Best looking / favorite Blu-ray titles?

[Golf4food]

So we just joined the world of Blu-ray and HD and aside from watching our old DVDs upscaled and adding Blu-rays to our Netflix, what recommendations would y'all have for "must have" Blu-rays - the ones that just look and sound so much better on Blu-ray that you must own them even if you already own the DVD version?

 

[Micca]

Assuming you have some interest in Disney, the Pixar titles are killer, and the Sleeping Beauty blu-ray is fantastic. Snow White is on blu-ray next week, not sure how that one will look but I'll be buying it.

Lord of the Rings trilogy is coming to blu-ray this Fall, and I've read the revies of the boxed sets of James Bond movies are excellent. You might also check into a BBC boxed set called Planet Earth. It has stunning visuals of hi-def nature film.

If you have a big tv, you're going to love blu-ray.

 

[Shutterbug]

Band of Brothers

 

[Golf4food]

Band of Brothers

Already in my Amazon wishlist! Hoping it will drop to around $35 again this Christmas like it was last year. Also the Bourne trilogy. And Taken. And Blackhawk Down. And...

 

[Desiree]

Firefly!

 

[AshleyW]

"The Dark Knight" and all the Harry Potter movies look really good. "The Simpsons Movie" is pretty decent as well, for an animated movie. Some other good ones:

"Iron Man"
"No Country for Old Men"
"Ratatouille"
BBC "Planet Earth" series
"Apocalypto"
"Wizard of Oz"

 

[Golf4food]

Firefly!

Definitely have to add Firely and Serenity BDs at some point! (Stupid Fox. )

 

[Kimickey]

The Dark Knight, The Pirates of the Caribbean series and all of Harry Potter Movies

 

[daannzzz]

How the West was Won

 

[elgerber]

Iron Man, hands down, my favorite on blu-ray!!!! It looks so amazing, it almost looks fake!

 

[daannzzz]

"Baraka" was also very stunning and what HD was made for.
I hope they soon release "Koyanisquaatsi" on BluRay

 

[SleepyMom]

How the West was Won

OT a little, sorry. Is this out on DVD or blu-ray? I would love to find it! I have checked the TV menu to see if it is coming on anytime soon, but haven't found it yet. I recently found out my step-dad was in it, so I've been looking for it. None of the places we rent movies from even has it, so I was thinking it hadn't been released on DVD. TIA

Back OT, the only blu-ray I went out and had to buy even though we had a DVD was Cars. It is amazing!

 

[daannzzz]

OT a little, sorry. Is this out on DVD or blu-ray? I would love to find it! I have checked the TV menu to see if it is coming on anytime soon, but haven't found it yet. I recently found out my step-dad was in it, so I've been looking for it. None of the places we rent movies from even has it, so I was thinking it hadn't been released on DVD. TIA

Back OT, the only blu-ray I went out and had to buy even though we had a DVD was Cars. It is amazing!

It is on both regular DVD and Blu Ray. They have digitally blended the two join lines fromk the 3 panel Cinerama and they are almost completely gone. In Blu Ray the movie is stunning to look at. It is also presented in "SmileBox" which makes it looked like the curved Cinerama Screen http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDR...st was won blu-raysnapshot20080911190657.jpg though you can only get the additional SmileBox version on the BluRay set.

 

[bicker]

The one purchase I had to make when we got our Blu-Ray player was the Complete Edition of Blade Runner, remastered for Blu-Ray. I wouldn't call it a reference standard, necessarily, since it was made before all the really sophisticated special effects techniques became commonplace, but it was surely an immersive experience, and one greatly enhanced by Blu-Ray. (And it is really cool that the making-of disc contains about 50% more video than the movie itself! )

We also bought Coraline in 3D... that wouldn't work as well as a DVD. You need the extra resolution for the 3D to appear well.

We also bought the whole set of Harry Potter Blu-Ray discs. They've thrown so much money at the production of those movies, and the video discs themselves, that you really get to see how great Blu-Ray is watching these discs.

 

[tchrrx]

The Guardian is incredible on Blu-Ray.

 

[SleepyMom]

It is on both regular DVD and Blu Ray. They have digitally blended the two join lines fromk the 3 panel Cinerama and they are almost completely gone. In Blu Ray the movie is stunning to look at. It is also presented in "SmileBox" which makes it looked like the curved Cinerama Screen http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDR...st was won blu-raysnapshot20080911190657.jpg though you can only get the additional SmileBox version on the BluRay set.

Thank you! Off to look for it now, going to get a copy for my step-brother too! He will get a kick out of it!

 

[AlienBrain]

Some great suggestions. Every title I have looked at on Blu Ray has looked amazing (besides Donnie Darko and many upconverted movies).

Some others to add to your list:

1. Pirates of the Caribbean (all of them)
2. Hauned Mansion (I actually liked it because I love Eddie Murphy)
3. Stepbrothers (kind of crude, but I think it's hilarious for the sleep walking scenes, if you have any sleep walkers in your family, check it out).
4. All pixar movies and 3-D animated movies.
5. Narnia Movies
6. Curious Case of Benjamin Button
7. Changeling

Enjoy your Blu-Ray movies!!

 

[CourtasanSatine]

If your into British sci-fi Doctor Who and Torchwood look awesome.

 

[JEmaryland]

300 and Watchmen both look great on Blu-Ray, especially on a big TV.

 

[bicker]

One of the biggest deals with the British shows is that the video for them, in the US, has typically been of inferior quality, so the recent BD releases are so much better than what we're used to seeing from the UK.