The discourse on film bro social media is about to hit a new level of toxic lmao
Waste-Scratch2982 on
Does Netflix pay Criterion a significant amount to get their movies added to the collection? It keeps the business running I guess if Netflix is helping them.
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Is it weird I’m more averse to the inclusion of Frankenstein? The second half of the movie was poorly written.
Lamar_ScrOdom_ on
Train Dreams next please
Jomanderisreal on
Guillermo del Toro’s “Pinocchio” and Sony Animation’s “The Mitchells vs. The Machines” both got a physical release despite being Netflix streaming exclusives so I figured that this was a possibility.
Still super glad to see! I’ll be curious to see if “K-Pop Demon Hunters” becomes one of the higher selling Criterion releases because of the popularity of the movie. I could see some people who don’t care for collecting these types of movies buying this release, despite the higher price tag, because they want a copy for themselves/their family.
Batusiman on
Does this help the chances of a KPDH physical release?
faceintheblue on
I am interested to see where the Criterion brand is in a decade.
When I was young, it was very much a high-brow almost art house thing. People who read the New Yorker care about the Criterion Collection, if you follow my meaning.
Now I think it’s trying to position itself as not so much a collection point for the films you might not find otherwise, but as an arbiter of popular good taste. That’s fine. Better than fine, I guess. It’s downright popular, and allows them to get in front of ‘normal’ moviegoers in a way that they were not well suited to do before. Still, I feel like there are any number of brands out there trying to say, “This is a good movie. You should watch it.” Criterion is moving away from championing the little indie films and international films that cinephiles do need someone to curate for them, and that’s too bad. I don’t think anyone is going to step up to fill Criterion’s shoes in that space, because if it wasn’t lucrative enough for Criterion to do it, why would anyone else?
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I was fully expecting a Frankenstein Criterion. Kpop Demon Hunters definitely came out of nowhere, but that’s a pretty prize get for Criterion. This is gonna be it’s main home release method, yeah?
OutsideIndoorTrack on
Where is Train Dreams????
piscian19 on
I was really impressed at how new Frankenstein felt. I did not have high expectations. I really liked how every single bad thing that ever happened to Victor was his fault and, at times, he himself recognized it. Massive pos, but you can see throughout how his Dad molded him. Lots of depth and subtlety, even for a Toro film.
heliostraveler on
I enjoyed his Frankenstein, but I really don’t think it explored anything unique or new in the lore to warrant addition to criterion.
WaltonGoblin on
The KPDH 4k is going to keep the lights on at Criterion HQ for years
SomeGuyPostingThings on
I feel like no film should be added to the Criterion Collection less than 10 years after it is released. Some definitely deserve “first ballot treatment”, so to speak, but I don’t like anything that recent making it in.
sailormoonmydude on
This might be the second time I purchase a criterion before a sale (the first was Anora)
Joshawott27 on
What a fantastic day for enjoyers of real cinema. I will absolutely buy a K-Pop Demon Hunters 4K.
watertrashsf on
I hope this is not real
PixalmasterStudios24 on
I did NOT see that coming! Frankenstein was a given tbh but K-POP DEMON HUNTERS?!? That’s so out of left field
Imma be real with yall though, im def gonna buy it day one haha
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gonna be gonna be criterion
The discourse on film bro social media is about to hit a new level of toxic lmao
Does Netflix pay Criterion a significant amount to get their movies added to the collection? It keeps the business running I guess if Netflix is helping them.
Is it weird I’m more averse to the inclusion of Frankenstein? The second half of the movie was poorly written.
Train Dreams next please
Guillermo del Toro’s “Pinocchio” and Sony Animation’s “The Mitchells vs. The Machines” both got a physical release despite being Netflix streaming exclusives so I figured that this was a possibility.
Still super glad to see! I’ll be curious to see if “K-Pop Demon Hunters” becomes one of the higher selling Criterion releases because of the popularity of the movie. I could see some people who don’t care for collecting these types of movies buying this release, despite the higher price tag, because they want a copy for themselves/their family.
Does this help the chances of a KPDH physical release?
I am interested to see where the Criterion brand is in a decade.
When I was young, it was very much a high-brow almost art house thing. People who read the New Yorker care about the Criterion Collection, if you follow my meaning.
Now I think it’s trying to position itself as not so much a collection point for the films you might not find otherwise, but as an arbiter of popular good taste. That’s fine. Better than fine, I guess. It’s downright popular, and allows them to get in front of ‘normal’ moviegoers in a way that they were not well suited to do before. Still, I feel like there are any number of brands out there trying to say, “This is a good movie. You should watch it.” Criterion is moving away from championing the little indie films and international films that cinephiles do need someone to curate for them, and that’s too bad. I don’t think anyone is going to step up to fill Criterion’s shoes in that space, because if it wasn’t lucrative enough for Criterion to do it, why would anyone else?
I was fully expecting a Frankenstein Criterion. Kpop Demon Hunters definitely came out of nowhere, but that’s a pretty prize get for Criterion. This is gonna be it’s main home release method, yeah?
Where is Train Dreams????
I was really impressed at how new Frankenstein felt. I did not have high expectations. I really liked how every single bad thing that ever happened to Victor was his fault and, at times, he himself recognized it. Massive pos, but you can see throughout how his Dad molded him. Lots of depth and subtlety, even for a Toro film.
I enjoyed his Frankenstein, but I really don’t think it explored anything unique or new in the lore to warrant addition to criterion.
The KPDH 4k is going to keep the lights on at Criterion HQ for years
I feel like no film should be added to the Criterion Collection less than 10 years after it is released. Some definitely deserve “first ballot treatment”, so to speak, but I don’t like anything that recent making it in.
This might be the second time I purchase a criterion before a sale (the first was Anora)
What a fantastic day for enjoyers of real cinema. I will absolutely buy a K-Pop Demon Hunters 4K.
I hope this is not real
I did NOT see that coming! Frankenstein was a given tbh but K-POP DEMON HUNTERS?!? That’s so out of left field
Imma be real with yall though, im def gonna buy it day one haha