Blu ray must have's

[Scorpio]

Which blu rays do you have or intend to have, due to their 'must have' status

personally i am mainly concentrating on films with spectacular scenery and horrors (which have a large portion in the dark)........here are a few from my choice list

Zulu
2012
Day After Tomorrow
Lord of the Rings extended versions
Star Wars
Alien saga
Tangled 3D (spectacular)
Beauty and the Beast
Once Upon a Time in the West
An American Werewolf in London
Wolfman
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Aflred Hitchcock collection


there is a few........hopefully your choices will add a few more for me

[A Pemberton]

If we are talking modern must have films will somebody release (copyright owners obviously) a region 2 version of Jean Jacques Annauds Name of the Rose please....

[smudge]

I've enjoyed my Blu-ray copies of THE SHINING and 2001. STAR WARS would be great on Blu; by this I mean finally HD copies of the films as they were first seen in the cinema, back in the days when most things had to be done in the camera and not on computers.

I can but dream...

Smudge

[narabdela]

If, as you say, you like spectacular scenery, and want to see the superb image quality that Blu-Ray is capable of

...then "The Searchers" is a must.

The transfer from the original VistaVision negative is stunning.

[Nick Dando]

I only have two Blu-Ray discs, neither of which I can watch at home. Institute Benjamenta, which I still haven't even watched on DVD. And Lunch Hour, and I've only watched the Trade Test Transmissions. Not doing very well.

Nick

[Rowdon]

This isn't in the right thread, and must be moved (but I don't know where to).
Here's my gripe/question: How is it decided which movies get a Special 2-Disc edition or a Blu-Ray makeover? Specifically, I want a special edition of That'll Be The Day, 2 discs with chats with Ray Conolly, interviews from 1973 with Starr and Moon and Essex (not the whole of Essex, just David) Robert Lindsay and other cast members, director's commentary, outtakes of Billy Fury as Stormy Tempest, a short documentary about the rebirth of Teds in the early 70s, TOTP appearances of Essex doing Rock On, clips of Viv Stanshall ... I'm going to cry just thinking about it. the following year, a similar deal for Stardust, with long interviews with Dave Edmunds ... Where's the justice? What are the criteria?

[MikeB]

For the studio/distributors - will it make money? You have to take the original (hopefully remaster it) and transfer it, and find nice extras. These all cost money. Think how many people/distributors will buy it (and of course you've got to produce it for more than one region, so language tracks, etc all come into play). And you've got to think about who owns the copyright, which might be a real pain on certain international films (there are two different versions of Brazil, for instance).

And then of course it might sit forever in a distributors (even with the whole long-tail thing), while you wait for someone who really likes David Essex films to come along...

When I finally get a blu-ray player (I actually sell them, but my old CRT is still going, and hopefully will be for a little while longer), then Name of the Rose, The Duellists, The Blue Max, The Three/Four Musketeers (I've got the Anchor Bay box set, which is wonderful), The Sting (you'd have thought by now..), Oh What a Lovely War, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Day of the Jackel, Gallipolli and Night of the Demon would all be on my list for someone actually putting them on Blu-Ray.

Star Wars is now not only on Blu-Ray, but you can get it free if you buy a Panasonic Blu-Ray player at the moment. I'm still annoyed at the films you can't get even on DVD. Meet the Applegates has never had a DVD release, and Goodbye Pork Pie/Assassination Burea seems to have vanished completely. On the other hand, I've just discovered that Inside Out and Zepplin have been released in the States on DVD. Not cheap though..which brings me back to my point about enough customers!

[Mr Pastry Time]

For me the ultimate Blu-rays would be..
'Let George Do It' George Formby at his best
'Tons of Trouble' Richard Hearne in his ultimate incarnation
'Scrooge' 1970 which is due out on BR so had to update my list for santa..

[Film Man]

Lawrence of Arabia...from the 65mm negative transfered at 8k...please, please, please!!!!!!
Film Man.

[Dr Amicus]

If we are talking modern must have films will somebody release (copyright owners obviously) a region 2 version of Jean Jacques Annauds Name of the Rose please....

The US Warner's Release - available from Amazon for under £10 - is Region B Compatible. In fact, I'm pretty sure that all Warners Blu Rays are Region Free.

A couple of highly recommended Blu Rays are the BFI's editions of Winstanley and Saturday Night, Sunday Morning. Black and White often looks amazing on Blu Ray.

[cdouglas]

I know this might be off-topic as this is a Brit movie forum, but I loved William Wyler's Ben-Hur on DVD. Acting, scenery just loved it.

And i apologise to the mods in advance if you need to remove this post.

[JamesM]

Moved from the bargain DVD section to here, at Rowdon's suggestion.

[penfold]

One of the two reasons I got a BluRay player; be aware that you need to be able to hack it to Multi-Region though, because the Criterion Edition BluRay of Night Of The Hunter is US only.......and why?? The film is stunning on BluRay, but it's the extra disc; 2 1/2 hours of rehearsals and outtakes, Laughton talking, off screen for the most part, as he directs. Fascinating.