>>218161340
I get Frankenstein but why the fuck does the other need a spot next to classics like 7 Samurai or Citizen Kane?

Which film historian is going to write the essay that goes in the little booklet

>>218161454
I would say the opposite lol
At least you could say its Korean Film History or something. Frankenstein is like the 100th adaptation.

>>218161340
Criterion is just Arrow video with bigger pockets at this point

>>218161492
it was understandable as it seems like del Toro just wants every film of his in the collection
I guess it's cool that they still have a working relationship with Netflix so some of their better titles can come to physical media in the future like The Ballad of Buster Scruggs or The Other Side of the Wind

>>218161340
I thought criterion restored old movies, like the reason to get one of their discs was a remaster, these are new movies like let them be distrubuted normally bro

>>218161671
They're Netflix movies and wouldn't get distributed

>>218161454
considering nearly all of Netflix's in-house stuff doesn't come to VOD or blu-ray this is the closest you'll come to ownership if you actually want it
it's 100% going to sell-out

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>>218161454
It's unique and well made. And has it's own artistic style.
I'm not sold on it either but it sort of fits. You could argue they put it in due to it's popularity with the hope they create new cinephiles, but it's not really out of place.

the criterion collection always had its weird entries like michael bay’s armageddon. they became a complete fucking joke when they added harmony korine’s gummo. adding these two pieces of shit just solidifies that they are completely void of integrity.

>>218161671
They're just slop merchants, if they had integrity they'd at least wait 10 years so they can evaluate a film's historic worth and if it belongs in the collection

>>218161340
What fucking bullshit! The Spider Verse films are infinitely better films than KPDH and they don't have a Criterion release

>>218161454
this is what criterion is now. its just a way of validating redditors into thinking the slop they consoom is “real art” by putting it in a fancy box and having special features where “accredited movie historians” explain to you why slop is good actually.

>>218162268
well yeah they got normal home media release from sony

>>218161902
>if they had integrity they'd at least wait 10 years so they can evaluate a film's historic worth and if it belongs in the collection
well said

>>218161454
>I get Frankenstein
I don't, Del Taco has been washed since Hellboy 2

>>218161340
The last Criterion release I bought was Robocop (on motherfucking Laserdisc).

>>218162389
yeah but apparently this garbage sells so we can get hard-to-sell stuff like huston's the dead or the big heat

Korea won

>>218162525
>Laserdisc
Holy based

they have some sort of deal with netflix. guess these slopfests are the most artistic originals netflix made last year

>>218161743
theres already a blu for both of these movies dipshit

>>218161454
The CEO of Criterion is a notorious shitposter and makes decisions based on what will trigger 4chan.

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>>218162742
seems a bit old for that no?

>>218162670
The popularity of some kids movie is your unit of measurement for Korea winning?

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>>218161340
I watched the opening to Frankenstein. After the monster started literally pushing the massive ship around on the ice I got bored and turned it off. If he's that strong, why doesn't he just climb up? Why doesn't he just JUMP up? How isn't he pushing a hole into the boat? Whatever. I don't know what level of retard you have to be to be able to enjoy this sub- saturday morning cartoon shit, but apparently I'm high enough. But apparently that's the target audience for the criterion collection. Good to know, I guess. Movies just aren't for me anymore, I suppose.

>>218161340
Jesus. Actually shocking for KDH. Maybe I got filtered.
I haven't seen Toro's Frankenstein so I can't comment

>>218162867
i sympathize. movies have never been more over

>>218161454
Once again, Criterion is not and has never been a "these are the best movies of all time" collection. Learn something about physical media before responding in ignorance. They release what they want. Del Toro has been a big champion of Criterion forever. It also depends on which studios license which films.

>>218162525
Nice. Arrow has a great RoboCop release.

>>218161340
>guys we're relevant in 2026 right? Look we're totally down with the kids

>>218163160
To add, KPDH is a great way to get young people interested in the concept of physical media, and will probably help a ton with future funding for Criterion (which they always desperately need).

>>218161863
kpop demon hunters does not belong anywhere next to the films in this list

>>218162867
Del Taco really went overboard with the Creature's abilities, he's stronger than humans but not fucking Superman strong, and added Wolverine-esque regeneration which isn't mentioned anywhere in the novel. Frankenstein is a gothic horror story, not capeshit.

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>>218163160
>Criterion is not and has never been a "these are the best movies of all time" collection.
literally their mission statement

>>218163378
"Greatest" can mean many things. Cinematography? First film of its kind? Inspired countless other films? Score? I've never seen KPDH so I can't speak to its merits, nor do I know who the arbiter of "great" is over at Criterion. A board? One guy? I don't know. Some people think that just because a movie is considered one of the best that it somehow magically gets a Criterion release. Were that true we'd see far, far more releases. I can only speculate, but I assume one of the reasons they picked KPDH is to save it from stream hell.

>>218161340
Del Taco is so overrated it's unreal, I don't like his films. K-POP actually makes sense as it was an immediate cultural pillar

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LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOO

>>218163670
Mimic had a really cool monster.

>>218163645
>welll AKSHALLY great can mean..
reddit hands typed this post

>>218164029
Give me a break, pal. I was watching movies before you were sucking air. I don't give a shit about reddit, despite the average anon's obsession with using it as a fallback boogeyman when they have nothing to say. Faggot.