The Criterion Collection

[BluPops]

Originally Posted by banned user

you haven't said anything that hasn't been said a million times on this forum. The guy saying people in this forum were film snobs was making a joke in reference to how people in this forum are perceived. Then proceeded to act like a snob by stating he didn't understand people drooling over batman and robin. A statement i'm sure a lot of people agree with. Whether its one guys opinion or millions its still a opinion. There's no deep amazing insight here. Just someone mouthing a opinion and someone taking offense. I have to agree with a previous post. Who really cares if he looks down on people who like batman and robin or you look down on people who like kurosawa. Everyone has different tastes.


That's kind of the very definition of the word 'snob'. What directors film a snob likes really doesn't change anything.

[ranitasus]

Picked up America Lost and Found and The Double Life of Veronique. I've been wanting these for a while. Going to pick some more up later this week.

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by exolstice

I'm no statistician, but I'm pretty sure Metallica is less obscure than Justin Bieber, unless you're specifically pooling the pre-teen schoolgirl demographic, in which case, carry on.

it was the point I was making as an example. Metallica obviously isn't obscure, neither is Bieber. I would very well like to carry on away from this now.

[exolstice]

Originally Posted by ranitasus

Picked up America Lost and Found and The Double Life of Veronique. I've been wanting these for a while. Going to pick some more up later this week.

The sale ends today! I think?

[Tom Hiddleston]

Originally Posted by HD 335

I'm going to make one final purchase in the next couple of hours though the B&N sale. I'm fairly settled on Kes for it's excellent reviews here, but below are my other choices. Love to hear some quick opinions.

Paris, Texas
The Secret of the Grain
El Norte
Broadcast News
The Double Life of Veronique

I loved Paris, Texas I would def. recommend it. The Secret of the Grain bored me. I really enjoyed El Norte, and I was not expecting to like it. I loved Broadcast News as well, I ordered the blu ray. I have not seen The Double Life of Veronique.

[Tom Hiddleston]

Originally Posted by exolstice

The sale ends today! I think?

Yes it does. I'm sad and relieved at the same time. My wallet needs a break.

[rock, stone]

Overvaluing the obscure is not a metric of its quality. It is just so much ersatz hipster bullshit oneupmanship.

Try judging a film by its merits and not by how many kids in your homeroom haven't seen it.

[keldons]

Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

P.S., I have already started to get people responding to what I said in a wrong way, which is exactly why I had to say it.

Originally Posted by ccfixx

I'm but a little boy. You can find me @ littleboyswholovecriterion.com.

Purchased the domain to build a site to eventually rival Criterion Forum

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by keldons

Why can't there be a "hand" smilie so I can smack all 4 of those rolling eyes.

[Sagacious Koreo]

Originally Posted by rock, stone

Overvaluing the obscure is not a metric of its quality. It is just so much ersatz hipster bullshit oneupmanship.

Try judging a film by its merits and not by how many kids in your homeroom haven't seen it.

Here here!!

[keldons]

Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

Why can't there be a "hand" smilie so I can smack all 4 of those rolling eyes.

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by keldons

smack, smack, smack, smack.

[BohemianGraham]

Well, according to some of the previous posts made since this morning, I probably shouldn't even be posting in this thread anymore, and I need to sell off all my Criterions, since I'm obviously watching them incorrectly, and don't deserve to own them due to some of the other films in my collection. I mean, horrors upon horrors, I keep them on a shelf next to films such as the 2003 Freaky Friday remake, Splitting Heirs, Spy Hard, Clifford, and The Avengers!

And OMG, Critierion has gone down the tube too! They allowed The Monkees, the first ever teenybopper group who never played their own instruments, to join the collection! They're becoming waaay too mainstream with all these people buying the films through this B&N sale! We're getting too many people in this thread who like Batman & Robin, and those who are buying these films because they are supposedly so prestigious and make one a TRUE Blu-Ray collector!

Sorry for the rant, and to stir the pot even more, but do anyone of you realise how ridiculous you sound? Why can't people watch films because they enjoy them, and not because a bunch of critics say it's sooo deep and thought-provoking, and humanity will be better after seeing this film?

HD 335, I've only seen Broadcast News, but I found it enjoyable. Albert Brooks was one of the best things about the film.

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

Why can't people watch films because they enjoy them, and not because a bunch of critics say it's sooo deep and thought-provoking, and humanity will be better after seeing this film?

I hope this isn't towards me because I am on this side of the rant.

[Tom Hiddleston]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

Well, according to some of the previous posts made since this morning, I probably shouldn't even be posting in this thread anymore, and I need to sell off all my Criterions, since I'm obviously watching them incorrectly, and don't deserve to own them due to some of the other films in my collection. I mean, horrors upon horrors, I keep them on a shelf next to films such as the 2003 Freaky Friday remake, Splitting Heirs, Spy Hard, Clifford, and The Avengers!

And OMG, Critierion has gone down the tube too! They allowed The Monkees, the first ever teenybopper group who never played their own instruments, to join the collection! They're becoming waaay too mainstream with all these people buying the films through this B&N sale! We're getting too many people in this thread who like Batman & Robin, and those who are buying these films because they are supposedly so prestigious and make one a TRUE Blu-Ray collector!

Sorry for the rant, and to stir the pot even more, but do anyone of you realise how ridiculous you sound? Why can't people watch films because they enjoy them, and not because a bunch of critics say it's sooo deep and thought-provoking, and humanity will be better after seeing this film?

HD 335, I've only seen Broadcast News, but I found it enjoyable. Albert Brooks was one of the best things about the film.

Albert Brooks was fantastic. He was def. the best character in Broadcast News imo.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

I mean, horrors upon horrors, I keep them on a shelf next to films such as the 2003 Freaky Friday remake, Splitting Heirs, Spy Hard, Clifford, and The Avengers!

Do you ever go over to get a Criterion only to find they've moved to another shelf and have no idea how they might have gotten there?

[DNinja]

I didn't even know about the sale at B&N until this morning, but I stopped by and picked up a few titles I've been wanting for a while:

Blu-Ray:
Yojimbo/Sanjuro

DVD:
Brazil (3-Disc Set)
The Last Temptation of Christ
Man Bites Dog

I haven't seen Yojimbo, Sanjuro, or Brazil before, but I've heard great things so I can't wait to check them out.

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

I hope this isn't towards me because I am on this side of the rant.

It's not. I agree with you. I'm just pointing out how ridiculous some of the posts are on here. From what films belong in the collection, to what non-collection films people like, and how the damn packaging looks, half the time people aren't even discussing the movies and why they like or dislike them. It's more about how much of a film snob one is because they own Salo or 8 1/2, and anyone who doesn't buy those films is too stupid to understand them, and how they would never stoop to buying something like Scooby Doo and the Ghoul School.

Speaking of 8 1/2, I just finished watching it. I found it to be interesting, amusing, boring in parts, confusing, yet, enjoyable. I thought that Guido was an idiot though, and should have treated Luisa better.

Albert Brooks is awesome in just about everything he's in. I agree that he was the best character in the film. William Hurt was a giant douche, and I still thought he was a douche at the end of the film. He was loathsome. Holly Hunter's character, while fantastically acted, was just so stupid! She started out fine, but towards the middle of the film, I really disliked her, although not as much as I hated William Hurt's character. She did redeem herself in the end though, as she didn't go the way William Hurt's character did, although it was looking a little shaky there mid-film. Broadcast news is really one of those films you need to watch repeatedly to really appreciate it. I didn't like it so much the first time I saw it, but it's definitely improved the more I watch it.

[Crimson King]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

It's not. I agree with you. I'm just pointing out how ridiculous some of the posts are on here. From what films belong in the collection, to what non-collection films people like, and how the damn packaging looks, half the time people aren't even discussing the movies and why they like or dislike them. It's more about how much of a film snob one is because they own Salo or 8 1/2, and anyone who doesn't buy those films is too stupid to understand them, and how they would never stoop to buying something like Scooby Doo and the Ghoul School.

Speaking of 8 1/2, I just finished watching it. I found it to be interesting, amusing, boring in parts, confusing, yet, enjoyable. I thought that Guido was an idiot though, and should have treated Luisa better.

Albert Brooks is awesome in just about everything he's in. I agree that he was the best character in the film. William Hurt was a giant douche, and I still thought he was a douche at the end of the film. He was loathsome. Holly Hunter's character, while fantastically acted, was just so stupid! She started out fine, but towards the middle of the film, I really disliked her, although not as much as I hated William Hurt's character. She did redeem herself in the end though, as she didn't go the way William Hurt's character did, although it was looking a little shaky there mid-film. Broadcast news is really one of those films you need to watch repeatedly to really appreciate it. I didn't like it so much the first time I saw it, but it's definitely improved the more I watch it.

Albert Brooks, hell yeah! I have his comedy LP called "Comedy Minus One", plus he made one heck of a film debut in Taxi Driver.

I watched a film he did a few years ago with my mom, it was called (of all things) "Mother", it co-starred Debbie Reynolds.

He as an actor has done a bit of something for everyone, he even voiced one of the clownfish (Marlin) in Finding Nemo ( need the blu please Disney/Pixar)

[HD 335]

Originally Posted by Fenris

I loved Paris, Texas I would def. recommend it. The Secret of the Grain bored me. I really enjoyed El Norte, and I was not expecting to like it. I loved Broadcast News as well, I ordered the blu ray. I have not seen The Double Life of Veronique.

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

HD 335, I've only seen Broadcast News, but I found it enjoyable. Albert Brooks was one of the best things about the film.

Thanks for both your input, it's going to be tough choices when I get there later.