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Hmm... That almost makes it sound like the Anchor Bay is the better release. Have you heard anything about the picture being compressed?

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You should Netflix it and judge for yourself.

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The Criterion MOna Lisa IS NOT bare Bones. it has an Audio Commentary by Director Neil Jordan And Actor Bob Hoskins which IS NOT on the ANchor Bay release.

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:hscratch: The underground French Resistance to Nazi occupation?

And that's just the surface.

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I think it was very confusing and jumbled, not in the good kind of way, but in the bad direction kind of way. Like wtf was up with the first 20 minutes. That had absolutely no bearing on the rest of the movie, and them it jumps a couple months into the future without any kind of explination as to what the new plot/characters are doing. I think the srtanglation of the man in the rented room could have been set up alot more. I hate the feeling I get when a movie is confusing, when I know it's not supposed to be.

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Is anyone else curious to read gglass4269's reviews?

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here you go!

http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/36526/taking-chance/

http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/36302/friday-the-13th/

Unfortunately, I took on a full time job and enlisted in the Navy within a week of becoming a reviewer, but now that things are starting to get settled down, I'm hoping to start writing some fresh ones! First up will be the classic Night of the Hunter.

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Wait, is this going to be a review of the delayed SE?? If it's back on schedule, that would truly make my month.

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no, the original dvd release. I'm waiting too for the SE. its one of my most anticipated.

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Just watched Brazil for the first time in it's entirety. I couldn't get through it the last time I started it... It was alright, quite funny and interesting. I think I'll have to buy it somewhere down the line.

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The Third Man is, for me, an over-rated film.

It's good... but not up my alley. I was disappointed by it.

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I had trouble getting into the beginning of the film because I couldn't establish a sense of anything. Even in hindsight I feel essentially the same way as you do about it ..it could have been completely removed.

Although the strangulation scene I feel differently about. It helped set the tone of the film and the seriousness involved - leaving the motives to be established later in the film.

Overall I think the film is a fascinating and compelling exploration of the human dynamics involving a group of people (French Resistance) caught between a rock and a seriously hard place.

I'd actually really like to know how, or if this compares to some of Malle's works, specifically, Lacombe, Lucien.

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Decided to chuck the alphabetical leaning in my "watch one unwatched DVD per day" rule, and concentrate on Criterions. Remembering my negative comment on it here, gave Withnail and I a second chance.

Was able to make it past 15 minutes this time, and actually ended up enjoying it. Don't think it will become a favorite or get re-watched often, but wouldn't be totally surprised if the film ends up growing on me a bit. I'm going to watch the documentary on it tomorrow.

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I got curious and counted how many movies that are unwatched in my collection, or unfinished (compilations or TV series) and came to the staggering number of 623 titles(!) A number of Criterions in there too.

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I wish my number was that low.

You should check out the monthly unwatched threads that Mister Peepers facilitates here.

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Its a pretty damn good DVD / Blu-ray package though. The original first Criterion release was pretty limited in its extras by current standards.

The DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER is one of my favorite films, and Criterion did a great job with the restored version...but I think I may actually prefer the truncated release that was on home video prior on VHS. The fantasy element was stronger and the New Deal political aspect in the longer cut kind of drags it a bit for me. They should have included both versions.

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The original Salo DVD, the video transfer was terrible.

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Three words:

Fishing With John

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All of them. They are overpriced, pretentious films.

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Not really. How can anyone think EQUINOX or ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS is pretentious?

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I just rented THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE. What a boring piece of shit film. And I almost blind bought this film based on all the praise of this being considered "the best Spanish film from the 1970s". Good acting by the two main girls, but overall bad flick.

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You might want to try "L'Aventurra." I think there are more car crashes in that one. And when I think "piece of shit" films, I think Salo.... ;)

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In "L'Aventurra", are there any martial arts and gun fight scenes? ;)

There's some "shit-worthy" scene in Criterion's "Sweet Movie" too (Sweet Movie was a good movie though, I still have to rent Salo and see how bad it is).

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:rimshot:

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http://www.viceland.com/blogs/en/200...ttle-fuck-ups/

UGH

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Salo is not bad, just controversial. I thought it was a wonderful movie.

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WOW I guess one man's trash is anyone man's gold (I own the title).

I love the Frankenstein (1931) tie-in to the story and it's a wonderful flim you should watch it again.

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I'm gonna have to cast my vote for Days Of Heaven. Just give us a WORD Terry. Please, just say SOMETHING. Also, I would have killed to have seen a current interview with Linda Manz.

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I am reading this post years after the fact. I do not believe anyone would toss into the trash a DVD that cost as much as SALO cost this poster, hwoever much it actually was. He'd have re-sold it, and gotten his asking price. Why even make a false statement like this on a forum where people know better?

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FIEND WITHOUT A FACE is one of the films that was regularly shown on t.v. (unut) when I was young. The acting isn't great -- in a few cases it is quite terrible -- and the dialog is mediocre, but damned if the last twenty minutes aren't pretty awesome and (for sixties t.v. broadcast) incredibly graphic. The last quarter of the film, for me, is worth the price of admission, and the Criterion DVD captures it with perfection.

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There are a great many people on this forum and elsewhere who would insist that GOOD BURGER is infitely superior to ARMAGGEDEN. I have not seen GOOD BURGER, but for my money ARMAGEDDEN and damned near everything having Michael Bay's stamp upon it is second string to films generally acknowledged to be the worst films of all time, such as EEGAH! and MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE. Obviously this is all a matter of very personal opinion.

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I just watched The Last Wave. It was ok, but not something that I'll run out and buy tomorrow. I did recognize an Aboriginal actor that's been in quite a few movies, lately Australia. But they didn't even show any scenery that might have saved the movie. All in all, it was a waste of an hour and 45 minutes.

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Those are pretty much my same thoughts on it. I thought the movie was alright, but nothing special and I don't think I would have lost anything by not seeing it.

I just watched Fiend Without a Face about a week or so ago and thought it was a pretty fun movie to watch. Yea, its not a 5-star work of art, but I still had a good time watching it. (And I like '50s and '60s b-movies so it was a treat for me to watch it)

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I like most of those movies...

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Agree
Armageddon
Chasing Amy
The Rock
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Last Days of Disco
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Disagree
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Man Bites Dog
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Night on Earth

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He's dead wrong on "The Man Who Fell To Earth" and "Fear and Loathing..." The rest are crap, although for me Wes Anderson's use of Devo's "Gut Feeling" in the soundtrack for "Life Aquatic" makes the film worthwhile.

The comments in that link are brutal :)