The icing on the cake is the fact that this movie is fun to watch and is the best of the series, introducing us to Jack Sparrow/Will Turner/Elizabeth Swann, and making us all wish we were seafaring pirates (anti-hero versions like Jack Sparrow and not mean, dirty ones like Barbossa). There is a second Blu-ray filled with extras (most displayed in 480i unfortunately) such as games and activities, a movie showcase, a backstage special, a "making of" feature and a blooper reel.
Underworld is a good movie, certainly not a great one, but it's good fun and is very watchable multiple times as the action and storyline lend it to a fun night of entertainment. Underworld on the surface is a story of the war between vampires and werewolves, but the true story is one of forbidden love, honor, and revenge. Kate Beckinsale is a surprising action hero in this film and really makes you believe she is an almost unstoppable immortal vampire. The real star of the show in this package though is the video representation of this film on Blu-ray, presented in a stunning AVC encoding format (it was filmed in Super-35 and scanned in 2K resolution to digital format, then cleaned up). The surreal blue-tinged lighting effects and incredibly crisp visuals are a treat to the eyes and the audio is full, rich, and well balanced. It is presented in uncompressed PCM 5.1 format. Underworld Unrated is an amazing Blu-ray that is still a demonstration quality title for the format.
8. The Fifth Element (Remastered)
When it was released, The Fifth Element was a groundbreaking film with an original take on a futuristic society that is on the brink of destruction from a malevolent entity. The movie was a visual treat with over-the-top action and acting, and it's still a great ride and very enjoyable to watch. This remastered version is a high quality encoding from the masters and it shows in nearly every scene. Fine details in faces, clothes, and backgrounds are very sharp and evident, black and white levels are superb, and the film grain is reproduced exactly. I would go so far to say that this home version in many ways looks better than it did in the theaters years ago due to advanced displays in the home. The audio is presented in two formats, Dolby TrueHD and uncompressed PCM 5.1 formats, both versions offer immersive and dynamic sound that will blow you away. If you want to demo your Blu-ray setup to someone, load this in the tray and skip to the opera scene to see and hear what high definition is truly like.
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Article comments
1 - bananar
Hay, great little write up, very knowledgable. Good eye too... I also noticed how nice the film grain looks in Fifth Element (only movie I have in this list). In some transfers film-grain is ruined by bit-starving, but it's nice and defined here with the AVC encode averaging in the high twenties.
Looking forward to the next part, and Ratatouille better be in there. ;) The "Lifted" short film on that disc has the cleanest, sharpest image I've seen on my tv.
2 - Rack 'em
This is the worst list of movies i've ever seen! The only movies good on this list are Spider-man and Pirates of the Caribbean and you said Spider-man 3 was the worst of the trilogy!? It may not be the best but not the worst! I don't care how good all those other movies look or sound, if they suck who wants to watch them? You need to go buy some new movies, seriously! If you think those sorry movies are good you need to get Iron Man. It looks better than any of those movies and its not agonizing the movies on your list. You'll probably piss your self! Lol!
3 - Michael Prince
I agree about Iron Man, I now own it, but this list was created before Iron Man even came out in the theatres. As to the movies picked for this list I mentioned in the first part of the article that I was picking movies that show off the wow factor the Blu-ray format can deliver.
Immersive audio, drop dead visuals, tons of extras are what I was looking at as well as a great movie. Oh and if you are saying Blade Runner, 2001 and Close Encounters are not good movies, then you have probably never watched them.
4 - Chris Gibbs
The Polar Express is a must own for any Blue Ray owner. I bought it this past weekend and it has one of the best pitures I've ever seen. Ever detail is given and the movie is not itself is not bad either.
5 - Clark
The Dark Knight (Batman II) must surely top all Blu-ray discs. It's actually cheating a bit. Not only are you getting Blu-ray, but the image owes a huge part of it's purity to the movie's acquisition on IMAX film, rather than 35mm. The IMAX-filmed sequences are unbelievably beautiful. While that is this BD's strength, it is also the weakness of this movie. It is extremely annoying to watch a movie as it switches aspect ratios from scene to scene. Letterboxed 2.35:1 in one shot and 16:9 widescreen in the next. Rather than shooting anamorphic or super-35, the non-IMAX scenes should have been shot in regular 35mm to at least keep a constant aspect ratio throughout the film.
Anyway, check out the IMAX scenes!! You'll rarely see anything so beautiful (unless they make more IMAX cameras and filmmakers start shooting every film with it).
6 - bingo prime
Hey man. Props for including Sunshine, a fantastic and underrated film.
I would include Apocalypto on this list. Shot on HD video, the picture quality is absolutely amazing.