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Post by stratogustav on Dec 7, 2020 8:21:02 GMT
 We definitely needed a thread for this considering how many movies we watch. Whether you buy physical or digital, you can share your latest movie purchases here. These are the ones I have so far in order of purchase: - The Great Gatsby (2013) 3D - Gravity (2014) 3D - Avatar (2009) 3D - The Dark Knight (2008) UHD - The Great Gatsby (2013) UHD - Jupiter Ascending (2015) UHD - Salt (2010) UHD - Atomic Blonde (2017) UHD - Lucy (2014) UHD - Anna (2019) UHD - Red Sparrow (2018) UHD - Resident Evil (2002) UHD - Resident Evil Apocalypse (2004) UHD - Resident Evil Extinction (2007) UHD - The Hunger Games (2012) UHD - The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) UHD - The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2014) UHD - The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 (2015) UHD - Man Of Steel (2013) 3D - John Wick (2014) UHD - John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) UHD - John Wick: Chapter 3 Parabellum (2019) UHD - Hacksaw Ridge (2016) UHD - Interstellar (2014) UHD - Arrival (2016) UHD - 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi (2016) UHD - Jupiter Ascending (2015) 3D - Shutter Island (2010) UHD - Lara Croft Tomb Raider (2001) UHD - Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life (2003) UHD - Tomb Raider (2016) UHD - War Of The Worlds (2005) UHD - Saving Private Ryan (1998) UHD - Gladiator (2000) UHD I used to have a lot more, but I gave them all away to my cousin because I'm trying to get rid of the extra clutter. Honestly with subscriptions like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime, it was very hard justifying buying any movies at all. Recently I started buying again, particularly because I'm trying to get the best sound I can get for my home theater, and originals are definitely the way to go for that. However if you are buying digitally, I highly recommend Vudu. I honestly don't notice the difference in sound, their Atmos is fantastic, and their 5.1 sounds just like the original, so you are basically getting the real deal with them. Other than that, physical will always be the superior format, specially considering you never know when your Internet will go down. |
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Post by Balder on Dec 7, 2020 10:15:33 GMT
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Post by stratogustav on Dec 7, 2020 10:42:35 GMT
I actually wasn't planning on doing that, but the 4K movies I bought came with codes for movies everywhere, and when I tried them on Vudu I was blown away with the sound. I honestly had no idea streaming was capable of pulling that level of quality, but I guess I was wrong. I was particularly impressed with Man of Steel on 3D. My projector has a function to make 3D stretch to 16:9. With 2D it doesn't look right if you stretch it, but with 3D it is a total game changer. That movie looks fantastic on 3D because of that, and the sound is incredible too. I have Gravity on 3D, both physical and digital, which is another fantastic sounding movie, and I honestly don't notice the difference at all between both versions. I 100% admit my mistake of thinking digital was useless, but even the 4K movies look and sound really good, so I was clearly mistaken. |
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Post by Balder on Dec 7, 2020 20:15:05 GMT
I actually wasn't planning on doing that, but the 4K movies I bought came with codes for movies everywhere, and when I tried them on Vudu I was blown away with the sound. I honestly had no idea streaming was capable of pulling that level of quality, but I guess I was wrong. I was particularly impressed with Man of Steel on 3D. My projector has a function to make 3D stretch to 16:9. With 2D it doesn't look right if you stretch it, but with 3D it is a total game changer. That movie looks fantastic on 3D because of that, and the sound is incredible too. I have Gravity on 3D, both physical and digital, which is another fantastic sounding movie, and I honestly don't notice the difference at all between both versions. I 100% admit my mistake of thinking digital was useless, but even the 4K movies look and sound really good, so I was clearly mistaken. Why would you ever want to stretch a movie though? That goes against everything cinema stands for. |
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Post by stratogustav on Dec 7, 2020 23:38:00 GMT
Why would you ever want to stretch a movie though? That goes against everything cinema stands for. ... or game, it does look completely unwatchable on 2D, and that's exactly why I didn't want to do it in the first place, until I tried it on 3D, and since you can't notice it unless you focus on it, weirdly, and strangely, it does play with your mind favorably to see the IMAX ratio on those movies. I don't know why, it just does. I guess it is a mental thing, and for someone as OCD as I am, I would think it would be absolutely impossible to admit such level of unevenness to even be acceptable, but it proved me wrong, just like digital copies did. |
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Post by dschult3 on Dec 7, 2020 23:52:25 GMT
I know this will make Balder squirm, but we just bought a bunch of Christmas movie DVDs, since they're only $5 or less. They're great for the kids, and I know they won't be touched until next season, so I really don't feel like spending more than that on The Grinch or Frosty the Snowman. |
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Post by Balder on Dec 8, 2020 8:26:16 GMT
I know this will make Balder squirm, but we just bought a bunch of Christmas movie DVDs, since they're only $5 or less. They're great for the kids, and I know they won't be touched until next season, so I really don't feel like spending more than that on The Grinch or Frosty the Snowman. I do watch DVDs as I still go to the library to pick some up, however, buying DVDs in the 2020's... That's not something I thought would still be going on. We're two formats ahead and they still sell brand new movies on DVDs. It literally is the format that won't die. Anyways, I completely understand buying kids/family movies from the bargain bin. |
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Post by stratogustav on Dec 8, 2020 8:38:12 GMT
In Japan they still sell a lot of high quality DVDs. Most JAV is basically on DVD, but somehow it has Blu-Ray quality.
The format just doesn't die.
It's hard not to love physical media because it is nice having the covers and everything, so I don't blame them.
It is probably a similar feeling our grandparents had collecting thriller, and crime books.
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Post by centipede on Dec 8, 2020 8:53:16 GMT
What do we need this thread for? The 'Recent Purchses' thread always has some non-game items posted in it.
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Post by stratogustav on Dec 8, 2020 8:58:37 GMT
I figured we talk so much about movies, we may as well have this one too, but posting is optional of course.
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Post by Balder on Dec 8, 2020 22:02:41 GMT
In Japan they still sell a lot of high quality DVDs. Most JAV is basically on DVD, but somehow it has Blu-Ray quality. The format just doesn't die. It's hard not to love physical media because it is nice having the covers and everything, so I don't blame them. It is probably a similar feeling our grandparents had collecting thriller, and crime books. I'm not talking about physical media dying in general though. I was strictly referring to the fact that it co-exists with better next generation formats. |
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Post by stratogustav on Dec 9, 2020 0:43:17 GMT
I'm not talking about physical media dying in general though. I was strictly referring to the fact that it co-exists with better next generation formats. Yeah, me too, I was talking about the same thing. I just added the physical media comment because they both go together hand to hand. |
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Post by Balder on Dec 11, 2020 8:30:38 GMT
Just in case there's any doubt at all in that I supposedly don't care about quality, here's a list of all of my movies, a lot of which are on a boutique label, meaning they are of the highest quality in terms of mastering (Criterion, Arrow Video/Academy, Eureka: Masters of Cinema, Artificial Eye). You could say that these were recent pick-ups, recent in that I picked them up over the recent years: letterboxd.com/balder/list/balders-blu-ray-collection-or-how-i-learned/ |
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Post by stratogustav on Dec 11, 2020 8:51:41 GMT
That's a really nice collection Balder. Do you keep the cases? Some people don't. I personally like the covers. I no longer have my regular Blu-Rays. I gave them away, but I always liked to keep them with the box. The few 4K ones I have are still with the box. I even have Red Sparrow on a steelbook case, since that's the only way I found it. |
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Post by Balder on Dec 11, 2020 8:55:43 GMT
That's a really nice collection Balder . Do you keep the cases? Some people don't. I personally like the covers. I no longer have my regular Blu-Rays. I gave them away, but I always liked to keep them with the box. The few 4K ones I have are still with the box. I even have Red Sparrow on a steelbook case, since that's the only way I found it. Throwing away the covers would defeat a lot of the purpose in collecting for me. Of course I keep all of the cases. |
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