Does Blu-ray make the movie better?

[darkpoet25]

I think it depends on the transfer, the condition of the master, whether the print has dirt or scratches, etc. It does make the experience better thanks to lossless audio, but a crappy movie is a crappy movie, regardless of how good it looks on BD.

[Canada]

Blu Ray can not make a movie better a horrible movie is a horrible movie. But it makes good movies better via Video/Audio presentation.

[savage1984]

Agreed. Movies that are bad can only sound and look better. Good movies are better because they look and sound better.

[kolasi]

Originally Posted by Romulus

The experience is better, but the movie doesn't get any better.

a better experience can make the movie seem better tho.

[tommyboy81]

It does. Who would buy Ghostrider or Pearl Harbor if it didn't.

[Sith]

The only thing i have noticed is, the horrible romantic comedies my wife watches are tolerable for VERY VERY limited minutes to check out any hot
females, but other than that no....

[bjoneill74]

Originally Posted by Romulus

The experience is better, but the movie doesn't get any better.

now there's something that'd be better on blu-ray.. a porcupine tree concert..
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[tron3]

I actually liked the 1st and 3rd answers. But I voted for "better experience, not better movie." If we see Gili on blu-ray has the movie become better?

[GregBlu5]

There have been several movies I've watched in Blu that--had I not been watching the Blu version--I might not have enjoyed them as much.

Blu-ray Hi Def does make the viewing experience even more entertaining. The Rock might not have been the best film around; but in Blu-ray, it was especially entertaining.

[PuzZLeR]

Originally Posted by Deciazulado

Blu-ray doesn't make the movie better, it makes it as it should be.

That's what they said about DvD 10 years ago. And that's what they'll say about 3D holographic films in the future when comparing to those Gawd-awful "flat" films on BD...

In all fairness, I too thought the whole HD thing was a marketing ploy. Ok, a bit better resolution... big deal.

I remember when I saw a hockey game as my first true HD experience. I was stunned as it felt like the players looked so "real", like you can touch them. I'm not even much of a hockey fan anymore either yet still enjoyed the game immensely and wanted more!

So I will say, any movie, good or bad, is a minor to major improvement in experience when watching it on BD after DvD.

[Anthony P]

went with "What kind of a poll is this? "

but I think the answer is all of the above. Sometimes the detail lost in a lower quality transfer (or smaller screen) can add to the movie. Obviously a movie with no rerdeaming qualities has none to begin with.

[Deciazulado]

Originally Posted by PuzZLeR

That's what they said about DvD 10 years ago.

err no the DVD is a 16mm reduction but at that time what most people had seen at home was 8mm film prints, or interlaced VHS tapes or Laserdiscs, which was like 8mm or Super-8, so seeing priistine 35mm pre-print material being transfered direct to digital DVD on progressive displays made them think so

[broganreynik]

Well, I think it makes more of an impact, but the movie has to be good for the impact to be there in the first place. For example, I had seen Remember The Titans and The Shining about 20 times before I saw them on Blu, but the first time I saw them on Blu, I was on the brink of crying in Remember The Titans, and was actually frightened when I watched The Shining...both of which I had never experienced with either movie. There's only been 6 movies I've cried during my entire life, and two of those have been on Blu in the last 3 months, so I think it just makes the whole experience more involving.

[ChiefSneed]

I owned Talledega Nights on DVD, HATED IT. With a passion too I might add.

For some reason I popped it in when it came with my PS3. Couldn't stop laughing, I don't know what it was.

[HRC]

Originally Posted by savage1984

This is completely subjective, but I got in an argument with my girl about watching Close Encounters on DVD vs. BLu-ray. I felt that the Blu-ray edition just made the movie better. I appreciated it more.

I'm not asking if it makes the experience better because that's a given. I wanna know if you think it makes the movie better.

Posting poll...

It does nothing as far as the story. It does make it more enjoyable because of the higher quality viewing experience.

[DetroitSportsFan]

I went with "It makes the experience better, but the movie doesn't get better".

[PuzZLeR]

Originally Posted by PuzZLeR

That's what they said about DvD 10 years ago.

Originally Posted by Deciazulado

err no the DVD is a 16mm reduction but at that time what most people had seen at home was 8mm film prints, or interlaced VHS tapes or Laserdiscs, which was like 8mm or Super-8, so seeing priistine 35mm pre-print material being transfered direct to digital DVD on progressive displays made them think so

Just a thought... I think alot depends on the actual uncompressed source, which today is 6GB/minute in the highest HD rez. I'm thinking if the raw source was only a "mere"1GB/minute back in the mid 90s, then relatively speaking you could say that the DvD then was as a movie should be then, and with today's source BD is as a movie should be today.

That was my train of thought...

[jk1138]

If a movie sucks in a theater, and there is no one there to view it, does it still make you sick?

I can only account for movies I am willing to buy, and I am unwilling to buy ones I think suck, so I would have to say, via default, #3. Further I am not going to test the first 2, as I am sure a movie that sucked in the theater will still suck as hard on BD, all be it in a prettier way.

[Deciazulado]

Originally Posted by PuzZLeR

Just a thought... I think alot depends on the actual uncompressed source, which today is 6GB/minute in the highest HD rez. I'm thinking if the raw source was only a "mere"1GB/minute back in the mid 90s, then relatively speaking you could say that the DvD then was as a movie should be then, and with today's source BD is as a movie should be today.

That was my train of thought...

I can categorically say no to that and that it has taken BD discs like Pirates or Black Book to get to what you could have on the screen with Scope films back then

That's why I sig,

[red_5ive]

For me blu-ray only makes the experience better. But, for action, sci-fi, and horror flicks, audio does make a difference in making or breaking a movie for me. I refuse to watch any action flick without multi-ch audio - it is definitely more impactive and treats not only the experience, but of course the feeling of being in the middle of all the action. And what about the freaky things they do with all channels with horror flicks? I would not react as much without multi-ch audio. It definitely gets me more focused and involved in the film.