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Finally diving into the Blu-Ray hype. I was gifted "Taken" and "Kingdom of Heaven" for Christmas, and last night I bought "Grease".

I was surprised by how different even Grease looked on BR.

What are some good Blu-Ray titles for pure eye-candy? I assumed the LoTR Trilogy and Star Wars flicks, but what about a movie like Cloverfield? Such a weird shaky-cam movie anyway, does it benefit from Blu-Ray?

I have a 55inch plasma, so I'm hoping for eye popping goodness.

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Here's a couple suggestions:

Avatar
Iron Man 1 & 2

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I enjoy every movie in 1080P blu-ray. Can't think of any particular stand outs. Maybe braveheart, Dark Knight? I recently watched Usual Suspects and Watchmen in 1080p Blu-ray, Watchmen was quite badass.

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How could I forget Dark Knight. Good call Bill.

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You can't go wrong with any action films. Transformers is the first thing that comes to mind that hasn't already been mentioned.....great flick not only for blu ray but surround sound demos.

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I have all of the transporter movies on br and they look great and they are entertaining. I'm a little biased about this other one because it is my favorite movie of all time but Gladiator looks great on br

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Off of the top of my head I recommend the 5th Element, Saving Private Ryan, Aliens, 300, Watchmen and The Matrix Collection.

There are some classics I hope to get soon myself and will let you know how they look...

Stuff like Bladerunner, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Excalibur, Superman I & II and Apocalypse Now.

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I never noticed a huge picture difference in an upconverted standard def VS BluRay. The huge difference for me was sound. Good God it is like 8track vs SACD.

It is hard to beat anything pixar. Also the Planet Earth series is stunning. It was recorded in HD though.

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For me this is the movie I measure all other Blu rays against.

Some others I enjoyed for Eye candy,

Gamer, Inception, New star trek :tu

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- Saving Private Ryan is one of my favorites on Blu-Ray, especially with a decent surround system. Bombs and bullets flying all around you.
- Others I've watched and thought looked/sounded great were 300, The Fifth Element, the Star Trek remake, and I hated the movie but Avatar looked pretty.

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Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge

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Blu-Ray. And the first movie you bought was Grease? :confused:
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I know, I know. Grease is one of those movies that has transcended generations. My mother took me to see it in the theaters when it came out, on a school night. I think I was 11 years old. All my kids liked it, and my youngest son is as much a freak about it as I am. It was only natural that we picked it up. We were even joking about it, and dismissed the fact they would even release it on Blu-Ray. Then we saw it, so we had to get it.

There are some great movies mentioned here!

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Master and Commander is as stunning at Avatar in Blu-Ray. I think Cars is also great.

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Band of Brothers
Pirates of the Caribbean
Blade Runner
New Star Trek

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I'm up to about 100 titles now. All the Pixar movies are gorgeous. Second the Master and Commander props. Try the Planet Earth and Life series. I've only seen a couple that are so-so and that's mainly due to shortcomings by the studio doing transfers. The vast majority are awesome to view on a big screen. Scott go here:

http://www.blu-ray.com/

Check "Deals" daily. The reviews are good, too, and you kind of get an expectation of what an unviewed movie holds. On a given movie, move your mouse over the small green graph that follows the list price. You can see the pricing over time. I get a charge out of knowing I got the best deal yet. I've gotten 95% of my movies from Amazon. Their prices are nearly impossible to beat when they drop to bottom. On your Amazon account, under Settings, sign up as an Amazon Mom Membership. It's free and you get 2-day shipping free for three months, regardless of price. This way you don't have to get the minimum $25 for 3-5 day shipping. Sign up at Disney Movie Rewards for $10 off coupons for Disney/Pixar movies. There are tons of deals, you just have to be patient and chase them down.

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Almost bought a player last night.
Is the quality that much better?

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Sights and sounds are much, much better (58" Panny plasma and Onkyo surround)! Sometimes it's like I'm looking out of a window - maybe better, as my TV is spotless and my windows could use a little Windex. A year and a half in and I still get amazed.

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Only if you have 1080p and a tv larger than 42". If not, it can be difficult to tell the difference other than sound quality (I know I couldn't)...

Since I got the new TV the difference is staggering!

Like Jaime said, it is almost like looking out of a window.

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It may sound childish, but all of the Pixar movies look great on br. Wall-e was awesome!!!

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I would agree! :tu

Actually, pretty much all CG movies are very impressive on Blu-ray.

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Damn now I have to go get Grease on Blu-ray!! I serious LOL. In December got a new 60 in TV and Blu-ray player, the first couple movies I grabbed (on sale) was Batman Dark Knight and Young Guns. Haven't watched Young Guns yet but I'm sure its going to be great!

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Unforgiven looks magnificent on Blu Ray if you like Westerns, Scott.

I get it. One of my first DVDs was Seven Samurai.
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Some more movies that are impressive on blu-ray that have yet to be mentioned...

Inception
Black Hawk Down
The Day After Tomorrow
2012
Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe
Chronicles of Narnia
I, Robot
Spiderman trilogy
Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy
Braveheart

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Almost picked up TG,TB and TU when I got Grease! I already have 2 different DvD versions of it.

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I didn't read the entire list of what people recommended so sorry if this is redundant:

Inception
Star Trek (2009)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Big Trouble in Little China
The Thing
Apocalypse Now
Rambo 1-4
The Expendables
The A-Team
Ninja Assassin
Machete
Men in Black

I could keep going....

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How'd you recognize me in that dress?

And does your wife know about this?

BTW - TB and TU want to know what you're up to this weekend.

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:sl

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300 is amazing!