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Couldn't seem to find a blu ray film thread. If there is, sack the search engine. So, any recommendations to accompany my nice new telly arriving in 2 weeks? Aside from Planet Earth that is, which is a given..... |
Blu-Ray Disc Recommendations thread
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Dougs 100,414 posts
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Telepathic.Geometry 12,422 posts
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Registered 15 years agoBlazing Saddles. .gif)
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billythekid 12,595 posts
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Registered 16 years agoRambo, Black Hawk Down, Beowulf all look stunning imo. -
darrenb 1,179 posts
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Registered 19 years agoAnything when you liked the film!!! No point buying the disk if the content is the most boring pack of sh1t.
10 minutes into a good film and you wont even notice the quality anymore!! Bluray quality is only really noticible if you aren't actually "watching" the film. -
pistol 13,018 posts
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Registered 19 years agoDepends what you're into..
I've got the following and they all look glorious on my 42" LG 1080p
Casino Royale
BladeRunner - 5 disc set
Vantage Point - average thriller but looks amazing
Sweeney Todd
Planet Earth
SharkWater - Brilliant underwater shark documentary
Rambo - average but looks great
Black Hawk Down
Halloween
I had Predator but flogged it after not being that impressed with the transfer.
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Cloudane 1,974 posts
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Registered 16 years agoRatatouille and Cars are the very few 'oh my goodness, that looks amazing!' Blu-ray films.
Enchanted looks rather pretty all the way through too and is a good family film to boot. -
Dougs 100,414 posts
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Registered 18 years agoSweet, Black Hawk Down might be a winner to start with. Or maybe Bladerunner. And naturally, I'd only go for films that I like. Was hoping that Stardust was available but apparently not yet (if ever...), just to keep the missus happy -
ram 3,598 posts
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Registered 16 years agodarrenb wrote:
Anything when you liked the film!!! No point buying the disk if the content is the most boring pack of sh1t.
10 minutes into a good film and you wont even notice the quality anymore!! Bluray quality is only really noticible if you aren't actually "watching" the film.
Very true. I always laugh at HD film reviews where the VQ gets 5/5 the film itself 2/5 and the overall mark is 4/5.
Having a pretty picture isn't a substitute for a good story. -
ram 3,598 posts
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Registered 16 years agoGood uns
Pandora's Labyrinth
There will be Blood
Letters from Iwo Jima
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Dougs 100,414 posts
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Registered 18 years agoOoh, Pan's Labyrinth would be a good one, good shout.
Anyway, enough about my wants, feel free to use this thread to recommend any BRD corkers. -
billythekid 12,595 posts
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Registered 16 years agoMovietyme.com can often be a cheap place to get blu ray discs. They have a list of region free titles on there. -
ram 3,598 posts
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Registered 16 years agowhoops yeh Pan's Labyrinth not the crappy Pandora's Labyrinth remake 
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I thought Black Hawk Down was supposed to be one of the dodgy transfer ones? -
pistol 13,018 posts
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Registered 19 years agokalel wrote:
I thought Black Hawk Down was supposed to be one of the dodgy transfer ones?
My copy is pretty awesome so no, I think you might have that wrong.
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Black Hawk Down is a fucking awesome transfer, especially the flight in the choppers at the start, the fidelity of the image is stunning.
Superbad is also good.
Rocky is shit thou
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I'm pretty sure there are two versions of BHD, and one is total shite, so beware. -
istandfreed 2,438 posts
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Registered 15 years agoCloverfield is excellent as is No Country for Old Men some really beautiful open plain shots.
Just watched the Mummy Returns last night which has an excellent transfer but man the CGI fight with the Scorpion King. It was bad CGI in standard Def but it is shocking in HD. Still the rest of the movie looks great. -
repairmanjack 6,133 posts
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Registered 15 years agoPirates of the Caribbean 3 looked amazing. As did Beowulf, 30 Days of Night... hell, even Shoot 'Em Up looked bloody good.
Dark City I can't make my mind up about... loved the film and it looks good - but it's so stylised that it seems distracting somehow.
Shit, still haven't watched The Departed yet. -
pistol 13,018 posts
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Registered 19 years agoDougs wrote:
Couldn't seem to find a blu ray film thread. If there is, sack the search engine.
So, any recommendations to accompany my nice new telly arriving in 2 weeks? Aside from Planet Earth that is, which is a given.....
try this list -
pistol wrote:
Dougs wrote:
Couldn't seem to find a blu ray film thread. If there is, sack the search engine.
So, any recommendations to accompany my nice new telly arriving in 2 weeks? Aside from Planet Earth that is, which is a given.....
try this list
i haven't seen Cars which is no.1 when sorted by video rating but every tv/blu-ray review now seems to include a copy of cars, supposed the stand out title for showing what a blu-ray and the tv it's playing on is capable of -
caligari 17,956 posts
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Registered 20 years agoClose Encounters! -
El_MUERkO wrote:
pistol wrote:
Dougs wrote:
Couldn't seem to find a blu ray film thread. If there is, sack the search engine.
So, any recommendations to accompany my nice new telly arriving in 2 weeks? Aside from Planet Earth that is, which is a given.....
try this list
i haven't seen Cars which is no.1 when sorted by video rating but every tv/blu-ray review now seems to include a copy of cars, supposed the stand out title for showing what a blu-ray and the tv it's playing on is capable of
And yet it's the worst Pixar movie by far. Don't bother. Why obsess over image quality to put yourself through two hours of a shit film??
The Incredibles on VHS on a 14" black n white TV is better than Cars on Blu-Ray on a wall-sized diamond-crusted plasma. -
Telepathic.Geometry 12,422 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI actually thought that Cars was surprisingly good actually. But yeah, I guess the Incredibles looks incredible on Blu-ray. (o/ -
Flying_Pig 16,956 posts
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Registered 17 years agopistol wrote:
Planet Earth
If you only own 1 blu-ray.... -
Apocalypto
Kingdom of Heaven
Casino Royale
Beowulf
Bladerunner
Batman Begins
Letters from Iwo Jima
No Country for Old Men
2001: Space Odyssey
Planet Earth
Pans Labyrinth
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Darren 9,637 posts
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Registered 17 years agoram wrote:
darrenb wrote:
Anything when you liked the film!!! No point buying the disk if the content is the most boring pack of sh1t.
10 minutes into a good film and you wont even notice the quality anymore!! Bluray quality is only really noticible if you aren't actually "watching" the film.
Very true. I always laugh at HD film reviews where the VQ gets 5/5 the film itself 2/5 and the overall mark is 4/5.
Having a pretty picture isn't a substitute for a good story.
Magazines are guilty of that and rating the movie higher than it deserves if it, say, has amazing extras. I mean like that makes up for the movie itself being crud! LOL
I've got well over 100 BDs now and the ones that have most impressed me in terms of audio/visuals, quality of the movie and decent extras are:
2001: A Space Odyssey (absolutely stunning for a 40 year old movie... looks like it was filmed recently)
Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Ratatouille
Cars (hey, I like the movie although I confess not on first viewing!)
Halloween (amazing given that it's 30 years old!)
Beowulf (the US version is better though as it has picture-in-picture stuff)
Blade Runner (again the 5-disc US version is the one to go for... incredible value at £22)
Casino Royale
Apocalypto (at times this movie looks almost 3D)
Dark City (great transfer and a brilliant movie too)
I, Robot (love this movie and it looks a treat on BD) -
gooners2006 118 posts
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Registered 15 years agoRush Hour 3 is OK in Blu-Ray, Transformers comes out in September that may look good -
pistol 13,018 posts
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Registered 19 years agoDarren wrote:
ram wrote:
darrenb wrote:
Anything when you liked the film!!! No point buying the disk if the content is the most boring pack of sh1t.
10 minutes into a good film and you wont even notice the quality anymore!! Bluray quality is only really noticible if you aren't actually "watching" the film.
Very true. I always laugh at HD film reviews where the VQ gets 5/5 the film itself 2/5 and the overall mark is 4/5.
Having a pretty picture isn't a substitute for a good story.
Magazines are guilty of that and rating the movie higher than it deserves if it, say, has amazing extras. I mean like that makes up for the movie itself being crud! LOL
I've got well over 100 BDs now and the ones that have most impressed me in terms of audio/visuals, quality of the movie and decent extras are:
2001: A Space Odyssey (absolutely stunning for a 40 year old movie... looks like it was filmed recently)
Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Ratatouille
Cars (hey, I like the movie although I confess not on first viewing!)
Halloween (amazing given that it's 30 years old!)
Beowulf (the US version is better though as it has picture-in-picture stuff)
Blade Runner (again the 5-disc US version is the one to go for... incredible value at £22)
Casino Royale
Apocalypto (at times this movie looks almost 3D)
Dark City (great transfer and a brilliant movie too)
I, Robot (love this movie and it looks a treat on BD)
Darren, have you watched any of the other 4 bladerunner discs? I'm currently in the middle of the 3hr docu about how the film was made, casting, writing etc. Fascinating stuff. -
gooners2006 wrote:
Rush Hour 3 is OK in Blu-Ray, Transformers comes out in September that may look good
But both films are poo..
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