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Must have Blu rays?

the whole year inn · 2010-11-26 22:12:39

What is the must have blu rays to have out there.was looking at a few of them and I see I can get them cheap enough here (toronto).If you consider I have a massive (i mean massive) movie collection,what would be the best ones to get.I have Dark Knight in HD allready and have a 42' full hd sharp Aquaos tv so I will get the…

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What is the must have blu rays to have out there.was looking at a few of them and I see I can get them cheap enough here (toronto).If you consider I have a massive (i mean massive) movie collection,what would be the best ones to get.I have Dark Knight in HD allready and have a 42' full hd sharp Aquaos tv so I will get the most out of it.Going ot get inception and Avatar because I love those movies.

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#2 26-11-2010 10:17pm

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gob_smacked wrote: »

What is the must have blu rays to have out there.was looking at a few of them and I see I can get them cheap enough here (toronto).If you consider I have a massive (i mean massive) movie collection,what would be the best ones to get.I have Dark Knight in HD allready and have a 42' full hd sharp Aquaos tv so I will get the most out of it.Going ot get inception and Avatar because I love those movies.

Gladiator, 300, Star Trek (cos you can never have enough lens flare), Sin City, Planet Earth, The Matrix, WallE

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#3 26-11-2010 10:21pm

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I just dont get animation in Hi def is it really that much better?

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#4 26-11-2010 10:22pm

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You'll think different after Wall E! Amazing.

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#5 26-11-2010 10:24pm

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Transformers ftw

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#6 26-11-2010 10:24pm

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Oh and Plus one on Stat Trek & Sin City. Great quality on the picture.

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#7 26-11-2010 10:32pm

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yep think I will go with 300, sin city, and wall E, and planet earth.Any more,im home for a couple weeks after christmas so need somethign to do!

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#8 26-11-2010 10:39pm

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Ok, some more then:

Band of Brothers, Casino Royale, Iron Man, Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean, Up, Ratatouille.

That should be enough really.

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#9 26-11-2010 11:49pm

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Saving Private Ryan definitely.

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#10 27-11-2010 12:07am

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The Toy Story trilogy looks amazing, as do all the Pixar movies, Speed Racer is still the best looking blu-ray I've seen by far though

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#11 27-11-2010 12:20am
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My recommendations:
Sunshine

The Fountain

The Fall

Into the Wild

Band of Brothers

Firefly

Serenity

Battlestar Galactica

Star Trek (XI)

Terminator 2 Skynet Edition

Black Hawk Down

Casino Royale

Batman Begins

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#12 27-11-2010 12:35am

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Baraka as well, its not a movie per se but its amazing looking

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#13 27-11-2010 5:01pm

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A couple of recent releases which are excellent.

Alien boxset
Apocalypse Now (US version region free)

Oldies

North by Northwest
Zulu
Blade Runner
The Thing
The Godfather trilogy
How the West was won
Raging Bull

Others

Avatar (best picture quality by far)
The Bourne trilogy
I am legend
Leon
Man on fire
Master and Commander
Quantum of solace
Road to Perdition
Fight Club
Braveheart
Zodiac

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#14 27-11-2010 5:13pm

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gob_smacked wrote: »

I just dont get animation in Hi def is it really that much better?

Absolutely! All the best looking Blu-Rays I own are animated.

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#15 01-01-2011 6:18pm

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Toy Story 2 intro scene, still my preference to show off home cinema at it's best

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#16 01-01-2011 6:22pm

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#17 01-01-2011 6:26pm

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krudler wrote: »

Baraka as well, its not a movie per se but its amazing looking

A definite must have for any Blue-Ray collection - absolutely stunning!

Got my copy from Amazon

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#18 01-01-2011 6:57pm

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rednik wrote: »

A couple of recent releases which are excellent.

Alien boxset
Apocalypse Now (US version region free)

Oldies

North by Northwest
Zulu
Blade Runner
The Thing
The Godfather trilogy
How the West was won
Raging Bull

Others

Avatar (best picture quality by far)
The Bourne trilogy
I am legend
Leon
Man on fire
Master and Commander
Quantum of solace
Road to Perdition
Fight Club
Braveheart
Zodiac

More oldies,
Vertigo, Dr No, The Searchers.
Bridge on the river kwai, Laurence of Arabia, Battle of Britain.
All above look amazing for their age.

Also The thin red line and Seven look great.

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#19 01-01-2011 7:09pm

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Boring list thread.

There's a better thread here for discussing what Blu-rays are worth getting.

Locked.

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