The Criterion Collection

[*PREACHER*]

Originally Posted by skonka

The March titles are pretty damn amazing imo. All fantastic films which I'm definitely going to add to my collection. My wallet already hurts from the B&N sale, and there are still so many more CCs I want.

Join the club...my list keeps growing whilst my wallet keeps shrinking...bad wallet..bad wallet...you make more mulla...NOW!!!!

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by skonka

The March titles are pretty damn amazing imo. All fantastic films which I'm definitely going to add to my collection. My wallet already hurts from the B&N sale, and there are still so many more CCs I want.

Badlands, A Man Escaped, and The Blob are all sure purchases for me. There has never been a month with more than two definite Criterion purchases from me until now. Getting a money jar ready.

[retablo]

Originally Posted by SammyJankis

Wha..? Really? I mostly see people list either Days of Heaven or The Thin Red Line as their favorite Malick. I usually see Badlands listed as lesser Malick (something I agree with, though it's still great.)

Personally, my favorite of his is The Tree of Life, by quite a large margin.

I prefer Tree of Life & Thin Red Line... I think Days of Heaven is his worst film, but still one of the most beautifully photographed... but the story doesn't do much for me.

[drbikeshorts]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

[Show spoiler]

In my opinion, this is the sickest, most awesome cover art for any movie ever.

Yeah, a huge fan of this cover and the film.
Was always my favourite Kurosawa film, but it has been many a year since I've seen it. Probably a VHS recording off TV.
Kurosawa has always been one of my favourite filmmakers, so it seems silly to rate them.
Would love to see it on blu-ray so that I could consider it in relation to the Yojimbo films and Seven Samurai, which I've seen most recently.
Meanwhile, Rashomon is sitting here waiting to be watched very soon...

[drbikeshorts]

Originally Posted by GoldMotel

I may be a minority, but my favorite Malick is The New World.

I'm with you on this
Probably then The Thin Red Line, Tree of Life, Days of Heaven and then Badlands.
But I love them all

[Whirlygig]

Days of Heaven...not just Malick's best film, but one of the best films of all time.

[Scottie]

I watched Brazil last night. I can't say it was my favorite film, but it was still very enjoyable.

[JHas]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

I wish I could have been there, love laughing at ignorant movie goers. My favorite was after the amazing conclusion to Martha Marcy May Marlene when somebody notablty frustrated yelled, "that was the WORST movie I have ever seen!!" Or a certain lady after Tree of Life talking of the glories of 'Something Borrowed' as if her body was physically rejecting what she had just seen

I saw "No Country for Old Men" in central Minnesota, at the abrupt ending I heard an old Stearns county guy (most like a farmer of German stock) say, "ohhhh, now dey gotta make a sequel."

My most unique film going experience was "Fight Club." Lots of groans and shouts in anger. About 10 people walked out during the first half of the film, near the end one guy got up in a rage to leave and was screaming, "this is f***ing bull***! this isn't a movie, it's garbage!"

[blkhrt]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

There's actually a second part to this story...

The next morning, after the baby squirrel scare while I was watching Nosferatu, I was thinking about the incident as I drove to work on the downtown connector through Atlanta in the work vehicle Blazer. I remember thinking, "Nobody is going to believe this story! That baby squirrel during the movie was the scariest thing that has ever happened to me in my life."

BAM!!!

A large moving truck illegally merged into my lane without looking and destroyed most of the back driver's side of my Blazer. The truck's side view mirror shattered through the Blazer window and came inches away from my head. I frantically veered the Blazer around to keep it from flipping over, then pulled off on the side of the road by the truck to call the police. I was miraculously unhurt, although the right side of my body bruised days later from the sudden pressure of the seatbelt.

So, I actually had two good scares that Halloween. One funny scare, and one not-so-funny scare. I probably lost ten years of my life due to those two incidents within a matter of hours!

Wow, so I am guessing that you are never going to watch Nosferatu again, right?

[Scottie]

Woot! 9 more days until April announcements!

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by blkhrt

Wow, so I am guessing that you are never going to watch Nosferatu again, right?

Oh, I've watched Nosferatu (both versions) a great many times since then. The 1922 version is my favorite vampire movie of all time. I've been loving the Dracula restoration on the Universal Monsters box set a lot lately, but I prefer the Nosferatu portrayal of the vampire as an embodiment of plague and pestilence.

The Lost Boys has the best soundtrack, though!

[brandon_260]

Originally Posted by retablo

I prefer Tree of Life & Thin Red Line... I think Days of Heaven is his worst film, but still one of the most beautifully photographed... but the story doesn't do much for me.

I definitely agree with the second half of this. I personally prefer Badlands and The New World, actually. Although after recently rewatching The Tree of Life, I might actually prefer it to The New World now.

[The Great Owl]

The New World is my least favorite Malick film, but it's still a million times better than the best work from most directors.

I love how, in a general sense, Malick's movies focus on the beauty of nature, as if to demonstrate that the natural world will always continue to flourish, indifferent to the tragedies and struggles of human lives in its midst. If I go to war and am killed by a bullet, if I become a convict on the run, if I lose my job, if I fall in and out of love, or if I attend the funeral of a relative, the leaves outside my apartment window will still look beautiful.

When I was younger, I interpreted The Thin Red Line to mean that war is an affront to the natural world, and that we are destroying nature with our conflicts. The more that I view the film, however, the more I decide that nature is simply indifferent and continues to go on, one way or another, despite the calamities on Guadalcanal, because, in a sense, war is actually a part of nature.

[NoirFan]

Originally Posted by iScottie

Woot! 9 more days until April announcements!

Every month I hope they'll announce a Sirk upgrade, and every month I'm disappointed.

[vargihate]

Every month I hope they'll announce Rohmer on bluray and every month I'm disappointed.

[ZooTv]

Originally Posted by iScottie

Woot! 9 more days until April announcements!

Bring on Eraserhead

[Scottie]

Currently watching The Thin Red Line. Hands down one of the most beautiful movies ever made.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by iScottie

Currently watching The Thin Red Line. Hands down one of the most beautiful movies ever made.

Great music as well.

[SammyJankis]

Originally Posted by retablo

I prefer Tree of Life & Thin Red Line... I think Days of Heaven is his worst film, but still one of the most beautifully photographed... but the story doesn't do much for me.

I'm not sure where I'd rank Days of Heaven, honestly. I do believe, however, that Malick's work tends to get better the further he strays away from a linear narrative (his post Days work).

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Great music as well.

I understand that it's a war movie and all, but there is such a peaceful element to it.