The Criterion Collection

[blkhrt]

Originally Posted by Banned User

Just get it and enjoy it. If you've only seen the DVD's you are in for a treat. They look great. As far as the movies themselves it has to be one of the best Trilogies ever made not to mention one of the best Samurai movies IMO. I also appreciated the short, but informative special feature for each movie by historian William Scott Wilson. Sometimes I prefer stuff like that compared to titles that have too many special features that go over the same stuff or are sometimes just downright boring stuff.

Someone refresh my memory. If your a B&N member don't you get a 10% discount online ? Because I'm not.

I watched the trilogy on DVD this spring before they announced it and absolutely loved it. It can be very melodramatic at times, but if you let yourself go and just enjoy the movie for what it is, it is definitely worth watching. I can't wait to check out the blu release, although I will probably have to wait until the November sale.

[Yojimbo]

Anyone interested in the Samurai Trilogy should really read the novel. I liked the trilogy, but I read the novel about a month before I watched the trilogy and it was about a hundred times better. The trilogy just leaves SO MUCH out from the book.

[Banned User]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

I thought the 10% was instore, and you got express shipping free as a member.

I think your right. I must have forgot. Guess I need to hunt down some coupons for a instore purchase.

Wish I had made the Buy 2 get 1 free deal.

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by Yojimbo

Anyone interested in the Samurai Trilogy should really read the novel. I liked the trilogy, but I read the novel about a month before I watched the trilogy and it was about a hundred times better. The trilogy just leaves SO MUCH out from the book.

Novel? I will seek it out once I watch the trilOgy! I'm watching the films first and then going back to the source material to see how well they were adapted. It's so I don't end up too disappointed in the films.

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by Banned User

I think your right. I must have forgot. Guess I need to hunt down some coupons for a instore purchase.

Wish I had made the Buy 2 get 1 free deal.

Meh, I could care less. I would have had to have been up at 3AM. I'm happy I was able to get Samurai Trilogy for 30 bucks with the visa coupon. I didn't have much left to buy on my top list, now only 3, but I can wait a little longer on them.

[*DrStrangelove*]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

Meh, I could care less. I would have had to have been up at 3AM. I'm happy I was able to get Samurai Trilogy for 30 bucks with the visa coupon. I didn't have much left to buy on my top list, now only 3, but I can wait a little longer on them.

with the visa coupon, does it have to be a visa credit card or can it be a visa debit card?

[*DrStrangelove*]

With so many people so sure this sale was not happening its kind of surreal that its finally here. Being able to get an order in with the overlap of sales was just icing on the cake!

[ccfixx]

Originally Posted by *DrStrangelove*

with the visa coupon, does it have to be a visa credit card or can it be a visa debit card?

It just has to be VISA-branded, I believe. I use my VISA check card/debit card issued by BofA with no problems.

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by *DrStrangelove*

with the visa coupon, does it have to be a visa credit card or can it be a visa debit card?

I used a Canadian Visa Credit Card. So it works for Canadians. Dunno about Visa debit cards, I honestly never heard of one unless you mean those prepaid things. Debit cards to me are bank cards that take cash directly from my bank account and is issued by my bank.

[*DrStrangelove*]

Alright thanks. Gonna give it a shot.

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by joie

Several banks offer debit cards with the "Visa" brand on them.

Ah, gotcha. Mine debit card which is rarely used, is Interact. Didn't know visa offered debit cards as well as Credit.

[keldons]

havent been keeping track, but is it old news that Eraserhead is on Criterion's hulu channel? really excited. as for the sale: meh. Just want The Third Man, and I really regret having to back out on Beta Man's trade offer last summer

[hedliniv]

This is the reason that I sold off my set. I want the commentaries! I was extremely disapointed that they did not include any special features.

Originally Posted by DarkRyder

To my knowledge, it's just the films and no special features.

[starman15317]

n00b question time: since this is my first sale, what are the coupons and how do I get them?

[jrsl76]

I placed 2 orders with the 50% off and B2, G1 Free last night. If I had more cash on hand as it were, I would have ordered more.

I got:

La Haine
Being John Malkovich
Summer With Monika

And Everything Is Going Fine
Gray's Anatomy
Certified Copy

My birthday is next week and the girl I've been dating and I were on the phone talking about the double sale. I told her 2 sets of 3 that I wanted, so we will see what I get. If I'm really lucky she went mad and ordered all of them:

Blus:

Samurai Trilogy
Summer Interlude

DVD:

Golden Age Of Television
Monsters And Madmen
Paul Robeson: Portraits Of The Artist
3 Silent Classics By Josef Von Sternberg

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by starman15317

n00b question time: since this is my first sale, what are the coupons and how do I get them?

I'd ask here. These guys are on top of things:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...200175&page=50

[starman15317]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

I'd ask here. These guys are on top of things:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...200175&page=50

Ah, good idea. I've even getting this thread and the B&N thread mixed up.

[BluPix]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

Already started, my order is placed

Yeah, I ordered a trio of titles around 1.30am this morning (see my earlier post). I've finally put together an initial list of possibilities and will probably place another order late tonight or tomorrow.

If anyone knows any coupon codes, feel free to be generous and share.

[BluPix]

Originally Posted by Banned User

Someone refresh my memory. If your a B&N member don't you get a 10% discount online ? Because I'm not.

No, Banned, B&N members do not receive an additional 10% discount online. They do, however receive free two-day shipping. (I'm speaking as a current member.)

[BluPix]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

I thought the 10% was instore, and you got express shipping free as a member.

Samurai Trilogy is 100% blind buy based on my love for Toshiro Mifune.

It's one of the few blind buys I have left. And it's been ordered and I expect to enjoy it. I'm just surprised by the lack of discussion on it.

The Samurai Trilogy is one of the sets at the top of my list. It's also a total blind buy for me. Toshiro Mifune, who I've seen in a number of other films, is a terrific actor and it's one of the reasons I will buy the set. The main reason, though is that it just seems like a compelling story.