[Amazon] Many Criterion Blu-Rays Half Off (Or Pretty Close!)

If I weren't in a buying holding pattern on "big purchases", I'd be all over that Zatoichi set. In for Mullholland Dr and The Brood preorders though. The Brood is coming out on a friend's birthday so that made her gift pretty easy this year and Mullholland Dr is one of my more anticipated Criterions. Good looking out OP.

Pardon my ignorance but would there be any reason for someone like me who just wants the movie on bluray to upgrade to a criterion version? Is the picture or audio better? or is it stuff like more bonus features?

thanks

bill123 said:

Pardon my ignorance but would there be any reason for someone like me who just wants the movie on bluray to upgrade to a criterion version? Is the picture or audio better? or is it stuff like more bonus features?

thanks

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Usual all three. They do a top-notch job with their releases.

Criterion's releases tend to be definitive. If you only care about having the movie on Blu-Ray, then no, save your money. However, if you're serious about whatever the title is, you're going to want to just pay up now and enjoy. I have Criterions all the way back to laserdisc and I'm probably a customer for life.

They aren't always perfect, though. The recent Dressed to Kill release had some issues (I believe this was caught before it was actually released, and thus only affected early review copies, the corrected edition is out this week), and there are occasionally defective discs (the original BR of Eraserhead was missing a couple of seconds of footage) but they're also very good about replacing these for customers free of charge.

Is this sale still going on?  Mulholland Dr is $22.49 and its been that price for quite awhile.  Even checked with camelcamelcamel to make sure (shows its been $22.49 since July)

Larry Davis said:

They aren't always perfect, though. The recent Dressed to Kill release had some issues (I believe this was caught before it was actually released, and thus only affected early review copies, the corrected edition is out this week), and there are occasionally defective discs (the original BR of Eraserhead was missing a couple of seconds of footage) but they're also very good about replacing these for customers free of charge.

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That's just two out of like 700 titles. They are pretty much perfect in regards to releasing titles especially on bluray. Personally I'll wait for the November 50% off sale at Barnes & Nobles.

shadow007 said:

That's just two out of like 700 titles. They are pretty much perfect in regards to releasing titles especially on bluray. Personally I'll wait for the November 50% off sale at Barnes & Nobles.

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Well, there are also issues with disc 2 of Carlos, which I had to have replaced. Also that thing with a few titles from a certain manufacturing facility being subject to disc rot (Howard's End, Chungking Express, among others).

But yes, I agree, they are still pretty much the best, and as I mentioned replacing defective discs is extremely painless.

Personally, I'm placing preorders for anything I want now, and if B&N does have another sale, I can cancel and get them there. At this point, though, I'm not going to take that as a certainty.

dchrisd said:

Is this sale still going on? Mulholland Dr is $22.49 and its been that price for quite awhile. Even checked with camelcamelcamel to make sure (shows its been $22.49 since July)

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It's all September, I believe. Mulholland Dr. has been that price for a while, because it's been a top seller, so Amazon automatically (from what I gather) keeps it at a discount. The Apu Trilogy and other large sets are the real draw here, as well as other preorders which were around $30 until now.