The quality of their restorations is almost always the best available, the special features are unmatched (though with the exception of the essay booklets, I rarely partake), and they're just really nicely packaged. You're a vinyl guy, right? Criterion is the movie equivalent. I have a ton of their blu-rays and when I sold my DVDs a while back, the only ones I kept were the Criterions and a couple film noir box sets. By the way, Barnes & Noble is offering 50% all Criterions right now, so you should grab it from them. I'm going to pick up a few things before the sale ends, myself; I just haven't been able to narrow it down to two or three movies, besides City Lights.Tambourine Man wrote:Is there something special about Criterion Collection, or are these just regular Blu-Ray? I'm eyeing The Thin Red Line on ebay and the prices seem a tad high.
Speaking of Criterion, they announced today they'd be releasing Mulholland Drive in October. So we'll finally have the best movie of the past 25 years on blu-ray. Whoooo!
