Blur Ray recomendations

[Shadytree]

Apologies if been mentioned in an old thread somewhere.

I'm in the process of upgrading some of my standard def DVD's to Blu Ray to enjoy on my new 1080p projector.

I've got some major action/sci-fi blockbusters to start, but are they any good recomendations of films that come to really life in full HD with DTS sound ?

Currently my collections has (to name a few):

Matrix trilogy
Die Hard Quardology
Tranformers 1 & 2
Blood Diamond
Saving Private Ryan
Body Of Lies
X-Men
Watchmen
Tron
Behind Enemy Lines
Top Gun
The Bourne Trilogy
The Bond films


Any recomendations are much appreciated !!!

LOL and before anyone says, YES I have focused my projector.... Blu Ray not Blur Ray !!!!

[raptor600]

You HAVE to get this:

Alien Anthology Blu Ray Set

It looks phenomenal in Blu Ray

[SWoll]

I wasn't all that impressed with the Alien Anthology Blu Rays TBH, didn't think they looked much better than the DVD's on a decent upscaling DVD player, although at £15 for the lot well worth a punt.

My recommendations are :

Black Hawk Down
Avatar
Blade Runner Final Cut
Sunshine
Inception
LOTR - Extended Edition

And not films but really show what Blu ray can do

Planet Earth (BBC)
Blue Planet (BBC)

[Aphex]

District 9 looks good

[Daz68]

The Dark Knight.

[Justin Cyder]

Apocalypto is really good on blu ray.

[MonkeyHanger]

Daz68 said:

The Dark Knight.

Absolutely.

[Nedzilla]

Agree on Avatar.I didn't think the film was as good as most people did but it looked simply amazing on blu ray.

[jabbalon]

Predator on blu ray is worth a look, had me crawling around on the floor in front of the tv to see how much detail I could make out close up. Think its been digitally sharpened, lot of reviews online give it stick for the supposedly hamfisted techniques that were used but certainly the best picture quality iv ever seen. Arnies nipples look great in hd.

[bennyboydurham]

You've got all the ones I'd recommend but fwiw avoid 'The Game', the 1997 noir-esque thriller with Micheal Douglas. It's one of my favourite ever films but the Bluray transfer is very poor indeed. It looks better on Sky HD!

[rhinochopig]

Zulu is a truly amazing transfer. Looks like it was filmed yesterday it's that good.

[Skii]

Justin Cyder said:

Apocalypto is really good on blu ray.

Agreed, also a very under rated film.

[Jasandjules]

MonkeyHanger said:

Daz68 said:

The Dark Knight.

Absolutely.

Frankly this can be on VHS and still be awesome.....

[rich85uk]

+1 for Apocalypto and District 9

Star trek (latest version)

Traitor (its cheap and should be to your taste if you liked Body of Lies)

Life (must own for anyone with a blu ray player)

[Aphex]

jabbalon said:

Predator hd.

Definitely, there are two versions though, you need the 'hunter' special edition or whatever it's called as there is genuinely a big difference between the two.

Also The Thing transferred very well too if that's your bag

[zygalski]

No Country for Old Men looks amazing on Blu-ray.

[Marvindodgers]

Inception
Dark Knight
Star Trek (2009)
Up (the most beautiful BluRay I've seen)
Kingdom Of Heaven:Directors Cut (so much better than the theatrical release)

[SWoll]

Marvindodgers said:

Kingdom Of Heaven:Directors Cut (so much better than the theatrical release)

Yep, turns what was an OK film into a really good one. Can't believe some of the key bits they cut out of it.

[Carl_Spackler]

The Back to the Future trilogy, go to Amazon reviews everybody loves what they have done to the blu rays, it looks like they filmed it yesterday.

some chap said:

There's little prepares you for the quality of the print on this Blu Ray reissue - it's absolutely gobsmacking. I've seen great restorations before ("Goldfinger", "North By Northwest", "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", "The African Queen", "The Italian Job" - see reviews for them all) - but this is exemplary.

or

some other chap said:

Of all the 100+ blu rays I own, this has to be the best. Amazing picture quality, fantastic extras, plus the limited edition posters etc are a nice touch.

I picked the Trilogy up for 12.99, I see its back up to 27.49, but it wont be long till it drops again.

[Moley RUFC]

Favourite Blur ray?

Probably the best of Blur

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