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I finally gave in and bought the Star Wars collection on blu-ray.  Any other blu-rays that are "must-haves" that you guys own?

I know I'm going to get ripped for this but I still have never seen any LOTR movies.  But I see the extended versions of the blu ray collection was finally released.  I'm tempted to buy it without having even seen them, going by how they are described in the same vein as Star Wars in regards to their epicness.

The best looking blu-ray I own is Life, the BBC doc.  The best looking movie is Casino Royale (Bond flick).  The best sounding movie is Master and Commander.  As far as extras, nothing can touch the LOTR set.  

I own the first two you mentioned.  Also, the Bourne trilogy is a good one.

Another I recommend is the Godfather trilogy.  Obviously these are older movies, and they're not going to look as good as a new release, but they still look better than they ever have, and have lots of cool extras. 

Am I the only person who doesn't have a Blu Ray player?

My favorite BluRay to watch is '300'.

Yes. :wave:

 :old: :dielaughing:

I hate you.

BOM has the highest quality viewing experience available.. Nature!

As Michael Jackson once said, "You are not alone."  :frown:

No.

(http://tennesseewx.com/Smileys/default/icon_smile_ponder.gif) Was that snark?

You are a luddite !!!!

BluRay....I am getting ready to add blu ray to the tailgate trailer this off season.....

That's only because you can afford to hire the stars to come act out their movies in your living room. :dance:

Damn even I have a blu-ray player.  Even my DOG has a blu-ray player.  What's wrong with you?  :naughty:

Well, if you really want high-def, that's the way to go.

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and Vinnie is the only person to not have seen the LOTR series.  :confused:

So is it good enough for me to just buy in good faith knowing I'll like it?  I think I would, I will prolly go for it.

Lord yes.  I'm not even a Tolkien geek- never read any of the books, but I think it's the greatest cinematic achievement to date.  :wow:

Ahem...  :wave:

That's my man, right there.

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YES.

Uh....yes. It's a great blend of fantasy adventure, action, and even some romance. The music, score...casting, is brilliant. The storytelling is awesome, as are the emotions you will experience. Some extremely emotional moments in this series. I will warn you though...the first 45 minutes of the first film are a little slow...but it's the setup. After that it gets going.

I have read the LOTR books, and just started reading the Hobbit. My daughter read it already and says it's good, not as good as LOTR. Peter jackson is filming the Hobbit now, and it's due for a dec 2012 release I think

don't waste time, see it now. You are missing out on a masterpiece

Did you call your doctor.  I hope it's not contagious.

I'm pretty pumped about this. There were rumors for several years before it became a reality. A lot of my friends read The Hobbit when they were kids, but I did not . . . I didn't read it until the release of the LOTR movies (when I also started reading those books, but got bogged down and quit halfway through The Two Towers.)

Vinnie, I will back up what everyone else has said. If you like epic cinema, you will like LOTR. "Epic" has never been done better, IMO.

So THAT'S when it's coming out.  I was thinking it was March.  Hey, I have plenty of time to finish the PS2 game "The Hobbit" I bought for $2.99 at Gamestop.   :dielaughing:   I got about halfway through and got bored with it.  It's kind of geared towards younger kids I think, but still playable.  I will get around to finishing it at some point, and then I MIGHT contemplate getting a new console.  Or not.  Not a huge priority for me.

I didn't own a Blu-Ray until earlier this year, when one happened to come with my new laptop.  Still have not used it.   :biggrin:

Just not my thing, I'm afraid. I'm pretty particular about the movies I watch. I actually did start one of them once but just couldn't get into it.

It's not really my thing, either.  I never played Dungeons and Dragons as a kid.  I'm not into elves and wizards and all that crap, and I've never seen one minute of a Harry Potter movie.  And yet while I wouldn't say that LOTR is my favorite movie(s) of all time, it is certainly the most captivating.  If you have the least bit of appreciation for quality filmmaking, you owe it to yourself to see it.  And as Volznut said, the first hour or so of the first movie is kind of slow.  Don't give up on it.  It only gets better.  And each of the three films is better than the last.

Same here. I have never finished the books. I bought the book trilogy after the movies came out and like Clocky I got hung up about halfway though the second one. But the movie trilogy is a masterpiece. From the final battle scene at the end of TT to the scene in ROTK where the Fellowship is battling the Orcs outside of Mordor's gates while Frodo is battling himself and Gollum inside of Mt. Doom is some of the most captivating film making ever IMHO. It's not just a fantasy movie, it's a multi-leveled complex story with many, many subplots.

Oh that note, I would recommend giving the Harry Potter movies a chance. I started watching them when my daughter did four years ago, and I was hooked. They're actually pretty good. Not LOTR good, but good.

I'm surprised you made it past the scene with the giant spider. :laugh:

Let's just say both sequences in Shelob's cave made me . . . uncomfortable.  :run:

I like them too. I guess I must be into the fantasy genre at least a little to appreciate both of those like I do, but for me it's more about getting immersed into a different world created by the writer/director/actors. That's part of the reason I tend to like big, epic movies . . . they tend to be epic because the world in which the story takes place demands time to be set up. That can also cause a slow start, as you noted about Fellowship.

I am about halfway through the Hobbit, and it's a much more linear, less complex story. It's basically a fantasy adventure, but it lacks the character development of LOTR, and the emotional aspects.

I read the LOTR as a kid and it was and is one of my favorite books.  I was into Sci Fi and comic books as a kid, so it was a natural fix.  I was not as into DnD, though I did play it a few times with friends. It just never really appealed to me.  I liked the genre of fantasy, but not nearly as much as Sci Fi.  I prefer my fiction to be more reality based, I suppose.  I tended to like the "harder" sci fi like Isaac Asimov, who was my favorite Sci Fi author, but I was also into Dune a bit.

Anyway, the LOTR is one of the best pure stories around IMO, and just happens to be in the fantasy genre.  That's how I see it. 

But man...if you think the MOVIES start slow, the first 5-6 chapters of the Fellowship of the Ring are some of the slowest reading chapters anywhere.  If you think the first movie started slowly, you should see all the stuff they left out, lol!

Don't worry.  The vast majority of all broadcasts are only at best done in 720p.  BR is only a factor if you watch a BR movie.  My dvd collection has very few of those.  You ain't late for this party.  I figure most here are victims of the 'keeping up the the Joneses' phenomenon.

I know, I have read them - but in a book it's ok, because I want the book to have that kind of detail.

Believe it or not, having read the entire Harry Potter series, I really think it's one of the best fantasy series ever written. The movies don't do the books justice IMO. JK Rowling knows how to develop a story.

Just read that the Hobbit will be released in 2 movies. dec 14 2012 will be "An unexpected journey", and dec 13 2013 will be "there and back again". They're planning to add some content that is not in the book. I figured that was the case since Frodo, Legolas are not in the book, but are in the movie.

The first two HP movies are Really geared towards kids, but the mood of the movies gets progressively darker as they move along. The last three movies are not really for children under 10.

Lol, keeping up with the joneses?  Watching an epic moment in a movie in 1080p clarity with deep and rich sounds swirling all around you 7 surround speakers and the subwoofer booming the lows is hardly about keeping up with the joneses.  720p is nice, but 1080p.. it AIN'T.   :nono: :loco: :bowrofl:

I don't particularly care for Harry Potter, but in 2008 I spent the night in a friend's guest room due to the power outage.  She had a Harry Potter book in there.  I think it was the 5th one, Society of the Phoenix or whatever.  I could not put it down.  At that point the series was on 6 of 7.  I read not only that book but the other 6 in a month (going back to the first book, of course).  I still don't completely like the character, but man you are right.  She can weave a tale.  I don't know exactly how, haven't bothered to try and figure it out, but the books are spell-binding.

Maybe there is something to the Christians who say Harry Potter is about black magic?  Maybe there is a spell on the books! (LOL!  Just kidding....)

I would recommend the books to anyone, whether they like fantasy or not.  They are really hard to put down.  JK Rowling is IMO really egotistical, but she CAN write. 

I  :rolleyes: at the "joneses" comment. If someone needs a DVD player nowadays, they buy a BluRay since it will play both. They are cheap. It's the standard technology.

3D... now THAT'S keeping up with the joneses, IMNSHO.

Also, ditto your statement on Harmony remotes.  I was slow to jump on the Harmony bandwagon, but since I did.. I don't know how I ever lived without it.

DVD PLayer Cost: 45
BluRay Player Cost (Standard): 70

Let me see...buy 20 year old tech or buy 5 year old tech....duh (homer simpson voice)    :doh:

You got up and walked over and changed the channel with your fingers......   :doh:

It's about not buying anything.  The next one I buy will be BR.  It will also be wireless and stream netflix (and everything else) directly from my router.  As of now, my existing players work great.  I won't toss them just to get a small improvement.  Heck, I skipped the whole Windows Vista experience and jumped straight to Windows 7 and I didn't miss anything except the hassles that everyone else had to go through who did buy it.  Once again, BR ain't done yet. 

I will second the Harmony remote though.  I have one and it works great.

I also skipped Vista... Vista was shizzle. BluRay isn't shizzle.  :biggrin:

While I agree, I more or less took the 3beans approach to BluRay. We didn't buy one until we needed a new DVD player, then we bought one that was multifunctional. The one we have is wireless and can easily stream Netflix can other video sites, so we have gotten our money's worth in the year we've had it even though we only own a couple of BluRay discs.

I agree, I wasn't an early adopter either. My first BluRay player and the one I have on my man cave TV now is a $29 Magnavox Black Friday special from 2 black Fridays ago. And I bought T a refurb Sammy multifunction off of Woot when we moved for $99.

Woot!  I didn't figure many here knew about it.  You might also want to investigate 1saleaday.  I think they have better stuff than woot.

What is a good wireless model with Netflix capability?

I've been thinking about picking one up for a while. I don't generally watch enough movies to justify the expense, but the added capability of being able to watch Netflix without the extra wear on my Xbox 360 console might be enough to push me over the fence.

I have an LG BD-670.  If streaming is your thing it has the most options, including Netflix, Youtube, Hulu, Pandora, MLB TV, and a lot more.