The Criterion Collection

[fkbrun]

Originally Posted by oildude

Because of Still Walking, I went on to pick up The Secret of the Grain, Summer Hours, and A Christmas Tale. Love them all.

I got Still Walking just for completist's sake, and was I surprised. The title I think it relates most in the collection is Yi Yi, which is another wonderful movie. Till now I hadn't thought about the similarities with A Christmas Tale (great, BTW), but they do have a lot in common.

Can't go wrong with any of these.

[trombone dixie]

Originally Posted by tenia

I would go for the Larisa Sheptiko, and the Kurosawa / Ozu / Mizoguchi bosxsets.

This is fairly classic though, and I think Eclipse also have much excentric things to offer. For this, I would go for the Nikkatsu Noir box.

It's a shame the Eclipse Series isn't offered on blu-ray.

[trombone dixie]

Watched Paris, Texas tonight for the first time. It was dragging along at the beginning but won me over completely by the end.

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by TylerDurden

Just opened my copy of Army of Shadows to watch it and it contained a loose Blu-ray along with the copy inside the case. Looks like they packed two copies of the film. I don't know what to do with the other copy.

I hope it's not mine! My mother received my copy in the mail yesterday, so it hasn't been open yet, therefore I don't know if the disc is missing. It came from Amazon though. She's mad at me, because she wants to see it, but can't handle reading subtitles right now with all her school work and the fact that she still doesn't have her new glasses because the optical place she went to sucks.

Originally Posted by ChuckNorrisHero

I disagree with this, or at least hope that you are wrong. I wouldn't so much call myself a 'film snob', more a 'film connoisseur'... but then again I am snobby about films I think are crap too.

Especially on the Criterion section I'd expect that the majority of the people here are cinema lovers and not just techies. I like blu ray because it looks and sounds better, but i dont notice or care about the technical aspects of the video or sound quality.

I hope that most of the people are on this site because of their love of cinema, not their love of techie stuff

This. We all have different tastes though, obviously. You enjoyed Black Swan, I didn't.

As I said before, I wouldn't call the others techies, because a lot of it is just personal opinion, and half the time a complaint comes up about a film, it's from someone who doesn't have their TV "set correctly" or someone who doesn't know anything about film grain, or some other silly excuse that may or maynot be true, but someone thinks it, and therefore, the rest do too. I guess when I think of a film techie, I would expect to see a lot more classic cinema that innovated and/or invented new technical achievements in their collections, rather than all "modern" films, because they are interested in the art of film making, and not just because something looks pretty.

I say that, yet I hate Avatar. I can appreciate what Camron did, but the film was not entertaining to me, although it looked very pretty.

Originally Posted by octagon

Six months ago I would have said (and probably did say) there's no chance in hell of them getting things like The Apartment but now I'm not so sure. I hope an MGM release does materialize this time around (I refuse to get my hopes up this time) but if it doesn't I don't think we can rule this completely out.

I do agree that something like The Fortune Cookie is a better fit, though. I'd love to see that down the road.

I guess it depends on Fox, since The Apartment is getting a BD release in January:Canadian site only because the US appears to be OOS

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by trombone dixie

It's a shame the Eclipse Series isn't offered on blu-ray.

Yes it is! I would buy those sets that you are interested in, the chances of many of these going to Blu-ray are small. Only exception I think would be the ones in the Late Ozu set.

[DLizzle]

Originally Posted by trombone dixie

Watched Paris, Texas tonight for the first time. It was dragging along at the beginning but won me over completely by the end.

One of my favourite Criterions

[KrugerIndustrial]

Originally Posted by trombone dixie

Watched Paris, Texas tonight for the first time. It was dragging along at the beginning but won me over completely by the end.

+1

I pretty much felt the same. Great film.

[Monty70]

Originally Posted by TylerDurden

Just opened my copy of Army of Shadows to watch it and it contained a loose Blu-ray along with the copy inside the case. Looks like they packed two copies of the film. I don't know what to do with the other copy.

The same thing happened to me when I opened my BD of The Bridge Over the River Kwai.

[Kristian Idol]

My very first time in this thread, so forgive me if you all know about this, but considering the recent "Criterion devotee vs. populist fare" posts here, check this out:

The 20 Finest Fake Criterions For Really Sh*tty Movies

So many just spot-on!

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by Kristian Idol

My very first time in this thread, so forgive me if you all know about this, but considering the recent "Criterion devotee vs. populist fare" posts here, check this out:

The 20 Finest Fake Criterions For Really Sh*tty Movies

So many just spot-on!

The Batman & Robin cover is perfect, Joel Schumacker approved

[ROclockCK]

Originally Posted by Kristian Idol

My very first time in this thread, so forgive me if you all know about this, but considering the recent "Criterion devotee vs. populist fare" posts here, check this out:

The 20 Finest Fake Criterions For Really Sh*tty Movies

So many just spot-on!

Thanks for all the coffee spray on my monitor Kristian Idol!

The whacky thing is, a couple of those movies happen to be personal guilty pleasures (Zardoz and Killer Klowns from Outer Space), and if Criterion ever did offer them, heck I'd buy.

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by ROclockCK

Thanks for all the coffee spray on my monitor Kristian Idol!

The whacky thing is, a couple of those movies happen to be personal guilty pleasures (Zardoz and Killer Klowns from Outer Space), and if Criterion ever did offer them, heck I'd buy.

Funny as it would be the case for me as well

[*DrStrangelove*]

I wish there was more of Sanjuro. Two films is not enough. Man he was such a badass. One of my favorite movie characters ever.

[BohemianGraham]

Anyone check out the link in the slide show to the original site? Some of those are just precious:

[Show spoiler]

I'd actually buy the last one, it's not a good film, but it still awesome. Vincent Price + Roger Corman + Edgar Allan Poe adaptation of sorts = Win!

http://fakecriterions.tumblr.com/ - for more

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by *DrStrangelove*

I wish there was more of Sanjuro. Two films is not enough. Man he was such a badass. One of my favorite movie characters ever.

Don't say that! Someone might get the foolish idea to attempt to remake the films, by getting Uwe Boll to direct, or do a whole chain of horrible sequels!

[*DrStrangelove*]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

Don't say that! Someone might get the foolish idea to attempt to remake the films, by getting Uwe Boll to direct, or do a whole chain of horrible sequels!

In no way did I mean I would like a remake or sequel to be made now. I just meant it would've been cool for a third installment by Kurosawa. On another note, I saw High and Low and thought it was great. That film really grabs you from beginning to end. I loved every minute of it. There was never a dull moment. Its seriously one of the greatest films I've seen. I can't wait to watch more Kurosawa. I wish there was more non samurai Kurosawa films by Criterion.

[*DrStrangelove*]

Originally Posted by Kristian Idol

My very first time in this thread, so forgive me if you all know about this, but considering the recent "Criterion devotee vs. populist fare" posts here, check this out:

The 20 Finest Fake Criterions For Really Sh*tty Movies

So many just spot-on!

I would probably get Very Bad Things, just because of how awesome the cover is. I've never seen Drive Angry, but that cover would also make me buy it.

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by *DrStrangelove*

In no way did I mean I would like a remake or sequel to be made now. I just meant it would've been cool for a third installment by Kurosawa. On another note, I saw High and Low and thought it was great. That film really grabs you from beginning to end. I loved every minute of it. There was never a dull moment. Its seriously one of the greatest films I've seen. I can't wait to watch more Kurosawa. I wish there was more non samurai Kurosawa films by Criterion.

I know what you meant, I was being snarky, because much like how everytime a bell rings, an angel gets its wings, everytime someone says I wish there was another film with this character, or I really like this old film, Hollywood does a horrible remake.

[Yojimbo]

Originally Posted by Darkcritic

To be honest (And I don't want to beat an already dead-horse), Inception is way overrated and I tend to see people defend it by referring to its originality. I certainly didn't find it all the creative or original, in fact, stories like this one have been in cinema for a long time. Probably not in the same plot but with similar mechanics of sorts .

By that logic, though, no films these days would ever be creative or original because every story has been told in some way or another. It is merely in the way the story is told that makes it creative in people's opinion. Don't mistake me, although I like Inception, I am no fanboy.

EDIT: I do, however, agree that it is overrated.

[Trekkie313]

If only! So many good F/X shots and scenes got cut.