Do the Right Thing - Criterion...Your thoughts?
04-25-01, 11:02 PM
#1
Banned
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2000
Posts: 23
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I finally viewed this movie for the first time, and was quite impressed with it. I've only been through disk one so far, but the movie almost blew me away. I forgot how great a director Spike Lee was.
Did you like it?
Did you like it?
04-26-01, 07:25 AM
#2
DVD Talk Special Edition
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: New York, NY
Posts: 1,891
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I thought this movie was excellent. It was story-telling at its finest. Personally, I can't see many flaws with this film, and every film, no matter how good, has its flaws. Highly recommended for everyone who has not seen it.
Dan
Dan
04-26-01, 02:50 PM
#3
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: I was here but I disappear
Posts: 8,407
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I love this movie so much. Apparently Criterion feels the same way because they put out such amazing laserdisc of it (for which I paid about $100 at the time) and now this outstanding DVD. In the last couple decades there are very very few films that stack up in terms of writing, acting, pacing, drama, humor, emotion, complexity, and realness.
If you liked the movie you should definitely read Lee's book on the making of it. It's one of my film book touchstones along with the Hitchcock/Truffaut book, a book I read over and over again.
Here's my DVDTalk review of Do The Right Thing
If you liked the movie you should definitely read Lee's book on the making of it. It's one of my film book touchstones along with the Hitchcock/Truffaut book, a book I read over and over again.
Here's my DVDTalk review of Do The Right Thing
04-27-01, 07:24 AM
#5
DVD Talk Special Edition
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Dallas
Posts: 1,664
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Definitely one of the best films of the 80's if not all-time. A masterpiece of mood, place, and character. The supplements are excellent. My favorite is the video of the first reading of the script, where each actor introduces him/herself and what they have previously worked on. Very cool. Criterion should be congratulated for a superior DVD.
04-28-01, 04:20 AM
#7
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Posts: 5,919
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Great film. I was really surprised since I had not seen it before the Criterion dvd.
Checkout this old thread:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthr...threadid=78350
Checkout this old thread:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthr...threadid=78350
04-28-01, 11:36 PM
#8
New Member
Join Date: Apr 2001
Posts: 2
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I have a new appreciation for this movie after watching Criterion's Super Deluxe Mother of All Special Editions version on DVD. This edition has, dare I say it, the best extras I've seen (in my own limited experience).
04-29-01, 04:46 AM
#9
DVD Talk Special Edition
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: New York, NY
Posts: 1,891
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally posted by Harry Caul
I have a new appreciation for this movie after watching Criterion's Super Deluxe Mother of All Special Editions version on DVD. This edition has, dare I say it, the best extras I've seen (in my own limited experience).
I have a new appreciation for this movie after watching Criterion's Super Deluxe Mother of All Special Editions version on DVD. This edition has, dare I say it, the best extras I've seen (in my own limited experience).
Dan
