Rate your top 10 blu-rays for picture quality

[Mattyo]

I'm updating my top 10 blu-rays for picture quality
My top 10:
1. Prometheus
2. Avatar
3. Tron: Legacy
4. Legends Of The Guardians - The Owls Of Ga'hoole
5. Hugo
6. Kung Fu Panda 2
7. Coraline
8. The Dark Knight
9. Toy Story 3
10. The Adventures Of Tintin (The Secret Of The Unicorn)
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(Apologies to Rango, Transformers - The Dark Of The Moon, Battleship, Sin City, Star Trek, Puss In Boots, Rio, Real Steel, Wall-E, The Thin Red Line, Inception, I.Robot and Speed Racer)

[TheDevilsGuard]

1. Avatar
2. The Thing
3. Chronicles of Riddick
4. Batman Begins & The Dark Knight ( I Cheated)
5. Alien
6. Sin City
7. Predators
8. Transformers 1 and 2 (and again)
9. A draw between 2001 A Space Odyssey and Barry Lyndon, both gorgeous!
10. Underworld : Rise of the Lycans

I chose the ones that immediately popped into my head, but there are so many other really good transfers, but if I was showing someone Bluray for the first time, these would be my demo's.

[stevo4264]

I can't come up with 10, but 2 movies worth mentioning , well for me were.

1. Avatar........ For the entire 166 mins the superb transfer never falls below Excellent.

2. The African Queen (Special Restoration Edition) this transfer makes a lot of new releases look... well rather shabby.

Both of these are for me, Demo material for BD.

[LordCrumb]

Road Warrior

and oh.. i dunno... Basic.

[Mattyo]

Originally Posted by TheDevilsGuard

1. Avatar
2. The Thing
3. Chronicles of Riddick
4. Batman Begins & The Dark Knight ( I Cheated)
5. Alien
6. Sin City
7. Predators
8. Transformers 1 and 2 (and again)
9. A draw between 2001 A Space Odyssey and Barry Lyndon, both gorgeous!
10. Underworld : Rise of the Lycans

I chose the ones that immediately popped into my head, but there are so many other really good transfers, but if I was showing someone Bluray for the first time, these would be my demo's.

I like it, there's a couple of titles there that I haven't seen on blu-ray yet. I'll be sure to check those out!

[Hucksta G]

PQ Highlights in my collection:

127 Hours
2001: A Space Odyssey
Across the Universe
Apocalypto
Apocalypse Now
Braveheart
Cars
The Dark Knight (IMAX scenes.)
Fantastic Mr Fox
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Inglourious Basterds
Legend of the Guardians
The Pacific
Sons of Anarchy
Spartacus: Blood and Sand
Sucker Punch
Taxi Driver
Toy Story 1-3
True Grit
Watchmen
Zombieland

There are more but these immediatly stick out.

[Saints 2010]

In no order:

1. Apocalypto
2 Avatar
3. The Dark Knight
4. Monster's Inc (could pick any Pixar film but this is my favourite)
5. Legends of the Guardian
6. Gladiator (make sure it's the remastered one!)
7. Inglorious Basterds
8. Psycho
9. Transformers 1 and 2
10. Shaun of the Dead/ Hot Fuzz

[Mattyo]

Originally Posted by KaiGusto

Road Warrior

and oh.. i dunno... Basic.

Is that it?

[Mattyo]

Originally Posted by Hucksta G

PQ Highlights in my collection:

127 Hours
2001: A Space Odyssey
Across the Universe
Apocalypto
Braveheart
Cars
The Dark Knight (IMAX scenes.)
Fantastic Mr Fox
Inglourious Basterds
Legend of the Guardians
The Pacific
Sons of Anarchy
Spartacus: Blood and Sand
Taxi Driver
Toy Story 1-3
True Grit
Watchmen
Zombieland

There are more but these immediatly stick out.

I haven't seen Across The Universe yet, is it good?

[Hucksta G]

Originally Posted by Mattyo

I haven't seen Across The Universe yet, is it good?

I like it but it's not for everyone. But it is a reference quality Blu-Ray for PQ and AQ.

[Carcuss]

Originally Posted by Hucksta G

I like it but it's not for everyone. But it is a reference quality Blu-Ray for PQ and AQ.

One of my favourites. Great looking and sounding Blu. Showed it recently to a non Beatles person and she loved it so much she ordered the Beatles Discography from Amazon.
Cheers,
Carcuss

[Norbie]

Originally Posted by stevo4264

I can't come up with 10, but 2 movies worth mentioning , well for me were.

Yes You Can.

[Norbie]

Originally Posted by Hucksta G

PQ Highlights in my collection:

127 Hours
2001: A Space Odyssey
Across the Universe
Apocalypto
Braveheart
Cars
The Dark Knight (IMAX scenes.)
Fantastic Mr Fox
Inglourious Basterds
Legend of the Guardians
The Pacific
Sons of Anarchy
Spartacus: Blood and Sand
Taxi Driver
Toy Story 1-3
True Grit
Watchmen
Zombieland

There are more but these immediatly stick out.

That's cheating, you are only allowed ten.

[Norbie]

This is considering that i can not select anything released by Pixar or The Criterion Collection.

My Ten. (in no particular order)

Avatar
Evangelion 1.11: You Are (Not) Alone
Tron: Legacy
Star Trek
Apocalypse Now - Full Disclosure
Psycho
Halloween
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Dr. No

Now beat that!

peace.

[beechy]

whilst i would never profess to be an expert in all things pq aq here are some that have stood out in my memory

-true grit
-no country for old men
-sin city
-avatar
-planet earth series
-day after tommorrow
-hellboy
-i robot
-up
-wall e

-honourable mentions
dark knight,iron man 1&2,transformers 1&2,yellowstone,shrek box set,robin hood,zombieland,zodiac,watchmen,toystory's,seven,s hawshank redemption,a christmas carol,kung fu panda,3:10 to yuma

2 many to mention really then there is audio

[brake]

Originally Posted by stevo4264

2. The African Queen (Special Restoration Edition) this transfer makes a lot of new releases look... well rather shabby.

Is that the AUS release or a different country?

Anyhoo, so many great PQ BD's, aside from the usual suspects: Pixars, Spidermans, Transformers, Iron mans etc, I'm Constantly impressed on the PQ of:

Avatar
No Country For Old Men
Ten Canoes
Samson & Delilah (2009)
The Searchers - 1956 Film puts a lot of newer releases to shame
Patton - Wow, another old release that puts newer ones to shame - Maybe a little too much DNR for some but it's still so vibrant and clean considering

Honourable Mentions:
Baraka
The Fall
The Host (Korean)
Apocalypto
Crank 1 and 2
Shoot Em Up
Troy
Gladiator Remastered
Man On Fire
Ghostrider
Both Hellboys
Hot Fuzz

[stevo4264]

Originally Posted by brake

Is that the AUS release or a different country?

A

It is the Australian Release, it really did look great, I watched it on my main screen (sometimes I watch a movie on my 27 inch computer monitor, which doesn't show a lot of detail) , yes the Miniatures of the boat looked really bad, and some of the closeups of Hepburn were soft, but it was still an impressive transfer, no spots lines etc, it was very nicely cleaned up.

[brake]

Originally Posted by stevo4264

It is the Australian Release, it really did look great, I watched it on my main screen (sometimes I watch a movie on my 27 inch computer monitor, which doesn't show a lot of detail) , yes the Miniatures of the boat looked really bad, and some of the closeups of Hepburn were soft, but it was still an impressive transfer, no spots lines etc, it was very nicely cleaned up.

Cool cheers, I've got that in my collection I'll have to check it out.

[elsuave]

In no order...
Se7en
Wall*e
The Social Network
The Prestige
Blade Runner
The Road Warrior
The Thing
Fight Club
Toy Story 3
Speed Racer

[Norbie]

Originally Posted by elsuave

In no order...
... The Road Warrior...

Although it's not a release that i would come across when thinking about my selection.

While writing this i had a lightglobe moment.

Those of you who have seen Saw (the first one) there is a scene where they have to think about sawing off their foot with a small saw that looks the same in the first Mad Max film where the baddie at the end who also has the same conundrum.


peace