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remington
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Post subject: Re: What do you think about Criterion today? Posted: 04 Jun 2012, 22:24 |
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I only have one Criterion blu ray, "Blowout". I don't find it to be exceedingly better than some other companies. That is not a fair comparison though. I have also lost some interest in high def, it's more of a curiosity to me now. Most Criterion laserdiscs and dvds are real pleasing to the eye.
The artwork issue is a valid complaint. Why not use the original movie poster artwork for the covers? They have with a good number but many, "The Naked Prey", Blowout", for example, are a weak attempt at new creativity. Criterion pioneered inovation for home theatre and I would like to know what pioneering they are doing now in the tech world , if any?
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nissling
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Post subject: Re: What do you think about Criterion today? Posted: 04 Oct 2012, 23:34 |
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I currently have about 40 of the Criterion Dvd's, 15 of their Blu-Rays and 32 of their Laserdiscs. As already stated, they were much more uniqe in the old days. But not only that, today I think the Criterion collection pretty overrated. On Dvdbeaver, once a company has released a movie with a bad transfer they reject it right away. But when Criterion releases it with a slightly different transfer, they give it thumbs up all around. Just look at La Haine for instance, there are some different skin tones between the Studio Canal and Criterion, yet the first edition got thumbs down all around.
What even makes the whole thing worse is their competitors. I find Masters of cinema more appealing than Criterion now adays. They have small movies by big directors, and I feel much more enthusiasm for their editions as well. Even though the picture and audio quality isn't always as good as the Criterion, they sure got it right when it comes to the prices and movies. Their Mizoguchi-box set totally beats out everything that Criterion has to offer from the same director. More movies, almost as good audio and video quality and much cheaper as well.
I still buy Criterions, but mainly when I find them cheap. They're fun to have if you get them for free, but for the money they want, I rather stick to Artifical Eye and Eureka. Still, this is just my opinion.
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Post subject: Re: What do you think about Criterion today? Posted: 19 Jun 2013, 09:56 |
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nissling wrote: I'm not sure about their 100th anniversary series, To kill a mockingbird looked quite waxy, and their edition of The Deer Hunter looks much worse than their Hd-Dvd. Oh well, I guess we're off topic right now. I was not impressed with the mockingbird bluray whatsoever. I collect the digibooks, and that one wasn't cheap, even after waiting for a deal it was $26 bucks. That being said, the transfer well, I don't know if it's dnr or what, but it looks like the grain was blended or something. Is there a nice quality laserdisc?
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Post subject: Re: What do you think about Criterion today? Posted: 19 Jun 2013, 09:57 |
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In reply to OP, I still think Criterion is doing a great job with their transfers, extra features and such. The Eclipse Series is underrated/appreciated in my opinion. My main complaint with newer stuff is some of the re-modernized covers I'm not really feeling. It seems to not fit with the tone, anyone else agree?
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hauntmedoitagain
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Post subject: Re: What do you think about Criterion today? Posted: 19 Jun 2013, 15:16 |
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cefiro355 wrote: In reply to OP, I still think Criterion is doing a great job with their transfers, extra features and such. The Eclipse Series is underrated/appreciated in my opinion. My main complaint with newer stuff is some of the re-modernized covers I'm not really feeling. It seems to not fit with the tone, anyone else agree? Agree to the first statement, no one has ever bested Criterion on their overall presentation of a movie, even after all these years. I do disagree with the second statement, however, as Solaris, Modern Times, House, Kuroneko, etc. have some of the best covers in my BD collection. To be fair, though, some of the new Criterion covers are pretty lazy i.e. Last Year at Marienbad and Harakiri.
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rein-o
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Post subject: Re: What do you think about Criterion today? Posted: 20 Jun 2013, 04:00 |
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hauntmedoitagain wrote: I never had a problem with the DVD boxes before I traded mine in for BDs, but what I never liked were the digipacks Criterion used for their early BDs like Chungking Express. They don't hold their shape at all. is that what i have, or what they are making now?? the two i have in cardboard are: last year in marienbad and Repo Man. now RM just came out this or last month, it's cardboard with the clear plastic like a digipak. also in order to get disc 2 you have to remove disc 1 really bad design. i have some early ones like the first issue of solaris and that's in a normal 2 sided black plastic case with insert.
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Post subject: Re: What do you think about Criterion today? Posted: 20 Jun 2013, 04:24 |
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Of course I don't dislike all of them, just some of them seem too "of the time", here's a few examples: And then some I really like: Again it's just my opinion, but some of them just seem too minimal, and don't match the tone of the film itself. And there's several that have just vectorized art with logo and such. quote="hauntmedoitagain"] cefiro355 wrote: In reply to OP, I still think Criterion is doing a great job with their transfers, extra features and such. The Eclipse Series is underrated/appreciated in my opinion. My main complaint with newer stuff is some of the re-modernized covers I'm not really feeling. It seems to not fit with the tone, anyone else agree? Agree to the first statement, no one has ever bested Criterion on their overall presentation of a movie, even after all these years. I do disagree with the second statement, however, as Solaris, Modern Times, House, Kuroneko, etc. have some of the best covers in my BD collection. To be fair, though, some of the new Criterion covers are pretty lazy i.e. Last Year at Marienbad and Harakiri.[/quote]
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