Hey all, so I need to think up some movies I can get to play on my blu-ray player.
I was originally going to go Lord of the Rings, but its not freaking out yet! :|

I'd like to grab some "epic" movies, because I rarely watch a movie more than once, and I mainly watch TV shows anyway. But im getting a Blu-Ray player and thus want to watch a few blu-ray movies on it!

I am thinking like...matrix or die hard etc, anyone got any other suggestions?
Something actiony that'll look good on my LCD tv at 1080p!

Anything out recently thats worth a look? Yes there is heaps of sites out there with blu-ray movies, but i want suggestions of good movies! From what I've seen there is nothing that really makes me want to go "yes" ill buy that! Most are either old...or not worth the $10-20 bucks more to see in higher definition.

Edit: Anyone know of any Blu-Ray / DVD combo drives that are silver in colour? static ice has failed me, google has failed me. Looks like it's either black or beige :|

Planet Earth BBC documentary series is definitely very pretty on bluray... Other than that, maybe Casino Royale. Most bluray discs are made from an inferior transfer anyway and don't really look as good as they should.

Something actiony that'll look good on my LCD tv at 1080p!

Impossible!

last edited by reso at 13:53:53 22/Jul/08

yeah, sorry.

You need a plasma for something "actiony" to look good...

Batman. Adam West in 1080p.

As far as outright picture quality goes, documentaries and animated movies are where it's at. With action movies, I guess it depends what you like, I've recently watched the BluRay's of Batman Begins, Hellboy and AvP Requiem and thought they looked pretty good.

/edit: Actually in terms of movies that looked awesome in HD, Pans Labyrinth for me really stood out.

reso and mongie are teh fagz

BluRay? f*** paying $50 for a movie just because it's higher resolution.

Batman. Adam West in 1080p.

After seeing Batman Begins and TDK.....there is no way I could go back to *KAPOW*.

Something actiony that'll look good on my LCD tv at 1080p!


Impossible!

It's 100htz also, so it'll be fine.

Ermm Pans Labyrinth looks ok.

And yeah Casino Royale sounds like a good idea!

i rekn the latest star wars movies would be cool to see in high def. lotsa crazy action going on in them... just use the chapters to skip past every scene with natalie portman in & it's all good :D
aliens would be the shiz.

Skip past... Natalie Portman..? You fag.

Skip past... Natalie Portman..? You fag.

She's f***ing UGLY!

I saw Leon the professional the other day, and wholey s***, not only was she 12, she looked f***ing WORSE than what she does now (is that even possible!?)

the professional was wicked

luc beson owns

speaking of, what about something like 5th element

thats a pretty snazzy looking moofie, is it out on bluray?

last edited by Spook at 14:39:20 22/Jul/08

Oh... its 100hz? Thats okay then.

Skip past... Natalie Portman..? You fag.

so you're saying you love the predictably woeful 'romance' scenes in the star wars movies? or do you just like drooling over an actress in the silliest costumes ever made? either way... that's gay! :D

i don't think natalie portman is ugly... she is very pretty imo. but so are 99% of actress's... that doesn't make me want to watch them in really really bad scenes. the scenes in ep2 & 3 of star wars with portman n that bloke that plays anakin are pathetic & imo detract from otherwise good action movies... but luckily the chapters are done really well so they can just be skipped past.

actually, since blurays are 24fps, its not ok.
120hz would be ok.

Stupid Australia. Bravias here are apparently 100hz, but the same model in the US is 120...

Stupid Australia. Bravias here are apparently 100hz, but the same model in the US is 120...

You stupid f***. I was being sarcastic. Way to ruin everything.

I saw Leon the professional the other day, and wholey s***, not only was she 12, she looked f***ing WORSE than what she does now (is that even possible!?)

You just rated a 12 year old, good job.

You just rated a 12 year old, good job.

Yeah it didn't come out right did it...:|

The point is..she is ugly and always has been ugly, no idea how she is still making films.

You stupid f***. I was being sarcastic. Way to ruin everything.

Eh, I bet you it will still look awesome, and I won't notice the difference!
I have been very happy with my LCD purchase....but anyway ENOUGH about LCD vs Plasma, it has been done to DEATH.

Go good blu-ray movie discussions:

I have been very happy with my LCD purchase....but anyway ENOUGH about LCD vs Plasma, it has been done to DEATH.

and mongie is still clueless

Batman begins just came out on blu-ray. Im with above though, f*** paying 50 bucks just hire 'em out.

I watched the BBC Planet Earth and it was awesome.

speaking of, what about something like 5th element
thats a pretty snazzy looking moofie, is it out on bluray?

Yeah it is. There's 2 versions of it, the original version released was encoded with mpeg2 and looked s***. They then went a re-released it as a VC-1 encode which looked much better. I'm pretty sure the studio also had some deal going where if you bought the mpeg2 copy you could get it swapped over. One would hope the moeg2 version would be non existent by now but worth double checking if you do buy it.

Im with above though, f*** paying 50 bucks just hire 'em out.

Yeah but its my birthday, and parents/friends wanna buy me s***. I suck for birthdays, really hard to buy for, so i figure blu-ray movies is easy for all :)

Newer release movies that were filmed with HD in mind are the best IMO. Rambo would be awesome with a good sound system

It's 100htz also, so it'll be fine.

Doesn't matter if it's 60hz or 100hz, anyone who votes plasma over lcd is a retarded c***.

Doesn't matter if it's 60hz or 100hz, anyone who votes plasma lcd over lcd plasma is a retarded c***.

+1 for rambo

I've noticed that older movies (more than 10 years ago) don't tend to look as good in BluRay. Clearly high quality, but the transfers don't look that good, so all you get is noise in the higher quality. Newer movies just look incredible... can't wait till I win lotto and get a good set up!

if you want to know what's good, go to www.highdefdigest.com they review bluray releases and rate audio & video quality.

if you want to know what's good, go to www.highdefdigest.com they review bluray releases and rate audio & video quality.

That site rocks! thanks Erik :)

Saying Natalie Portman is fugly = instafag

Hrmm, looks like Bladerunner: Final Cut is worth having on Bluray, is that available in Australia?

whats the audio bitrate of most blu-ray movies? I'm not into them yet, is it still like DTS and normal dolby modes or do they come with something better than 96k?