The Criterion Collection

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by drbikeshorts

I believe Le Havre is also based on a poster.

Indeed it is. I have the placard of it.

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Originally Posted by drbikeshorts

I believe Le Havre is also based on a poster.

Ah, thank you! You just helped me choose my final 3 ... for now anyway. :-)

EDIT: And I know that shouldn't be used as a "criterion", but I need to run now ... so it helps when in a pinch.

[ShellOilJunior]

Coming in a month or so we'll do the Big 2012 poll.

Tentative polls:

• Best Release
• Worst Release
• Best Upgrade
• Worst Upgrade
• What were they thinking?
• Biggest Surprise of the Year

If anyone has any other ideas please let me know!

[*DrStrangelove*]

Originally Posted by cferreiro

Best Covers:

1. A Night to Remember
2. Le Havre
3. Umberto D

Easily the Worst:

Being John Malkovich

The A Night to Remember's cover is nice, I just can't get over that they used a screenshot from James Cameron's Titanic.

[*DrStrangelove*]

Has anyone been charged for their Amazon preorders?

[Lino11]

I chose Rashoman as the best-looking cover and Children of Paradise as the worst. Thing looks like a little old lady's dining room wallpaper.

Originally Posted by *DrStrangelove*

The A Night to Remember's cover is nice, I just can't get over that they used a screenshot from James Cameron's Titanic.

They did??

[ShellOilJunior]

I'll remind voters that you may check 3 for BEST COVER.

[jcs913]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Coming in a month or so we'll do the Big 2012 poll.

Tentative polls:

• Best Release
• Worst Release
• Best Upgrade
• Worst Upgrade
  
• What were they thinking?
• Biggest Surprise of the Year

If anyone has any other ideas please let me know!

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say

[Show spoiler]Tiny Furniture

is going to win this...

[Darkcritic]

Best:
- Trilogy of Life
- Week End (Godard)
- World on a Wire

Worst:
- Tiny Furniture

[Tin Drum]

Best.

Belle de jour
Trilogy of Life
Weekend 2011

Worst.

Tiny Furniture

[orbital]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

I'll remind voters that you may check 3 for BEST COVER.

Question from 1st time voter: When do you plan to publish the results?

My vote(s): Harold and Maude; Rashomon; Trilogy of Life. Worst: Certified Copy.

[silentblu]

Originally Posted by Snicket

I'm talking about the cover art and why it makes sense to me. You are making a commentary on the film itself.

I figured it out. I just hadn't read back far enough.

For my covers:
Le Cercle Rouge
Army of Shadows
The Gold Rush
Charade
Diabolique

[Hawkguy]

Originally Posted by cferreiro

While Certified Copy looks technically terrible, it's actually based on the book design in the movie.

Yeah, I think it does the best job at representing the themes of the film over any of the other covers. It may not look appealing but it's brilliant. I feel like the people that vote for it as worst most likely haven't seen it.

[Simple Lines]

Best

1. A Night to Remember
2. The Gold Rush
3. World on a Wire

Runners-up: The 39 Steps, Belle de jour, Brief Encounter, Harold and Maude, Lonesome, Three Outlaw Samurai


Worst

1. Tiny Furniture

Heaven's Gate
Summer Interlude
Summer with Monika
This Happy Breed
Umberto D.

Heaven's Gate would look back without a title on it, but the director's name being as large as the title just looks awful. The Summers and Umberto D. are too basic. I realize they may express what the films are about or, at least, the feelings of specific scenes, but they're so damn plain and basic. This Happy Breed would look fine if it was a smeared painting or something similar. As it is, it just looks like a zoomed-in screenshot.

Originally Posted by *DrStrangelove*

The A Night to Remember's cover is nice, I just can't get over that they used a screenshot from James Cameron's Titanic.

Hooray for no links or explanation!

[NoirFan]

Worst:

1. Diabolique
2. Being John Malkovich
3. Trilogy of Life

(Dis)honorable mention:

Rashomon
The Samurai Trilogy

Best:

1. Anatomy of a Murder
2. Rosemary's Baby
3. Harold and Maude

Honorable mention:

Quadrophenia
Royal Tenenbaums

[jcs913]

Originally Posted by Joe Dalek

It's strange because I really thought a lot of people would find

[Show spoiler]Eating Raoul

"unworthy" of Criterion but it's been very well-received.

I think Raoul fits into that Criterion 'quirky' category very well, sort of like Hausu does. Frankly, TF fits into something IFC would release.

[White Dang]

Just wondering why Seventh Seal is not listed as 2 movies since it comes with the Bergman doc...???

[thismightbezach]

Originally Posted by *DrStrangelove*

Has anyone been charged for their Amazon preorders?

You aren't charged until they ship.

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by orbital

Question from 1st time voter: When do you plan to publish the results?

My vote(s): Harold and Maude; Rashomon; Trilogy of Life. Worst: Certified Copy.

I can't yet post the Big Poll because the last release date of the year is 12/11 (Following, Qatsi Trilogy).

The Cover Art Poll results will be posted with the others in Early 2013.

Best Blu-ray of the year voting will be fascinating. One can argue CC has had better years but there are several films that saw excellent releases.

[orbital]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

I can't yet post the Big Poll because the last release date of the year is 12/11 (Following, Qatsi Trilogy).

The Cover Art Poll results will be posted with the others in Early 2013.

Best Blu-ray of the year voting will be fascinating. One can argue CC has had better years but there are several films that saw excellent releases.

Thanks!