Midnight Cowboy (1969)

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by ElliesDad

Please do get back when you've had an opportunity to look at this. I've had my finger poised over the 'process order' button for days, still trying to make up my mind whether or not the tint issue is likely to interfere with, to the point of spoiling, the viewing experience.

At what point did purchasing a blu-ray disc become so complicated? The "Howard's End" debacle seems to be becoming more and more the norm...what's happening to the concept of quality-control.

[Show spoiler] No answer expected...just ranting...

I played both discs at the same time (Suck it Caps a Holic!) with two TVs with roughly the same setups; Criterion is so good, in fact I think it looks a lot more "natural" than the MGM release (My clouds shouldn't be magneta MGM!). The whole "tint" thing, I believe, has been blown out of proportions. Getting up in arms about green lights in a DINNER is absurd. The opening is in rough shape with a lot of a Cyan push. Not to mention why would anyone want a "warm" looking picture for a film that's clearly set around Winter time. The bottom line: GET IT. It's the best this film has looked thus far.