The Criterion Collection

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by TomN245

My top 5 Criterions are
1) YiYi
2) The Organizer
3) A Citizen Above Suspicion
4) The Earrings of Madame De...
5)...

Well... I only have four Criterions. They're OK, but I prefer Masters of Cinema, as they're cheaper, more collectable (there is over 600 CCs, which is a collection that is pretty much impossible to complete unless you are rich or have no friends), and have a better selection of blind-buy films.

Being British, I think Terrance Davies is a great director. Distant Voices Still Lives is a better place to start from than The Long Day Closes.

(Happy Fourth of July, shouldn't you be celebrating by eating thousands of tons of McDonalds and shooting your redneck guns while shouting GOD BLESS 'MURICA' Y'ALL?)

Doesn't this film have a really awful transfer? Is it in your top 5 more for the film itself rather than transfer and quality?

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by aes3728

I'm very much intrigued with the set and world cinema in general. Even with sale happening you wouldn't recommend me picking it up?

Eh, I don't know, I can't really see myself watching them again, to be honest.

They're available on Hulu if you want to check them out ahead of time before you make a definitive purchase. Free one-week membership.

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

Doesn't this film have a really awful transfer? Is it in your top 5 more for the film itself rather than transfer and quality?

The transfer is not as bad as it is made out to be.

[smoss469]

This might have been asked already, but are there any online coupon codes working right now for the sale?

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by iScottie

The transfer is not as bad as it is made out to be.

I remember someone posting comparisons and the Criterion version looked like it had a photoshop filter applied, like a watercolour blotchy one?

DVDBEAVER screens doesn't show it much but what I saw on here was embarrassing really..

The Black and whites are stronger and look better on the Criterion version over the comparison, its just that weird blotchy filter effect O__o

[Helikaon]

Originally Posted by TomN245

My top 5 Criterions are
1) YiYi
2) The Organizer
3) A Citizen Above Suspicion
4) The Earrings of Madame De...
5)...

Well... I only have four Criterions. They're OK, but I prefer Masters of Cinema, as they're cheaper, more collectable (there is over 600 CCs, which is a collection that is pretty much impossible to complete unless you are rich or have no friends), and have a better selection of blind-buy films.

Being British, I think Terrance Davies is a great director. Distant Voices Still Lives is a better place to start from than The Long Day Closes.

(Happy Fourth of July, shouldn't you be celebrating by eating thousands of tons of McDonalds and shooting your redneck guns while shouting GOD BLESS 'MURICA' Y'ALL?)

Like the love for Yi Yi! One of my favourite's and a movie I discovered through Criterion. Recently watched Madame de and liked it a lot. Will wait for a better transfer (from any studio) though.

[Clare2904]

Originally Posted by smoss469

This might have been asked already, but are there any online coupon codes working right now for the sale?

Head over to the sale thread - https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...55#post9404655

Someone will hook you up

[Clare2904]

And yes, the coupons are working online. I was able to get a 15% off coupon to accept last night. It is only off one item but better than a slap in the face with a wet fish

[TomN245]

Originally Posted by Helikaon

Like the love for Yi Yi! One of my favourite's and a movie I discovered through Criterion. Recently watched Madame de and liked it a lot. Will wait for a better transfer (from any studio) though.

Yi Yi is a phenomenal film. I didn't quite grasp it's magnificence on the first watching. I prefer A Brighter Summers Day, but both are beautiful epics, that show the pure brilliance of the Taiwanese New Wave. Hou Hsiao-Hsien is legendary too, although I'm glad Tsai-Ming Liang isn't in the Criterion Collection. His motto is "If you drink, you will cry or piss", so his films contain a lot of crying and a lot of pissing. His films are dull, pretentious, pointlessly long, over stylized and a bit stupid. Taiwanese cinema is a goldmine of breathtaking films.

[manunited1]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

YES. I like you A LOT

Thanks! I am surprised I never here people mention La Haine on here.

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by manunited1

Thanks! I am surprised I never here people mention La Haine on here.

It's a very good film and one of the best of the 90s.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by TomN245

Well... I only have four Criterions. They're OK, but I prefer Masters of Cinema, as they're cheaper, more collectable (there is over 600 CCs, which is a collection that is pretty much impossible to complete unless you are rich or have no friends), and have a better selection of blind-buy films.

If you want to count all the DVD releases, there are over 700 titles (including ones that are OOP). But in terms of Blu-ray releases, there are actually fewer than 300 so far. They haven't even caught up to the number of their laserdisc releases yet.

[ParticleDan]

Originally Posted by iScottie

The transfer is not as bad as it is made out to be.

I have to disagree with this. The transfer is waxy and detail-obscuring to the point that it detracts (and distracts!) from the film.

[smoss469]

Order placed, might be the only order for this sale:


Youth of the Beast
Le Deuxième Souffle
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Sweet Smell of Success
The Wages of Fear

[bstv69]

Originally Posted by iScottie

Eh, I don't know, I can't really see myself watching them again, to be honest.

They're available on Hulu if you want to check them out ahead of time before you make a definitive purchase. Free one-week membership.

Try 2-months! http://offers.bestbuymobile.com

[Tom Monahan]

Originally Posted by Clare2904

And yes, the coupons are working online. I was able to get a 15% off coupon to accept last night. It is only off one item but better than a slap in the face with a wet fish

That stinks that it is only 15% one item. Better than nothing I guess.

Tom

[Tom Monahan]

Is that 3 films by Roberto Rossellini collection a safe blind buy?

Thanks,
Tom

[the sordid sentinel]

Originally Posted by Clare2904

And yes, the coupons are working online. I was able to get a 15% off coupon to accept last night. It is only off one item but better than a slap in the face with a wet fish

Damn. Wish I would have applied the July 4th coupon to my order. Last few sales didn't accept coupons so I didn't bother. Live and learn.

My 5 essential Criterions:

1. Seven Samurai
2. The Seventh Seal
3. Night of the Hunter
4. The Thin Red Line
5. Three Colors

[starman15317]

Originally Posted by manunited1

Thanks! I am surprised I never here people mention La Haine on here.

I've been meaning to check it out

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by bstv69

Try 2-months! http://offers.bestbuymobile.com

Whoa!

Originally Posted by Tom Monahan

Is that 3 films by Roberto Rossellini collection a safe blind buy?

Thanks,
Tom

I think all three films are quite decent.p, though the only one I genuinely liked liked from the set was Stromboli.