The Criterion Collection

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by Marcus Wright

Congratulations to me.
Just got my first ever Criterion (The Seventh Seal) and this set looks and feels beautifull.
Now I understand why you people collect Criterions.

I might just give up collecting steels and start working on Criterion.

A wise decision.

Congratulations on your purchase and enjoy the film

[jacobsever]

Originally Posted by Brad1963

BBS STORY:

I was able to obtain this set over the weekend. Watched Last Picture Show, Five Easy Pieces, King of Marvin Gardens and Drive He Said. Tried watching A Safe Place and turned it off after a half hour, it was really going nowhere. Picture Show and Five Easy Pieces are the Best of the set. Marvin Gardens I liked, thought Ellen Burstyn was amazing. PQ quality I thought Five Easy Pcs looked the best, followed by Marvin Gardens. I appreciated the BW gritty and grainy of Picture Show. Overall, I think it is a fantastic set. I'll watch supplements sometime this week.

You left out any mention of Head, which is the one film I'm looking forward too most in the set!

[Brad1963]

Originally Posted by jacobsever

You left out any mention of Head, which is the one film I'm looking forward too most in the set!

I have not watched it yet. And I did not watch Easy Rider because I also own the Sony version and watched it recently.

[Marcus Wright]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

A wise decision.

Congratulations on your purchase and enjoy the film

Thanks.

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by Marcus Wright

Congratulations to me.
Just got my first ever Criterion (The Seventh Seal) and this set looks and feels beautifull.
Now I understand why you people collect Criterions.

I might just give up collecting steels and start working on Criterion.

You should open it up and watch it..... THEN, you'll understand why people collect Criterions..... Much like the randomness of Steelbooks..... there will certainly be films you don't enjoy, don't get, or even "hate" but I don't think anyone here is collecting "packaging".

Originally Posted by jacobsever

You left out any mention of Head, which is the one film I'm looking forward too most in the set!

He watched quite a bit..... Perhaps he needed sleep, or the Tambourine Man took the night off

[Trekkie313]

Do we have a list of Criterion DVD's not on Blu-Ray?

[Eny-]

Originally Posted by rkish

UNEXPECTED Surprise!

My BBS set was shipped by B & N today!

One to three days would get it to me by Friday at the very latest (no delivery on Thanksgiving). UPS tracking has it listed as "3 DAY SELECT"

I think I've got a chance at getting it by Wednesday, as I'm pretty close to their warehouse in NJ...we'll see.

Mine shipped as well. I only have to wait a month to get it. Now only 3 titles are pending: Paths of Glory, House and Charade...

Originally Posted by Joe Dalek

Well, it's $67 (46% off) at Amazon now, which isn't bad - only about $5 more than Barnes & Noble had it.

It's $87,49 @ Amazon

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by Trekkie313

Do we have a list of Criterion DVD's not on Blu-Ray?

Originally Posted by Joe Dalek

There are only 500 or so...

Beat me to it


I think I mentioned it elsewhere...... but Criterion's own site is great..... there are good articles, links to other stuff of interest, hallucination-prompting articles of clothing, and LOTS of information.

Their FAQ's should be mandatory reading for new posters in this thread

[Eny-]

Originally Posted by joe dalek

there are only 500 or so...

471 :d

[SteelPen]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

Beat me to it


I think I mentioned it elsewhere...... but Criterion's own site is great..... there are good articles, links to other stuff of interest, hallucination-prompting articles of clothing, and LOTS of information.

Their FAQ's should be mandatory reading for new posters in this thread

For the lazy...

http://www.criterion.com/

[TokyoLee]

Originally Posted by Joe Dalek

I found these on the nifty Blu-ray.com deal tracker, but haven't had a chance to look at Amazon for other titles yet:

Benjamin Button...$14.99
8 1/2...$21.99
Everlasting Moments...$21.99
Walkabout...$21.99
Days of Heaven...$22.99
Yojimbo/Sanjuro...$37.99
For All Mankind...$22.99
Stagecoach...$22.49
Bigger Than Life...$21.99

EDIT: M is $22.49 on Amazon, so there are others...

Pulled the trigger on that as soon as the price drop happened

[jcs913]

like rkish, my BBS set just shipped from B&N. should get it tomorrow or wed. by latest. $66 shipped was a nice price at the right time....

[deadkidsean]

Just got my e-mail about the BBS set as well. Happy. I was afraid it was going to be a "backordered" problem again and have my order canceled.

[blkhrt]

Originally Posted by Trekkie313

Do we have a list of Criterion DVD's not on Blu-Ray?

I haven't checked the accuracy, but this is pretty helpful...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...u-ray_releases

[Eny-]

Originally Posted by Joe Dalek

You guys are referring to the BBS set. I know the forum conversations get scrambled, but if you follow the thread back, you'll see my post was regarding the Cassavetes set.

Ahh.. that explains it

Originally Posted by Joe Dalek

And they are?

(In spine number order, please. )

[Crimson King]

Originally Posted by jcs913

like rkish, my BBS set just shipped from B&N. should get it tomorrow or wed. by latest. $66 shipped was a nice price at the right time....

My set HAS NOT shipped, I'm major pissed! I'm going out of town come Saturday and won't be back for over a week! I just love how B&N "cherry picks" who's order ships. I'm also hearing B&N a screwing people with the 19.99 Life blu-ray as well by cancelling orders!

[ccfixx]

"Cronos" review is up at DVDBeaver.

CC

[rkish]

Originally Posted by jcs913

like rkish, my BBS set just shipped from B&N. should get it tomorrow or wed. by latest. $66 shipped was a nice price at the right time....

Hmmm...just checked status on BBS set. Seems it shipped from Sparks, Nevada? I guess that's a bit further away from me than Monroe, NJ.

I guess tomorrow would be a REAL long shot and Wednesday is possible, but might be pushing it. Well...at least Friday is sounding like a more realistic expectation.

Hey...unless it moves fast...would be nice to watch on Turkey Day...a man can dream.

Now that I read the UPS tracking info..."Scheduled Delivery Date: 11/29/2010"...Hey...that's more than 3 days! I just hope that it's a padded estimate.

[jacobsever]

Originally Posted by ccfixx

"Cronos" review is up at DVDBeaver.

CC

Can't find it, link?
DVDbeaver kinda messed around their page layout and I'm all sorts of confused.

[rkish]

Originally Posted by jacobsever

Can't find it, link?
DVDbeaver kinda messed around their page layout and I'm all sorts of confused.

Here ya go...don't say I never gave you anything.

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film3/blu-r...os_blu-ray.htm