If You Have a Blu Ray Player, Would You Post Your *Must Have* Movies ?

[K Gardner]

I bought a PS3 and a few recent release titles at Christmas and now with Amazon's big sale, I'm trying to start a collection. I'd like to start with the oldies but goodies that have good BD Reviews on sound and picture quality. Thus far I've ordered the following and would appreciate any other suggestions. Thanks !

1 "The Last Samurai "
William Atherton;

1 "Superman Returns "

1 "The Patriot (Extended Cut) "
René Auberjonois; Blu-ray;

1 "2001 - A Space Odyssey "
Keir Dullea; Blu-ray;

1 "Troy - The Director's Cut "
Brad Pitt; Blu-ray

1 "Blade Runner (Five-Disc Complete Collector's Edition) "
Harrison Ford; Blu-ray;

1 "Close Encounters of the Third Kind (30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition) "
Norman Bartold; Blu-ray;

1"The Rock "
Jim Maniaci; Blu-ray;

1 "Batman Begins (Limited Edition Gift Set) "
Blu-ray;

[ghostsofgiants]

1. Criterion Collecion has started releasing some of its films on Blu-Ray.

http://www.criterion.com/library/bluray

The Man Who Fell To Earth is amazing.

[K Gardner]

2. I saw that on the site.. its on sale with a few other Criterion releases.. I'm ashamed

to say I'm not familiar with that movie but I'll go look into it, thanks for the recommendation !

[ghostsofgiants]

3. Most of the films Criterion releases are worth checking out.

Bottle Rocket and The 400 Blows are also top notch.

And they come with a lot of really great special features too, which is fun if you're a film nerd.

[K Gardner]

4. I'm at the link you sent right now.. GREAT synopses of the movies. I'm going back to

order a couple that are on sale at Amazon. I also pre-ordered The Last Emperor, which is one of my favorites. Thanks again !

[ghostsofgiants]

5. Criterion doesn't fuck around.

:P

[Starbucks Anarchist]

7. Criterion is amazing.

I've got a bunch of their stuff -- "Bicycle Thieves" and "8 1/2," to name a couple.

[ghostsofgiants]

8. Same.

I wish they weren't so expensive though.

I've got The Royal Tenenbaums, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Vampyr, Brand Upon the Brain!, and Three Films By Hiroshi Teshigahara on DVD from Criterion. So amazing.

[JimGinPA]

14. I Have A PS3 Too, But I'm Only Renting BluRay Movies...

I have boxes of VHS tapes in the basement & 100's of DVDs. In 10 years... who knows what the new media will be.

[Lionel Mandrake]

15. If you buy only one item on that list,

buy El Norte. You won't regret it.

[ghostsofgiants]

16. I haven't seen that film, I should check it out.

[Texasgal]

6. As a nerd

I would say any of the Planet Earth series.

My brother has it and it's WAY cool.

http://www.amazon.com/Planet-Earth-Complete-BBC-Blu-ray/dp/B000MRAAJM

[K Gardner]

9. I couldn't tell what that was.. glad to hear a good review, thanks !

[jobycom]

10. For me, Pixar and Studio Ghibli are high on the list.

Ratatouille and Wall-E, and Spirited Away. Pixar has a Blu-ray of their animated shorts, which may be some of their best work.

Plus "The Dark Knight," since you've already got "Batman Begins" on the list.

[K Gardner]

11. Dark Knight was the first Blu-Ray movie I watched, followed by Iron Man, lol. Both had incredible

pictures and sound ! I'd heard Wall-E was a good one to watch and might pick up the animated shorts as well, thanks !

[SeattleGirl]

18. My new laptop can play Blu-Ray disks. Got The Dark Knight for Christmas.

Damn! It's amazing to watch that movie on Blu-Ray! And the sound! :wow:

[GOPisEvil]

12. Pan's Labyrinth

[K Gardner]

13. That movie absolutely creeped me out, but I bet its awesome in BluRay.. good suggestion !

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. The Shawshank Redemption...

My husband bought it for me for Christmas!

Amazing, wonderful movie...

[rcrush]

19. The Fifth Element looks awesome on blu ray.

The remastered version. Fucking beautiful.