Blu-Ray movies

Too bad 2/3 of the movies on the first tier suck or don't hold up to repeated viewings unless you're some sort of freak who obsesses ONLY about picture quality. Transporter 3, Die Hard Part 4 or whatever, Bee Movie...once was enough. I'd much rather have a movie that strikes a balance between reference quality picture/sound & good honest film making. I'd rather watch Blade Runner once a year than Transporter 3 but that's just me.

Mantaray-
Just for curiosities sake what kind of demos are you shooting for? For friends or customers?

Cruz 123,

That is an interesting list. Subjectively, I think "Tier Zero" is aptly named... kinda makes me wonder who is providing input. It looks to me like the over-saturated colors and rapid motion of computer animated features carried the day with those folks.

I tried to recommend movies I thought people would actually want to own, and could be used to demonstrate both sound and video quality that clearly exceeded upscaled DVD on a good BluRay player, high resolution monitor, and highly capable sound system. I will grant you that a bunch of animated films may grab peoples attention on a good BluRay system in ways that even the best live action cinematographers can't match. YMMV.

I second the Jeff Beck. Return to Forever live @ montreux is a must have, your sub will curse you.

I'm a little surprised that no one has mentioned "Hancock".
Wonderful picture and sound (special effects heavy) plus it's a really clever, very funny, ocassionally touching and -IMHO- wildly underrated film.

Marty