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[Lightning Count]

OK so we've been discussing bad Blu Ray transfers for a few days let's talk about the other end of the spectrum, the best Blu Ray transfers. The following I would consider to be excellent.

Alien
Blade Runner The Final Cut
Star Trek The Next Generation

Post your favourite examples, GAF.

 

[Corpsepyre]

Came here to mention Blade Runner, but you've done that for me.

 

[Markitron]

I'm gonna go for a non-obvious one here:

Tremors.

I could not believe how good it looked.

The Descent looked incredible as well. Them black levels.

 

[Guzim]

Lawrence of Arabia looks amazing. It's also one of the greatest films of all-time in case you somehow never saw it.

 

[jambo]

The 2013 remaster of Terminator looks pretty awesome.

Mad Max: Fury Road.

 

[illadelph]

Sleeping Beauty is the best looking thing I've ever seen

 

[BossDarkseid]

The 2013 remaster of Terminator looks pretty awesome.

Mad Max: Fury Road.

Can +1 for Fury Road. Rewatched it yesterday and...I don't have the best eye for these things but it looks pristine.

 

[XOMTOR]

Most of the Blu Ray reviews peg it at pretty much flawless. I can attest to that.

 

[jambo]

Also Prometheus and Sin City.

 

[Lightning Count]

The Truman Show is amazing, one of these transfers I've seen.

 

[Markitron]

Also Prometheus and Sin City.

Yep, Prometheus looks absolutely glorious. One of the best 3D Blu rays as well.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

You mentioned Blade Runner so I'm gonna say every single Pixar film.

 

[jambo]

Yep, Prometheus looks absolutely glorious. One of the best 3D Blu rays as well.

I love watching Prometheus with my eyes and not my brain.

And agreed on the 3D, one of the few 3D movies I have watched multiple times at home.

 

[Fancy Clown]

Jaws and Lawrence of Arabia.

Tree of Life also looks and sounds pristine

 

[Scorpion Soldier]

Pirates of the Caribbean 1-3 have always been some of my favorite transfers. 4 doesn't really pack the same punch.

 

[El Daniel]

Ben-Hur looks absolutely amazing.

This is a film from 1959.



Other great transfers off the top of my head: Titanic. Band of Brothers, The Thin Red Line, Game of Thrones, Pulp Fiction

 

[LakeEarth]

I'm gonna go for a non-obvious one here:

Tremors.

I could not believe how good it looked.

Really? Someone posted it in the 'bad transfer' thread. Is there more than one blu-ray edition?

 

[Cdammen]

How The West Was Won (1962) has a tremendous Bly-ray transfer. It's shot on massive Cinerama cameras and is splicing three projected images into one and I can barely see the seams.

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/How-the-West-Was-Won-Blu-ray/742/#Screenshots

Should be seen on a big, big screen. One of the last epic movies that I enjoyed

(EDIT) Wow, good choices here! I'd also recommend the first two Alien movies. The first one is clean, has awesome blacks and the second one seems to keep the original film grain (I guess they were using a cheaper type of film with higher ASA/ISO so it's true to it's original release).

 

[Lightning Count]

Once Upon A Time In The West by Sergio Leone is awesome, the transfer is amazing.

 

[Haloid1177]

Pacific Rim's was insane. The water looked spectacular.

 

[Markitron]

Pacific Rim's was insane. The water looked spectacular.

Much like Prometheus, it's stunning in 3D as well.

 

[emrober5]

"Her" has some absolutely jaw dropping scenes on blu ray.

Also it's been said, but Blade Runner

 

[Dio]

Outlaw Star and Record of Lodoss War both got the original 35mm film and re-transferred it in bluray form. Thus, they look amazing.

Outlaw Star:

Record of Lodoss War:

 

[Cdammen]

Really looking forward to Spectre on Blu-ray.

Here's another recommendation if you like James Bong movies: From Russia With Love, it's pretty for a +50 year-old film - http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/From-Russia-with-Love-Blu-ray/974/#Screenshots

 

[Premium Quality]

Noticed Alien and Blade Runner already mentioned.
Going with Game of Thrones. Watching the show through stream is awesome.
Seeing it from BR is God Tier.

 

[berzeli]

Basically all modern films released by major studios look great on the format so no surprises there. A release which is surprisingly fantastic is Studiocanal's utterly stunning The Tales of Hoffmann

This film is from 1951.

It's probably the single greatest three-strip Technicolor transfer.

 

[Chaeotic]

Lawrence of Arabia looks amazing. It's also one of the greatest films of all-time in case you somehow never saw it.

Can not second this enough - owning near 200 blurays, this is definitely the cream of the crop. Considering the original film negatives were used to create the 4k transfer downscaled to the bluray, it is near perfect. Heck, you can almost see the heat damage on the film in the transfer!

My other choice would have been Apocalypse Now, though I am partial to the movie originally. Fantastically done, uses the sound stage phenomenonally, with video quality almost second to none. Superb

 

[manzoman96]

Akira is a phenomenal blu-ray.

 

[Window]

The following maybe useful: http://www.avsforum.com/forum/150-blu-ray-software/1425519-official-blu-ray-picture-quality-rankings-pq-tiers-through-november-15-2015-a.html

In general and for 3d, Hugo is fantastic.

 

[| Praxis |]

Jaws and Alien are two that look brilliant.

 

[Scavenger]

In terms of compression, most of the transfers Arrow Video put out these days is top notch.

 

[Currygan]

generally, all Paramount brs look pristine to me, but Star Trek Into Darkness looks particularly amazing

edit:

 

[nictron]

Evangelion 2.22
Fantastic Mr Fox Criterion
Life of Pi
Interstellar
Hugo

 

[mavericktopgun]

Speed Racer
Tron 2.0
Oblivion

 

[Travo]

Pics, please.

 

[therealminime]

2001: A Space Odyssey still looks incredible on blu-ray.

I also just recently watched that Spirited Away blu-ray from last year and wow does it ever look good.

 

[OSHAN]

I had seen 2001 several times before watching it on bluray, and it really was one of those "see it again for the first time" moments.

 

[Fancy Clown]

Pics, please.

ur welcome

edit: nvm links aren't working

 

[dogstar]

Three of my favorites... all shot digitally, but all look beautifully filmic, and have stunning PQ on Blu.

Oblivion.
Life if Pi 3D.
Winters Sleep.

 

[plagiarize]

All great choices.

I love the Blu-Ray of John Carpenter's The Thing myself. The amount of extra detail you can see on the monsters and sets reminds me of how Blade Runner's model shots look *more* convincing on Blu-Ray than they did in SD (a hallmark of top tier practical effects).

Edge of Tomorrow is pretty spectacular aswell. I prefer the 3D version, but both transfers are pretty much perfect.

Dredd is really good too, imho.

 

[Cmerrill]

Dredd 3d
The Wire
The new world
Thin red line

 

[family_guy]

My Spider-Man 2 Blu-ray (Mastered in 4K) looks excellent.

 

[psychotron]

White Christmas. As odd a choice as it is, the restoration is jaw dropping.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Zodiac is a good transfer. I really like it.

Screenshots from blu-ray.com (compressed 720p shots lol. Let me know if someone finds better shots from elsewhere).

 

[jmood88]

Wall-E

 

[Coreda]

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Since we're talking original film texture, and the previous thread centered a lot around the use of DNR, I was pleased the Japan Blu-Ray releases of Studio Ghibli retain the grain. Some subtle gate weave is the only complaint (eg: Laputa).

Laputa:

Spirited Away:

Nausicaa:

 

[dbztrk]

Lucy.

 

[I Eat Thumbtacks]

Skyfall
Tangled

 

[Magwik]

Man I really need to get on Ben-Hurr

 

[Bobby Roberts]

I'm gonna go for a non-obvious one here:

Tremors.

Was there a re-release or something? In the heartbreaking, wince-inducing "Worst blu-ray transfers" thread we had just recently, someone posted a screencap that looked like this: