The Criterion Collection

[cash_black]

Originally Posted by littleprince32

You're both wrong. The correct answer:

1. Bottle Rocket
2. The Royal Tenenbaums
3. Rushmore
4. Grand Budapest Hotel
5. Fantastic Mr. Fox
6. Moonrise Kingdom
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7. Life Aquatic
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8.Darjeeling whatever

Nah

Bottle rocket
Darjeeling ltd
Grand Budapest hotel
Royal tenenbaums
Rushmore
Moonrise kingdom
Life aquatic

[Andrew13]

Originally Posted by Infernal King

I freely admit to not "getting" Wes Anderson.

I felt this way for the longest time, but turned a complete 180 on him after my second viewing of The Grand Budapest Hotel, which, pending rewatches of Birdman and Whiplash, is my favorite film of 2014.

My rankings, having yet to see Fantastic Mr. Fox:

1. The Grand Budapest Hotel
2. The Life Aquatic
3. Rushmore
4. The Royal Tennenbaums
5. Moonrise Kingdom


6. Bottle Rocket
7. The Darjeeling Limited

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by astartimes

Fingers crossed for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.

Originally Posted by AaronJ

I would FREAK OUT if they announced that. FREAK. OUT.

Originally Posted by MachineGod

That's and Mulholland Drive are 2 of my absolute most wanted films from Criterion. Jesse James needs a better transfer and some nice extras, and Mulholland Drive needs to be freaking released on Blu already. I want those 2 so bad. I mean there are a lot of films I would wish for a Criterion release, but most of them aren't practical. Those 2 seem like perfect candidates though and I'm hoping we see at least one before the end of the year.

I would also love to see Criterion pick up TAoJJbtCRF. Not only for a better transfer and extras but the existing disc doesn't even have lossless audio! This is a film that deserves top-notch video and audio and has neither.
Another title I wish, Wish, WISH for in the Collection would be Downfall. I have the UK edition and it's ok but I think it deserves a better treatment that would include both cuts along with more extras and a lossless track.

[Edward J Grug III]

Wes Anderson doesn't put out movies regularly enough for the frequency we rank them in this forum.

Anyway, the correct answer is:

Moonrise Kingdom
Life Aquatic
Royal Tanenbaums
Grand Budapest Hotel *
Darjeeling LTD
Fantastic Mr Fox
Rushmore *
Bottle Rocket

* both need revisiting

[MachineGod]

Originally Posted by ccg1978

hoping Mulholland Drive is announced so I don't have to read about it every 5 posts...

Ohh... me too.

[Infernal King]

Originally Posted by Andrew13

I felt this way for the longest time, but turned a complete 180 on him after my second viewing of The Grand Budapest Hotel, which, pending rewatches of Birdman and Whiplash, is my favorite film of 2014.

My parents disliked Budapest Hotel quite a bit so they drove me away from seeing it. My best friend however loved it so I guess it's a divisive movie.

Originally Posted by hoytereden

I would also love to see Criterion pick up TAoJJbtCRF. Not only for a better transfer and extras but the existing disc doesn't even have lossless audio! This is a film that deserves top-notch video and audio and has neither.
Another title I wish, Wish, WISH for in the Collection would be Downfall. I have the UK edition and it's ok but I think it deserves a better treatment that would include both cuts along with more extras and a lossless track.

I recently imported the Canadian Blu-ray of Downfall and I'm quite pleased with it. The lossless audio sounds excellent as well.

[captveg]

Originally Posted by hoytereden

Another title I wish, Wish, WISH for in the Collection would be Downfall. I have the UK edition and it's ok but I think it deserves a better treatment that would include both cuts along with more extras and a lossless track.

Agreed. As a Sony title it's even somewhat plausible to happen, though they don't let go of too many of their SPC titles to sub-licensing.

They would need to have a bonus feature about the parodies, too.

[TJS_Blu]

Originally Posted by captveg

They would need to have a bonus feature about the parodies, too.

That would be a boxed set!

[Snicket]

Making lists is the hot new garbage.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by ccg1978

hoping Mulholland Drive is announced so I don't have to read about it every 5 posts...

If it's not Mulholland Drive it will just be something else. If it's a not Wes Anderson that's already gotten a perfectly good Fox release it'll be some other region-free release - maybe another Lynch titles, maybe something completely different - but once Mulholland Drive is announced we won't have to wait long to meet its equally annoying successor.

We never do

Originally Posted by hoytereden

I'll always Remember him as Count Dracula from the outstanding TV film of the same name.
RIP

Yeah, I'm with you. I always think Dracula first, Columbo second.

Originally Posted by iScottie

I freely admit to "getting" yet not giving two shits about Wes Anderson.

I'm not sure where I'm at. 'I get it, I just don't want it' sounds pretty good, actually. That was my immediate reaction too. But the fact that he's so popular among so many otherwise fairly rational people does give me pause.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Infernal King

I freely admit to not "getting" Wes Anderson.

Originally Posted by Andrew13

I felt this way for the longest time, but turned a complete 180 on him after my second viewing of The Grand Budapest Hotel, which, pending rewatches of Birdman and Whiplash, is my favorite film of 2014.

I haven't seen all of Anderson's films, but the only one I've seen so far that I like (but don't love) is The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.

The Grand Budapest Hotel looked interesting, though. My wife has watched it on HBO (it's her first Anderson film) and liked it quite a bit -- enough that she suggested I pick up the Blu-ray, though when I mentioned that there'd be an inevitable Criterion release, she said she could wait.

I have it on the DVR from an HBO showing, but haven't gotten around to watching it yet.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by octagon

I'm not sure where I'm at. 'I get it, I just don't want it' sounds pretty good, actually. That was my immediate reaction too. But the fact that he's so popular among so many otherwise fairly rational people does give me pause.

I just chalk it up to high subjectivity. It's like trying to reconcile the fact that "otherwise fairly rational people" don't like The Three Stooges.

[Snicket]

I heard a crazy rumor the other day, some film historian said on Twitter that "film is subjective." Hahaha have you ever heard such a thing? I hope he gets fired.

[kuro_sawa]

Anyone else out there feel that Fantastic Mr. Fox is his overall best? To me, the childrens film is where his style just worked better than his live action ones, and I feel that that is one of the best kids films of the past decade. It was the case, as with all his work to me, that I was hyper-aware of what was going on cinematically/stylistically but it all just gelled in a way his others don't, where I could overlook the random title cards and crap because it actually fit - probably because the fantastical direction was matched with a fantastical cast of talking animals. My 2nd favourite is Moonrise Kingdom, probably for the same general reasons, in that it is totally set up as a farce. My least favourite of his is The Royal Tenenbaums. I tried to watch that for the second time when it hit blu to see if my opinion would change, and I shut it off when Luke Wilson

[Show spoiler]tries to commit suicide

. Anderson's style just does not lend itself to such serious/heavy stuff especially when it is surrounded by much lighter things. The tonal shifts in that film make it dreadful for me, none of the dramatic ideas really worked.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by mrjohnnyb

Perhaps when the inevitable flash sale comes, you could treat yourself to some Ozu (Tokyo Story, Late Spring,) Wong Kar-wai (In the Mood for Love,) Mizoguchi (Sansho the Bailiff, The Life of Oharu,) Suzuki (Branded to Kill,) Kobayashi (Harakiri,) Yang (Yi Yi,) or some Ray (The Music Room, Charulata.)

All of those films come highly recommended.

I do have In The Mood For Love, one of my favorite films of all time.

But thanks for the other suggestions. I've felt like something of a incompetent because of my lack of any knowledge of Ozu particularly. That's just not acceptable, and needs to be addressed for sure.

[kuro_sawa]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

I do have In The Mood For Love, one of my favorite films of all time.

But thanks for the other suggestions. I've felt like something of a incompetent because of my lack of any knowledge of Ozu particularly. That's just not acceptable, and needs to be addressed for sure.

johnnyb's post is a good one, check those films off as you go! He missed a big one though - Imamura. His films are a must as well

[Infernal King]

Originally Posted by kuro_sawa

Anyone else out there feel that Fantastic Mr. Fox is his overall best? To me, the childrens film is where his style just worked better than his live action ones, and I feel that that is one of the best kids films of the past decade. It was the case, as with all his work to me, that I was hyper-aware of what was going on cinematically/stylistically but it all just gelled in a way his others don't, where I could overlook the random title cards and crap because it actually fit - probably because the fantastical direction was matched with a fantastical cast of talking animals. My 2nd favourite is Moonrise Kingdom, probably for the same general reasons, in that it is totally set up as a farce. My least favourite of his is The Royal Tenenbaums. I tried to watch that for the second time when it hit blu to see if my opinion would change, and I shut it off when Luke Wilson

[Show spoiler]tries to commit suicide

. Anderson's style just does not lend itself to such serious/heavy stuff especially when it is surrounded by much lighter things. The tonal shifts in that film make it dreadful for me, none of the dramatic ideas really worked.

Many, many years ago, I watched The Royal Tenenbaums with a friend who recommended it. I laughed out loud during the scene where

[Show spoiler]Luke Wilson attempts suicide

, which confused my friend. The way it was executed (no pun intended) was funny to me and I got the feeling that's what Anderson was going for. Then again, I love dark humor so maybe I do "get" that part of Anderson's style.

[Clare2904]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

I do have In The Mood For Love, one of my favorite films of all time.

But thanks for the other suggestions. I've felt like something of a incompetent because of my lack of any knowledge of Ozu particularly. That's just not acceptable, and needs to be addressed for sure.

I'll throw in some Kurosawa. Watched Red Beard at the weekend and was blown away. Forget that it is only on DVD, buy it!

[Infernal King]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

I do have In The Mood For Love, one of my favorite films of all time.

But thanks for the other suggestions. I've felt like something of a incompetent because of my lack of any knowledge of Ozu particularly. That's just not acceptable, and needs to be addressed for sure.

So what do you think Tony Leung's character was whispering into the hole in the wall at the end? My best guess is:

[Show spoiler]"Oh my God, oh my God. I should have ****ed her."

Don't marathon Ozu's films, by the way. I did that with nearly all of his movies from Late Spring onward and they're so similar in a lot of ways that they just blurred together for me.

[Booze Movies]

Looks like the announcement is coming tomorrow. I'd like to see...

MCCABE AND MRS. MILLER
O LUCKY MAN!
THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK
CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT
GHOST WORLD
THE GREAT SILENCE
LOST IN AMERICA