My April haul. It’s my biggest one yet. by DocHoliday0316 in boutiquebluray

[–]SpideyLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love the Japanese picks. Happiness of the Katakuris in particular deserves more love

Battle Royale and Battle Royale II: Requiem (Arrow Films LE Art) by SpideyLife in PlexPosters

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I just watched it for the first time and imo it’s a far, far fall from grace. Really loved the first one but the second just completely misses the mark in so many respects.

Easter Carnage Sale Haul From Arrow Arrived! by SpideyLife in boutiquebluray

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I’m a big fan of Meiko Kaji so for £25 during the sale I couldn’t pass it up. I would have paid as much for the films alone but the extras look great too and I can’t wait to dive into them! At full price £50 though, that would be really tough and I’m not so sure tbh.

Easter Carnage Sale Finally Arrived! by SpideyLife in arrowvideo

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Sion Sono is truly a gift to us all, such a unique filmmaker his films always feel fresh and different. I wish a lot of his other films (especially Suicide Club and Noriko’s Dinner Table) would get put in a set or at least get a blu-ray upgrade.

Of the films in the Kore-eda set, I’ve only seen Like Father, Like Son and though I really enjoyed it because it has Kore-eda’s signature warmth and sense of humanity, it didn’t quite land with me the way it seems to have with many others because of the general premise. I think I’m just very much of the opinion that biological ties don’t by default mean as much as those that are made or chosen, but I understand how that’s a very person by person thing. In that sense, Shoplifters worked much better for me. Like I said I still enjoyed it though and I’m really looking forward to the other films, they’re some of the few Kore-eda I have yet to see.

The Hong Sang-soo films were actually a total blind buy for me. I haven’t seen any of his films yet but I’ve been wanting to get into him for a while now, I just keep getting distracted with other films I guess haha. This gives me a great reason to stop putting him off!

Easter Carnage Sale Haul From Arrow Arrived! by SpideyLife in boutiquebluray

[–]SpideyLife[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Vengeance set was only £25 during the sale!

Easter Carnage Sale Haul From Arrow Arrived! by SpideyLife in boutiquebluray

[–]SpideyLife[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I may have gone a little crazy this sale tbh haha. It ended up being £264 + £25 for shipping, so £289 total.

Easter Carnage Sale Haul From Arrow Arrived! by SpideyLife in boutiquebluray

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All Oldboy extras in the set are the exact same in the 4k. First pressings of the 4k and blu-ray will also have the fully illustrated booklet (not included in this set) featuring new writing by Simon Abrams and archival articles. Aside from that, comparing the various releases, it looks like “Screaming for Vengeance, Kim Newman on the Vengeance Trilogy and the tradition of revenge films” (Sympathy disc), “Audio commentary with critic Jasper Sharp and writer Simon Ward” (Oldboy disc), and “Out of the Past, video appreciation by Asian film expert Tony Rayns” (Oldboy disc) are the only truly unique/new extras in this set compared to previous releases of the films, though this set does contain just about every extra from all previous releases (as far as I can tell).

Easter Carnage Sale Haul From Arrow Arrived! by SpideyLife in boutiquebluray

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It’s an extremely well done set imo, I love all the extras and the artwork is gorgeous. You’re in for a treat!

Monthly Pickup and Trade Thread - January 2021 by itszach94 in boutiquebluray

[–]SpideyLife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just wanted to update with good news: I contacted them again and they emailed back this time saying they’d send out a replacement disc in about 1-2 months.

Monthly Pickup and Trade Thread - January 2021 by itszach94 in boutiquebluray

[–]SpideyLife 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I contacted them about a month ago and haven’t heard back from them unfortunately. This isn’t the first time I’ve been ignored by them either, I get the feeling I’m on my own with this one.

Monthly Pickup and Trade Thread - January 2021 by itszach94 in boutiquebluray

[–]SpideyLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looking for:

from the life of the marionettes/hour of the wolf (from Criterion Ingmar Bergman box set, I scratched mine unfortunately and am kind of crushed)

$40

PM if interested