What are your top 2-3 "must own" blu-rays?

[Alamar]

I was just curious on what blu-ray releases people think are "must owns" ... I.E. the ones that even if you have them on DVD you'd be a "fool" not to immdiately go out and get the Blu-ray version.

 

[jliedeka]

The Dark Knight - good use of surrounds, some explosions, lots of scenes for checking shadow detail and it's the most awesome movie I've ever seen.

Amadeus Director's Cut - great visuals and awesome music.

Baraka - excellent world music soundtrack and stunning cinematography.

I wanted to include Serenity and The Fifth Element but if I have to stick to 3, those are they.

Jim

 

[Lordoftherings]

Just few of the very top Blu-Rays.

1. Baraka
2. Band of Brothers
3. John Mayer - Where the Light is

4. Bolt
5. Ratatouille

LOTR

 

[GlocksRock]

The Dark Knight
Ironman
Ratatouille

and eventually Finding Nemo and the Star Wars movies whenever they come out.

 

[CraigV]

When they’re finally released – LOTR EXTENDED edition & Star Wars #4,5&6

 

[Seth=L]

Transformers makes the cut for me, as well as Dark Knight.

 

[j_garcia]

1) The Dark Knight
2) Planet Earth (ok, it is a series, but it is excellent)
3) Blade Runner
4) Ratatouille

 

[Seth=L]

Transformers makes the cut for me, as well as Dark Knight.

I got cut short while working. I wanted to add The Prestige.

 

[agarwalro]

1) Silent Hill
2) ZZ Top - Live from Texas

Both have top knotch audio and video.

 

[MUDSHARK]

Kingdom of heaven
Master and Commander
Batman begins

 

[aberkowitz]

Agree with most of the postings so far- I'll add a couple new ones:

Die Hard 4 (if only for the scene with the F-35 towards the end)
Cars

 

[j_garcia]

Agree with most of the postings so far- I'll add a couple new ones:

Die Hard 4 (if only for the scene with the F-35 towards the end)
Cars

Cars looks and sounds great, but I didn't really enjoy the movie itself. A Bug's Life is better IMO, and looks just as impressive. The Pixar Shorts disc is another solid one. Die Hard 4 is a great demo disc.

Kingdom of Heaven is the first disc I tested on the BDP-83

Master & Commander doesn't look as good as it could IMO, otherwise it might have made my list as well.

 

[croseiv]

1. Kung Fu Panda
2. Iron Man
3. Ratatouille

All have great SQ/PQ.

 

[Cavediver]

Apocalypto
Pan's Labyrinth
Serenity
Pulp Fiction (I know its not available in the US yet, but it was released in Europe and I bought it from an online seller in Denmark. The main audio track is in English)

 

[Socio]

Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy
Quantum of Solace
Iron Man

 

[Socio]

When they’re finally released – LOTR EXTENDED edition & Star Wars #4,5&6

I want those as well and the prequel “The Hobbit” is in production so we may see the LOTR trilogy prior to its release in theatres at least I hope so.

Unfortunately we may not ever see any of the Star wars movies as John Singh, spokesperson for Lucasfilm Ltd. said, "Lucasfilm Ltd. has no plans to release any of the Star Wars movies on Blu-ray.

 

[aberkowitz]

Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy

Those are fantastic movies, aside from the fact that they look and sound great.

 

[Trezl]

1 - Ironman (great demo scenes, my favorite is the dogfight)
2 - Dark Knight

3 - LOTR or Star Wars when they come out.

 

[supervij]

Cars
Ratatouille
Sin City

Killer sound, unbelieveable picture. I'm a bit iffy on the story itself for Cars, but overall, these are the three most amazing looking/sounding BDs in my collection.

cheers,
supervij

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

Top 3 New (never released on DVDs)

1) Underworld Rise of the Lycans
2) Watchmen
3) Terminator Salvation