The Criterion Collection

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

Can you give us exact measurements, compare it to Dazed for instance?

Maybe I'm looking into it too much, but it won't go in any further and it's not bent or odd shaped like some DigiPacks.

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by myka22

My copy of Le Cercle Rouge came the same way from Importcds, and another user had the same thing happen from Deep Discount.

Yep and importcds and deepdiscount ship from the same warehouse, so no surprise there.

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by iScottie

Maybe I'm looking into it too much, but it won't go in any further and it's not bent or odd shaped like some DigiPacks.

Thanks for the pic.

Have you gone through the extras? They sound fantastic.

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

Thanks for the pic.

Have you gone through the extras? They sound fantastic.

Nope. Not yet.

[jsz1002]

Originally Posted by TheHumanTornado

Just opened my Leon Morin and first of all, my case plastic is "bubbled" and is cheap feeling. Also the booklet has a mild tear.
They are clearly selling used copies as new and it pisses me off.

I did get 50 percent back but still, it's fraudulent

Booklet tears doesn't necessarily mean used or fraudulent. I've been collecting Criterions for years and have received many torn booklets and also booklets with pages missing, missing booklets altogether. Their manufacturing company has quality control issues at least sometimes.

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[Hawkguy]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

Have you gone through the extras? They sound fantastic.

I hope to watch them a bit later. I just finished the film a couple hours ago. While it's an enjoyable film for sure, the main aspect I liked (loved, really) was the cinematography (which I expected to ahead of time, anyway). I must have a thing for night-time car scenes. If it weren't for that, I would have grown slightly tired of what I felt was a too-often repetitive plot and lack of consistent humor. Just me, though.

[brandon_260]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

Thanks for the pic.

Have you gone through the extras? They sound fantastic.

They're pretty fantastic. I can't say I cared for the Missing Scenes one, but that's just because of how obnoxious Alex Cox comes across in it. Everything else, except the commentary, which I haven't listened to, is top notch though.

[Abdrewes]

^^^
Thanks Brandon, I can't wait t buy a copy.

I think I want to revisit a great Criterion title: Heaven's Gate.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

I think I want to revisit a great Criterion title: Heaven's Gate.

I watched the first forty-five minutes or so on TCM a while back and I have to say, it's slowly moving from maybe to strong maybe. There are a lot of things ahead of it but I can see it being an impulse buy now.

Whodathunkit.

[mrjohnnyb]

I was thinking about picking up the region-free blu-ray of Sunrise from Amazon, but with what I am reading here regarding the Criterion JP Mellville oop films, I am now hesitant to make the purchase.

[ccfore]

I just watched Melville's Le Doulos and all the extras on the dvd. I must say it is one of my favorite Melville films. I'm kind of a sucker for gangster films in general anyway but the way the story weaves and twists is just very entertaining and keeps your attention throughout. If you haven't done so I would definitely recommend you pick this up or borrow a copy to watch it sometime.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by mrjohnnyb

I was thinking about picking up the region-free blu-ray of Sunrise from Amazon, but with what I am reading here regarding the Criterion JP Mellville oop films, I am now hesitant to make the purchase.

Amazon has never done me wrong before, just for the record. I've been burned once by a third-party Amazon dealer (with a CD, not with a movie), but Amazon fulfillment orders have always been spot-on during the 14 years or so that I've been doing business with the website.

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by octagon

I watched the first forty-five minutes or so on TCM a while back and I have to say, it's slowly moving from maybe to strong maybe. There are a lot of things ahead of it but I can see it being an impulse buy now.

Whodathunkit.

The first thirty minutes is the most indulgent part of the film, but my God is it magnificent.

[zoodermin]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Amazon has never done me wrong before, just for the record. I've been burned once by a third-party Amazon dealer (with a CD, not with a movie), but Amazon fulfillment orders have always been spot-on during the 14 years or so that I've been doing business with the website.

They've been excellent with me too but all this complaints have me a little worried about my CC OOP titles that I purchased.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

The first thirty minutes is the most indulgent part of the film, but my God is it magnificent.

To me the wedding in a lot of way is The Deer Hunter and I've never really understood the people who thought it dragged the film down.

After watching that graduation I understood them a lot better.

But once the young men took Horace Greely to heart? Yeah, I might not have been hooked exactly but I definitely want to see where it went. And I absolutely didn't mind a bit that it was taking its time getting there.

In fact, thinking about it now I must have watched a little over an hour because I was a little surprised at how much more quickly the time passed once it settled in.

[serenityncc880]

my copy of Last Year at Marienbad has still not shipped from Amazon...does that mean there is pretty much no hope of me getting a copy?

[octagon]

Originally Posted by serenityncc880

my copy of Last Year at Marienbad has still not shipped from Amazon...does that mean there is pretty much no hope of me getting a copy?

I ordered one on April 5th. I haven't completely given up hope of it shipping but I'm not holding my breath either.

[COLD_COBRA_]

Finally finished this up, and I loved it. 2nd 5/5 I'm giving thus far. I really want to re-watch the last hour of it. So now I've seen 9 of them. And remember when I said I wasn't buying any new ones until I had seen all I own? No? Well I lied.

Badlands
Belle de jour 4.5/5
Blow Out 3/5
Brazil
Breathless
Chungking Express 4.5/5
Cronos 3/5
Days of Heaven 4.5/5
The Double Life of Veronique
The Game 4/5
The Killing
Last Year at Marienbad
Naked Lunch
The Night of the Hunter
Paris, Texas 5/5
Paths of Glory
Rashômon
Repo Man
Ride with the Devil
Rosemary's Baby
Seven Samurai
The Thin Red Line
Three Colors Trilogy
The Wages of Fear 5/5
Walkabout
Wings of Desire 4.5/5

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Originally Posted by mrjohnnyb

I was thinking about picking up the region-free blu-ray of Sunrise from Amazon, but with what I am reading here regarding the Criterion JP Mellville oop films, I am now hesitant to make the purchase.

Originally Posted by zoodermin

They've been excellent with me too but all this complaints have me a little worried about my CC OOP titles that I purchased.

I was leery of my 2 OOP JP Melville titles from Amazon being possibly re-shrink wrapped copies for reasons already discussed in past posts. All of my concerns turned out to be for no reason, as the unwrapped blurays look wonderful. I would not hesitate to order from Amazon again. (In fact I did just that by ordering Last Year at Marienbad within the last couple of days). And even if a problem or concern would arise, Amazon's Customer Service staff seems to be very good in helping customers work through any problems.

[drbikeshorts]

Originally Posted by Thebunk

I just want to give props to jrsl76 for picking up Army of Shadows for me at his local B&N and shipping it to me in Canada without asking anything extra in return. Super cool dude!

Hey that's fantastic!
I'd better send him my list of 10-15 blu-rays to pick up during the next B&N sale so that he can send them to me in Australia