sale I chose Code Unkown and Certified Copy.

Frankly, I’m scared to death of both of them. Even if I like them, are they the type of pictures that I would want to watch more than once or twice?
I’m trying to convince myself to keep one and return the other.

Which one would you keep and why?

...help me.

[Show spoiler]

Certified Copy is Crap. Haneke is Gold.

[diskspinner]

Originally Posted by captainron_howdy

Certified Copy is Crap. Haneke is Gold.

Haneke is gold, but Code Unknown is not gold. I have watched it...it's good... it's in my wishlist...but it may stay in my wishlist for some time...

[mja345]

Originally Posted by captainron_howdy

Certified Copy is Crap. Haneke is Gold.

If by crap, you mean one of the better, more thought-provoking films of the last 10 years, then I agree.

[Rzzzz]

"[Faye Dunaway] looks incredibly sexy but is never a distraction."

I find Faye Dunaway to be incredibly sexy and a TOTAL distraction. She has made me lose my concentration while watching the films Bonnie and Clyde, The Thomas Crown Affair, The Towering Inferno, The 3 Musketeers, Little Big Man and others. I was fine with Mommie Dearest though, no distraction there....

[jw007]

I can't believe this but... I didn't buy a single Criterion during this Summer's sale. First time for me. (maybe cause I ran out of shelf space?)

[javy]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

For my final blind buy purchases of this sale I chose Code Unkown and Certified Copy.

Frankly, I’m scared to death of both of them. Even if I like them, are they the type of pictures that I would want to watch more than once or twice?
I’m trying to convince myself to keep one and return the other.

Which one would you keep and why?

...help me.

[Show spoiler]

I love mind-bending films that leave me scratching my head and asking myself, wtf just happened? Certified Copy is just that. It's a romantic drama that questions the meaning of relationships which lead to identity and existential crisis. This with superb acting, dialogue, and gorgeous cinematography make this film a must have.

I love films that feature the lives of its characters intersecting (Magnolia, Traffic, Amores Perros, 21 Grams, Babel) and Code Unknown is such a film. And it not only features the very beautiful, charming, lovely, and extremely talented Juliette Binoche but its also masterful directed by auteur Michael Haneke

Keep both.

(I love that gif.)

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by jw007

I can't believe this but... I didn't buy a single Criterion during this Summer's sale. First time for me. (maybe cause I ran out of shelf space?)

Think positive. Maybe it's because you're no longer trying to fill some hole in your heart with Criterions

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by jw007

I can't believe this but... I didn't buy a single Criterion during this Summer's sale. First time for me. (maybe cause I ran out of shelf space?)

I skipped the sale, too. There are several films on my list but not pressing. I've got plenty of blu-rays to watch.

[willtopower]

Originally Posted by koberulz

I like how everyone's picked off the easy "oh noes he called women attractive" target and ignored the body of orbital's post.

I'm still waiting for the site to do a review of I, Daniel Blake.

They sure didn't waste time pouncing on that post, huh? Oh well, I'll echo your sentiment. The group sure did a great job tearing down that strawman.

And people really will try to fit snowflake into any conversation they can. It's comical.

[captainron_howdy]

Originally Posted by mja345

If by crap, you mean one of the better, more thought-provoking films of the last 10 years, then I agree.

Not at all, I meant it was one of the most pretentious and boring films I'd seen in the last 10 years.

[mja345]

Originally Posted by captainron_howdy

Not at all, I meant it was one of the most pretentious and boring films I'd seen in the last 10 years.

Didn't see it that way at all, but to each his own.

[captainron_howdy]

Originally Posted by mja345

Didn't see it that way at all, but to each his own.

I think Juliette Binoche is great & try and watch most her films but, this one just didn't do anything for me.

[mja345]

Originally Posted by captainron_howdy

I think Juliette Binoche is great & try and watch most her films but, this one just didn't do anything for me.

Fair enough, brother. It's a hit or miss film for sure.

[Spooked]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

In unrelated news, one of my longtime Criterion wishlist movies, Jacques Tourneur’s Night of the Demon (1958), has been announced for a region free October Blu-ray from Powerhouse/Indicator.

I've never jumped the pond so quickly to pre-order anything before. I think I might feel a bit faint just considering it.

On a more related topic, Amazon seems to be 'out' of Criterion's Don't Look Now - is there reason to think that this has gone out of print? I've resisted picking up a copy because I've never seen the film. (It's reputation precedes it for me in that respect.) Today's the last day of the B&N sale, and it's either this or Tootsie.

I know, I know - apples and oranges...

[Cremildo]

Originally Posted by Spooked

I've resisted picking up a copy because I've never seen the film. (It's reputation precedes it for me in that respect.)

What do you mean? It's considered a great horror classic.