Your favourite blu-ray disk so far?

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adam2235

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So I now have a total of 16 movies on blu-ray.

Terminator 1,2,3
Harry Potter 1,2,3,4,5
Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy (2005)
Speed
Monty Python's Life Of Brian
Pirates Of The Caribbean 1
Independence Day
The Simpsons Movie
Ratatouille
Enemy Of The State



and after watching them all. You know which one gave me the biggest 'OMFG WOW!' factor???

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Monty Python's Life Of Brian....:eek: closely followed by Ratatouille, for a movie that's 29 years old the quality was literarily PERFECT. Even better than the recent movie titles listed above (IMO).

What's your favourite so far?
 
I'm still in the dark ages compared to you guys and have yet to purchase a HD TV so can't really comment.

But I have to ask if anyone has seen the HD version of The Fly (1986),I wonder if in HD it actually looks less realistic or is still as impressive.
 
Another title on my 'will buy again on blu-ray if released' list has just got a release.

Men In Black (16/06/08)


pre-ordered :cool:
 
Picture quality wise the Spiderman trilogy is pretty awesome but content wise it has to the 5 disc Blade Runner set.

I wonder why the 5 disc set on Bluray was not given a UK release - same with the Harry Potter 5 film set which worked out considerably cheaper than getting the individual UK releases and the box set had an additional disc of extras and the dvd game and more.

I try to buy US releases if possible.

The recent Stanley Kubrick discs were
 
I've mostly been renting Blu-rays rather than buying because, just like with DVRAB, better versions will come out later on.

The Harry Potter films, for example, will get proper re-releases in a few years. Even though there are SOME extras on the releases that have been out already, if you think about it they really are bare-bones, they don't even have commentaries or all the deleted scenes and outtakes. The fact that some deleted scenes have been kept unreleased sort of suggests they may do 'extended' versions with them merged back in. If I have to wait until all the movies are out, fair enough.
 
I have to say, Halloween is great considering the age of the film, but I think my personal highlights so far in terms of picture quality are...

Casino Royale
Ghost Rider - yes I know, it's one of those films panned by critics, but I love my comic book films and this was a decent film for my money, not brilliant, but thoroughly enjoyable. The picture quality though, is awesome, right up there with Casino Royale as the best I've seen.

Also Queen Live at Montreal is worth a mention for picture and sound quality.


Dave
 
It always gets me why anyone thinks a film looks good despite its age.

Halloween was made in 1978 - hardly vintage stuff .

Virtually all cinema films are made on 35mm film that produces quality that exceeRAB that of current HD so there are no excuses for any films from the last 60+ years to look less than perfect as long as the original negative is still intact and has been restored.

Thats why Casablanca (1942),20 Million Miles to Earth (1958),Forbidden Planet(1956),Spartacus (1960) and more including the first series of Star Trek have all had HD releases where the quality is far better than dvd and easily as good as Halloween

Even though Halloween was an independent film made on a low budget it was still made on 35 mm film.

35mm film preserves quality when its looked after and makes things future proof.

Thats why US tv series from as far back as the 50's will all be suitable for genuine HD releases - unlike the vast majority of British tv series
 
The Harry Potter Bluray discs have plenty of extras including deleted scenes (why put them back in? The director removed them for a reason) and interviews and documentaries.

Its completely pointless waiting for better versions.

Had you done the same instead of buying the dvd's you would still be waiting for better dvd's.

The amount of extras already on the Potter discs would indicate that superior versions are unlikely for a good few years at least if ever - they never improved on the dvd's.

You will end up waiting forever.

Like those who failed to buy the last release of the 007 films in their restored format because they are waiting for the HD versions.

Meanwhile we have been enjoying the dvd's for 2 years now
 
You're right, of course, there's no reason older films shouldn't look good and I remember being impressed by the 1958 version of The Fly on Sky HD a while back, which was crystal clear.

Having said that, films like Predator and Robocop, which were made in the 80's, don't exactly shout HD on their blu ray releases, so no film is guaranteed to look great just because it's remastered for an HD release.


Dave
 
I think the problem is that the prints used for the HD masters havent been restored above the original dvd version for many titles.

Many releases are currently lazily just releasing any old tat.

Instead of going the full restoration/remastering job they arent putting anything into them .

Rather like some of the early dvd's where the master sourced for the VHS release was used .

In both cases the improved definition of the superior formats is showing the defects that the earlier format would not have made visible.
 
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