The Criterion Collection

[Weirded Wonder]

Originally Posted by csdot

Curious Case of Benjamin Button is already out

I think he was asking if more titles of that type would be coming to CC. Money talks.

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by JediFonger

do you think more releases like rock, armageddon, benjamin button will make its way to Criterion Collection? just curious.

Seven Samurai, Breathless, Wes Anderson, list goes on and on. You were talking popular films, correct?

[Weirded Wonder]

Originally Posted by CassavetesGodard

Seven Samurai, Breathless, Wes Anderson, list goes on and on. You were talking popular films, correct?

I think he wants Nicolas Cage films...

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by Beard Esquire

I think he wants Nicolas Cage films...

I WANT CAGE FILMS.

Vampire's Kiss in Criterion Collection! Serious too.

[McCrutchy]

Originally Posted by CassavetesGodard

I WANT CAGE FILMS.

Vampire's Kiss in Criterion Collection! Serious too.

The Wicker Man!

[larry47591]

I would stop collecting if wicker man makes it in to the collection

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by McCrutchy

The Wicker Man!

Let me tell you a secret:

I LOVE Cage's Wicker Man. People who don't, doesn't understand Cage. It's an hour and a half (or whatever) full of Cage beating the **** out of a cult of women.

[larry47591]

I like a lot of cage movies but wicker man and ghost rider were awful. I wanted to get up and leave the theater.

[SpiderBaby]

Best vid ever!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP1-o...layer_embedded

[whbinder]

Originally Posted by JediFonger

do you think more releases like rock, armageddon, benjamin button will make its way to Criterion Collection? just curious.

Despite the silliness posted already. It's ceratinly possible, but not likely.

In the early days of Criterion, their focus was very different; releasing films they felt were important for film lovers, since the home video industry wasn't as big as it is now. That included titles like Ghostbusters and Dr. No. Titles that would seem very out of place in the current Criterion Collection. Studios didn't mind letting out the licenses for films because LD was such a niche market.

When DVD became more prevalent, studios started becoming more active in releasing their own titles and only loaning out titles that there really wasn't a mass market for. That's when Criterion shifted it's image, both because it was much harder to get the rights for more current popular films and also because they didn't need to release those titles if people had access to them through other means.

So about ten years ago, Criterion started going towards the more auteur market and has succeeded very well.

But as LD died out, they still released some more "blockbuster" titles and those titles were licenced out to them (especially through Disney companies) in packages. So they would get Pulp Fiction and Chasing Amy, but they'd also get Evita, Dead Presidents and The Rock.

So many (not all) of those mainstream titles were just extra titles in a licensing deal, the kind of deal that doesn't happen nearly as much now that DVD (and Blu-ray) have a much different place in economics.

But occasionally Criterion might want a particular title like Benjamin Button and work something out. It could happen again.

And in the more distant future, the home video market will probably change again and Criterion will hopefully adapt with it, so the image of Criterion may change again. Who knows what will come out for spine #900.

[jacobsever]

At the expense of losing the respect of everyone here, I thoroughly enjoyed the two National Treasure movies.

Also liked The Weather Man.

[greekak229]

Originally Posted by Joe Dalek

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.

"Shoot him again! His soul's still dancing!"

Bad Lieutenant is so great!

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by jacobsever

At the expense of losing the respect of everyone here, I thoroughly enjoyed the two National Treasure movies.

Also liked The Weather Man.

Why would you lose our respect? I like The Weather Man.

I also like the National Treasure movies and hope for a 3rd. I don't own them, but doesn't mean I don't like them. I love "chase"-type movies.

I can pretty much watch any Cage movie and enjoy something from it. He is IMO, the best actor in Hollywood in terms of keeping me interested in something. The thing people forgets when hating on Cage is that they take him serious, in which you shouldn't. He plays and has fun. That is cleary his goal.

[greekak229]

Originally Posted by CassavetesGodard

Why would you lose our respect? I like The Weather Man.

I also like the National Treasure movies and hope for a 3rd. I don't own them, but doesn't mean I don't like them. I love "chase"-type movies.

I can pretty much watch any Cage movie and enjoy something from it. He is IMO, the best actor in Hollywood in terms of keeping me interested in something.

He can be good when he wants to, but he can be REALLY awful, too.

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by greekak229

He can be good when he wants to, but he can be REALLY awful, too.

Awful, or just hamming it up on purpose? He doesn't take himself serious and is actually bad like Keanu Reeves. He ACTS like he is Keanu Reeves. Do you see the difference of what I'm talking about?

[rkish]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

Plus it was mentioned a few pages back, I believe when someone listed it as a title they'd like to see.... or when we were discussing how much Bergman existed in the collection.... or perhaps when we were discussing turtles.... hell I can't remember.

Might have been me...though I didn't mention Bergman Island by name...

Originally Posted by rkish

...but I was on the fence with The Seventh Seal, just as you are now.

I tried to watch it more than once and it just didn't do it for me. I rented and eventually bought The Magician, as I really enjoyed it.

I opted to give The Seventh Seal another chance, not only for the film itself, but there is quite a bit of good supplemental material on the film and on Bergman...

[greekak229]

Originally Posted by CassavetesGodard

Awful, or just hamming it up on purpose? He doesn't take himself serious and is actually bad like Keanu Reeves. He ACTS like he is Keanu Reeves. Do you see the difference of what I'm talking about?

I suppose, but still, he should have some decency and not star in a bad film because he wants to be kooky on screen. Like, the character in Bad Lieutenant was supposed to be a nut-job, and he acted the part brilliantly, but he knows a bad film when he reads it, yet he stars in them anyway. That's my beef with Cage. I think he's a tremendous actor and I like a lot of his films, but he needs to chill out.

[rkish]

Originally Posted by fdm

Kinda funny, in spite of my better judgment, I ended up with the first two seasons of TZ via Ultimate's bogo coupons just yesterday. Similar pricing. I had managed up until then to resist the double-dip, but now I'm in the same boat: keeping an eye out for coups and discounts for the subsequent three; that's how I ended up with the complete dvd collection in the first place: one fell swoop courtesy of an amazon deal of the day.

Is there still an active BOGO coupon and if so, could you please provide a link?

Thanks!

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by greekak229

I suppose, but still, he should have some decency and not star in a bad film because he wants to be kooky on screen. Like, the character in Bad Lieutenant was supposed to be a nut-job, and he acted the part brilliantly, but he knows a bad film when he reads it, yet he stars in them anyway. That's my beef with Cage. I think he's a tremendous actor and I like a lot of his films, but he needs to chill out.

fair enough.

[greekak229]

Originally Posted by cassavetesgodard

fair enough.

Indeed.