What movies will you get in 4K? - Blu-ray Forum

kristoffer · 09-14-2013, 08:46 AM

So it looks like a 4K physical format is moving ahead steadily so what films would you consider to rebuy in 4K?
I would say Blade Runner and all the Kubrick films

Also Star Wars.

I saw the Sony 4K tv today and what really impressed was the depth in the picture. This is a LCD so it will look even better on a OLED with much better contrast.

Steedeel · 09-14-2013, 09:14 AM

The shining.
Shawshank redemption
Cloud atlas
New avatar films
New Star Wars films
Hunger games
Skyfall

That will do for starters Kristoffer.

Red Dragon · 09-14-2013, 10:06 AM

...waaaay too in debt, but here goes...

1.) "Blade Runner"

2.) "Apocalypse Now"

3.) "2001: A Space Odyssey"

4.) "A Clockwork Orange"

5.) "Full Metal Jacket"

6.) "The Godfather"

7.) "The Godfather: Part II"

8.) "Pulp Fiction"

9.) "Kill Bill Vol. I"

10.) "Kill Bill Vol. II"

11.) "Inglorious Basterds"

12.) "Django Unchained"

13.) "Sin City"

14.) "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"

15.) "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"

16.) "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King"

17.) "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"

18.) "Jaws"

19.) "Schindler's List"

20.) "Saving Private Ryan"

21.) "Psycho"

22.) "Ghost in the Shell"

23.) "Grave of the Fireflies"

24.) "Akira"

25.) "Battle Royale"

26.) "Batman Begins"

27.) "The Dark Knight"

28.) "The Dark Knight Rises"

29.) "Watchmen"

30.) "Avalon"

31.) "Alien"

32.) "Aliens"

32.) "Alien 3"

33.) "Blackhawk Down"

34.) "Fight Club"

35.) "SE7EN"

36.) "Do the Right Thing"

37.) "Citizen Kane"

38.) "Face/Off"

39.) "Donnie Darko"

40.) "Gladiator"

41.) "Goodfellas"

42.) "Inception"

43.) "12 Monkeys"

42.) "Seven Samurai"

43.) "The Matrix"

44.) "The Matrix Reloaded"

45.) "The Matrix Revolutions"

46.) "The Terminator"

47.) "Terminator 2: Judgement Day"

48.) "Titanic"

49.) "13 Assassins"

50.) "To Live and Die in L.A."

51.) "Three Kings"

52.) "A Fist Full of Dollars"

53.) "For a Few Dollars More"

54.) "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly"

55.) "Moulin Rouge!"

56.) "Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance"

57.) "Oldboy"

58.) "Sympathy For Lady Vengeance"

59.) "Rashomon"

60.) "Sanjuro"

61.) "Unbreakable"

62.) "Versus"

63.) "The White Ribbon"

64.) "Funny Games" (Original)

65.) "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me"

66.) "The Exorcist"

67.) "The Ninth Configuration"

68.) "Red Cliff: Part I"

69.) "Red Cliff: Part II"

70.) "Eraserhead"

71.) "The Shining"

72.) "Eyes Wide Shut"

73.) "Taxi Driver"

74.) "Lost Highway"

74.) "Mulhulland Dr."

75.) "Blue Velvet"

76.) "Reservoir Dogs"

77.) "Revolver"

78.) "A Scanner Darkly"

79.) "Salo -or- The 120 Days of Sodom"

80.) "Brotherhood of the Wolf"

81.) "The Killer"

82.) "Strange Days"

83.) "City of God"

84.) "Antichrist"

85.) "Melancholia"

86.) "Metropolis"

87.) "M"

88.) "Triumph of the Will"

89.) "Martyrs"

90.) "American Beauty"

91.) "Lawrence of Arabia"

92.) "Frankenstein"

93.) "Bride of Frankenstein"

94.) "King Kong" (original)

95.) "King Kong" (Peter Jackson)

96.) "Thirst"

97.) "Midnight Cowboy"

98.) "The Thing" (John Carpenter)

99.) "The Fly" (David Cronenberg)

100.) "Harold and Maude"

101.) "The Gold Rush"

102.) "City Lights"

103.) "The Great Dictator"

104.) "Chungking Express"

105.) "Godzilla/Gojira" (original)

106.) "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"

I guess that's it for now, but that's a pretty much complete list anyway(although I'm sure I'll think of a few more later).

The sad thing is, I didn't even list the Television shows ("Breaking Bad", "Game of Thrones", "Sopranos", "The Wire", etc...) or the mini-series' ("Band of Brothers", etc...), that I'd be adding to my collection.

Red Dragon · 09-14-2013, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by kristoffer

So it looks like a 4K physical format is moving ahead steadily so what films would you consider to rebuy in 4K?
I would say Blade Runner and all the Kubrick films

Also Star Wars.

I saw the Sony 4K tv today and what really impressed was the depth in the picture. This is a LCD so it will look even better on a OLED with much better contrast.

Did you leave a certain 'classic' film out?

kristoffer · 09-14-2013, 10:49 AM

He he. I haven't even bought it in HD yet. Though I will when the bfi version comes out.

Canada · 09-14-2013, 11:21 AM

(NSFW)

(Can you imagine the IMAX scenes in 4K)

Steedeel · 09-14-2013, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Canada

Mulholland Drive
Blue is the Warmest Colour
Black Hawk Down
Top Gun
Se7en
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Swedish)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Fincher)
Alien
Aliens
Goldfinger
Casino Royale
Skyfall
Batman Begins
The Dark Knight (Can you imagine the IMAX scenes in 4K)

The Dark Knight Rises (Can you imagine the IMAX scenes in 4K)

How could I leave out the Dark Knight trilogy? Shame

grape_jelly · 09-14-2013, 03:33 PM

It'll be quite a while before I jump on the 4k bandwagon, but I'd likely pick up Blade Runner, Wings of Desire, the Alien films, anything by Godard, and Raimi's Spider-man trilogy before anything else.

Tok · 09-14-2013, 10:20 PM

None. Until 4K hardware is at non early adopter prices. I lobbied hard for Blu-ray against HD-DVD. I lobbied hard for DVD against DIVX.

I think I am going to sit this battle out. I don't want download and streaming to win from a quality standpoint. But I don't have it in me to go through another home video battle.

Blu-ray is going to be around for a while and I'm going to be content with it.

Penton-Man · 09-15-2013, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Tok

None.

Given the way post #1 is composed, your thoughts would be better suited for the ‘why I will mostly skip True 4K Blu-ray’ thread in the other section of this forum.

Since you “lobbied hard for Blu-ray against HD-DVD”, consider what you’re doing here analogous to an HD-DVD supporter coming into a Blu-ray advocate thread and causing trouble back in the day. Next thing you know, peoples’ feelings are hurt….there’s a downward spiral in conversation…yellow cards are given out, etc.

Tok · 09-15-2013, 07:59 AM

I never said never. I'm just sitting this round out. If the technology is good it will bring willing consumers for it. I've got a lot of financial responsibilities at this point in my life so I am choosing to pass on helping the industry subsidize the 4K push.

BozQ · 09-15-2013, 12:46 PM

I am not super pumped for 4K.

First of all, it must be in a physical medium. No streaming, no downloading nonsense. I don't mind requiring new hardware to play a new discussion format (eg. Triple layer BD or BDXL), it just has to be physical.

Secondly, I must make sure it's authored with a 4K or higher resolution master. I will not accept any lower.

One exception, unless there's an upgrade in audio. Not so much for higher resolution or sampling rate, but something that embraces the new cinema formats. Eg. Dolby Atmos or Auro 11.1

That being said, I don't see myself getting much 4K movies in the near future.

Many movies are distributed in 2K in digital cinemas.

punkguy03 · 09-15-2013, 12:50 PM

It will be a while for me before I go 4k. I have a 50inch tv, so 4k is pretty pointless. I don't know if I'll ever own a huge 85inch tv.

Penton-Man · 09-15-2013, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by BozQ

...One exception, unless there's an upgrade in audio. Not so much for higher resolution or sampling rate, but something that embraces the new cinema formats. Eg. Dolby Atmos or Auro 11.1

In regards to that ‘e.g.’, since NATO (see http://natoonline.org/) does not support the adoption of any proprietary sound formats, immersive sound is currently a contentious issue with D-Cinema stakeholders.

In essence, Dolby doesn’t want an open standard, whereas Barco and DTS do…. http://www.barco.com/en/News/Press-r...rsive-obj.aspx

Tok · 09-15-2013, 04:39 PM

Plus I don't think criticizing the BD fans that aren't really excited about 4K is really fair.

Hollywood is creating new formats every 8-10 years with the hope that film fans will repurchase their libraries.

As others have pointed out in the grand scheme of things there really aren't a lot of films that have be archived in 4K or higher resolution. A BD copy that comes from a high quality source can look pretty dam good even home theater size projection setups.

Look if it takes off and eventually comes down in price I may consider upgrading equipment and some titles but I doubt there is going to be enough of a difference on most titles.

Penton-Man · 09-15-2013, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Tok

Plus...

You don’t seem to understand, here ya go….https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=224840

octagon · 09-16-2013, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Penton-Man

You don’t seem to understand, here ya go….https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=224840

I must not understand either. The question was 'what movies will you get in 4k'.

Why are 'none' or 'not too many' or 'eh, I'll wait and see' inappropriate responses?

Jimmy Smith · 09-16-2013, 12:19 AM

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Originally Posted by octagon

I must not understand either. The question was 'what movies will you get in 4k'.

Why are 'none' or 'not too many' or 'eh, I'll wait and see' inappropriate responses?

The question seems to assume that everyones favorite titles eventually getting 4k releases is a certainty. The question is absurd when no specs for a 4k disc format have been announced yet much less any title announcements. With the coming economic crash I would say its likely nobodies favorite titles will get 4k releases. People like their technology but when the choice is between 4k resolution and food to prevent their family from starving which do you think people will choose

Steedeel · 09-16-2013, 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimmy Smith

The question seems to assume that everyones favorite titles eventually getting 4k releases is a certainty. The question is absurd when no specs for a 4k disc format have been announced yet much less any title announcements. With the coming economic crash I would say its likely nobodies favorite titles will get 4k releases. People like their technology but when the choice is between 4k resolution and food to prevent their family from starving which do you think people will choose

Bit dramatic dont you think? It won't stop people buying iPhones and designer clothes.

Red Dragon · 09-16-2013, 12:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimmy Smith

The question seems to assume that everyones favorite titles eventually getting 4k releases is a certainty. The question is absurd when no specs for a 4k disc format have been announced yet much less any title announcements. With the coming economic crash I would say its likely nobodies favorite titles will get 4k releases. People like their technology but when the choice is between 4k resolution and food to prevent their family from starving which do you think people will choose

(to be read in the voice of Adam Sandler's immortal character Robert 'Bobby' Boucher Jr.) - "Well ...um ...the truth of the matter is ...wha...what I mean to say is ...that might very much depend upon whu ...which movies are made available to the general movie viewing public ...and whu ...um ...which family members you are talking about who may be afflicted with the ...um starvation. Because umm ...we really likes our movies in this here forum ...I'm ...uh... I'm'a just saying is all."

09-14-2013, 10:06 AM	#3
Red Dragon Special Member Member since:Mar 2011 Location:North Charleston, South Carolina Blu-ray collection:324	I would get... ...waaaay too in debt, but here goes... 1.) "Blade Runner" 2.) "Apocalypse Now" 3.) "2001: A Space Odyssey" 4.) "A Clockwork Orange" 5.) "Full Metal Jacket" 6.) "The Godfather" 7.) "The Godfather: Part II" 8.) "Pulp Fiction" 9.) "Kill Bill Vol. I" 10.) "Kill Bill Vol. II" 11.) "Inglorious Basterds" 12.) "Django Unchained" 13.) "Sin City" 14.) "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" 15.) "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" 16.) "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" 17.) "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" 18.) "Jaws" 19.) "Schindler's List" 20.) "Saving Private Ryan" 21.) "Psycho" 22.) "Ghost in the Shell" 23.) "Grave of the Fireflies" 24.) "Akira" 25.) "Battle Royale" 26.) "Batman Begins" 27.) "The Dark Knight" 28.) "The Dark Knight Rises" 29.) "Watchmen" 30.) "Avalon" 31.) "Alien" 32.) "Aliens" 32.) "Alien 3" 33.) "Blackhawk Down" 34.) "Fight Club" 35.) "SE7EN" 36.) "Do the Right Thing" 37.) "Citizen Kane" 38.) "Face/Off" 39.) "Donnie Darko" 40.) "Gladiator" 41.) "Goodfellas" 42.) "Inception" 43.) "12 Monkeys" 42.) "Seven Samurai" 43.) "The Matrix" 44.) "The Matrix Reloaded" 45.) "The Matrix Revolutions" 46.) "The Terminator" 47.) "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" 48.) "Titanic" 49.) "13 Assassins" 50.) "To Live and Die in L.A." 51.) "Three Kings" 52.) "A Fist Full of Dollars" 53.) "For a Few Dollars More" 54.) "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" 55.) "Moulin Rouge!" 56.) "Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance" 57.) "Oldboy" 58.) "Sympathy For Lady Vengeance" 59.) "Rashomon" 60.) "Sanjuro" 61.) "Unbreakable" 62.) "Versus" 63.) "The White Ribbon" 64.) "Funny Games" (Original) 65.) "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me" 66.) "The Exorcist" 67.) "The Ninth Configuration" 68.) "Red Cliff: Part I" 69.) "Red Cliff: Part II" 70.) "Eraserhead" 71.) "The Shining" 72.) "Eyes Wide Shut" 73.) "Taxi Driver" 74.) "Lost Highway" 74.) "Mulhulland Dr." 75.) "Blue Velvet" 76.) "Reservoir Dogs" 77.) "Revolver" 78.) "A Scanner Darkly" 79.) "Salo -or- The 120 Days of Sodom" 80.) "Brotherhood of the Wolf" 81.) "The Killer" 82.) "Strange Days" 83.) "City of God" 84.) "Antichrist" 85.) "Melancholia" 86.) "Metropolis" 87.) "M" 88.) "Triumph of the Will" 89.) "Martyrs" 90.) "American Beauty" 91.) "Lawrence of Arabia" 92.) "Frankenstein" 93.) "Bride of Frankenstein" 94.) "King Kong" (original) 95.) "King Kong" (Peter Jackson) 96.) "Thirst" 97.) "Midnight Cowboy" 98.) "The Thing" (John Carpenter) 99.) "The Fly" (David Cronenberg) 100.) "Harold and Maude" 101.) "The Gold Rush" 102.) "City Lights" 103.) "The Great Dictator" 104.) "Chungking Express" 105.) "Godzilla/Gojira" (original) 106.) "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" I guess that's it for now, but that's a pretty much complete list anyway(although I'm sure I'll think of a few more later). The sad thing is, I didn't even list the Television shows ("Breaking Bad", "Game of Thrones", "Sopranos", "The Wire", etc...) or the mini-series' ("Band of Brothers", etc...), that I'd be adding to my collection.

09-15-2013, 07:59 AM	#11
Tok Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Oct 2007 4K collection:1009 Blu-ray collection:1821 DVD collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:5	I never said never. I'm just sitting this round out. If the technology is good it will bring willing consumers for it. I've got a lot of financial responsibilities at this point in my life so I am choosing to pass on helping the industry subsidize the 4K push. Last edited by Tok; 09-15-2013 at 08:02 AM.

09-14-2013, 08:46 AM	#1
kristoffer Blu-ray Ninja Member since:May 2010 Location:Denmark	What movies will you get in 4K? So it looks like a 4K physical format is moving ahead steadily so what films would you consider to rebuy in 4K? I would say Blade Runner and all the Kubrick films Also Star Wars. I saw the Sony 4K tv today and what really impressed was the depth in the picture. This is a LCD so it will look even better on a OLED with much better contrast.

09-14-2013, 09:14 AM	#2
Steedeel Blu-ray King Member since:Apr 2011 Location:England 4K collection:284 Blu-ray collection:1253	The shining. Shawshank redemption Cloud atlas New avatar films New Star Wars films Hunger games Skyfall That will do for starters Kristoffer.

09-14-2013, 10:49 AM	#5
kristoffer Blu-ray Ninja Member since:May 2010 Location:Denmark	He he. I haven't even bought it in HD yet. Though I will when the bfi version comes out.

09-14-2013, 03:33 PM	#8
grape_jelly Power Member Member since:Aug 2013 Location:Detroit suburbs, USA 4K collection:621 Blu-ray collection:621 Trading Score:1	It'll be quite a while before I jump on the 4k bandwagon, but I'd likely pick up Blade Runner, Wings of Desire, the Alien films, anything by Godard, and Raimi's Spider-man trilogy before anything else.

09-14-2013, 10:20 PM	#9
Tok Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Oct 2007 4K collection:1009 Blu-ray collection:1821 DVD collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:5	None. Until 4K hardware is at non early adopter prices. I lobbied hard for Blu-ray against HD-DVD. I lobbied hard for DVD against DIVX. I think I am going to sit this battle out. I don't want download and streaming to win from a quality standpoint. But I don't have it in me to go through another home video battle. Blu-ray is going to be around for a while and I'm going to be content with it.

09-15-2013, 12:46 PM	#12
BozQ Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Singapore 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:-	I am not super pumped for 4K. First of all, it must be in a physical medium. No streaming, no downloading nonsense. I don't mind requiring new hardware to play a new discussion format (eg. Triple layer BD or BDXL), it just has to be physical. Secondly, I must make sure it's authored with a 4K or higher resolution master. I will not accept any lower. One exception, unless there's an upgrade in audio. Not so much for higher resolution or sampling rate, but something that embraces the new cinema formats. Eg. Dolby Atmos or Auro 11.1 That being said, I don't see myself getting much 4K movies in the near future. Many movies are distributed in 2K in digital cinemas.

09-15-2013, 12:50 PM	#13
punkguy03 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Dec 2007 4K collection:4 Blu-ray collection:361 DVD collection:67 Blu-ray reviews:13 Trading Score:10	It will be a while for me before I go 4k. I have a 50inch tv, so 4k is pretty pointless. I don't know if I'll ever own a huge 85inch tv.

09-15-2013, 04:39 PM	#15
Tok Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Oct 2007 4K collection:1009 Blu-ray collection:1821 DVD collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:5	Plus I don't think criticizing the BD fans that aren't really excited about 4K is really fair. Hollywood is creating new formats every 8-10 years with the hope that film fans will repurchase their libraries. As others have pointed out in the grand scheme of things there really aren't a lot of films that have be archived in 4K or higher resolution. A BD copy that comes from a high quality source can look pretty dam good even home theater size projection setups. Look if it takes off and eventually comes down in price I may consider upgrading equipment and some titles but I doubt there is going to be enough of a difference on most titles.

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