Mike Leigh's "Meantime".

50% off February Flash sale at Criterion.com. Code is LOVE. In stock Blu-ray and DVDs only.

I just grabbed the Before Trilogy since I missed out on the previous sale.

Anyone go through The Before Trilogy? Are the movies rewatchable?

Seriously? Yeah, they're rewatchable. It's an outstanding trilogy, and the extras are very good. Only head-scratcher is why Linklater, Hawke, and Delpy didn't do commentaries for the first couple of movies.

I liked the old tres better. He didn't yell at me so much

This is the sexier more buff version. So snuggle up. And go buy the trilogy. It'll make you think of us.

I fucking had it for $40 Amazon price mistake, canceled yesterday because didn't think it would be movies I would rewatch and even at that price did think worth it. Called Amazon twice, but nothing they can do. Oh well. Still get it around $30 digitally...

Yeah, but the extras is where the gold's at. The remastered picture is just wonderful on all three, but unless they updated the digital release, those were absolute crap.

I haven't seen any of the three. I absolutely love Dazed and Confused, really like Boyhood. and was a bit disappointed with Everybody Wants Some.

Pretty sure I'm going to blind buy this set when I can find it for a decent price. Am I going to like them?

I bought the set blindly when it was on sale for $40. Watched the first one last night and loved it - best movie I've seen in a while. Lots of fun, clever dialogue.

Sad and hilarious story at the same time. I personally won't take it digitally even for free.

Stream it first to see if you would like it - even if it's just the first movie. Why take the chance when you don't have to?

I've been looking for it (Before Sunrise), but have only been able to find the third movie via Netflix. I don't want to watch them out of order, so I haven't watched it.

Boyhood was a blind buy for me (I didn't even know about the 'filmed over 12 years' business) that I bought due to a recommendation from a friend.

The Before Trilogy is amazing. My wife and I (well then girlfriend, now wife) loved Before Sunrise from the moment we rented the VHS(!). The two sequels were also perfect. So glad this came to Criterion, and doubly glad I got in on the Amazon price mistake. Hope to do some rewatching this weekend.

For me Linklater is hit or miss. I got in on the $40 deal and if I don't like it, I can always sell it for almost the same price. The status on mine is preparing to ship.

Honesty, the Before Trilogy are the only movies of Linklater's that I care for at all.

School of Rock? I love that flick. Soft spot for his animated stuff, too. But yeah, very hit-and-miss.

I'm surprised you didn't care for Dazed and Confused.

I'm kinda ok with it actually. Bought some other good stuff with $40. Can you believe I didn't have The Naked Gun in any format!! Egads...

My Amazon order for the Before Trilogy has been stuck on "preparing to ship" all week.

Yeah, that surprises me, too.

Great music, great cast, and an entertaining story. I don't think I know of anyone that didn't like it. Maybe it's an age thing? I felt like I knew many people like those in the film.

And the bizarre thought of the evening... The guy that played Mitch is 40 years old, now.

This guy:

When D&C came out, it depicted a time 17 years earlier, it came out 24 years ago.

Yeah, it's fucking insane, isn't it?

The sixteen years between Return of the Jedi and The Phantom Menace seemed like a lifetime, but the eighteen years between The Phantom Menace and now doesn't seem nearly half as long.

he shoots, he scores!! was able to get this for $40 from Amazon. after i had seen it went back down to $70 on site, i called, talked to the right person, got a $30 promotional credit and rebought. nice!

A bit of luck... Hollywood Suite (A Canadian cable movie package and OnDemand service that I subscribe to) is getting all three Before movies in the near future. So a blind buy will not be necessary.