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Mikado · 02-03-2004, 03:29 PM

....sometimes I'm like......hmmmmm....

Marq · 02-03-2004, 04:01 PM

hmmmmm as in "why should they release films in nice DVD editions that other studios would ignore"?

or hmmmmmm as in "that looks dirt-ay!"?

Mikado · 02-03-2004, 04:06 PM

hmmm.....as in WTF???

haha, but seriously. I like a lot of the movies they've put on there but I feel a lot of times they put some really pretentious stuff out. A lot of that i just don't like. But that's why you buy the movie for the movie and not just because it's from a collection. Although I am pretty giddy when a movie I like is getting a Criterion release.

kingtopher · 02-03-2004, 04:10 PM

This is the first movie they've put out in a while that I have absolutely no desire to own at all. But that's ok, they've got a pretty solid tracklisting. But still, this is exactly why I think it is ridiculous to just collect Criterions for the sake of collecting them. There's no way that anybody likes every single movie they've put out.

Marq · 02-03-2004, 04:36 PM

Not a film that espcially interests me, but I may rent some time down the road. A review of the DVD:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=9306

Riedenschneider · 02-03-2004, 04:38 PM

God's Holy Trousers, Mikado. Criterion released a lot of pretentious stuff you don't like and that made you go hmmmmm... or WTF? Wow, that sure is thread-worthy.

Has anyone ever told you that *you* may be prententious for not granting others their taste?

Have you even seen Maitresse, or are you just judging the movie by its cover and the foreign directors strange name?

Mikado · 02-03-2004, 04:52 PM

Yeah the cover on that looks like something I wouldn't be interested in.

Riedenschneider · 02-03-2004, 05:03 PM

How old are you?
What are your 10 favorite films?
What other Criterion DVDs make you uneasy?
And have you ever heard of the expression "if you judge a book by its cover, you will never be a lover"?

Mikado · 02-03-2004, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Riedenschneider

How old are you?
What are your 10 favorite films?
What other Criterion DVDs make you uneasy?
And have you ever heard of the expression "if you judge a book by its cover, you will never be a lover"?

What is this, the dating game?

By looking at that cover, I don't want to be that kind of lover.

I never said any Criterion movies made me uneasy, where did you get that from?

Riedenschneider · 02-03-2004, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Mikado

What is this, the dating game?

Well isn't it? I mean with information like "hmmmm" and "WTF" I tend to think somebody wants to fuck with me.

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By looking at that cover, I don't want to be that kind of lover.

QED, I guess.

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I never said any Criterion movies made me uneasy, where did you get that from?

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Originally Posted by Mikado

....sometimes I'm like......hmmmmm....

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Originally Posted by Mikado

hmmm.....as in WTF???

My prof would say that's textbook uneasiness...

ebuzz79 · 02-03-2004, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Mikado

Yeah the cover on that looks like something I wouldn't be interested in.

Yeah the cover on that looks like something I WOULD be interested in.

C Roberts · 02-03-2004, 05:43 PM

Maybe that's why Criterion released Armageddon. To try and remove some of the image that they only put out pretentious foreign movies. And that is probably the image they have outside of film buff circles.

Marq · 02-03-2004, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by C Roberts

Maybe that's why Criterion released Armageddon

I think it's moreso because they developed a relationship with the distributor and Michael Bay.

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To try and remove some of the image that they only put out pretentious foreign movies. And that is probably the image they have outside of film buff circles.

I assume we're all film buffs here, but maybe not the same kind of film buffs perhaps. For any that have an image of Criterion being "they only put out pretentious foreign movies", do they care to explain what makes thenm think this?

Our monthly Criterion debate sure did come early this month!

02-03-2004, 03:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mikado Actor Join Date: Jan 2004	I like a lot of stuff Criterion puts out but.... ....sometimes I'm like......hmmmmm....

02-03-2004, 04:38 PM	#6 (permalink)
Riedenschneider Actor Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hamburg, Deutschland	God's Holy Trousers, Mikado. Criterion released a lot of pretentious stuff you don't like and that made you go hmmmmm... or WTF? Wow, that sure is thread-worthy. Has anyone ever told you that you may be prententious for not granting others their taste? Have you even seen Maitresse, or are you just judging the movie by its cover and the foreign directors strange name? __________________ "The Hughes wealth, power and sex appeal devastated scores of broken-hearted movie stars and made grown men shudder with envy and anxiety every time he entered a room. Mr. DiCaprio just makes any logical person over 14 wonder if he ever graduated high school." -Rex Reed

02-03-2004, 05:03 PM	#8 (permalink)
Riedenschneider Actor Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hamburg, Deutschland	How old are you? What are your 10 favorite films? What other Criterion DVDs make you uneasy? And have you ever heard of the expression "if you judge a book by its cover, you will never be a lover"? __________________ "The Hughes wealth, power and sex appeal devastated scores of broken-hearted movie stars and made grown men shudder with envy and anxiety every time he entered a room. Mr. DiCaprio just makes any logical person over 14 wonder if he ever graduated high school." -Rex Reed

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02-03-2004, 04:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
Marq Actor Join Date: May 2001 Location: Ottawa	hmmmmm as in "why should they release films in nice DVD editions that other studios would ignore"? or hmmmmmm as in "that looks dirt-ay!"?

02-03-2004, 04:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
Mikado Actor Join Date: Jan 2004	hmmm.....as in WTF??? haha, but seriously. I like a lot of the movies they've put on there but I feel a lot of times they put some really pretentious stuff out. A lot of that i just don't like. But that's why you buy the movie for the movie and not just because it's from a collection. Although I am pretty giddy when a movie I like is getting a Criterion release.

02-03-2004, 04:10 PM	#4 (permalink)
kingtopher Actor Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Maine	This is the first movie they've put out in a while that I have absolutely no desire to own at all. But that's ok, they've got a pretty solid tracklisting. But still, this is exactly why I think it is ridiculous to just collect Criterions for the sake of collecting them. There's no way that anybody likes every single movie they've put out.

02-03-2004, 04:36 PM	#5 (permalink)
Marq Actor Join Date: May 2001 Location: Ottawa	Not a film that espcially interests me, but I may rent some time down the road. A review of the DVD: http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=9306

02-03-2004, 04:52 PM	#7 (permalink)
Mikado Actor Join Date: Jan 2004	Yeah the cover on that looks like something I wouldn't be interested in.

02-03-2004, 05:43 PM	#12 (permalink)
C Roberts Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Multiple Account Ban	Maybe that's why Criterion released Armageddon. To try and remove some of the image that they only put out pretentious foreign movies. And that is probably the image they have outside of film buff circles.