Scream Factory Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[brainofj72]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

Femme Fatale is bottom tier De Palma....

[gkolb]

In for Femme Fatale and Escape From NY 4K.

Great stuff!

[AKORIS]

Originally Posted by brainofj72

the film made 16 million worldwide versus a budget of 35 million...

I realize that there are some fans here on the site but really... financially and critically... the film comes up short.

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

the film made 16 million worldwide versus a budget of 35 million...

I realize that there are some fans here on the site but really... financially and critically... the film comes up short.

Lots of movies didn’t make money in their theatrical run. Doesn’t make them bad movies and underserving of release.

[dkelly26666]

I'm in for "The Ghost and the Darkness" and "Femme Fatale"!

"Ghost" had some great things I didn't expect about it (without going into anything spoiler-ish).

[gbm82]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

Lots of movies didn’t make money in their theatrical run. Doesn’t make them bad movies and underserving of release.

yes, yes it does!

[AKORIS]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

Lots of movies didn’t make money in their theatrical run. Doesn’t make them bad movies and underserving of release.

old point made many times... it's still lower tier De Palma.

I love the movie LUCKY LADY--- but I'm not gonna say it's a top tier Burt Reynolds or Gene Hackman film...

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

Femme Fatale is bottom tier De Palma....

I think you got Femme Fatale confused with The Black Dahlia. FF got a rousing review from Roger Ebert and several other critics at the time of release. Sure, it under-performed at the BO, but that was just audiences being too used to spoon-fed storytelling.

[Jaymole]

IMO, Femme Fatale is the best DePalma film since Carlito's Way so I will definitely be picking it up.

[Matt89]

Femme Fatale is absolutely low-tier De Palma. It's not his worst movie but I mean, come on. You have films like Phantom of the Paradise, Obsession, Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Blow Out, Scarface, Body Double, The Untouchables and Carlito's Way. Then you have films like Raising Cain, The Bonfire of the Vanities, Mission to Mars, Snake Eyes, The Black Dahlia, Passion and Femme Fatale, which are certainly low-tier De Palma. At least, they are not nearly in the same league as his earlier films.

~Matt

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by Puffy

Love that they’re keeping the original art on all these upgrades.

That art for EFNY is what will persuade me to double dip (I already have the Studiocanal set). I assume it will be the same scan - hopefully a better encode.

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by brainofj72

I don’t order directly from Shout very often and I know they have a reputation for being kinda slow, but should I be concerned if I placed an order on 2/14 (with no preorder items) and it still hasn’t shipped?

You have one or more titles from your order that’s backordered. Your order will ship when they have your entire order in stock.

[Donl1282]

Nice, glad SF is fully moving to UHD releases.

[DenOfEarth]

So cool Scream is gonna do 4Ks of Lifeforce, Escape from New York, Candyman and The Craft on 4K.

Hope they do ones i wish for on 4K CEs like Monster Squad, Demolition Man, Running Man, Dark City, Clash of Titans (1981), Assault on Precinct 13, Company of Wolves etc. maybe even Cat's Eye CE blu-ray/4K combo be awesome along with The Funhouse, Dr Giggles, Nightbreed, The Crow, Scream 2, Scream 3, From Dusk Till Dawn etc.

[Alan T]

In for Escape From New York and Lifeforce, oh yes indeed.

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by Matt89

Femme Fatale is absolutely low-tier De Palma. It's not his worst movie but I mean, come on. You have films like Phantom of the Paradise, Obsession, Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Blow Out, Scarface, Body Double, The Untouchables and Carlito's Way. Then you have films like Raising Cain, The Bonfire of the Vanities, Mission to Mars, Snake Eyes, The Black Dahlia, Passion and Femme Fatale, which are certainly low-tier De Palma. At least, they are not nearly in the same league as his earlier films.

~Matt

Matter of opinion, but I'm going to rank Femme Fatale at least as good as Body Double (better IMO) and leagues above the other films you have named in the low-tier.

[omahajon]

Just Escape from NY 4K, and maybe Ghost and the Darkness, depending on extras.

[Luke Dodge748]

Wow, I was away from the forum yesterday, and I missed quite a bit, it seems. Scream Factory, killin' it! I'll probably pick them all up. Lifeforce 4K is a day 1 for me. And I've never picked up Ghost and the Darkness. So I'm excited to finally own that one.

[brainofj72]

Originally Posted by Matt89

Femme Fatale is absolutely low-tier De Palma. It's not his worst movie but I mean, come on. You have films like Phantom of the Paradise, Obsession, Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Blow Out, Scarface, Body Double, The Untouchables and Carlito's Way. Then you have films like Raising Cain, The Bonfire of the Vanities, Mission to Mars, Snake Eyes, The Black Dahlia, Passion and Femme Fatale, which are certainly low-tier De Palma. At least, they are not nearly in the same league as his earlier films.

~Matt

FF (and at least two other films in your “bottom tier” list) is a masterpiece and one of De Palma’s most thoughtful and interesting works, IMO. The man is one of the best to ever do it and has remained consistently compelling (even if he doesn’t always hit home runs) throughout his career.

[1924]

Ghost and the Darkness needs a new master. The current master is dated and it looks like it is vertically stretched up