Author Topic: Most Recently Viewed Blu-Ray/HD DVD (Read 466008 times)

Verbl Kint · « **Reply #3211 on:** Jan 09, 2012 at 11:50 AM »

Citizen Kane (70th anniv edition)

Having seen it previously in VHS, I was stunned, and a bit dismayed, on how clean it looked on blu-ray.

The extras are definitely a must-see in what many critics say is the greatest film of all time. Highly recommended!

mattia · « **Reply #3212 on:** Jan 09, 2012 at 04:34 PM »

Quote from: vtec3 on Jan 09, 2012 at 10:06 AM

Me too

The fist fight between the Rock and Vin Diesel was awesome

ob120485 · « **Reply #3213 on:** Jan 09, 2012 at 08:22 PM »

Sherlock Holmes

edwn1220 · « **Reply #3214 on:** Jan 09, 2012 at 08:46 PM »

Clash of the Titans

Clondalkin · « **Reply #3215 on:** Jan 09, 2012 at 11:09 PM »

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Millenium Trilogy 2009 (Extended Edition)
9 hours, 3 titles (..Dragon Tattoo, ...Played With Fire, ...Kicked The Hornet's Nest), 2 episodes per title, 1.5 hours per episode

Awesome movie and very difficult to stop watching once started. Chose the English audio because the Bluray subs are too small to read while listening to the original Swedish audio.

Now I'm curious just how the new Hollywood version (for Title 1) compares.

Leon21 · « **Reply #3216 on:** Jan 09, 2012 at 11:27 PM »

Mad Men Season 2, 3 and 4 (3 episodes in).

X-Men: First Class. Several months after seeing it in the theaters, rewatching it on bluray just reinforced my feeling that this is the best comic book movie to come out in 2011.

TOP 20 · « **Reply #3217 on:** Jan 09, 2012 at 11:52 PM »

The Cider House Rules

An all time favorite of mine finally given the blu-ray treatment. Still touching after all these years. Topnotch video transfer. The 5.0 DTS HD MA is more than adequate since this is a dialog driven film.

edwn1220 · « **Reply #3218 on:** Jan 10, 2012 at 05:44 AM »

The Hangover

vtec3 · « **Reply #3219 on:** Jan 10, 2012 at 11:57 AM »

vtec3 · « **Reply #3220 on:** Jan 10, 2012 at 11:58 AM »

Quote from: mattia on Jan 09, 2012 at 04:34 PM

Me too The fist fight between the Rock and Vin Diesel was awesome

yup! the PQ & AQ of this film is awesome

Clondalkin · « **Reply #3221 on:** Jan 11, 2012 at 09:58 AM »

Queen Days Of Our Lives 2011

Documentary about the rock band Queen from their formation, rise to fame, creation of timeless songs and huge hits, death of Mercury and beyond - divided into 2 parts - 1970s and 1980s and beyond.

Lots of old footages in restored standard def (clear enough) including some previously unreleased footages of a very sick looking Mercury towards the end of his life. Current interviews of surviving members, managers, and associates are in high def of course.

Audio is only LPCM 2.0 which was rather choosy on the receiver - didnt produce any sound on my old Yamahas but did on the newer Onkyos albeit rather low level output. Nonetheless, the sound quality is sufficient as the content is primarily narrative.

A highly recommended watch for any Queen fan. That band was absolutely awesome during their time. Their 1985 Live Aid performance still gives me the creeps.

Clondalkin · « **Reply #3222 on:** Jan 11, 2012 at 10:20 AM »

Puede na rin !

Killer Elite 2011
Contagion 2011

Not bad movies at all in terms of image quality, sound quality and story, but viewed these after watching the highly captivating Millenium Trilogy, so it was kinda let down.

Killer Elite's DTS-HDMA is pretty loud - lots of action all over the place. Piki talaga si Clive Owen tumakbo - hehehe and Statham still acts like a stone. De Niro looked botoxed.

Contagion - parang bitin ang story but what else is there to tell in the end, unless they wanted to end the world. Lots of stars in cameo roles. Sodenbergh movie kaya expect some rather peculiar image quality.

joko11 · « **Reply #3223 on:** Jan 11, 2012 at 12:38 PM »

not worth collecting but a good pastime

ob120485 · « **Reply #3224 on:** Jan 12, 2012 at 10:26 PM »

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

oznola · « **Reply #3225 on:** Jan 12, 2012 at 11:33 PM »

Training Day

james16 · « **Reply #3226 on:** Jan 13, 2012 at 05:39 AM »

The Dark Knight

ob120485 · « **Reply #3227 on:** Jan 13, 2012 at 09:24 PM »

LOTR: The Return of the King EE

jas · « **Reply #3228 on:** Jan 14, 2012 at 04:02 PM »

Apocalypse Now Redux

ob120485 · « **Reply #3229 on:** Jan 14, 2012 at 04:45 PM »

Dr. No

Clondalkin · « **Reply #3230 on:** Jan 14, 2012 at 05:16 PM »

BBC David Attenborough's Frozen Planet 2011 (3-Disc Edition)

I've only been halfway through but it's just plain awesome!!!

Highlights so far, polar bears doing their thing. Never knew they only stop to make love and finally part ways when the male bear gets totally exhausted fighting against other male bears who wants to get a piece of the pie.

And very funny scenes involving penguins stealing pebbles from each other in order to build more beautifull nests that will attract the female penguins.

Specs says video is in 1080i but its very clear. Some of the close shots with polar and antartic animals - I can't imagine how they pulled that off - until they show towards the end of each episode some production highlights.

Richard Attenborough - that old man can sell anything with his narration but he will always be Mr. Jurassic Park to me...hehehe. I wouldn't mind a sexy female voice like that of Sigourney Wearver though. Beautiful and clear DTS-HDMA sound.

Highly recommended. Damn, why didnt we have these kinds of shows when we were struggling in elementary and high school science.

jas · « **Reply #3231 on:** Jan 14, 2012 at 06:42 PM »

Quote from: Clondalkin on Jan 14, 2012 at 05:16 PM

Richard Attenborough - that old man can sell anything with his narration but he will always be Mr. Jurassic Park to me...hehehe.

Highly recommended. Damn, why didnt we have these kinds of shows when we were struggling in elementary and high school science.

Have not seen The Frozen Planet myself, so I'm not really sure, but is this narrated by Richard Attenborough or by David Attenborough? I'm thinking it's by the later.

When I was young, I remember loving David Attenborough's old documentary series' Life on Earth & The Living Planet. I wanted to become a zoologist / wildlife filmmaker before....

Clondalkin · « **Reply #3232 on:** Jan 14, 2012 at 07:18 PM »

Oh yeah it's David (as the title indicates), the younger brother. Those 2 old men always get me confused. Hehehe

james16 · « **Reply #3233 on:** Jan 14, 2012 at 07:50 PM »

Planet Earth

oznola · « **Reply #3234 on:** Jan 15, 2012 at 12:20 AM »

The Hang Over 2. Allen is already annoying

edwn1220 · « **Reply #3235 on:** Jan 15, 2012 at 05:56 AM »

Jurassic Park III

at_sunset_blvd · « **Reply #3236 on:** Jan 15, 2012 at 09:13 AM »

Killer Elite

at_sunset_blvd · « **Reply #3237 on:** Jan 15, 2012 at 11:27 AM »

Let Me In

at_sunset_blvd · « **Reply #3238 on:** Jan 15, 2012 at 01:22 PM »

The King's Speech

at_sunset_blvd · « **Reply #3239 on:** Jan 15, 2012 at 04:12 PM »

U-571