The Criterion Collection

[JohnWayne]

Originally Posted by Rich Pure Doom

Please go.

Go away troll.

[brandon_260]

Some incredibly silly stuff going on these last couple pages that I don't even want to touch.

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

The two three packs? I thought there was only one

Is the second the Notorious/Rebecca/Spellbound one?

There's a UK release of NXNE, Strangers on a Train, and Dial M For Murder. They all have standalone cases that are just housed in a slipbox. Figured it was the easiest and cheapest way for me to get them all.

[Rich Pure Doom]

Originally Posted by iScottie

It was well done.

I can see how some may view it as boring, but I think it's one of Fincher and Pitt's best. It kept me engrossed from start to finish.

The problem I had was with Pitt's character. I felt nothing for him because the movie didn't really give us anything of his character. He never showed emotion and generally came across as completely empty. He just seemed swept up with his own life but never actively participated in it. I'm not sure if it was the script or Pitt's portrayal, but something just wasn't right.

[JohnWayne]

Originally Posted by Rich Pure Doom

The problem I had was with Pitt's character.

[Show spoiler]When he dies, I felt nothing because the movie didn't really give us anything of his character.

He never showed emotion and generally came across as completely empty. He just seemed swept up with his own life but never actively participated in it. I'm not sure if it was the script or Pitt's portrayal, but something just wasn't right.

Wow.. Spoilers please troll

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by hariseldon

Will do. Oldest lives somewhere in that area so I think I know the Theater. I was wondering if it was the Fox since I know they still do 9or at least did) some big films occasionally.

The Fox does the summer film festival every year. I fulfilled another item on my cinematic bucket list two weekends ago by seeing Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds.

On the Fox Theatre sound system, the bird sounds were gloriously loud. During the climax, it sounded as though the birds were outside the theatre.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by brandon_260

There's a UK release of NXNE, Strangers on a Train, and Dial M For Murder. They all have standalone cases that are just housed in a slipbox. Figured it was the easiest and cheapest way for me to get them all.

I was checking this out as well, but I already own North by Northwest and can get the other two next time B&N has a comprehensive Blu-ray sale. It's a cool box, though!

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by Rich Pure Doom

The problem I had was with Pitt's character. I felt nothing for him because the movie didn't really give us anything of his character. He never showed emotion and generally came across as completely empty. He just seemed swept up with his own life but never actively participated in it. I'm not sure if it was the script or Pitt's portrayal, but something just wasn't right.

I haven't read the book, so I'm not sure if the adaptation was changed at all. However, I personally feel that Benjamin Button did have a lot of emotion. When the film began, he was so confused to the world around him that he couldn't help but make people laugh, cry, get annoyed with him, etc. When he meets Daisy, he's immediately falling in love with her and knows that it probably won't work out until they both are at relatively the same age. There was a powerful romance told through those two characters and it was pretty emotional, in my opinion.

I liked the way the film was set up as well. I really enjoyed the storytelling narrative.

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by iScottie

I haven't read the book, so I'm not sure if the adaptation was changed at all. However, I personally feel that Benjamin Button did have a lot of emotion. When the film began, he was so confused to the world around him that he couldn't help but make people laugh, cry, get annoyed with him, etc. When he meets Daisy, he's immediately falling in love with her and knows that it probably won't work out until they both are at relatively the same age. There was a powerful romance told through those two characters and it was pretty emotional, in my opinion.

I liked the way the film was set up as well. I really enjoyed the storytelling narrative.

I agree. I was a blubbering mess when I saw it in theaters, and I'm not ashamed to admit as much.

It's been over two years since I last saw it, I really need to revisit it very soon.

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

I agree. I was a blubbering mess when I saw it in theaters, and I'm not ashamed to admit as much.

It's been over two years since I last saw it, I really need to revisit it very soon.

The ending was really emotional, especially after they had Caroline.

[JohnWayne]

This is my favorite scene of the movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmicfGmQZ9s

[starman15317]

I don't think that Benjamin Button would be worth getting during the Criterion sale because since the Blu-Ray and DVD are actually distributed by Paramount, you can find it cheaper at other places. Heck, during Black Friday, I got it for $3.99!

[JohnWayne]

Originally Posted by starman15317

I don't think that Benjamin Button would be worth getting during the Criterion sale because since the Blu-Ray and DVD are actually distributed by Paramount, you can find it cheaper at other places. Heck, during Black Friday, I got it for $3.99!

Yeah it was $5 last U&S at best buy but that doesn't mean its not really good film.

[fiveseven4combat]

Maybe this has been answered already, but why is it that Benjamin Button Criterion comes in the standard blu case unlike other Criterion releases? Is this because its distributed by Paramount.

[pro-bassoonist]

Babette's Feast Blu-ray REVIEW



I would also like to recommend this outstanding Danish film (see below), which was lensed by Babette's cinematographer, Henning Kristiansen. It won Best Actor Award at Cannes in 1966 (Per Oscarsson). The release is excellent. It was produced by Project X, but it was distributed by New Yorker Video. Very atmospheric film





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[Judex]

So glad I didnt pull the trigger on the AE release.
I'll be importing this one.

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

Feast and Hunger, eh? There's a running theme.

From Pro-B's review of Babette's Feast:

For viewers currently on a diet, it could also be a very dangerous film

Don't say you haven't been warned

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by iScottie

I haven't read the book, so I'm not sure if the adaptation was changed at all.

Book? It was a short story about six pages long, and then just a "Curious Case" medical-history description of what happened in his life.
http://www.readbookonline.net/read/690/10628/
It was only the scriptwriter that padded it out by plugging in the shrimp and box-chocolate.

(The same complaints we children's-book experts have when 24 illustrated pages of Shrek, Polar Express or Dr. Seuss are padded out to corny studio-manipulative Hollywood length by making screenwriter crap up, but no, this is, oo, Fincher! And Criterion! )

[starman15317]

Originally Posted by fiveseven4combat

Maybe this has been answered already, but why is it that Benjamin Button Criterion comes in the standard blu case unlike other Criterion releases? Is this because its distributed by Paramount.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's because it's distributed by Paramount, although the Criterion DVD comes in the typical clear case.

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by EricJ

Book? It was a short story about six pages long, and then just a "Curious Case" medical-history description of what happened in his life.
http://www.readbookonline.net/read/690/10628/
It was only the scriptwriter that padded it out by plugging in the shrimp and box-chocolate.

(The same complaints we children's-book experts have when 24 illustrated pages of Shrek, Polar Express or Dr. Seuss are padded out to corny studio-manipulative Hollywood length by making screenwriter crap up, but no, this is, oo, Fincher! And Criterion! )

Thanks for the link Eric. Will read it right before my next viewing

[EuroCultAV]

Originally Posted by James78

I'm surprised that so many members like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. I thought it was more sentimental than Forrest Gump. To each their own!

I don't like Benjamin Button (I also don't like Forrest Gump, but I'll save the very political rant for a different thread). I'm very hit or miss with Fincher as a filmmaker, some of his films like Fight Club, The Game, Zodiac, Social Network, and even the assembly cut of Alien 3 I absolutely adore. The rest like the remake of Dragon Tattoo, Benjamin Button, Panic Room, etc. I can live without.