I saw "Out of Sight" last night. This is the movie with George Clooney as a career criminal and Jennifer Lopez as the government officer who is pursuing Clooney's character but who is also infatuated with him. It is an early Steven Soderbergh movie came out a number of years ago.

The plot is not credible but the movie is entertaining nevertheless. Clooney and Lopez give good performances. They're is some electricity sparking between their characters. You may want to consider this one if you're looking a good time.

Are there any other overlooked movies (HD-DVD- or Blu-Ray) that anyone wants to recommend?

Lucky Number Slevin

One Six Right

Good documentary about flying with fantastic PQ

District B13

French film with incredible action sequences!!

I LOVE Out of Sight, great movie and lovely HD DVD. How is the plot not credible?

My vote is for Seabiscuit. Not a whole lot of talk about it, but it's the most beautiful HD DVD I have seen yet and a wonderful movie.

Sahara...great adventure movie, looks great in HD, a lot of "real" special effects, great featurettes....Steve Zaun.

Serenity. It got a lot of love as one of the first HD DVDs but seems overlooked among newer HD DVD adopters. Great movie and a great transfer.

One Six Right

Good documentary about flying with fantastic PQ

+1

i rented out of sight based on a recommendation and bought it right after i watched the thing, great film!

I'd recommend Grand Prix (http://www.amazon.com/Grand-Prix-DVD-Brian-Bedford/dp/B000I2J2WM/).
The movie follows the 1966 F1 season and has some of the most amazing racing footage ever put on film.
The race filming was done by affixing the camera to a Ford GT which could keep up with the F1 cars traveling around the various tracks at speeds in excess of 200Mph.
Some might find the story a little slow-going, but it's not bad and has that wonderful relaxed 60s feel about it.

Feast and Slither, 2 very fun Horror/comedies.

I enjoyed "Primeval" on BD.

Based on Gustave, the giant croc.

Good CGI, and a fun movie to watch.

Others gave it a poor rating as a film, clearly no classic,

but it will make you jump in a couple of places. ;)

My vote is for Seabiscuit. Not a whole lot of talk about it, but it's the most beautiful HD DVD I have seen yet and a wonderful movie.

Agreed

I've not seen that many movies on HD-DVD but not only is it a v good movie (not quite greatness imo) but the transfer is sublime.

There's a chapter in the movie when Maguire leads Seabiscuit out into the woods for an afternoon kip/read. That scene has the biggest wow factor i've had so far with HD-DVD. Picture is amazing. :)

District B13

French film with incredible action sequences!!

Agreed, and a good seller for HD-DVD:

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Agreed, and a good seller for HD-DVD:

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/5504/districtb13bw4.png

I had bought the Blu Ray back before it was even announced for HD DVD then when the HD DVD came out and the review at highdefdigest said the pq was better\sharper on the HD DVD so then I ordered the HD DVD and will be selling the unopened Blu Ray(I don't have a Blu Ray player yet). This taught me to wait and read reviews first....but didn't know it was coming to HD DVD.

Excellent movie! Caught me by surprise of how much I liked it when I saw the DVD.

Mike

I currently use a MI-3 (HD-DVD) and XMen3 (BD) when I'm out installing either the HD-DVD and or BD in a new home theater system. Both are great for demos. I use the part where Tom Cruises falls onto the plane by the overpass. Great for surround sound. Xmen I use the part toward the end where Jean Grey turns into The Phoenix, that is completely insane in 1080P with a good sound system. I need to find a few that are more targeted toward ladys that does a good job of demonstrating the video and audio any suggestions?

Agreed

I've not seen that many movies on HD-DVD but not only is it a v good movie (not quite greatness imo) but the transfer is sublime.

There's a chapter in the movie when Maguire leads Seabiscuit out into the woods for an afternoon kip/read. That scene has the biggest wow factor i've had so far with HD-DVD. Picture is amazing. :)

Another agreement

Seabiscuit has amazing picture quality, I really can't believe it is overlooked so often when people talk about reference picture quality. Just looked up Seabiscuit reviews and IGN says the video quality is sheer perfection (http://dvd.ign.com/articles/794/794611p2.html). From now on when people talk about reference discs I am going to mention Seabiscuit instead of some of the usual suspects like King Kong.

Swordfish.
Its a surprisingly fun movie, and a good picture. The colors just pop in this movie.
J

Sahara...great adventure movie, looks great in HD, a lot of "real" special effects, great featurettes....Steve Zaun.

I agree on this... :)

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. A real surprise for me. Great fun.

Checkout "The Ant Bully" - The movie is OK, but the animation looks absolutely fantastic in high-def. We watched "the Mummy" last night and we were in awe, a great visual movie. I order up the sequal this morning (and 3 other HD DVDs!).

I'd be willing to bet that a lot of people have avoided buying The Dirty Dozen because of its low, low rating on the reference thread. This is really sad. As many have mentioned, yes, there are some VERY soft images during scene transitions, but other than these totally unavoidable instances (they are in the original transfer and can't be altered), the PQ of this film is quite excellent. Very sharp. 90% of the film looks fabulous, 10% is poor. So, unless you're entirely anal and can't handle anything that isn't 100% spectacular without hurling, you really can't go wrong with it.

Sahara...great adventure movie, looks great in HD, a lot of "real" special effects, great featurettes....Steve Zaun.

I was thinking about this one. Is it sub $20 USD online? I may have to check that.

BULLITT

Has a 90 minute documentary on Film Editing (it won the academy award for this) that is in HD . . NOT SD. Shows tons of movie clips in HD like Lawrence of Arabia.

The Island. Don't discount this one as it will surely be demo material.

I second (or is it third?) Lucky Number Slevin and Sahara. LNS is just awesome, almost one of those movies you can be pleased that only you know about, if you know what I mean. Phenomenal picture. Same for Sahara - great fun, great picture. Neither will disappoint.

Checkout "The Ant Bully" - The movie is OK, but the animation looks absolutely fantastic in high-def. We watched "the Mummy" last night and we were in awe, a great visual movie. I order up the sequal this morning (and 3 other HD DVDs!).
I was not impressed with the Mummy returns visuals at all... Too flat & soft, although the lighting & dark scenes were top notch..

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. A real surprise for me. Great fun.

Seems most of the movies people are listing hear I wouldn't consider overlooked, but this movie is a good one for sure.

I'd say maybe Curse of the Golden Flower since it's foreign and excellent IMO.

I need to check out District B13.

Does it have forced subs? Is it available on Amazon?

Never mind, found it. No way in hell I'm gonna waste two hours of my life watching that. Sorry to anyone who digs it. ;)

The Island. Don't discount this one as it will surely be demo material.

I can't find this in HD anywhere but am interested. Is it available on HD-DvD?

Got a link?

Amazon france will have it on HD-DVD.

I can't find this in HD anywhere but am interested. Is it available on HD-DvD?

Got a link?
The Island is being released in the UK on HD DVD as well. Released date is 30th July.
Take a look at the UK sites listed in the Imports Sticky thread for where to buy.
Xploited may carry it as well.

Seems most of the movies people are listing hear I wouldn't consider overlooked, but this movie is a good one for sure.Yeah. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is a great little movie. Thoroughly recommended!
I need to check out District B13.
Never mind, found it. No way in hell I'm gonna waste two hours of my life watching that. Sorry to anyone who digs it. ;)Pity that you're dismissing it out of hand. The action sequences are breathtaking! And the story's not too bad either.
It is worth at least an SD DVD rental from Netflix/BB, and who knows, maybe you'll find that you like it :)

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind on HD DVD.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang was probably the worst movie I've seen in the last 5 years.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind on HD DVD.

YES. One of my favorite movies and it's such an awesome HD disc.

And reading the thread made me discover Out of Sight (never seen the movie). 92% on Rottentomatoes and 4.5 out of 5 for PQ on HD Digest, I guess I'll add another one to my HD DVD library!

For overall disc entertainment value, an overlooked one is Smokin' Aces.
Great PQ and AQ...the shoot em up scenes rock. The Assassin tracker feature is cool too.

If you like thrillers, I thought The Interpreter was a pretty gripping movie, and looked very good.

"The Matador" is an entertaining movie that has been mentioned on other threads.
Pierce Brosnan stars as a burnt out gunman who befriends a down and out business man (Greg Kinnear). It was an interesting change of pace for Brosnan from his James Bond roles.

King Kong ;)



OK, seriously, Sahara would probably be my choice. It's a fun flick with great PQ and AQ.

Lucky Number Slevin

Agreed. Great Flick.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang was probably the worst movie I've seen in the last 5 years.
Wrong. Great movie.

I saw "Out of Sight" last night. This is the movie with George Clooney as a career criminal and Jennifer Lopez as the government officer who is pursuing Clooney's character but who is also infatuated with him. It is an early Steven Soderbergh movie came out a number of years ago.

The plot is not credible but the movie is entertaining nevertheless. Clooney and Lopez give good performances. They're is some electricity sparking between their characters. You may want to consider this one if you're looking a good time.

Are there any other overlooked movies (HD-DVD- or Blu-Ray) that anyone wants to recommend?
Lopez looks damn good in HD. Yummy. Great movie also.

The Discovery Atlas series is a pretty good series, although not really a movie. 12 Monkeys is another great movie, although the PQ isn't going to impress anyone much.

I currently use a MI-3 (HD-DVD) and XMen3 (BD) when I'm out installing either the HD-DVD and or BD in a new home theater system. Both are great for demos. I use the part where Tom Cruises falls onto the plane by the overpass. Great for surround sound. Xmen I use the part toward the end where Jean Grey turns into The Phoenix, that is completely insane in 1080P with a good sound system. I need to find a few that are more targeted toward ladys that does a good job of demonstrating the video and audio any suggestions?

Phantom of the Opera on HD DVD is definitely a knockout for audio. The first TrueHD is still one of the best, and even has great PQ to boot! The first scene when the theatre comes alive, and then the first time the Phantom brings Christine down to his lair... excellent scenes to show off. I'll third Eternal Sunshine as a great, overlooked HD title.

I'd be willing to bet that a lot of people have avoided buying The Dirty Dozen because of its low, low rating on the reference thread. This is really sad. As many have mentioned, yes, there are some VERY soft images during scene transitions, but other than these totally unavoidable instances (they are in the original transfer and can't be altered), the PQ of this film is quite excellent. Very sharp. 90% of the film looks fabulous, 10% is poor. So, unless you're entirely anal and can't handle anything that isn't 100% spectacular without hurling, you really can't go wrong with it.

Thanks for the input, I had put off getting this one for a while, guess why, I really like this movie and am looking for some good older movies to demo so I'll be picking up this one.

Thanks for the input, I had put off getting this one for a while, guess why, I really like this movie and am looking for some good older movies to demo so I'll be picking up this one.

+1 The Dirty Dozen

World Fastest Indian. Good PQ with Dolby THD sound, and among the best movies of the last decade IMO.

Serenity
Running Scared (German Import)
Brotherhood of the Wolf

For me..it's a pair of movies...
The War with Kevin Costner and Elijah Woods

The River...Mel Gibson and Sissy Spacek

2 great stories..for me...hi-def is an added bonus

This is probably just me, but I would have to include Four Brothers. I watched this anticipating quickly not liking it. It turned out to be a favorite of mine now. Pretty good PQ even though I believe it is low on the tiers. It also has alot of action and drama in it. That is just my thoughts on it though.

I also have to +4,5,6 or whatever it is now the choice of Sahara. Popcorn flick at it's best. Sit back enjoy, don't think... my kind of movie to relax with. :D

One movie that I don't see talked about to much on this forum has to be "The Rundown" Yes it has the rock. But I just finished viewing this movie and I must say NICE. The PQ is very solid in this movie and the audio blew me away. It was action packed and turned out to be a good movie over all. I would definitely recommend people to throw this in there HD library.

For overall disc entertainment value, an overlooked one is Smokin' Aces.
Great PQ and AQ...the shoot em up scenes rock. The Assassin tracker feature is cool too.


+ 1

Just watched The Adventures of Robin Hood (http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Robin-Hood-HD-DVD/dp/B000I0RR76/) again.
It's the original 1938 Technicolor Robin Hood movie with Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone and Claude Rains. Thoroughly enjoyable action movie with incredible stunt work and sword fighting, all in vivid colours and amazingly sharp picture on this transfer to HD DVD. There's also a veritable cornucopia of extras on this disc.
Recommended!!

Phantom of the Opera on HD DVD is definitely a knockout for audio. The first TrueHD is still one of the best, and even has great PQ to boot! The first scene when the theatre comes alive, and then the first time the Phantom brings Christine down to his lair... excellent scenes to show off. I'll third Eternal Sunshine as a great, overlooked HD title.
Thanks for the advice. I will check it out.

I second Out of Sight and Seabiscuit. They are great films and fantastic HD DVD's. The transfers are perfect. I'd like to inject Spy Game; it is very underarted as a film and HD DVD.

Unleashed - Martial Arts/Drama/Action hybrid written and produced by Luc Besson(The 5th Element, Leon The Professional). Brave film-making, where most of it works, and excellent fight choreography. The end scene, in the bathroom, alone is worth the price of admission. Great transfer of a very stylized film and the soundtrack rocks.

The Deer Hunter - Exceptional movie all around. The 65mm mountain shots exhibit great depth and beauty. And contrast profoundly with the grainy and distressed Vietnam scenes.

Casablanca - A classic gem that looks amazing in High Definition.

Just watched The Adventures of Robin Hood (http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Robin-Hood-HD-DVD/dp/B000I0RR76/) again.
It's the original 1938 Technicolor Robin Hood movie with Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone and Claude Rains. Thoroughly enjoyable action movie with incredible stunt work and sword fighting, all in vivid colours and amazingly sharp picture on this transfer to HD DVD. There's also a veritable cornucopia of extras on this disc.
Recommended!!
Well, I wouldn't call it overlooked, since it's been regarded as a classic for decades, but if you don't have it, for pete's sake, buy it today. It's a terrific movie that looks terrific on HD DVD. (If you can take your eyes off Olivia de Havilland and the technicolor costumes, look at Olivia de Havilland's horse. After the movie was made, the horse was sold to Roy Rogers, who renamed it--Trigger.) The extras include two Looney Tunes cartoons--in HD.

I'd recommend Grand Prix (http://www.amazon.com/Grand-Prix-DVD-Brian-Bedford/dp/B000I2J2WM/).
The movie follows the 1966 F1 season and has some of the most amazing racing footage ever put on film.

Agreed - this is a seriously outstanding HD DVD.

Just watched The Adventures of Robin Hood (http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Robin-Hood-HD-DVD/dp/B000I0RR76/) again.Well, I wouldn't call it overlooked, since it's been regarded as a classic for decades... Hehe. True.
Looking at the Amazon rankings I see that Blazing Saddles (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000E5KJFW/) and Caddyshack (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000HEVZ8U/) are ranked quite low. Pity, as these are real classics as well; of the comedy genre.
Also highly recommended!

Pitch Black

people talking about Serenity being overlooked must be new around here. the first 4 months of the format, Serenity is all we talked about. :)

Million Dollar Baby - superb movie and some of the best shadow detail i've seen in high def. lots of pop and texture in bright scenes.

Clerks 2 - one of kevin smith's best, and the PQ is very contrasty and saturated without loss of fine detail.

My wife and I watched Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory over the weekend. This was the first movie on HD-DVD that she actually said "Wow, this is a huge difference from the regular DVD."