BRAD1963
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I love these sets, and I have yet to be disappointed with them. Keep the coming Sony!
I have not yet been disappointed, either. Once getting past the wish-lists that built in my head over the course of each ensuing year, and actually unearthing and watching ALL of what we’ve been given, it’s always a pleasure of great satisfactions and worth every penny.I love these sets, and I have yet to be disappointed with them. Keep the coming Sony!
Like the advertised pricing on practically EVERY new release, this is MSRP and the actual cost will be less on release day. I am concerned about the higher MSRP for this set than the previous three, however.What?!!
$215.99 before taxes?!!!
That’s hedging towards 40 bucks per film.
And since I couldn’t give a hoot for Punch Drunk Love this averages out to 48 bucks per title. I wouldn’t even pay that for Funny Girl or A Passage to India.
Someone at Sony/Columbia has become overly assumptive in our supports for this series. As an owner of Volume 1-3, I will have to stop right there and leave it at that..
I have the same MSRP concern. I'm hoping it's an error. To go from $164.99 to 215.99 is quite a price hike. That's like a 31% increase.Like the advertised pricing on practically EVERY new release, this is MSRP and the actual cost will be less on release day. I am concerned about the higher MSRP for this set than the previous three, however.
It's certainly not an insignificant difference. Like you, I hope it's either an error OR the actual price we pay will be in -line with the previous three sets when #4 finally hits street date.I have the same MSRP concern. I'm hoping it's an error. To go from $164.99 to 215.99 is quite a price hike. That's like a 31% increase.
It averages out to $8.50 increase per movie.It's certainly not an insignificant difference. Like you, I hope it's either an error OR the actual price we pay will be in -line with the previous three sets when #4 finally hits street date.
Crazy, isn't it? It just doesn't make much sense.It averages out to $8.50 increase per movie.
$8.50 x 6 = $51.00 before taxes.It averages out to $8.50 increase per movie.
By comparison in pricing, one can purchase all 3 volumes of The Alfred Hitchcock Collection in 4K/UHD for $125.00. And $165.00 at its original street dates, to split hairs, is still of major value.I have the same MSRP concern. I'm hoping it's an error. To go from $164.99 to 215.99 is quite a price hike. That's like a 31% increase.
2-3, actually, depending if you count The Last Picture Show. Dr. Strangelove and Lawrence of Arabia are the others.Sony has only released one title as a standalone from any of these sets to date.
I opted to save a couple bucks and only got the Blu-Ray version of the Criterion, since I already had the 4K via the Columbia set. Being a completist is hell.While I do love these boxed sets I am irked. I purchased the last one because I wanted THE LAST PICTURE SHOW on 4K and then Sony went ahead and licensed it out to Criterion for an individual 4K release with TEXASVILLE as an added extra, so now I find myself "double dipping" because as a completist I want TEXASVILLE.
I'd second many of those on your list. An upgrade of Bugsy is long overdue, but it's technically a Tri-Star title so Columbia may/may not consider it as part of their 100th anniversary celebration. Private Benjamin is Warner Bros.If Columbia lowers their price for Volume 4 and the series continues, I would hope to see a 4K/UHD provided of the following overall titles; before their 100th anniversary begins to lose its meaning or impact:
The Age of Innocence
All the Kings Men
Born Free
Born Yesterday
Bugsy
Bye Bye Birdie
Cactus Flower
The Cardinal
Five Easy Pieces
The Flight of the Doves
Funny Girl
Legends of the Fall
Lost Horizon (Capra)
A Man for All Seasons
On the Waterfront
A Passage to India
Places in the Heart
Private Benjamin
The Prince of Tides
Tootsie
You Can’t Take it with You
NOTE: The Last Emperor is already available through Arrow, unless Grover Crisp has something up his sleeve to better it.
Thanks for the correction on Private Benjamin, to which I’ve now removed from the list.I'd second many of those on your list. An upgrade of Bugsy is long overdue, but it's technically a Tri-Star title so Columbia may/may not consider it as part of their 100th anniversary celebration. Private Benjamin is Warner Bros.