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[Oersted]

This is not about what your favourite movie is, but it does not exclude each other obviously. Your favourite movie can have a damn great BluRay.

It is about which BluRay/s offered you the best bang for the buck, in terms of transfer, image and sound quality, extras, menus, in short, a great package. No matter if concert, movie or documentary.

Edit:

Of course it would be nice if you don't just namedrop the BluRay/s, but explain a little.

 

[Wafflecakes]

LOTR extended trilogy for me.

 

[TheGamingBox]

the toradora blurays are great

 

[FreshCakes]

The Social Network, everything about it.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Blade Runner is so good.

Disney's animated films from the Renaissance onwards look and sound great, and have a few nice extras. Pixar too.

Most animated stuff is top tier when it's a good transfer.

 

[MattKeil]

Came to say Blade Runner, beaten.

So I'll say Dr. No. The restoration job is astounding.

 

[Ryaaan14]

The LOST collection

So god damn good

 

[adamy]

 

[cyba89]

Planet Earth
Great documentary series that really shines on BluRay. Really captures the beauty of our planet.

 

[Stinkles]

The correct answer is Blade Runner because of IQ, features and really specific fx improvements. Everything else is subjective.

 

[facetheslayer92]

The Rock, Platoon, Saving Private Ryan, Casino Royale, the Nolan Batman trilogy, and Casino. Oh and Interstellar

 

[The Beard]

2001

Lawrence of Arabia

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Sleeping Beauty

Are some of my favorites from my collection. They are all very good transfers and beautiful to look at.

 

[jett]

The Alien Anthology collection is really nice. The packaging is outstanding.

And there's an abundance of bonus materials stretched across two blu-rays. Dozens of hours of footage. Pretty much anything you could ever need.

LOTR extended trilogy for me.

Nine discs in the package are regular DVDs. Honestly it kind of annoyed me a bit.

 

[SoldierIce64]

I'm a big fan of Criterion Collection blu-rays. All the ones I own have excellent transfers and a good amount of extras, most of them even have 20+ page booklets inside. They also have a slick uniform design on their covers so they look really nice on the shelf together.

The only downside is that they are usually $25+ a piece and they rarely go on sale for less. Then again, it's a solid price for quality.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

My Disney blu-rays, particularly the Pixar ones. The picture quality is basically perfect, the sound is amazing, and they've always got delightful special features.

Plus, a lot of them are really good movies!

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

My Disney blu-rays, particularly the Pixar ones. The picture quality is basically perfect, the sound is amazing, and they've always got delightful special features.

Plus, a lot of them are really good movies!

Home on the Range is top notch.

 

[Colonel Nasty]

Almost anything Fincher

 

[El Daniel]

Titanic has an amazing transfer and amazing extra's.

The extra's are half the reason why I buy a blu-ray disc. When some BD's don't have extra's you can imagine my dissapointment.

 

[| Praxis |]

Jaws

Absolutely brilliant picture, sound and I love the extras. It just so happens to be one of my favourite films as well.

 

[veloxStrix]

Probably the Bakemonogatari series (Double sided case wraps, character design books, 5.1 audio in an anime, quality casing, lots of special features, etc. Just all around good shit. My favorite part might be how the spines look...

The Matrix has a really slick blu-ray as well.

 

[Daingurse]

Definitely love my Criterion Godzilla Blu-Ray. Just a great transfer for an amazing movie. Also really liked Transformers Prime on Blu-Ray a bunch too. It just popped on Blu-Ray. I'm currently watching the The Fellowship of The Ring Extended Edition for the first time on Blu-Ray as we speak, it looks quite good.

Edit: Oh yeah, recently bought Aladdin Diamon Edition, looks fantastic. Animation in-general really pops on a good Blu-Ray transfer.

 

[Jarrod38]

Any of my digibooks I have.

 

[Data West]

That 70s Show Complete Series

The individual cases are designed like mini-vinyls and the slip cover is velvet.

 

[LUXURY]

All! I love my 400+ collection. Though steelbooks are soooo awesome. I've been vying a lot of foreign ones just for collections sake.

 

[OrbitalBeard]

LOTR extended trilogy for me.

The Social Network, everything about it.

Blade Runner is so good.

My Disney blu-rays, particularly the Pixar ones. The picture quality is basically perfect, the sound is amazing, and they've always got delightful special features.

Plus, a lot of them are really good movies!

I agree with all of these.

Definitely love my Criterion Godzilla Blu-Ray. Just a great transfer for an amazing movie.

Not really sure why I don't own this yet.

 

[Tenebrous]

The image quality of Casino blows my mind every time I put it on. The lights on the strip... Holy shit.

 

[Slackbladder]

Oh I have that. I had to get it even though I'm in the UK and it's a US Criterion release.
I also just got a 4 disc release from the BFI (British Film Institute) of Seven Samurai, Hidden Fortress, Throne of Blood, Yojimbo and Sanjuro. Fucking heaven.

Oh and the Blade Runner: The Final Cut (5-Disc Ultimate Collectors' Edition) that came in a case.

 

[Hattori]

Ghibli/Disney Blu-Rays. Quality of transfer is top notch.

 

[Fjordson]

Blade Runner 30th Anniversary edition

The packaging basically doubles as a book with behind the scenes photos and storyboard sketches from Ridley Scott himself. Some of them are actually really cool and give some neat insight into the production of the film. Then on the discs you have very cut of the film in existence, an insane amount of extras and most importantly the Dangerous Days documentary about the making of the film / its legacy. Definitely one of the best "making of" type documentaries I've ever seen.

And the film itself (especially the final cut) looks absolutely incredible on blu-ray.

 

[SystemBug]

my 2001: a space odyssey

I never knew a movie could look this vibrant and good.

 

[Ran rp]

I'll tell you what's not my favorite Blu-ray.

The piece of shit Arrow release of Phantom of the Paradise. Before getting this I thought Blu-ray transfers were always handled well but boy was I wrong.

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews48/phantom_of_the_paradise_blu-ray.htm
https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=4690&d2=4684

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Arrow

 

[BumRush]

Planet earth, pixar films and Avatar are three that come to mind that look absolutely gorgeous. I know avatar gets shit on a lot here but it's a beautiful movie visually

 

[jett]

Blade Runner 30th Anniversary edition


The packaging basically doubles as a book with behind the scenes photos and storyboard sketches from Ridley Scott himself. Some of them are actually really cool and give some neat insight into the production of the film. Then on the discs you have very cut of the film in existence, an insane amount of extras and most importantly the Dangerous Days documentary about the making of the film / its legacy. Definitely one of the best "making of" type documentaries I've ever seen.

And the film itself (especially the final cut) looks absolutely incredible on blu-ray.

Def nicer than the first BD edition, which is the one I own. I don't really care for the unicorn cover though.

 

[Boss Doggie]

love my KFP1 and 2 BRs as well as Godzilla. The first two for the shorts included and the latter for the behind-the-scenes.

 

[Chaotic-Strike]

Man was just about to post the Criterion Godzilla Blu-Ray until I was beaten.

You can't go wrong with Criterion.

 

[Lord_Balkan]

This was a pretty expensive purchase (not very good value) but the case, IQ and physical extras that come with are amazing.

And here are some screen grabs I took from the movie itself.

 

[ErnieMcCracken]

Criterion Zatoichi set:

 

[TrAcEr_x90]

The Fountain

 

[entremet]

Anything Pixar. I have almost everything of theirs, outside Cars, which is shitty.

Those are some amazing transfers.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

I'll just quote myself for the other thread

The Master from Plain Archive

Leon: The Professional from Kimchidvd

Looper from Mondo x Futureshop

Drive from Futureshop with the scorpion jacket slipcover

Love them all for their packaging and art.

 

[Soapbox Killer]

Star Wars

 

[OrbitalBeard]

Ghibli/Disney Blu-Rays. Quality of transfer is top notch.

my 2001: a space odyssey

I never knew a movie could look this vibrant and good.

These are also great.

My dream Blu-ray releases are Criterion versions of every Coen Brothers film. Inside Llewyn Davis is coming next year and I hope it's just the start. Barton Fink, in particular, would be great. It still isn't on BR in the US.

 

[hugocésar]

I agree with all the Criterion film posts, of course, specifically, most recently, the Jacques Tati boxset. With the care put into the restorations and the amount of extra features, it's one of the best film classes you'll ever be given.

Aside from Criterion, the best blu ray releases I own are Twin Peaks and the Miyazaki boxset. Really gorgeous packaging (and blu ray transfers of course).

 

[ncslamm]

LOTR extended edition and Pacific Rim. I don't think Pacific Rim is necessarily a good movie but it looks damn good on BluRay.

 

[KevinCow]

The LOST collection

So god damn good

Yeah, this is the only thing I own on Blu-Ray that's not just a standard Blu-Ray case.

 

[The Lamonster]

Planet Earrh.

 

[hoss]

Hard to pick a favorite but I think I'd have to go with the Hitchcock Masterpiece Collection.

 

[Dandy Crocodile]

Pixar and Ghibli movies for the pure image quality of them. They often have great bonuses and I love the unified look of the Ghibli blus as well.

Speed Racer Blu-ray is incredible as well. A fun, campy movie without taking the visuals into account, once seen on Blu-ray it's really something else. Just stunning.

Lawrence of Arabia and Tron are fantastic as well. Can't go back to anything else.

 

[Fjordson]

I'll just quote myself for the other thread



Love them all for their packaging and art.

Wow, that edition of The Master is great.

 

[Lights and Waves]

The Disney animated films look incredible on Blu-ray.