The Criterion Collection

[Clare2904]

Paths of Glory bought with the Cineplex offer. $24.49CAD with tax but I get a free movie ticket ($12.99CAD - to be used on Nebraska).

[baheidstu]

Originally Posted by Infernal King

Hmm. I mostly feel the opposite and let's be honest: EVERY single Bond film has at least a few terrible one-liners. That's part of the charm (or curse, depending on your point of view).

Oh, they all have some terrible one-liners. Some of them are real clunkers in fact. It's just that it always seemed to me that the Brosnan era films were so smugly self-conscious about it. It's like in the Moore era, the one-liner itself would be the "joke" but in the Brosnan era it wasn't so much the one-liner itself but the fact they were inserting "obligatory Bond one-liner" that was the joke.

[brandon_260]

I already had a pile of unwatched titles and today I had three more films show up. Orpheus, Sweet Smell of Success, and Pale Flower. I've been home four days now and have only been able to City Lights from my recent purchases. I've been way too caught up in catching up on 2013 releases that I've missed over the last 5 months that I am squeezing in right before they are yanked from theaters. I'm hoping to find time for something tomorrow, maybe Nashville or Frances Ha.

[Infernal King]

Originally Posted by baheidstu

Oh, they all have some terrible one-liners. Some of them are real clunkers in fact. It's just that it always seemed to me that the Brosnan era films were so smugly self-conscious about it. It's like in the Moore era, the one-liner itself would be the "joke" but in the Brosnan era it wasn't so much the one-liner itself but the fact they were inserting "obligatory Bond one-liner" that was the joke.

I don't believe that only Richard Maibaum had the "magic touch" when it came to penning Bond scripts and I just can't see the difference between the Brosnan era quips and the rest. I wish I had something more profound to say except, "nah". Sorry.

[Arkadin]

Cassavetes box set only $65 on amazon right now.
Just thought I'd give a head's up on that;
and Merry Christmas to cinema lovers everywhere and especially on bd.com.

[SilentDawn]

Just wanted to stop by to wish a merry Christmas to everyone on Blu-ray.com.

Let's just hope that there are some Criterion Blu-rays under the tree tomorrow!


SilentDawn

[smoss469]

Originally Posted by SilentDawn

Just wanted to stop by to wish a merry Christmas to everyone on Blu-ray.com.

Let's just hope that there are some Criterion Blu-rays under the tree tomorrow!


SilentDawn

We've always split the days we open gifts. Usually my wife and I exchange gifts on 12/24 and the stuff from my parents/her parents, we do that Christmas day. Needless to say, my wife kicked ass this year:



Don't know if it's that clear or not, but it's all sitting on the Wes Anderson Collection.

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by lordmorpheus72

What other Kazan films are favorites of yours? I assume On the Waterfront, but which others?

I'm surprised no one mentions A Face in the Crowd. Maybe because it's not on Blu? Most folks here think highly (myself included) of Ace in the Hole and this is the perfect companion to that film.

[Ausjdm]

Happy Holidays to all!!!

[Beta Man]

Season's greetings to my dysfunctional family.

I hope for health and happiness to you and yours.

[jw007]

Happy holidays to all you fellow Criterion movie fanatics!

[Rich Pure Doom]

Just got done revisiting all of Terence Malick's films over the last few days and here's how I'd rank them:

1. The New World: Director's Cut (top 20 all time for me)
2. The Thin Red Line
3. Days of Heaven
4. The Tree of Life
5. To The Wonder
6. Badlands

[Spire]

"Had" to open presents early this year because my brother has to work on Christmas. This year my family got me a lot of blow The 400 Blows and Blow Out that is

[mdonovan]

Merry Christmas to all ... may the new year see you criterion collection double in size ;-)

[jw007]

Originally Posted by Rich Pure Doom

Just got done revisiting all of Terence Malick's films over the last few days and here's how I'd rank them:

1. The New World: Director's Cut (top 20 all time for me)
2. The Thin Red Line
3. Days of Heaven
4. The Tree of Life
5. To The Wonder
6. Badlands

That is precisely the order I would give as well! Although 1 and 2 can be swapped in either way...both are classics...yet I'm leaning more and more towards The New World as his best film.

[Infernal King]

I bought Secret Sunshine at Barnes & Noble yesterday and after taking off the plastic wrapping, I noticed that there was a "Director Approved Edition" sticker ON the actual plastic of the Blu-ray case! This is the first Criterion I've acquired that has such a sticker. Is there any rhyme or reason for it or did I just get lucky? I've purchased various other "Director Approved Edition" Criterion Blu-rays before but none of them had such a sticker.

[hustlermane]

It's already Xmas here, and sadly my BN.com orders from the sale didn't arrive in time. Lucky they weren't gifts for friends, just me.


Oh and on Malick, I though I was in the minority but yeah, New World is defs the best thing he's done (I'm ambivalent about him on the whole), and I haven't had a chance to check out the blu yet, it's on the shelf though. But how on earth can you put Badlands on the bottom? Especially with the To The Wonder above it? NW and Badlands are the only ones I really like unconditionally of them all.

[Meek12345]

Originally Posted by deepbreathsanddeath

What's the quality of the Zatoichi movies like overall? Do they stay consistantly excellent from 1st to 25th movie? Or are there some duds in there? Are the stories all pretty much the same or are the stories all very different? I'm on the fence about the Zatoichi set. On one hand I want to let criterion know that they should definitely take chances like this because it'll pay off, but on the other hand I'm not sure how many I'll actually enjoy from the set.

I have the same questions deepbreathsanddeath, although I have seen films 1-9. Can someone please answer these questions when they finish the set?

I watched Moon and The Game last night, and enjoyed both immensely. Fun Trivia Fact: The director of Moon, Duncan Jones, is David Bowie's son. I immediately liked him even more after learning about this.

After watching The Game, I automatically added it to my Criterion wishlist. I have now seen 5 films directed by David Fincher, and I rank them as follows:

1. The Game (will own soon)
2. Se7en (own blu-ray digibook)
3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (own)
4. The Social Network
5. Fight Club

Hopefully, I can catch Panic Room, Zodiac, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo on tv soon. Although, I wasn't a big fan of the original Swedish version of TGWTDT, so I'm not in a big hurry to see the remake.

Well, Merry Christmas everyone!

[drawohua]

I just watched The Wind Rises.
It is so incredibly done by Hayao Miyazaki. We know he loves fighter aircraft but hate war. This is the time he put this sort of contradiction to his own film. He also precisely combined 3 substances: the story of a real life person, a famous japanese fiction, and the dreams sequences he created (his own feeling i believe) altogether.

[The Bronx Bull]

Originally Posted by Rich Pure Doom

Just got done revisiting all of Terence Malick's films over the last few days and here's how I'd rank them:

1. The New World: Director's Cut (top 20 all time for me)
2. The Thin Red Line
3. Days of Heaven
4. The Tree of Life
5. To The Wonder
6. Badlands

1. The Thin Red Line
2. The Tree of Life
3. Badlands
4. The New World
5. Days of Heaven

I have not yet watched To The Wonder. The problem with ranking Malick is that by placing Days of Heaven last, it would make you believe that it's a bad film - far from the truth, with some of the best cinematography I've ever seen.