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godwhacker, your incandescent leader!
11/25/08

In reply to New Criterion Website Offers Streaming Movies, Online Film Festivals
for me, films need to meet my strict criteria.

1. senseless violence

2. gratuitous sex

3. no discernible plot

i watch movies to be entertained, i don't want to think, i am all about the suspension of reality during the 2 hours i am there
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bosskev
11/25/08

@godwhacker: "...gratuitous sex...i am all about the suspension of reality..."

And gratuitous sex has nothing to do with your reality? So sorry to hear that, godwhacker...

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dry-roasted-peanuts
11/25/08

@godwhacker: You don't watch films, you watch movies. It's kinda like that distinction between nude and nekkid.
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Curves
11/25/08

@dry-roasted-peanuts: Big difference in nude and nekkid. Nude is just not wearing clothes. Nekkid is nude with mal-intent.
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Kaiser-Machead
11/25/08

@godwhacker: My suspension of belief relies solely on good execution of the plot. If there's no real rhyme or reason to the core of the movie's idea, then the gratuitous violence will only be annoying. There's nothing more boring than lots of blood spraying everywhere, guts flying and lots of weaponry discharging all over the place. There's only so much projectile tile bits and squib splatter that I can take before I've come to loathe the filmmaker for thinking that having stuff pop and explode constantly, while cheesy actors pretend to die all over the place, is great product.

As for gratuitous sex....maybe I'm a weirdo, but if it ain't porn, I don't care much for sex scenes in movies unless it's really meaningful to the rest of the story, unless it's Bound, then it's fucking awesome (though that wasn't what I'd consider gratuitous :D )

For some perspective on overwrought violence, compare the Master Shifu v. Tai Lung fight in Kung Fu Panda to the Super Burly Brawl sequence between Neo and Smith in the Matrix Revolutions. It saddens me to the core that Kung Fu Panda's final fight scene was way superior.
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Kaiser-Machead
11/25/08

@Curves: That really depends. There's going nekkid to a fist fight to avoid the opponent being able to grab clothing, and then there's mischievous nekkid, which just involves streaking through your institution of choice.
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Curves
11/25/08

@Kaiser-Machead: You fist fight nekkid?
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Joker10
11/25/08

In reply to New Criterion Website Offers Streaming Movies, Online Film Festivals
Are these all just foreign films?
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bosskev
11/25/08

@Joker10: It depends upon what you mean by "foreign". If you find that intelligent, thoughtful and/or provocactive films that don't cater to a bland mainstream aesthetic are difficult to understand then, yes, their films might as well be described as foreign to you.

Sorry, I'm in a persnickety mood. Apologies.

No, the Criterion Collection DVDs/BDs (and presumably the films it will stream) are not just foreign films, although international filmmakers certainly are well-represented. As Adam says, worth checking out.

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Curves
11/25/08

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Caption for that picture: My plate is empty and she is making me watch chick flicks. This date sucks.
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bosskev
11/25/08

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Cool beans! Just bookmarked the site.
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tamoko
11/15/08

In reply to Dealzmodo: 40% Off All Criterion Collection DVDs
I think you're right about the 20% markup, but most of us have no choice, they own the distibution rights to a shit-load of unique and interesting films. We're under their thumb, so to speak...
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tamoko
11/15/08

In reply to Dealzmodo: 40% Off All Criterion Collection DVDs
A fellow Sleestak. welcome my friend.
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MIKEAWESOME
11/14/08

In reply to Dealzmodo: 40% Off All Criterion Collection DVDs
either their warehouse has been cleaned out or the something went horribly, horribly wrong.
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tamoko
11/13/08

In reply to Dealzmodo: 40% Off All Criterion Collection DVDs
Sick!, just freaking sick!! Too bad the sale doesn't cover blu-ray players...but I was one of those who decided to sit on the sidelines and wait for the format war to end, and then BOTH side have apparently lost!?

"39 Steps" & "The baron of Arizona", with Vincent Price are on the top of my list. I wonder of my local TLA video knows this sale is happening? they always seem to be looking for interesting Criterion titles....
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LiviaSnake
11/13/08

In reply to Dealzmodo: 40% Off All Criterion Collection DVDs
Are you sure the two 20%'s add up like that? I found a similar deal a little while back and it was 20% off the 20% off price. Eh, thats just me being annoying.
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Adrian Covert
11/13/08

@LiviaSnake: do the math on the criterion site yourself. it's 40% off.
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