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The HD Movie thread
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The Lamonster
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If you're having trouble falling asleep and need some motivation, then yes.GuessWho said:
It's slower and less exciting with a less satisfying main character and ending.GuessWho said:
...IMO
GuessWho said:
hell no! rent it first. I like sci fi, I adore things which ask questions, pose theories or reflect on things such as humanity etc... but 2001 was a disappointment. I expected more really and it has a really annoying ending. awesome picture, but will I ever find a chance to show it to anyone? hell no, its not a film for a social occasion.
WHOAguitarninja
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DMczaf said:
I did the exact same thing the other day...and hadn't seen Ratatouille either. After watching it I'm totally glad I bought it. I can see myself watching it many times.
gray_fox224
Junior Member
Finals are finally over, so I'll be rip opening my copy of Legend. 
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
So, since it's Easter and all, any word on when Passion of the Christ is getting a Blu Ray release? And is there any other version besides the bare-bones dvd that was released.
I saw the movie Friday and it looks good for a dvd, though the crowd scenes did suffer from lack of details.
I saw the movie Friday and it looks good for a dvd, though the crowd scenes did suffer from lack of details.
DarkJediKnight
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The Main Event said:
That frankly dissapoints me. They need to do a complete overhaul of the T2 transfer, and possibly master it in 4096 like Warner did with Blade Runner. There is absolutely no reason that such a blockbuster film should be outclassed by a semi-budget film 10 years older.
I've grabbed 4 Blurays in the last week, here are my brief thoughts on the lot of them :
Justice League : New Frontier - I've never read the comic book and I'm not the biggest DC comics fan on earth so this was more or less a blind buy but it was fairly entertaining and had a pretty well flawless transfer , great voice acting and a decent amount of special features hampered only by the fact that they were in standard like much of warners releases.
I'd give it a 4/5, definetly worth a viewing if you're a fan of comics or Bruce Timms interpretations of them.
Enchanted : Also a blind buy, I knew it was going to be a family oriented disney film but I wasn't too sure if it would be shlocky kids entertainment or good like a pixar film is. I was pleasently suprised that it falls closer to pixar or even classic disney then the pit of despair known as dreamworksitis. It's also a great transfer with some decent mostly HD special features. 4/5
Independence Day : OH YOU DID NOT SHOOT THAT GREEN SHIT AT ME!!! It's funny watching this now , thinking back to 1996 and how excited everyone was to watch this and in turn how well liked the movie was 12 years ago. The special effects have aged to varying degrees , the script has aged really poorly, somehow what I thought was awesome at the age of 13 is just... really really silly at the age of 25. I grabbed it on a 2 for 50 sales at futureshop (saved me like 4 dollars yay) but if you didn't want to take advantage of that I'd recommend paying no more then 20 bucks. Well I mean unless you still love this movie, ridiculousness and all. 3/5
i, Robot : I'd never seen it before and all I've done was watch a couple minutes to make sure it worked. What I saw was a stunning transfer which is to be expected given that it's a newer film and some decent special effects. It was the other movie I grabbed for 2/50. I would have gone for the will smith triology but sadly I can't find I am legend anywhere.
And on that note I now own 29 of these blasted HD movies. Over 800 dollars spent so far.
Justice League : New Frontier - I've never read the comic book and I'm not the biggest DC comics fan on earth so this was more or less a blind buy but it was fairly entertaining and had a pretty well flawless transfer , great voice acting and a decent amount of special features hampered only by the fact that they were in standard like much of warners releases.
I'd give it a 4/5, definetly worth a viewing if you're a fan of comics or Bruce Timms interpretations of them.
Enchanted : Also a blind buy, I knew it was going to be a family oriented disney film but I wasn't too sure if it would be shlocky kids entertainment or good like a pixar film is. I was pleasently suprised that it falls closer to pixar or even classic disney then the pit of despair known as dreamworksitis. It's also a great transfer with some decent mostly HD special features. 4/5
Independence Day : OH YOU DID NOT SHOOT THAT GREEN SHIT AT ME!!! It's funny watching this now , thinking back to 1996 and how excited everyone was to watch this and in turn how well liked the movie was 12 years ago. The special effects have aged to varying degrees , the script has aged really poorly, somehow what I thought was awesome at the age of 13 is just... really really silly at the age of 25. I grabbed it on a 2 for 50 sales at futureshop (saved me like 4 dollars yay) but if you didn't want to take advantage of that I'd recommend paying no more then 20 bucks. Well I mean unless you still love this movie, ridiculousness and all. 3/5
i, Robot : I'd never seen it before and all I've done was watch a couple minutes to make sure it worked. What I saw was a stunning transfer which is to be expected given that it's a newer film and some decent special effects. It was the other movie I grabbed for 2/50. I would have gone for the will smith triology but sadly I can't find I am legend anywhere.
And on that note I now own 29 of these blasted HD movies. Over 800 dollars spent so far.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Pachinko said:
That seems to be too much per movie. Are you taking advantage of sales, shopping online etc.? Or maybe you have some expensive stuff bringing up the average, like Planet Earth etc.
And thanks for the post mana, any idea if/when we'll get an HD version of that movie? This week would've been a perfect time to release it.
BoboBrazil
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I have over 60 blu-rays...
I just did a rough estimate with a 30 dollar price per movie. Quite a few of them wound up being only 20 or 25 though I guess and spiderman I count as 3 movies despite that it's less then 20 bucks per movie so I suppose the real number is lower then 800 but not by much. I always miss the big deals and live in canada so we didn't get nearly as many of them.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
So since the Ps3 is getting the 2.0 update, does that mean that there's a 2.0 standalone coming out at that time or is there already one on the market?
Kabuki Waq
Member
i just want to say I robot looked incredible on Blu ray.
I was horribly dissapointed in the Appleseed PQ its looked really soft.
I was horribly dissapointed in the Appleseed PQ its looked really soft.
Solideliquid
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Purchased I am Legend, 2001, and No Country for Old Men on BD this last week. I must say I'm very impressed with Legend and (even more so) with 2001.
However No Country didn't really impress me that much on BD. Should have probably got it on DVD or rented it. Oh well. Side note- Movie of the year? eh.
However No Country didn't really impress me that much on BD. Should have probably got it on DVD or rented it. Oh well. Side note- Movie of the year? eh.
biggkidd32
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The Kubrick stuff has amazing transfers, with the exception of Full Metal Jacket, which was re-released on Blu-ray due to a sub par transfer.
dallow_bg said:The 2.0 Panny was released in Europe I believe, coming here soon.
And no, you can't upgrade 1.1 players.
FW updates can't add an ethernet port.
I'm not sure if it has happened, but there were talks of some 1.1 players coming out that would had ethernet (or wifi), but not the necessary memory to be 2.0 compatible. However, they would have a USB port, so you could use a thumbdrive to get 2.0.
Seems stupid. I can't imagine the cost of memory is that much that we'll see anyone bother.
Rabid Wolverine
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dallow_bg said:
No it was only announced.
BD50 Live has a tentitive release of early May/June.
Not official stats, but very encouraging numbers.
http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6543961.html
I'm thinking I Am Legend is going to easily surpass that.
Supposedly Appleseed Ex Machina pushed nearly 30% so far.
Oh, and Enchanted was a great movie. Pristine picture quality/audio all around, and just a fun flick.
And WTF is going on at Netflix... Site's been down the entire day.
http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6543961.html
I'm thinking I Am Legend is going to easily surpass that.
Supposedly Appleseed Ex Machina pushed nearly 30% so far.
Oh, and Enchanted was a great movie. Pristine picture quality/audio all around, and just a fun flick.
And WTF is going on at Netflix... Site's been down the entire day.
BotoxAgent
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I watched I Am Legend this weekend. The PQ is great, but nowhere near as great as No Country for Old Men, which for me is my new reference disc. Enchanted also looks amazing, and great movie too.
Ignatz Mouse
Banned
Jim said:
Awesome news on the No Country sales.
We also blind-bought Enchanted and were not disappointed.
SlaughterX
Banned
Signs was so meh, the last good movie that guy made was Unbreakable. I am much more excited about The Recruit coming out in HD...
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