Sometime between the third crescent moon and a witch's equinox (or early last week, to be specific), Criterion
began shipping out its long-awaited
Blu-ray Disc collection. The question remains, though: are these much ballyhooed discs worth their weight in gold, or what? We've rounded up a number of reviews from around the web covering a wide range of the first wave titles, and generally speaking, critics were floored. Almost every single reviewer had a difficult time hitting the "stop" button on their praises of the visual / auditory qualities, and while the plots of each film are completely subjective, it's safe to say that these are quite the must-haves for strict audio- / videophiles. The only title that didn't receive an inordinate amount of laud was
Chungking Express, with the reviewer noting that it had "a somewhat erratic look on Blu-ray, alternately semi-soft and sharp." Outside of that, however, it's all glowing.
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The Third Man review
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Bottle Rocket review
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The Man Who Feel To Earth review
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Chungking Express review
Read - Overview of Blu-ray transfer process
posted Dec 12th 2008 5:05PM
Is that the man the "feel" to earth the porn spin off of the the movie with the similar title? :-)
I still don't know WTH the Criterion Collection is.
And yet you know what LaserDisc is?
Placed my order for Bottle Rocket, Criterion Blu-ray, thanks for the tip Engadget.