Own:
Dark Knight -must have no need to explain.
Star Trek - one of the best video quality out there and extras that come with the movie are very good.
Transformers 1 and 2 - the second one has got a few scense's shot in Imax (the scene where Prime is fighting 4 decepticons at once is amazing) but the first has the better extra fetures.
Gladiator - picture was not as good as my others but it comes with the extended version of the movie that had new scene's that filled some holes in the story
The Matrix - Impulse buy! The picture and audio good were up to standard, but the extra features had the same ones that came out with the original DVD ten years ago. Man bullet time has aged.
Wolverine - should have just saved my money and got the DVD. The picture was good but the movie overall was not that great and the extras were kind of weak.
Up - one of the best movies of the year and the picture looks amazing. The extras were good and you get a dvd copy along with the standard digital copy. A must have.
The Hangover - probably could have got it on DVD because the extras were the same and they were kind of weak anyway.
Terminator Salvation - One of my regrets. The picture was up to standard not amazing. Comes with alternate versions of the movie. The extras are nothing to cheer about.
Others that have pretty much the standard format with one disk and a little bit of bonus extras that I got for under $10
The Departed
Bagtman begins
I am Legend
The Last Samurai
300
Ok, whoever said Planet Earth originally, they know what they are talking about. I started getting it when this thread first started and I just watched the first episode (pole to pole). ing MAGNIFICENT! Its like I just discovered my 2 year old HDTV. Freakin Crazy.
Bump!I have on Blu-Ray:
The Watchmen Ultimate Collection - 4 disc special edition, it was selling for $60. I priced matched it at Best Buy for $20 based on an error from another store
Terminator 2: Skynet Edition
Michael Jackson's This Is It
The Bourne Collection
Goodfellas
I have a ton of HD movies on my PS3 hard drive like Black Dynamite, No Country For Old Men, Casino, Talk To Me, Up, Breakfast Club, The Untouchables, The Hurt Locker.
I've added to my Disc collection:
Requiem for a Dream
Donnie Darko
Shawshank Redemption
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Just got my Bluray player and flat screen in early December. Batman Begins was one of my first, in fact, been playing it now. Up to the point Bruce wakes up from the drugging. I don't remember if this is updated 100%:
Alice in Wonderland
Angels and Demons
Avatar
Batman Begins
The Bucket List
Dexter: 3rd season
Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer
The Fifth Element
Ghost Rider
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Inglorious Bas s
King Kong
la femme Nikita
Life (BBC/Discovery)
Men In Black
Planet Earth episodes 1-3
Quantum of Solice (James Bond)
Sherlock Holmes
Star Gate Universe: season 1.0
Star Trek
Star Trek: First Contact
Stevie Nicks Live
Swordfish
Terminator Salvation
True Blood: 2nd season
Twilight
Up
Weeds: 5th season
Wolverine (X-Men)
Interesting trend…I just bought some Blu-Rays & they came with the standard DVD disc…I was able to watch The Doors in the living room & Mother was able to stay in her room & watch it as well…
I think all Blu-Rays should come with the DVD…
About the last three or four I bought came that way. I think it's great.
Yeah, it's a great idea. They've actually been re-releasing several Blu-Rays w/ a DVD copy -- ones that had already come out months before.
The Breakfast Club'll be out Aug 3rd, along w/ Road to Perdition and Fargo.
Looks like Anchorman's coming to Blu August 31st. Consider me hard.
And then Se7en Sept. 14, followed by Beauty and the Beast, The Exorcist, and The Maltese Falcon Oct 3.
Oh! And I almost forgot. Back to the Future trilogy Oct. 26th, ...buttheads.
BTTF...Finally!
I've also gotten a dozen more HD rips for my PS3, for movies I don't feel I'll deserve a purchase. I watched The Road and The Book of Eli back to back. Both post-apocalyptic tales, both unspectacular.
Avatar in 3D on blu ray should be awesome! Without 3D it is amazing as well!
Beauty and the Beast
Grindhouse
Mad Max
Last of the Mohicans
The Exorcist
(and Troll 2)
...ALL coming to Blu Oct. 5th. Pre-ordered my copy of BatB at Best Buy and got this collector's tin for it. Kinda cool, I suppose.
Just got Planet Earth a few weeks ago. Late to the party but man it is amazing. Make sure your hdtv is in a mode that is good for a dark room. It is even more stunning that way with the colors popping out at you.
Blu-ray;
Sideways
Godfather 1-3
Forrest Gump
Braveheart
Shawshank Redemption
Cinema Paradiso on Blu ray and other Giuseppe Tornatore movies on dvd (Malena,The Unknown woman)
Bunch of misc ones on dvd
Saw planet earth in hd but haven't bought the blu-ray
it does look pretty awesome.
Love me my late night Samsung Plasma 50".
I've got a a Blue ray/DVD collection but a few stand outs in the ultimate format are:
District 9(flawless)
No Country for old men
Inglorious Basterds
Star Trek
Kill Bill(both)
Some older BRD transfers that bear witness:
Blazing Saddles
The Thing
The Good,Bad and the Ugly
Added:
Saving Private Ryan - just as awesome as I remember
Avatar - the aspect ratio was surprising - no letterboxing and it really works; especially with it being a 2D presentation using the whole screen makes it more immersive. Especially in the flying scenes. Holy crap. But if you don't already have it wait for the Special Edition coming out in a month or two.
Baraka - easily the most amazing picture of any movie I have. They did an 8k digital transfer from a 70mm print. IMHO the 8k scan will become the new reference standard. It is just stunning. Definitely more of a meditation than a movie, but if you have a badass system and want to impress you friends (or just be impressed yourself) this is the movie to get. Would work great to put it on at a party where there are other things going on.
I got Daredevil on Blu Ray last night at Best Buy for 10 dollars. The movie looked pretty good. The special features were cool but kind of sucked since they weren't in HD. I know a lot of people love to hat on Ben Affleck but I think Daredevil is an underreated superhero movie. The Daredevil on Blu Ray was the director's cut and it adds a sub-plot to the movie that's not in the original version. It's also rated R.
Daredevil's ing awful...HD or otherwise.
Beauty & the Beast looks aMAZing. You can actually choose between the Theatrical and Extended Edition releases, which is awesome, so you can actually avoid all the ty extra songs Disney loves to ruin their "classics" with.
AND there's a preview of Dumbo, Bambi AND The Lion King (ALL on BluRay) in the "sneak peeks" section.
I have quite a few that I've bought cheap. The only one I've watched that left a lasting impression was The Searchers. That movie is gorgeous.
They spent a lot of money to create the restored Vista Vision Version of The Searchers…Some people were so used to seeing the standard DVD & VHS version with the washed out multi colored sunsets... that they complained about the clarity of the Vista Vision….
Requiem for a Dream
The Warriors
American Psycho
Hard Day's Night
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Beetlejuice
Sin City
Older movies are worth the hd?
I just pre-ordered Grindhouse (which I should be getting this week), a new anniversary edition of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and Fantasia/Fantasia 2000.
The fact that Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 are being sold as a box set is some serious bull , for the record. The original Fantasia is one of my very favorite movies ever, one of the most beautiful examples of animation ever, and is as close to a "must own" BluRay (for me) I can think of. Words can't even express how much I resent having to dish out extra money so that I can have the pleasure of owning Fantasia 2000, which is such a pile I might as well turn that disc into a coaster the day I get it.
I Am Legend looks great if you've got a TV that can do blacks well (I've got a Kuro, kicks ass), and the Matrix and 28 Days Later look pretty decent as well.
And of course, animation almost always looks wonderful on Blu Ray, like Up.
I need to buy that movie.
Also, yes, if you don't have Planet Earth, get that first.
It looks absolutely stunning on blu-ray. The first couple scenes of the antarctic really set the tone for how high the definition truly is.
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