Amazon Top 100 Selling Bluray Movies in 2006

[-Damien-]

Source: Amazon & High Def Digest

1) Superman Returns
2) The Fifth Element
3) Terminator 2: Judgment Day
4) The Terminator
5) Underworld: Evolution
6) Black Hawk Down
7) House of Flying Daggers
Ice Age: The Meltdown
9) Kingdom of Heaven: The Director's Cut
10) X-Men: The Last Stand
11) Ultraviolet
12) Mission: Impossible - Ultimate Missions Collection
13) Mission - Impossible III
14) Stealth
15) xXx
16) Crash
17) Superman II - The Richard Donner Cut
1 Corpse Bride
19) Silent Hill
20) Into the Blue
21) Fantastic Four
22) Monster House
23) Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
24) A View from Space With Heavenly Music
25) The Last Samurai
26) Lord of War
27) 50 First Dates
2 Tears of the Sun
29) Aeon Flux
30) Stargate
31) Total Recall
32) The Devil Wears Prada
33) Superman: The Movie
34) Dinosaur
35) Speed
36) The Italian Job (2003)
37) Gone in 60 Seconds
3 The Punisher
39) The Last Waltz
40) Hitch
41) Memento
42) Saw
43) The Phantom of the Opera
44) A Knight's Tale
45) League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
46) Pearl Harbor
47) World Trade Center
4 Eight Below
49) Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
50) Species
51) S.W.A.T.
52) Basic Instinct 2 - Risk Addiction
53) Enemy of the State
54) The Transporter
55) The Great Raid
56) Unforgiven
57) Good Night and Good Luck
5 The Brothers Grimm
59) Swordfish
60) Kung Fu Hustle
61) Rocky
62) Sleepy Hollow
63) The Fugitive
64) Behind Enemy Lines
65) Full Metal Jacket
66) Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
67) Blazing Saddles
6 RV
69) Lethal Weapon
70) Training Day
71) Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
72) A Christmas Story
73) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
74) Sahara
75) Syriana
76) National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
77) U2: Rattle and Hum
7 The Wild
79) The Devil's Rejects
80) The Searchers
81) Invincible
82) Lady in the Water
83) The Lake House
84) The Omen
85) 16 Blocks
86) Firewall
87) Lethal Weapon 2
8 Haunted Mansion
89) The Ant Bully
90) HDNet World Report - Shuttle Discovery's Historic Mission
91) Sky High
92) Muriel Anderson - Guitarscape Planet
93) Glory Road
94) Under Siege
95) Rising Sun
96) Space Cowboys
97) Dark Water
9 The Big Hit
99) Kiss of the Dragon
100) Benchwarmers

[HellsJester]

Thanks for the list.
I wonder how the Fifth Element looks in HD.
Glad it got # 2.

[Shau - Kenshin]

Now, I too am wondering how 5th element looks. Also, seriously, how does BHD look and sound?

[ff81]

The sound is incredible *IF* you have the equipment to support it, which 90%+ of people don't. The video quality is great, much better than standard DVD.

The 5th Element is ranked at the bottom of the list for picture quality, it reallly is a poor transfer.

[JadedRaverLA]

Now, I too am wondering how 5th element looks. Also, seriously, how does BHD look and sound?

Blu-ray can look anywhere from spectacular to barely better than a DVD. There is a HUGE variance in quality between the titles. And 5th Element is one of the WORST looking titles on the format.

From High def Digest's best/worst high-def releases of the year list -- http://www.highdefdigest.com/feature...s_of_2006.html:

"THE FIFTH ELEMENT
Easily the most reviled next-gen release ever, Sony was greeted with a chorus of very loud boos for its Blu-ray launch title 'The Fifth Element.' Lack of features aside, the real killer was a poor print laced with dirt and other artifacts you wouldn't even expect to see on a VHS tape. Rumor has it Sony will be remastering and reissuing this one soon. Wise move. "


So, WAIT and see if Sony does do a remaster, because I've seen the title and I've seen better looking DVDs.

[MaleficZ]

Thanks for the list.
I wonder how the Fifth Element looks in HD.
Glad it got # 2.

It looks good. As does everything else.

[SomaXD]

dont watch 5th ele on dvd for a really long time (i havent seen it on dvd since its release lol) then it looks amazing on blu-ray..

[hughuy]

If you want to know how good the quality of the blu-ray movie is, check out this website. They seem to know a handful about picture quality.
kingdom of heaven and black hawk down are supposedly the top in pq for blu-ray.
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=753726

[UltimaEnder]

Cool the top 100 blu-ray movies and the entire list of blu-ray movies in one place, what a deal.... that is what this is right?

[-Damien-]

Cool the top 100 blu-ray movies and the entire list of blu-ray movies in one place, what a deal.... that is what this is right?

actually there are more than 160 blu-ray movies that you can order now

[TwoHeadedFreak]

I was in a department store yesterday with a blu-ray display. They had a tv displaying fantastic four in 1080p. It was mind blowing. My mum who is not into that sort of stuff much was also blown away with the picture quality. Now she want's a Sony Bravia LCD 1080p tv with blu-ray player as well

[knowitman]

At the local Circuit City there are a couple of TVs set up with a Blu-ray demo disk running which shows what Blu-ray can do and how it is differen't then DVD. At one point in the demo, half the screen is at Blu-ray quality while the other half is at DVD quality. It plays the same scene at the same time, and you can tell a BIG difference.

[IhateBestBuy]

I have no idea how the fifth element is #2. I saw that movie and I thought it was absolutely horrible.

[EMAGDNIM]

The PQ in that movie is GREAT! A lot of people use that movie as a demo for PQ on their setups...

[berklon]

The PQ in that movie is GREAT! A lot of people use that movie as a demo for PQ on their setups...

If you're referring to The 5th Element, then I have to disagree.

I've seen it and the picture quality is horrible. Most reviewers on the net feel the same way.

[ff81]

The PQ in that movie is GREAT! A lot of people use that movie as a demo for PQ on their setups...

I reeeeeeeeaaaalllllllllllyyyyyy hope that was a joke.

The Fifth Element is widely known to be one of the worst PQ titles on Blu-Ray or HD DVD. I've got DVD's with better overall PQ. I bought it because I like the movie, but I was VERY disappointed in the PQ.

[EMAGDNIM]

If you head over to AVS forums, they use a TON of the close up facial shots to show off a setup and it works out well. I'm not talking about the whole entire movie...some people need to calm down...

[hughuy]

yeah, according to the avs guide on blu-ray pq, The Fifth Element is one of the worst movies in terms of quality. it is a "Tier 4- A bit underwhelmed
Visible artifacting, softness, few if any 3D effects" movie

[IhateBestBuy]

If you head over to AVS forums, they use a TON of the close up facial shots to show off a setup and it works out well. I'm not talking about the whole entire movie...some people need to calm down...

Got a link to backup this statement?

[EMAGDNIM]

Okay...just for YOU I will dig up some links...On second thought. I'm not going to dig around older threads (A lot of them were in the front projector forums)...

Whatever...

Anyways...I'm a little lost. I was just ordering some BR and HD DVD titles on Amazon (for pre order) and I noticed that T2 was being re released??? I decided to order it (since it was hella cheap).

I just wanted to ask if anyone here knew if its a re release...

[rbrtchng]

Kiss KIss Bang Bang deserve higher than 73..

[EMAGDNIM]

I just did a quick search on the forum and I found a few shots...

Here's two...

[ff81]

They used close up shots of Mila Jova.....whatever her name is and yeah they look decent, they show good color and definition. HOWEVER, the movie's picture quality as a whole is probably the single worst movie on Blu-Ray with House of Flying Daggers coming in at a close second. I would NEVER put in either of those two movies to demo Blu-Ray for someone who hadn't seen it. I own both of them because I like the movies, but I would have never bought them if it wasn't for the Buy.com/Google checkout deal.

edit: yeah, that first one you posted is the one I'm talking about.

[EMAGDNIM]

They used close up shots of Mila Jova.....whatever her name is and yeah they look decent, they show good color and definition. HOWEVER, the movie's picture quality as a whole is probably the single worst movie on Blu-Ray with House of Flying Daggers coming in at a close second.

The first pic is used a lot over there...that's all I ment...There is that pic and the pic of the scene where she jumps and all the cabs are going by in the city (A few other random scenes as well)...Only certain parts look good...the rest are fairly poor...

[hughuy]

Okay...just for YOU I will dig up some links...On second thought. I'm not going to dig around older threads (A lot of them were in the front projector forums)...

Whatever...

Anyways...I'm a little lost. I was just ordering some BR and HD DVD titles on Amazon (for pre order) and I noticed that T2 was being re released??? I decided to order it (since it was hella cheap).

I just wanted to ask if anyone here knew if its a re release...

seems like the one you bought is not a re release, as the re released version is suppose to come out in january. more info here
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=774598