The Criterion Collection

[Rich Pure Doom]

Originally Posted by hoytereden

I'm sure we all have films like that. Personally, I've hit the wall with repeated viewings of films like Rio Bravo, The Sacrifice, and Jules and Jim. I've tried to like them and look at them trying to see what others see that causes them to be so revered but it just escapes me.

The Sacrifice is mind numbingly boring. Rio Bravo however? What are you smokin?

[Rich Pure Doom]

Originally Posted by iScottie

Good point. I mean, I dislike Apocalypse Now, but I dislike Apocalypse Now: Redux much more.

To emphasize the importance of the proper cut of a film, I love Apocalypse Now, but I don't like the film at all when viewing the Redux cut.

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by Nuck Horris

Yes... I hate that movie. It's lifeless to me and makes me feel sort of dumb after watching it. It's almost like staring at a cardboard box for 2-3 hours.

I wouldn't say that the film is that bad, but I'm watching and waiting for some "big" revelatory moment where everything comes together and makes sense, but it never happens.

[pedromvu]

Originally Posted by zakzak

You are right, my bad: The Social Network is a great disc put put by Sony.
No need for Criterion treatment. However I do wish they (Criterion) would take a swing at it, if not for the change in the cover art, lol/ It's just the current BluRay cover art is so ridiculously out of sync with the movie.

Make it look like the movie is some RomCom with Eisenberg smirking as some kind of GenX nerd-hero whereas the original poster paints him as a more complex character

I don't have the Sony set but it would be interesting how Criterion would approach this project.

That is just a slipcover though, don't know other people but since it is a hassle to remove every time I just throw those up

The actual packaging with the movie is pretty cool, I mean the digipak that is like the Criterion ones.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by Rich Pure Doom

To emphasize the importance of the proper cut of a film, I love Apocalypse Now, but I don't like the film at all when viewing the Redux cut.

I love Apocalypse Now, but I've never been huge on Apocalypse Now Redux.

I grew up watching Apocalypse Now, and I find it to be an endlessly rewatchable movie. When I saw Apocalypse Now Redux at the theater in 2001, however, that familiarity worked against me, because watching the way that the characters acted in certain Redux scenes was almost like watching a family member or a close friend do something really out of character. The chief example is the surfboard theft scene.

I will say this for Apocalypse Now Redux, though...
It features one of my all-time favorite nude scenes, thanks to Aurore Clément, who also starred in Paris, Texas.

[pedromvu]

Originally Posted by Rich Pure Doom

The Sacrifice is mind numbingly boring. Rio Bravo however? What are you smokin?

Yeah I could see someone not liking The Sacrifice or Jules and Jim, but Rio Bravo? one thing is thinking is not as great as it's reputation but I don't see how someone could not enjoy Rio Bravo.

Edit: Now that I think about it, The Searchers is even more highly regarded and that is one I didn't like that much , but something tells me I just need to give it another try.

[theater dreamer]

Originally Posted by hoytereden

I'm sure we all have films like that. Personally, I've hit the wall with repeated viewings of films like Rio Bravo, The Sacrifice, and Jules and Jim. I've tried to like them and look at them trying to see what others see that causes them to be so revered but it just escapes me.

Not just films. I've tried reading War and Peace three times, all at different points in my life. I just...can't. As a rule, I love Russian lit, especially Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment. But Tolstoy is such a long-winded mother, and trying to plow through that novel, though a classic, is like having a tooth pulled without Novocaine.

If somebody held a gun to a bunny's head, and said "Read it, or else", well, all I can say is....sorry, Bugs. "Kill the wabbit."

[theater dreamer]

Originally Posted by zakzak

I don't have the Sony set but it would be interesting how Criterion would approach this project.

The Zuckerberg Who Fell to Earth?

[Martin_31]

Quick, name the movie(s) you hate the most!?!
Inside Llewyn Davis

[oildude]

Originally Posted by theater dreamer

Not just films. I've tried reading War and Peace three times, all at different points in my life. I just...can't. As a rule, I love Russian lit, especially Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment. But Tolstoy is such a long-winded mother, and trying to plow through that novel, though a classic, is like having a tooth pulled without Novocaine.

If somebody held a gun to a bunny's head, and said "Read it, or else", well, all I can say is....sorry, Bugs. "Kill the wabbit."

I am exactly the opposite. I have read War and Peace (twice ) and Anna Karenina, but just barely made it through Crime and Punishment (in fact, I may have bailed on it before the end...don't remember). Don't care for Dostoyevsky at all, but Tolstoy is sublime. I suppose it helps that I am a fan of Russian history and Tolstoy captures the drama and social milieu of the Napoleonic Era and 1812 so vividly through his characters that reading his work is one of the greatest pleasures in literature.

[jmclick]

Originally Posted by Martin_31

Quick, name the movie(s) you hate the most!?!
Inside Llewyn Davis

NaturalBornKillers2001ASpaceOdysseyMyOwnPrivateIda hoandBadderSanta

(Looks around innocently) Hey, who said that?

[KilloWertz]

Originally Posted by jmclick

NaturalBornKillers2001ASpaceOdysseyMyOwnPrivateIda hoandBadderSanta

(Looks around innocently) Hey, who said that?

AnythingWithGeneTierney.... Wait, I own some of her movies, so I guess I'm kidding...

[dwk]

How about some news/rumors:
At the start of the newest episode of The Canon podcast, they mention that Criterion will be releasing Alexander Payne's Election.

And according to Criterion Cast, Criterion has Laurie Anderson's Heart of a Dog, which will be available from iTunes on March 1st.

[Ray Jackson]

Originally Posted by iScottie

I know, I know. Heaven forbid that I dislike one of the most critically acclaimed, award-winning war movies ever made.

No matter how many times I watch it, I'll never be engrossed in the story and I'll never fully understand what Coppola was trying to get at. Surely it has to be about much more than the horrors of war, no?

I'd lock your doors at night if I were you Scottie.

...I'm coming for you.

[Saucerful]

Originally Posted by zakzak

Make it look like the movie is some RomCom with Eisenberg smirking as some kind of GenX nerd-hero whereas the original poster paints him as a more complex character

I have that poster on my wall Or, close to it. It's the "You don't get to 500 million friends..." one.

He's my favourite living director, but I feel that Fincher is already pretty well represented on Blu-ray (minus Panic Room). Aside from the two that are actually in the collection, almost all his films have pretty much Criterion-caliber editions. Zodiac and Social Network in particular have excellent releases.

Any more (extraneous) Fincher in the collection will take away my chances of getting them to release Virgin Suicides!

[Namuhana]

Originally Posted by iScottie

Good point. I mean, I dislike Apocalypse Now, but I dislike Apocalypse Now: Redux much more.

I'm not a fan of Apocalypse Now, either. I also don't like the source material, Heart of Darkness, all that much.

[Saucerful]

Originally Posted by hoytereden

I'm sure we all have films like that. Personally, I've hit the wall with repeated viewings of films like Rio Bravo, The Sacrifice, and Jules and Jim. I've tried to like them and look at them trying to see what others see that causes them to be so revered but it just escapes me.

I know what you mean. I happen to love Apocalypse Now but every now and then I'll come across a widely lauded classic film that, despite giving it a fair chance, just doesn't do anything for me.

And when I bring it up, I get the inevitable "oh, you just didn't get it".

[Oscar Rothman]

Originally Posted by dwk

How about some news/rumors:
At the start of the newest episode of The Canon podcast, they mention that Criterion will be releasing Alexander Payne's Election.

And according to Criterion Cast, Criterion has Laurie Anderson's Heart of a Dog, which will be available from iTunes on March 1st.

That's weird if true, since the WB disc is still in print.

[bwdowiak]

Originally Posted by dwk

How about some news/rumors:
At the start of the newest episode of The Canon podcast, they mention that Criterion will be releasing Alexander Payne's Election.

And according to Criterion Cast, Criterion has Laurie Anderson's Heart of a Dog, which will be available from iTunes on March 1st.

Alexander Payne is one modern director who has never disappointed me, so I hope that's true. Election is a hilarious movie.

I think he recorded something for Il Sorpasso, so he must have a good relationship w/ Criterion.

[bwdowiak]

Originally Posted by Martin_31

Quick, name the movie(s) you hate the most!?!
Inside Llewyn Davis

End of Watch. I cannot recall another movie in recent memory that conjured up as much vitriol.