What's the greatest Blu-ray movie? Just got a machine, your favorite restorations?

the movie is in English ,I think there's a few lines which only have Japanese subtitles

 

I have the Criterion Blu-ray and am satisfied with it.

 

Thanks!

 

Blade Runner.

 

keep it for the extras ,get the Japanese version for the movie

 

One of my favorite all time movies and just spectacular on Blu-ray.

 

West Side Story -blu ray.
Looks great' it but 'vocal synching problem.

 

Sorry if I'm missing something - so the Japan BD looks better than the US BD of Last Emperor?

 

The Criterion BR is cropped and is much like the earlier old Apocalypse Now dvd and Laser

 

Yikes. Thanks for the info.

 

Any news of a new version of
>>>West Side Story<<<,with vocal sync problem fixed...perhaps 4K BD version ?

 

Nope. Nor is there any news of utilizing the recently restored six track original mix that won the Oscar. (Like Ben-Hur and other classics that lose their original mix.)

 

I just realized this was an old exchange, but here is Criterion's take on the matter:

Emperor 2.0 - From the Current - The Criterion Collection »

 

Interesting. But I have to ask why?

 

Dunno. It's a relatively small difference. The last paragraph does quote the producer as saying they hoped all of the release prints would have been 70mm, and they considered that in the film's composition.

 

why is this?

 

yes, and only 1 color available...Blond.

 

Rise Of The Guardians

 

Jaws is pretty great looking.

 

well the films DP (Storaro) was pushing his own film format which is 2.0 (or something I forgot) so he reformated AN and Last Emperor
at least the AN finally came out in 2.35:1 and thanks to a Japanese Import (which is region A Like US titles) we now have it in 2:35;1 the way it was shot
while some of Criterion's special features are also included ,some are only on the Criterion Disc

 

thanks for the info and reply...

 

Looks like the Criterion edition still uses the edited 160 min edited version.
The Japan blu-ray uses the 218 min version.

Is the Criterion that much better looking than the Japan?
If not, I'm still going for the 2012 Japan blu-ray.

 

I would highly recommend all of the Criterion Chaplin releases. The Kid is the oldest of them so far and in my opinion looks the best. City Lights is excellent too.

The Sound of Music is also great for something a bit newer.

 

DP Vittorio Storaro was insistent for some reason that some versions of the home video transfer be done at 2.00:1. Don't ask me why -- it's his creative choice.

 

He thought it was the compromise that worked best for both theatrical and TV screenings:

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