Disappointing Criterions - Page 3

DamingR · 12-07-07, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Sex Fiend

Mr. Hulot's Holiday was a bit underwhelming, too, now that I think about it.

Agreed on this one and the Jane Campion.

naitram · 12-07-07, 12:44 PM

And God Created Woman
Fiend Without a Face
The Blob
Honeymoon Killers

SanityRemoved · 12-07-07, 01:34 PM

Jubilee - A stationary camera at Trafalgar Square in 1977 would have been more enjoyable.

The Royal Tenenbaums - Ben Stiller AND Owen Wilson in the same movie made me feel "Just like Dylan's Mr. Jones".

Sweetie - Wanted to see a Jane Campion film, wasn't impressed.

Grey Gardens/The Beales of Grey Gardens - This film and many other documentaries need a lower priced outlet similar to the Eclipse line. It falls into that category where you are relatively amused to have watched it but its replay is improbable.

DealMan · 12-07-07, 01:36 PM

Dead Ringers, Solaris, and Slacker.

iamnothitler · 12-07-07, 05:46 PM

Third Man

mikelowry · 12-07-07, 06:13 PM

I have around ten Criterion DVDs in my collection and the one that I least liked is Peeping Tom. It was a hyped as the British Psycho but it never got me to appreciate the movie.

Perkinsun Dzees · 12-07-07, 07:13 PM

Salo

Bought it for like $700 off Ebay. I watched about half an hour then turned it off and tossed it in the trash.

man*machine · 12-07-07, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Perkinsun Dzees

Salo

Bought it for like $700 off Ebay. I watched about half an hour then turned it off and tossed it in the trash.

I don't believe this for an instant, but if you were stupid enough to make a $700 blind buy and then throw away the DVD instead of selling it to make your money back, you're either very stupid or you're very rich.

man*machine · 12-07-07, 07:23 PM

One Criterion I don't particularly like (even though I saw the film years prior to the Criterion release) is KWAIDAN. I know it has a great reputation, but it just does nothing for me. I even netflixed it a year or so ago to give it another chance, and I reacted to it the same way.

Now ONIBABA is a whole other story. I absolutely love that film.

Pizza · 12-07-07, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Giles

post #26 - we're slipping here folks.

Okay . . .

The Vanishing. After seeing the American version and feeling it didn't know when to quite, I wanted to see the original for years. I guess my expectations were set too high.

Chasing Amy. Mostly because I thought the picture quality looked dreadful.

Carcosa · 12-07-07, 07:26 PM

Being the un-cultured primate that I am, I was not too thrilled with LA STRADA.

I guess I just don't get the Fellini thing.

man*machine · 12-07-07, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Pizza

Okay . . .

The Vanishing. After seeing the American version and feeling it didn't know when to quite, I wanted to see the original for years. I guess my expectations were set too high.

Well, if you had already seen the awful remake, the ending of the original would already have been ruined for you (and that was the ultimate kicker of the film at the time). Doesn't mean that you would have liked the film anyway, but if you knew everything going in, it didn't have a chance.

jrsl76 · 12-07-07, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Sex Fiend

Mr. Hulot's Holiday was a bit underwhelming, too, now that I think about it.

Blasphemy, I looove M. Hulot's Holiday. So good. The only film I really haven't been crazy about was Jubilee and I'm holding onto my copy to give it another chance. I guess there were a couple of other ones that I wasn't totally ecstatic about, Hopscotch is ok and I Am Curious is interesting and important, but I don't know if I really need to see it again.

Clockwork · 12-07-07, 07:58 PM

I found Peeping Tom disappointing, but really disliked the Honeymoon Killers.

TheDuke · 12-07-07, 08:55 PM

Of all the Criterions I've seen...

Hated:
The Seven Samurai
Diabolique
Brazil
The Seventh Seal
Crisis

Loved:
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Videodrome
The Royal Tenenbaums (my favorite movie)
The Spirit of the Beehive
Grey Gardens

zombeaner · 12-07-07, 09:23 PM

How can anyone hate Seven Samurai? I really wanted to enjoy Jubilee as well, but I just couldn't make it happen.

MBoyd · 12-07-07, 09:47 PM

The only Criterion i didnt enjoy or find some value (and I own many of the mentioned hated) is Kagemusha. Seriously. i know it's Kurosawa and I am a fan but it dragged for me. ugh. maybe I will give it another chance.

PopcornTreeCt · 12-07-07, 10:33 PM

How could anyone hate The Seventh Seal? That movie is amazing!

PatrickMcCart · 12-07-07, 11:00 PM

The Third Man, Brazil, Seven Samurai, The 39 Steps, M, The Seventh Seal, 8 1/2, La Strada, Faces, Bicycle Thieves, and If....

However, I loved The Rock, Armageddon, and Chasing Amy! Why do they release so many old movies?

(Yes, this is sarcasm)

bigE · 12-08-07, 04:14 AM

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Originally Posted by PatrickMcCart

Why do they release so many old movies?

Because all the great movies were made years ago!

Beastie Boys ranks right up there with Michael Bay films... What were they thinking???

Paul_SD · 12-08-07, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt

How could anyone hate The Seventh Seal? That movie is amazing!

I just watched this again a couple weeks ago and was entranced the whole time. I'd seen it several times before, but this last time I just got into it like I never have before. An insanely great movie.
It was because of this and seeing A Canterbury Tale for the first time, that I went overboard in the last DVD Planet sale. I grabbed 6 or 7 Criterion titles that I had no intention to whatsoever when the sale started- it was just that I was so impressed, entertained, and (it's going to sound pretentious but I'm going to say it anyway)...nourished by SS and ACT, I was hoping to repeat the experience several times over.

Since collecting DVDs, there have been a few films Criterion has put out that I was greatly looking forward to, but just didn't click with me for one reason or another
Diary Of A Chambermaid
Passion Of Joan Of Arc
Fiend Without A Face
Picnic At Hanging Rock
That Obscure Object Of Desire
The BRD trilogy (Fassbinder)

mdnitoil · 12-08-07, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by PatrickMcCart

The Third Man, Brazil, Seven Samurai, The 39 Steps, M, The Seventh Seal, 8 1/2, La Strada, Faces, Bicycle Thieves, and If....

However, I loved The Rock, Armageddon, and Chasing Amy! Why do they release so many old movies?

I would humbly suggest that perhaps Criterion isn't your kind of label.

For me, Summertime was not quite what I expected. It was alright, but I haven't bothered to revisit it since I originally purchased it.

Kerborus · 12-08-07, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by domino harvey

I can tell I need to stop reading this thread

Mmm hmm... Me too...

I was dissapointed with Symbiotoxyplasm... er whatever. I couldn't finish it.

Kerborus · 12-08-07, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by MBoyd

The only Criterion i didnt enjoy or find some value (and I own many of the mentioned hated) is Kagemusha. Seriously. i know it's Kurosawa and I am a fan but it dragged for me. ugh. maybe I will give it another chance.

Give it another chance.

814am · 12-08-07, 10:12 AM

Crazed Fruit, I bought as a blind buy due to my love of Japanese Movies. I suppose it was important due to the time it was released and what it had to say about Japanese Post war youth, but it just seemed like a bad movie to me.

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814am New Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 17	Crazed Fruit, I bought as a blind buy due to my love of Japanese Movies. I suppose it was important due to the time it was released and what it had to say about Japanese Post war youth, but it just seemed like a bad movie to me.