10 must-have movies on Blu-ray

**Blaser** · **06-06-08, 11:24 AM**

Here is the list of BDs I have ordered today from Amazon. They are region A but have been reported to be region free. I hope I won't have surprises.
Even including shipping it makes less than half the price I'd have to pay if available here in Egypt.

I'd like to ask about Blade Runner; It is a 5 disc set, but is it a single movie? I don't know.

I didn't order all recommended movies as I already own some of them.

I am still gathering information for next month 10 movies new list

**Cones** · **06-06-08, 03:39 PM**

Hi,

Blade Runner 5 Disc set has 4 Different versions of the film and 9 Hours of extra features! You won't be disappointed. The restored and remastered version with 5.1 True HD sound is stunning.

Have Fun

Mark

**Blaser** · **06-06-08, 04:05 PM**

Thank you Cones and welcome to the Shack

**Blaser** · **06-06-08, 04:33 PM**

Quote:

Cones wrote:

Hi,

Blade Runner 5 Disc set has 4 Different versions of the film and 9 Hours of extra features! You won't be disappointed. The restored and remastered version with 5.1 True HD sound is stunning.

Have Fun

Mark

Great...Which one to watch first? second....?

**Blaser** · **06-08-08, 07:26 PM**

Hi. Having a small problem with my visa card the order has not been executed. Well...I have been looking around for reviews and I just don't know about Planet Earth. I watched the first disc on DVD but I didn't like PQ that much

(black were rather gray, clarity wasn't top notch...). I just would like to know about the BD transfer. Can any owner comment pls?

**mdrake** · **06-09-08, 12:31 AM**

Planet Earth on BD is Awesome with a capital A.

My wife and my parents were staring at the TV with the jaws on the ground. It is really amazing how much detail you can see.

Matt

**MatrixDweller** · **07-18-08, 03:25 PM**

Maybe a bit of late reply...but I recently bought X-Men 3 and it is a superb upgrade over DVD. The PQ is purposefully grainy but clear and the SQ is a big step up over DVD. There's a lot more going on in the surround channels and the bass is more plentiful. Some of the battle scenes probably hit the original Dolby Digital and DTS formats limits. The Bluray soundtracks definitely pack a lot more oomph. In the end battle when Juggernaut goes running you can feel it hit your chest when he hits the ground. Same scene when Arclight sends a couple shock waves, the deep bass can really be felt. Of course the Bridge scene just before the battle is a true test of a sub's mettle. A definite must for anyone's collection. Pretty much any scene could be used as a system demo.

**Blaser** · **07-19-08, 05:07 AM**

I have received the movies I had ordered. The very best PQ is Pan's Labyrinth by far... 300 is the overall best movie (but I like Frank Muller

).

**MatrixDweller** · **07-21-08, 10:19 AM**

A couple of kids bluray movies I have are Cars and Meet the Robinsons. Both have excellent PQ and SQ. I also got the Avengers set on Bluray. It's not bad either, but not quite as good as the Disney flicks I mentioned.

**Richard W. Haines** · **07-21-08, 11:47 AM**

After surfing the net and finding some more proposed blu ray releases, I'll add the following:

Some Ultimate Edition Bonds are now listed. They looked incredible in standard DVD so the
blu rays should be superb. On Oct. 21, 2008 "Thunderball", "From Russia with Love" and
"Dr. No" will be released. I hope they fixed that ending sequence by the
truck in "From Russia with Love". It was timed much too dark and you
can't see any details in the standard DVD.

Sept. 23rd is "The Godfather" restoration. I'm very curious to
see how that looks since it was shot wide open at f. 2 with very little light on set
and has suffered fading and wear due to it's popularity. It's the style of cinematography
that doesn't lend itself to high definition. The Technicolor prints 'filled in the grain' but
Eastmancolor re-issue copies and the standard DVD didn't look that good. Grainy and murky contrast. Let's see if they were able to digitally alter these elements to make them look good
in the HD format. If so, then there's hope for titles like "McCabe and Mrs.
Miller" and "Farewell, My Lovely" which have similar problems.

The blu ray of "How the West Was Won" has been pushed forward from Aug. 26th
to Sept. 9th. That will be another very interesting restoration. It was shot in
three panel Cinerama and they spend years color correcting and combining them to
get rid of the join lines (present in the original release) and blending them into a
seamless widescreen image. Aside from the panel joins there were bugs and
other debris on one of the three lenses in some shots. I wonder if they cleaned
them off too? I can't wait to see what it looks like. I'm also curious
to see how they dealt with the sound. I saw it in 3 Strip Cinerama and seven channel
magnetic stereophonic sound. Very directional dialogue and effects. You could
hear people moving from speaker to speaker as they walked across the vast wide screen.
I hope they leave that in when it's adapted to the 5.1 format. I'm sure they added sub woofer
effects for the buffalo stampede. They weren't in the original but I'll bet they included
them in the disc.

I like "Every Which Way But Loose" which is slated for Sept. 2nd but it's a grainy movie. I'm not sure it will look good in the format.

Abbott and Costello's PD Super Cinecolor film, "Jack and the Beanstalk" is set for
Oct. 28th but don't rush to buy it. It's the cut version, not the uncut version.

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