The Criterion Collection

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by octagon

And they were even announced at a reasonable hour.

I was in the middle of watching Batman V Superman

[Ray Jackson]

A new Satyajit Ray film?!

...It's ON.

[20th Century Boy]

Originally Posted by Hoke Moseley

I'm sorry, I can't let this slide.

The music?! Morricone's score for The Untouchables is absolutely amazing, and one of the best of all time.

Nope. Not even close. Pretty much as far as this conversation can go. I'm very adamant about my thoughts on this film.

[RCRochester]

Originally Posted by thatguamguy

Nice! Both cuts of "Tom Jones" in one package! And such a terrible-looking cover!

Such a long-awaited title on blu-ray and it promises to be a fantastic release.

Originally Posted by Hoke Moseley

I'm sorry, I can't let this slide.

The music?! Morricone's score for The Untouchables is absolutely amazing, and one of the best of all time.

It's a very distinct and interesting score, like all of Morricone's work.

[melo4mvp]

Originally Posted by BagheeraMcGee

I can only speak for myself, but that cover is f*cking bad-ass.

And that flash sale Criterion usually has at the end of February just got more expensive for me.

Agreed. Probably my favorite cover yet.

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by 20th Century Boy

I knew someone was gonna say this. Not gonna take the bait in this thread but I'm more than happy to elsewhere. No one touches Miike's creativity. Not by a long shot. Given the resources he had I disagree with your assessment whole heartedly.

P.S. and don't straw man me by insinuating that I dismissed the other directors you've named. I'm probably the biggest frothing fan of Suzuki in the forums among the others you've listed.

I like Miike too, but he wouldn't even be in my top 3 Japanese directors *currently* making films. Even if we were going with most creative, I'd give that to Sion Sono.

[belcherman]

I'm in for Tom Jones but what's up with that cover? Weird.

[Scottie]

Night of the Living Dead, The Silence of the Lambs, and Tom Jones are two-disc releases so they may be released in DigiPacks.

[20th Century Boy]

Never seen Tom Jones but I'm interested. And I'm glad they didn't wait to release NotLD. Now if only they'd unbreak my heart about 16 Candles.

[thatguamguy]

Originally Posted by RCRochester

Such a long-awaited title on blu-ray and it promises to be a fantastic release.

It's been a while since I did a formal ranking, but it's probably in my top 10 Best Picture winners. I just can't imagine what they were thinking with that cover, I don't even understand it at all

[JoeBuck]

Originally Posted by Hoke Moseley

I'm sorry, I can't let this slide.

The music?! Morricone's score for The Untouchables is absolutely amazing, and one of the best of all time.

I've seen lots of people say they hated the score, lots say it works against the film or seems misplaced.
While I can't remember the music, I agree with 20th Century on pretty much everything about the Untouchables. That movie is trash and Costner plays a BIG part in that.

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

A new Satyajit Ray film?!

...It's ON.

Sadly no, it's from 1966.

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by 20th Century Boy

Even the music? I just can't fathom it.

The whole movie looks like a high school play to me. I'm not gonna go into it because it's probably moot to all sides, I thought I was gonna love it. The opposite happened. Just my own tastes I guess.

The Oscar-nominated (and BAFTA-winning) score? Yes, even the music.

[20th Century Boy]

Originally Posted by shadedpain4

I like Miike too, but he wouldn't even be in my top 3 Japanese directors *currently* making films. Even if we were going with most creative, I'd give that to Sion Sono.

He's my number 2 man. But no way anyone touches Miike's mid 90s to mid 2000s run of creativity. Again, we can go elsewhere with this.

[UncleBuckWild]

Originally Posted by iScottie

An Actor's Revenge (1963)
https://www.criterion.com/films/2889...ctor-s-revenge

Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
https://www.criterion.com/films/778-...to-the-gallows

The Hero (1966)
https://www.criterion.com/films/28449-the-hero

Night of the Living Dead (1968)
https://www.criterion.com/films/2933...he-living-dead

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
https://www.criterion.com/films/528-...q=autocomplete

Tom Jones (1963)
https://www.criterion.com/films/28736-tom-jones

BEST DAY EVER!

[thatguamguy]

Isn't "The Untouchables" the score where the villain's sidekick's theme is just cut-and-pasted from "Once Upon A Time In The West"?

[20th Century Boy]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

The Oscar-nominated (and BAFTA-winning) score? Yes, even the music.

I don't care about awards in the slightest, knowing how they're generally given. The only concession anyone has ever given me about my criticism of the film IS the music. It's not a hit with everyone.

[Superted]

Nice to see criterion going all out on Lambs And Night

[Bates_Motel]

The best news is that NOTLD is presented ONLY in proper 1.37.1 aspect ratio.

Originally Posted by 20th Century Boy

I don't care about awards in the slightest, knowing how they're generally given. The only concession anyone has ever given me about my criticism of the film IS the music. It's not a hit with everyone.

Good for you. The actual film composers who know and score music disagree.

[RCRochester]

Originally Posted by JoeBuck

I've seen lots of people say they hated the score, lots say it works against the film or seems misplaced.
While I can't remember the music, I agree with 20th Century on pretty much everything about the Untouchables. That movie is trash and Costner plays a BIG part in that.

You may not like it, or certain aspects of it including Costner's performance, but referring to the entire film as "trash" is spurious and way off base.

Originally Posted by thatguamguy

Isn't "The Untouchables" the score where the villain's sidekick's theme is just cut-and-pasted from "Once Upon A Time In The West"?

I never noticed that myself in particular, but there has been the odd occasion that some notes on one Morricone score bear a similarity to another. But he's not the only composer who does that.