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Now I have a Blu-Ray player and... 2 movies to go with it.  I've been looking to expand it's library, but only with movies that would do better to be on the player.  I assume movies big on the effects, like Avatar or Scott Pilgrim, or with a very impressive visual style, like Dick Tracy or Legend of the Guardians, would benefit from being on the player.

What movies do you think would be best for a blu-ray player in your opinion?  I'm not looking for anything specifically, just any movie or kind of movie that you can think of.

for me the difference between The Dark Knight on blu ray and normal DVD is amazing

Battle of the Bulge (1965) looks pretty terrific on Blu ray.  The 2.76 : 1 aspect ratio and perfect amount of grain made me feel like I was sitting in the theater when it first premiered.  The only problem was the red collars on some of the German uniforms, which stood out like neon signs.  A bit too much color correction there I think.

Forbidden World (1982) also looks a whole lot better on Blu ray than DVD, but only because the DVD is terrible. 

I've noticed that the PS3 makes DVDs look better than usual...I only own an handful of Blu-Rays yet and I just don't feel right getting something I already have on DVD on Blu-Ray. Just seems unnecessay more oft than not...

The Shining (1980) - Looks like it was filmed yesterday.

Ditto on The Shining, one of my favorite videos I own!


I'm in the camp that thinks almost any film can look better on Blu-ray as long as it's encoded well and hasn't had a bunch of digital manipulation.  Even a cruddy old print can at least look more like what you'd see in a decent theater.  Here are some nice ones based on stuff I own:

2001: A Space Oddyssey
Pretty much anything from Pixar.
The Searchers - Don't know if you dig Westerns.  This isn't a favorite of mine but it looks pretty amazing.
The Evil Dead - For a film shot on 16mm blown up to 35 it looks great.
Coraline
District 9
Inglourious Basterds
The Thin Red Line - Incredibly beautiful image on this one, but I know the film's not everyone's taste.

Oh hell yeah!   :thumbup:

I forgot all about that film.  Seeing it so many times in regular format, I would love to see what it would be like with a visual enhancement to it.

Ill go over my must sees.

2001 a space odyssey is amazing
The 5th and 6th harry potters look great.
The original Halloween looks like it was made this year
Troll 2  :teddyr:
The Day the Earth Stood still looks amazing and is a great way to see how good Black and White movies will look.
The Dark Knight
Inception
EDIT - Forgot to mention that any Pixar movie looks gorgeous.

Honestly almost every movie looks better on BD.

I imagina Fear and Loathing in las Vegas is great on Bluray.

I bought FULL METAL JACKET on blu-ray.  The detail and colors are amazing.

Pretty much any movie that is visually stunning in any way, whether it be due to effects or cinematography. I recently watched The Godfather, parts I and II in Blu-Ray and thought the experience was fantastic. I've got Apocolypse Now coming from Netflix in Blu-Ray and look forward to it.

Movies like The Lord of the Rings or Inception are kind of obvious and I like watching them in Blu-Ray, but I actually get a bigger kick out of seeing some of the more visually stunning classics. For example, I would love to see something like Patton in Hi Def.

I've been thinking of breaking down and getting Inception on Blu Ray even though I already own it for a normalp layer. I imagine it would look 300 times as amazing.

In addition to what has already been mentioned I'm guessing The Matrix, Blade Runner, Apocalypse Now, and Terminator 2 would all look spectacular on Blu-Ray.

In my opinion I think Inception looks amazing. Likely it looks even better then The Dark Knight.

Said it before, but I have yet to buy a bluray player because it's still in it's early stages and most movies I want to see aren't on bluray as of yet.

5 years I don't think is early stages, and you'd be surprised at whats on Blu-ray now.

I agree.  I just got my first blu-ray player about a month ago and I'm surprised at how many movies are available.  Also, most of the "bugs" that were reported in early blu-ray players seem to have been fixed.  I'm very happy with mine.

Yeah the new ones are a lot better, the one I bought two years ago that I have in my room is really big and takes a few minutes to load a disc. and the one in my families living room from this year, while its still one of the cheaper ones will load the disc before you walk back to your chair.

I also read the early blu-ray players had trouble playing regular DVDs.  Some couldn't play about 15% of all DVDs.  That would mean about 500 of my DVDs would be unplayable.  So far, I haven't had any problem playing any DVDs or DVD-Rs on my blu-ray player.

It might be quicker to talk about movies that wouldn't benefit from being put on Blu-ray.

*TV shows produced before the advent of high definition.
*Anything shot-on-video.
*Older movies with bad quality prints that haven't been restored.

Anything else?

Actually the TV thing is partially not true, if the show was shot on film it would look good. For Example, I don't own them but the Twilight Zone Blu-Ray's have excellent reviews.
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Twilight-Zone-Season-1-Blu-ray/11231/

But yeah something from the 80s would likely look bad.

Movies that are meant to look bad, like the Blair Witch project.

And don't question against getting a movie because its old, something with great restoration work will look amazing, Seven Samurai is from 1954 and it looks amazing. Heck even silent films can look good.

Deep Throat?

That's very hard for me to imagine.  :buggedout:

I'm guessing that the original Star Wards trilogy would look awesome in Bluray, even the versions with the "improvements" Lucas made to them.

The prequel trilogy i'm guessing will look really good too, picture quality wise not movie quality. Heck Transformers 2 looks amazing on blu-ray.

I guessing Batman Begins would also look stunning on Blu-Ray

Honestly I think it looks kinda sub-par. It looks miles better then the DVD, but it feels kinda flat and not as detailed as many blu-rays. Don't get me wrong, it looks good and is worth buying. But it doesn't look amazing.

Lawrence of Arabia

LAWRENCE. OF. ARABIA.

I'm betting Avatar looks great too

I'd like to add in here that just because something is older doesn't mean it won't benefit from Bluray...  35MM film from 1937 still is technically of higher quality to a significant degree (in most ways) than 1080P.  Yeah, it can be grainy, but that's part of the look.  35MM film stock is amazing stuff really, it's incredible how well it has held up for so long, to the point where even 4K digital isn't better in every way than the best film stocks.  Keep in mind 35MM film (the basic format, anyway) is over 110 years old.

And, of course, 70MM stuff will look great but is technically FAR higher res than 1080P.  So, you might try looking for stuff shot on that, either completely or partially.  The Dark Knight is a newer example, as was (yeah, I'll say it) Transformers 2.

Shutter Island?

Friday the 13th (1980) - it looks fresh, detailed and colorful while retaining natural grain. It also has one of the better HD mono audio tracks heard so far. Impressive.

 Ben-Hur (1959), Metropolis, Fight Club, Scarface (1983) and City of God

Thinking about it, Sucker Punch would look pretty good in Blu-Ray.  I think I might get it since the extended cut will be 7.99 at Best Buy on Black Friday.

John Carpenter's The Fog (1980). It looks jaw-dropping good on Blu-ray but there's a catch. It's not available in the U.S. and the UK blu's picture quality is pretty bad.
Fans of The Fog should seek out the superb German release, which isn't region blocked.

I bought Ben-Hur on Bluray

and WOW  :buggedout: :buggedout: :buggedout:

it looks like it was made yesterday, making one of the best movies ever even better