Trade in and Save $50 with HPTop 40 movies not out on Blu-ray
One of the reasons people like to give for not buying a Blu-ray player is that there just aren't that many Blu-ray discs out there and that a lot of great movies haven't come out on Blu-ray. That's not totally true. There are a lot of movies out on Blu-ray--over 2,000, in fact--and more are being released every month, including "Gladiator" and "Braveheart" in September and the "Lord of the Rings Trilogy" in November.
That said, plenty of movies have yet to be given the Blu-ray treatment. A good portion of those movies are bad or inconsequential, and you probably don't care whether they make it to Blu-ray or not (or they're fine on DVD). But we're concerned about the good stuff that's not available, which is why I've put together this list of key movies that aren't out yet on Blu-ray.
To be sure, some of you may take issue with my picks. And I probably missed a few that should have made the list. But like I do with my Top 25 must-have Blu-rays list, feel free to express your opinions and if you have a legitimate case, I will gladly update the list with new picks.
Click on any image to start the slideshow see the picks. The movies are listed in alphabetical order, and we didn't include any TV shows. (Note: there's a link on the last slide that will return you to this article to post or read comments).
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or some Mel Brooks collection
Also, it really sucks to have to click through 40 pages of one-sentence per page to see the list. Consider having a list separate from the slide show. Seriously.
In film school, we learned that there are about 100 lines (+/- 10 lines) of resolution per mm of film. So, you need only to shoot on 16mm to get HDTV level quality.
This is why you never see any big screen movies being shot on prosumer cameras, with exception of a few (28 Days Later, for example).
It's a pet peeve that gets under my skin. People think that just because it's HD and/or digital that it's better than an older technology. 35mm film has way more resolution than HD can handle and film SLRs have more resolution than DSLRs. There's a reason that movies have been shot on film for over 100 years, they have yet to find anything better. Film was there before videotape and there after videotape and is still here in the age of hard drives and H.264 and MPEG 2 etc.
Get your facts straight before you post!
Pay more attention to the news!
Obviously you aren't paying attention to the news either since Blu-ray sales are in fact steadly rising. With broadcast TV transitioned to digital and everyone buying HD televisions why wouldn't blu-ray sales also rise?
bet that in a few years Bluray will be as strong as anything else on the market. Regular DVD's
made it 15 years and still running strong so Bluray has at least 20 years left. Less than 30 percent
of the consumers are going to buy into the streaming Video because you never own any movies and
the quality just isn't the same specialy if you have a big 55 inch HD TV. Bluray is the winner, sony
bashers just have to learn to deal with it, it's here to stay wheather you like Sony or Not, they put the
best product on the table and won.
hehe
I would add other movies by these same directors (Polanski, Coens, Malick) like Rosemary's Baby, Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink, and Badlands.
They have done right by Stanley Kubrick, though, after utterly f*ing up the awful, original mono DVDs...
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9022693&st=The+Matrix&lp=13&type=product&cp=1&id=1895869
Is having one standard not just great? Or do you prefer the mess with Betacam, V2000 and VHS? Don't blame the carrier, but the film rights owners. They don't want to be paid for the rights, but over paid and they're the people with the crazy rules on viewing in a group, lending, regions etc.
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by macksumum
August 6, 2009 8:10 PM PDT
- i would love to see platoon on blu-ray.i wonder why E.T. was not on the list,a lot of people love that movie but i really don't see anything special about E.T. myself.
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by dcarnoy
August 7, 2009 3:46 AM PDT
- I did think about E.T. for a minute but it didn't make the cut. There's also A.I. to consider.
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by DarkHawke
August 7, 2009 4:52 AM PDT
- @dcarnoy: And you'd consider A.I. because...? Not that great of a flick. I'm no fan of E.T. either (never saw it, never will), but that's the far more logical choice between the two. And not that CG-wussified version Spielberg tried to pass off on the public a few years ago. Walkie-talkies instead of guns indeed!
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