The Criterion Collection

[Mr. Movie Fan]

Originally Posted by fdm

Funny I almost put a on it when I posted. The life of a repo man is always intense.

It would be nice to see Sid & Nancy back in the collection. Been negligent so far about checking out his other stuff. Repo Chick, hmmm...

Repo-Chick is perhaps the greatest let down since Superman Returns.

[JHas]

Originally Posted by TJS_Blu

Enjoy the use of your arm & leg for at least another 6 months. Kino will be releasing the blu-ray next year.

Sweet! Hope no one holds me to my statement, I figured it would be released sooner or later as it is Kurosawa and did win an Academy Award.

[Cocophone]

Has anyone seen "This Sporting Life"

I'm thinking about buying during the B&N sale

[drbikeshorts]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Is anyone using the new review system on Criterion titles yet?

I rated all the films in my collection. This says more about how boring my job is

[ccfixx]

Beauty And The Beast is now up over at DVDBeaver.

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by Joe Dalek

I would also buy Straight To Hell

I might be remembering wrong, but wasn't this highly rumored?

[fdm]

Originally Posted by Fanboyz

Repo-Chick is perhaps the greatest let down since Superman Returns.

The trailer at imdb looked pretty bad.

[BohemianGraham]

Except for the 3 in the mail, and the "4" pre-orders, I've finally watched all of my Criterion BDs, and have ranked, best to "worst" them as such if anyone cares. I broke out the BBS set by individual film, but kept Monterey as one:

Head - 10/10 - total bias
Black Narcissus - 10/10
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - 10/10
Charade - 10/10
The Leopard - 9.5/10
Bigger Than Life - 9.5/10
Five Easy Pieces - 9.5/10
The Complete Monterey Pop Festival - 9.5/10 (Should have had more Buffalo Springfield)
The King of Marvin Gardens - 9/10
Sweet Smell of Success - 9/10
Paths of Glory - 9/10
Senso - 8.5/10
Au revoir les enfants - 8.5/10
Diabolique - 8.5/10
Topsy-Turvy - 8/10
Howards End - 8/10
The Last Picture Show - 8/10
Easy Rider -7.5/10
Broadcast News - 7/10
Drive, He Said - 6.5/10
A Safe Place - 5.5/10


I'm sure I've stirred the pot, and will cause outrage with this post, but it may help some people decide on films for the upcoming sale. They are all fantastic films, it's just that some have more rewatching power than others, and I have a total bias towards the Monkees.

[rkish]

Originally Posted by Joe Dalek

Yes. Richard Harris is great in it.

Agreed...and any film by Lindsay Anderson is just icing on the cake!

[keldons]

does anyone else have a problem with the DVDBeaver site? Sometimes film pages just won't load for me in Google Chrome.

[kazama]

Originally Posted by keldons

does anyone else have a problem with the DVDBeaver site? Sometimes film pages just won't load for me in Google Chrome.

Just click anywhere on the black screen and it's gonna work.

[DVD Phreak]

Originally Posted by ccfixx

Beauty And The Beast is now up over at DVDBeaver.

The HD picture is not the best without strong source material. I kinda expected this would be the case. But I'm looking forward to the opera soundtrack in remastered HD audio.

The revelation is "The Music Room", which has a stunning HD transfer according to DVDBeaver's captures.

[greekak229]

I wasn't really interested in The Music Room, but those captures look amazing on DVDBeaver. "Blah, blah, blah, DVDBeaver is unreliable, blah, blah, blah."

[keldons]

Originally Posted by Joe Dalek

It seems to me like the issues with DVD Beaver's screen caps have to do with color images. Previous home video versions of The Music Room have looked atrocious so the Criterion transfer was bound to be an improvement, but the DVD Beaver caps are absolutely luminous.

Yeah. The Music Room (and most Ray) have ridiculously bad US releases (if any at all), so while Criterion's looks great, even a merely passable transfer would have been incredible in comparison.

I'm really excited to see the film again because the terrible DVD is still fresh in my mind. Plus that Ray documentary sounds awesome.

[EddieLarkin]

Presumably, the most likely Criterion DVDs to get the BD treatment are their bestsellers. Do we have a realible list of the best selling Criterions? Are sales figures for individual releases published anywhere? Would love to know the chances of my favourite Criterions making it to blu

[Monty70]

I watched People on Sunday yesterday with the Elana Kats-Chernin score. After seeing the film with both scores I must say that I strongly prefer the Mont Alto track. The silent-era score works much better with the images on the screen, and I was surprised how much more I enjoyed the film the first time while using the default track. (The Mont Alto score just felt correct IMO)

[Dosto]

Originally Posted by greekak229

I wasn't really interested in The Music Room, but those captures look amazing on DVDBeaver. "Blah, blah, blah, DVDBeaver is unreliable, blah, blah, blah."

It's pretty reliable as far as I'm concerned, even though the caps tend to be a little on the soft side for some reason. But when they look great, chances are the actual image will also look great, probably even better.

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by Joe Dalek

It seems to me like the issues with DVD Beaver's screen caps have to do with color images. Previous home video versions of The Music Room have looked atrocious so the Criterion transfer was bound to be an improvement, but the DVD Beaver caps are absolutely luminous.

It reminds me of the stellar transfer for The Magician. Looks good.

[rock, stone]

Just watched Ride with the Devil for the first time. This is another movie I just couldn't convince myself to blind buy, and I have to say that was the right move. It was fine, but unremarkable. I have no need to see it again, but nothing bad to say about it.

The movie is very, very pretty so it might be worth it for the eye candy for some. I wish Jeffrey Wright was in more movies, or at least, more good movies. He really is one of the better actors working. And everyone else is good for the most part. Jewel was quite charming and crazy pretty. Rhys-Meyers was creepy, if mannered. But I expect a lot from my westerns and as a film it didn't really feel very real or very dangerous.

I would recommend this as a rental and not a blind buy, what with the sale coming up.

[Tom Hiddleston]

Originally Posted by rock, stone

Just watched Ride with the Devil for the first time. This is another movie I just couldn't convince myself to blind buy, and I have to say that was the right move. It was fine, but unremarkable. I have no need to see it again, but nothing bad to say about it.

The movie is very, very pretty so it might be worth it for the eye candy for some. I wish Jeffrey Wright was in more movies, or at least, more good movies. He really is one of the better actors working. And everyone else is good for the most part. Jewel was quite charming and crazy pretty. Rhys-Meyers was creepy, if mannered. But I expect a lot from my westerns and as a film it didn't really feel very real or very dangerous.

I would recommend this as a rental and not a blind buy, what with the sale coming up.

I bought it during the last sale after I watched it on netflix streaming. I loved it. Jeffrey Wright was fantastic. Jewel put me to sleep though. I'd probably give it a rating of 8.5/10.