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[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by orbital

Maybe it's because that's not the point of Roeg's film.

For one thing I'd say DON'T LOOK NOW does not feature as much sleazy male chauvinism as TOS.

Wait a minute ... you were seriously comparing those two?

In the old Star Trek shows, the color red signifies that a character is expendable.

In Don't Look Now, the color red signifies...well, you'll see!

[Sifox211]

Originally Posted by orbital

... Wait a minute ... you were seriously comparing those two?

Whilst I know what you mean, I rented the first disk of TOS season 1 recently and found it a surprisingly intense experience. The show does have a strong moral centre, and though attitudes are obviously dated, it is not as sexist as legend has it. (I think Zap Brannigan has got a lot to answer for here!).

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by Helikaon

Wow, high praise! I, personally, couldn't get through it and consider it to be Lee Chang-dong's weakest film by far. Perhaps my expectations were too high, because I absolutely love Oasis and Poetry, and Peppermint Candy was great.

Secret Sunshine is probably my favorite Lee Chang-dong, as well as one of my top 10 Criterion blus.

Oasis is a super close 2nd, then Peppermint Candy, then Poetry.

I still need to see Green Fish.

Can someone please poke Chang-dong and remind him it's time to make another film?

[lordmorpheus72]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

Time Bandits Blu-ray REVIEW



Hey guys,

Here's the review for Time Bandits. I wanted to mention that I don't have the final packaging yet, but as usual when the disc arrives I will include photos in the review and will post them here for you to see. (I also will post a few in the official thread on the forum).

Have a wonderful week everyone

Pro-B

p.s. You are welcome Alex DeLarge and lordmorpheus72. See you on the forum

Wow... December 9th can't get here quick enough. I've got a 20% coupon burning a hole in my pocket for the 50% off sale. The disc looks amazing, and what a great review! Thanks for all the work on the reviews... gotta be a hard job.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Sifox211

Whilst I know what you mean, I rented the first disk of TOS season 1 recently and found it a surprisingly intense experience. The show does have a strong moral centre, and though attitudes are obviously dated, it is not as sexist as legend has it. (I think Zap Brannigan has got a lot to answer for here!).

Oh, please. It deserves its reputation just for the "women cannot be starship captains" alone.

(Yes, I know. It was a product of its time, but still...it was remarkably forward-thinking in so many other respects, it really missed the mark on this one.)

[spargs]

Originally Posted by lordmorpheus72

Wow... December 9th can't get here quick enough. I've got a 20% coupon burning a wole in my pocket for the 50% off sale. The disc looks amazing, and what a great review! Thanks for all the work on the reviews... gotta be a hard job.

I can't wait, either. I love this movie!

[Sifox211]

Originally Posted by jayembee

Oh, please. It deserves its reputation just for the "women cannot be starship captains" alone...

You may be right - I've only seen disk 1 so far and it is far too many years since I saw the rest! Is that an actual quote?

(And although Uhuru might have been just a telephone operator, that role apparently was pretty revolutionary for its time, so it did have some exceptions).

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by jayembee

Oh, please. It deserves its reputation just for the "women cannot be starship captains" alone.

Originally Posted by Sifox211

You may be right - I've only seen disk 1 so far and it is far too many years since I saw the rest! Is that an actual quote?

It's the issue that generates the plot of the last episode of the series, "Turnabout Intruder".

[Polaroid]

My sister has popped round for some films - I think I have picked about 50 she needs to see >.<

She needs to start collecting!

[jw007]

Originally Posted by orbital

Maybe it's because that's not the point of Roeg's film.

For one thing I'd say DON'T LOOK NOW does not feature as much sleazy male chauvinism as TOS.

Wait a minute ... you were seriously comparing those two?

Yeah...and no.... not comparing both... but maybe I was...or maybe I was pulling your leg...or maybe I was tired and half awake when I wrote that...yes, that's what it was.

[jw007]

Originally Posted by Helikaon

Wow, high praise! I, personally, couldn't get through it and consider it to be Lee Chang-dong's weakest film by far. Perhaps my expectations were too high, because I absolutely love Oasis and Poetry, and Peppermint Candy was great.

What do you consider Lee Chang-dong's strongest film? I admit I haven't watched any other film of his yet as far as I know.

Oasis is dead last in my opinion. So is peppermint candy. Poetry can't be included.

[jw007]

Great Owl:

I hope you received your 30% coupon today as well.

I am going to use it on the Tati box set!

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by jw007

What do you consider Lee Chang-dong's strongest film? I admit I haven't watched any other film of his yet as far as I know.

Oasis is dead last in my opinion. So is peppermint candy. Poetry can't be included.

I read this post like 10 times but it still isn't making sense.

You've only seen Secret Sunshine, but Oasis and Peppermint Candy are both dead last, and
Poetry can't be ranked at all?

Huh?

[CMNPlanet]

Just arrived this afternoon:



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[Helikaon]

Originally Posted by jw007

What do you consider Lee Chang-dong's strongest film? I admit I haven't watched any other film of his yet as far as I know.

Oasis is dead last in my opinion. So is peppermint candy. Poetry can't be included.

Originally Posted by shadedpain4

I read this post like 10 times but it still isn't making sense.

You've only seen Secret Sunshine, but Oasis and Peppermint Candy are both dead last, and
Poetry can't be ranked at all?

Huh?

Heh, I was puzzled at first, but I think he means any other film other than those I mentioned.

As to your question, I would rank them like this:

Oasis
Poetry
Peppermint Candy
Green Fish
Secret Sunshine

I felt the latter lacked the poetry (no pun intended) of some of his other works.

[lordmorpheus72]

Originally Posted by hariseldon

Love the movie (I'm pretty sure I saw this theatrically way back) and the vast improvement compared to previous home releases has to be something to see,

That 20% coupon may be burning for a while -- the BN 50% sale ends 12/1 so neither this nor Tootsie should be eligible unless there is some extra deal upcoming like last year which hasn't been announced yet

If you can wait a week, there should be a 40% sale the week before Christmas -- maybe even a 25% coupon

That's right, I confused the end date for the 50% deal. Thanks for bringing me to my senses. And I did get another BN email about other sales, maybe that is what it si about. And it had a 30% coupon in it as well.

Either way... still a deal for that movie!

[jayembee]

It's a bit off-topic, but we've discussed Howard Hawks films, and which ones we'd like to see come out from Criterion. Well, one of them is now off the table, as the TCM Vault Collection has just released Only Angels Have Wings.

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Only-...lu-ray/115152/

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by jayembee

It's a bit off-topic, but we've discussed Howard Hawks films, and which ones we'd like to see come out from Criterion. Well, one of them is now off the table, as the TCM Vault Collection has just released Only Angels Have Wings.

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Only-...lu-ray/115152/

I did not realize that this Blu-ray was being released so soon.
Trigger = pulled.

[deepbreathsanddeath]

I'm keen to add some more eclipse sets to my collection (I currently only have Shochiku horror and Louise Malle) but as I try to be selective about DVD purchases, I was wondering if I could get some feedback about which you guys think are essential Eclipse releases? By that, I mean sets with genuinely great films that you think easily deserve to be in the criterion blu-ray collection.

At the moment I'm eyeing Early Bergman, Late Ray, The Actuality Dramas of Allan King and The Nikkatsu Noir set. Larisa Shapitko looks like a good one too. Ideally I only want to grab one or two. What are your top picks?

I would love some input from you too, Pro-B.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by deepbreathsanddeath

I'm keen to add some more eclipse sets to my collection (I currently only have Shochiku horror and Louise Malle) but as I try to be selective about DVD purchases, I was wondering if I could get some feedback about which you guys think are essential Eclipse releases? By that, I mean sets with genuinely great films that you think easily deserve to be in the criterion blu-ray collection.

At the moment I'm eyeing Early Bergman, Late Ray, The Actuality Dramas of Allan King and The Nikkatsu Noir set. Larisa Shapitko looks like a good one too. Ideally I only want to grab one or two. What are your top picks?

I would love some input from you too, Pro-B.

The First Films of Akira Kurosawa Eclipse set and the Postwar Kurosawa Eclipse set are both spot-on!

I really ought to buy the Nikkatsu Noir Eclipse set this month.