Directors george kaplan criterion tourney (1 Viewer)

[SteveGon]

Yeah, Playtime

 

[Jim_K]

Haven't seen Playtime but I doubt it's better then the mediocre Rock.

 

[george kaplan]

Well, I don't consider the Rock mediocre, but if you think the Rock is mediocre, what leads you to believe that Playtime would be even worse?

 

[Jim_K]

Judging by the two other Tati films I've seen The Rock is definatly the funnier comedy.

 

[Bill McA]

abstain

 

[John C. Wilson]

The Rock

 

[Brook K]

abstain

 

[george kaplan]

Playtime wins.

Next,

Time Bandits vs. Rashomon

 

[Jim_K]

Rashomon

You should upgrade to the Divimax Time Bandits George. A big leap in picture quality.

 

[SteveGon]

Rashomon - Sorry, little guys.

 

[george kaplan]

What exactly is this? At first I thought you were talking about that high def tape based stuff (I will NEVER go back to tape, no matter how good the initial quality), but a website I looked at looks like it's a dvd, but describe the transfer as high def. This confuses me, since a standard dvd doesn't provide high def (or if it can, then why are we waiting for HD-DVD?). So what's the deal. Is the high def a typo, or the dvd (as opposed to tape) a typo?

 

[Bill McA]

Rashomon - but Bandits is more fun!

 

[Jim_K]

It's a DVD George. I have the same reservations about tape-based formats (never again says I ). Their Marketing dept is a little liberal in the use of the term High - Def. The transfer is taken from a high def master is all.

What it boils down to is a big improvement in A/V quality over the Criterion, along with some nice extras.

 

[Bill J]

Rashomon

 

[Walter Kittel]

Rashomon

- Walter.

 

[Brook K]

Rashomon - I was only able to finish Time Bandits with judicious use of the fast forward button.

 

[Nick Sievers]

Rashomon

 

[Arman]

Rashomon

 

[Rob Tomlin]

Your mistake, George! I have had my JVC 30k for a year now and haven't had a single issue. Movies in HD are a huge improvement over DVD's on a 123 inch screen. Considering the JVC deck can be had for around $400.00, it was a real no brainer for me, and will hold me over until HD-DVD comes out.

Rashomon (easily)

 

[John C. Wilson]

Rashomon