X-Men 3 Review

[Spankey]

I enjoyed this review more than any other as it is really evident that it pains Peter Bracke to say anything positive about Blu-ray..

High-def Digest

Love these quotes from the politics to the gnashing of teeth..

And that Singer is an openly gay filmmaker is more important than it may at first appear; the X-movies are so clearly an allegory for the current state of gay civil rights in America that it doesn't even need explaining.

I will never look at these gay X-Men the same way again!

'X-Men: The Last Stand' is certainly Fox's flagship Blu-ray launch title, so it is a bit a surprise that despite pre-release buzz the disc comes to the format as a BD-25 single-layer disc.

Uhmmmm...so what?

BD-25 issues aside, I was pleasantly surprised at the overall high quality of 'The Last Stand' on Blu-ray.

You mean that extra 5gb that HD-DVD has on a dual layer disc is really that important for a 2 hour movie?

The bad news is that in order to access a DTS-HD soundtrack, you either have to have a decoder built into your Blu-ray player, or in your A/V receiver.

Ok, but it's there..

So what you are going to hear without DTS-HD decoding is the core, lossy DTS soundtrack at a healthy 1.5mbps.

Sounds pretty good to me!

If nothing else, the quality of this soundtrack only leaves my mouth watering to hear it in full DTS-HD soon.

Does it?

As Fox's most high-profile Blu-ray launch title, it is a great start. The transfer shines, there's a DTS-HD track included for when compatible players and receivers become available, and we get a good suite of extras. Sure, a more supplement-packed version of 'The Last Stand' is inevitable, but in the meantime, this is a very fine offering for Blu-ray fans.

Is it?