A bit low budget for my taste but entertainingThoughts on El Mariachi? Did you think it was too old school?
A bit low budget for my taste but entertainingThoughts on El Mariachi? Did you think it was too old school?
Appreciate what it tried to do but it just ended up being merely ok to me.
This is accurateOn the real the newer Criterion flicks just seem to escape me. The ones that are considered "classic" before the 2000s actually have a classic to good ratio. Meanwhile the 2000s and up movies that get the label are some of the most boring and pretentious ass flicks its not even funny.
This is accurate
Its even worse with some of the more recent choices. Marriage Story from Netflix was cool but it wasn't that good to receive a Criterion release. I guess they just wanted to be the first to put it on Bluray
Parasite is a fantastic movie, but they were definitely riding the Oscar wave by including it shortly after all the acclaim. At least we got Memories of Murder out of it.
Sidenote: Pariah and Deep Cover getting the Criterion treatment ......and I hope we see Dead Presidents before the end of this year since they're starting to add more black films. It's already on their laserdisc with no other bluray release in sight
i agree with the quality drop, but criterion says they pick movies that are "important", not just classic.On the real the newer Criterion flicks just seem to escape me. The ones that are considered "classic" before the 2000s actually have a classic to good ratio. Meanwhile the 2000s and up movies that get the label are some of the most boring and pretentious ass flicks its not even funny.
i agree with the quality drop, but criterion says they pick movies that are "important", not just classic.
the laserdisc era was different. they put out several popcorn flicks at that time. i guess the audience for laserdisc was too different to be too selectiveWhile I agree but they could had pick a better disaster movie than Armageddon like the superior Deep Impact, and I loved Armageddon .
Deep Impact had a "what if" plot going for itself, while Armageddon was just explosions and Bruce Willis in space