Laser Movies

Thought I would start a thread since it should go live in a few more hours. Sale runs from July 9 through July 29 both online and B&N stores. The sale is now extended through August 5th.

Here's a link for the blu-ray titles.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s?aref...t=91&store=DVD


Link to the B&N coupon thread.

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-bargain...-part-2-a.html

laidbacklarkin

an empty wallet greets this sale :-)....happy collecting everyone

asianxcore

Can't wait for tomorrow. Will probably go early tomorrow morning to my local store.

mike7162

The only sale I still get excited for...

Giles

oh no... well at least I'll be dropping a friend over at Reagan National Airport early tomorrow morning and I can jaunt over to Potomac Yards afterwards.

PhantomStranger

Some people are hoping the Buy 2 Get 1 Free sale overlaps with the Criterion sale, at least for a few hours once the Criterion sale goes live.

Hazel Motes

Are there any other deals or coupons that work in conjuncture with the 50% off sale? Do you still get 10% off if you buy a membership?

Sweet Baby James

Check Laser Movies' stellar thread regarding coupons-


http://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-bargain...-part-2-a.html


You do get 10% off with membership, but that is for in-store only.

Hazel Motes

cool, thanks.

Sweet Baby James

Damn! No overlap of the two sales.

BuckNaked2k

I know...there I sat, fingers poised on mouse. Guess I'll have to get out and support my CT B&Ms!

Hazel Motes

Can anyone tell me anything about Max Ophuls? I might do a few blind buys this time around. The synopsis I've read for his films sound like they land somewhere between Ernst Lubitsch and Preston Sturges. Two filmmakers I love. Are those fair comparisons? What can you tell me about Ophuls? Where should I start?

ResIpsa

I really tried to get into Lola Montes but it was boring for me. Maybe because the story seemed so trite - gold-digger with a heart of gold and all. The commentary gushes about all the spectacle and camera/visual magic but I found it overcooked and I just didn't appreciate it. I think comparisons to Lubitsch and Sturges are a little strained because those two inject a lot of wit into their films and I found little wit in Ophuls.

Just one man's opinion. I have been nonplussed by films before only to have them turn out to be favorites later. Maybe there are some clips on youtube you can check out?

Autotelik

Yeah, I was waiting for a possible overlap, like last year. None this time.

Mosskeeto

I thoroughly enjoyed Le Plaisir and found the famous opening tracking/crane shot really eye opening. Great effect of disposing of physical barriers so you just become absorbed with the actor's movements. Also, since this film has three episodes to tell, it doesn't have a chance to get too boring. At the same time, there's an important sense of a life lesson to be learned. A sophisticated film geared more towards adults than their children, it's probably too slow for most young adults.

gbbound

Odd that several Criterion titles are appearing online at bn.com without a 50% discount:
*Seven Samurai
*Thin Red Line
*Beauty and the Beast
*Heaven's Gate
*Paris Texas

.....just to name a few.

pgm

*Wild Strawberries, to add another

georgec

Shame the overlap didn't happen.

Adam Tyner

This was the first movie I searched for too. It looks like it's been corrected since you posted.

I picked up:

Wild Strawberries
Marketa Lazarova
Safety Last!
Things to Come
The Life of Oharu
Lord of the Flies
Babette's Feast
The Ice Storm
Shoah

...basically all the stuff I needed to complete my collection.

Sondheim

Ophuls is a very "elegant" filmmaker - his films almost always have great cinematography and mature stories. With that said, though I enjoyed Le Plaisir and The Earrings of Madame de..., I can't say I've loved any of his films that Criterion has released. Beyond the sophisticated stories, I wouldn't think to compare him to either Lubitsch or Sturges (both of who I love.)

I actually greatly prefer his American film Letter from an Unknown Woman (which Olive recently released on BD) to anything in the collection. I know it doesn't help for the purposes of this sale, but I'd recommend starting there.

Giles

BAM! in and out of Potomac Yard with five discs this morning:

Shoah
Wild Strawberries
Safety Last!
3:10 to Yuma
Marketa Lazarová

pgm

Any chance Amazon might price match the sale this year?

Why So Blu?

Amazon already had their 50% off CC titles sale last month. I don't think they will do one again that fast.

ThePhantomGoat

dammit.... it last through the 29th and The Devil's Backbone is release on the 30th.

laidbacklarkin

This is also a great sale to watch out for - because they price their Warehouse marketplace discs at a certain % less than their retail pricing. So as soon as the retail goes down 50%, the warehousedeals prices (and other marketplace sellers that price adjust automatically to Amazon's price) go down a notch - ended up with about 6 titles on the recent Amazon sale for about $16.xx each (some were used but am not a stickler for new)