What is the most beautiful sci-fi movie you have on DVD?
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UPDATED: Saturday, March 28, 2026 22:16
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I think mine are as follows:
1. Matrix (original, first, best)
2. LOTR (all three tied)
3. Star Wars: ESB
4. Star Wars: New Hope
5. Star Wars: ROTJ
6. Star Wars: Clone Wars
7. Star Wars: Phantom Menace
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
How do you compare the original Solaris to the Clooney version?
I liked the Clooney remake more, but I thought both of them were bad interpretations of the book. I absolutley love the book, and both seem to miss the point. Namely, the mocking of the sci-fi formula; we go to space, and find ourselves. In Solaris, they find a freakin sentient ocean, and spend a hundred years trying to even get it to notice them. When it finally does, they don't have a clue why it sent the "clones".
Love the book!
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So?
Why'd it 'send in the clones'?
hey...that's a line from Judge Dread....
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Here's a random one that I like:
Minority Report.
Maybe not beautiful, but great transfer.
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Quote:Anna and the King - the costuming is so rich, the exteriors so grand, I can't stand it.
Originally posted by chrisisall:
What movie do you have on dvd that simply blows you away every time you pop it in because the transfer is fantastic, and it captures or surpasses the theatrical experience?
Three come to mind for me:
Superman: The Movie
Raiders Of The Lost Arc
Legend: the Directors cut
All three take my breath away every time! Amazing cinematography brought out by outstanding digital technology!
What are your favourites?
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Hero - I mean who knew that a Chinese martial arts movie could also be an art house film?
Buckaroo Banzai - Although that probably has more to do with the fact that my VHS version had gotten a wee bit raggedy.
Pirates of the Caribbean - Just add popcorn.
The Sony Trinitron TV doesn't hurt either.
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When I first read the title of the thread I originally thought it meant actual *scenes* within a movie that were beautiful or blew me away. How about things you've seen on screen that were absolutely amazing? Since I don't have an opinion as to transfers, I'll stick with my original thoughts.
I've chosen from more recent films, because as a kid everything wows you 
My amazing/beautiful scenes:
1. Seeing Terminator 2 in the theatre, and watching the T-1000 reform himself after getting freeze-dried and blasted by Arnold/T-100. A jaw-dropping bit of computer work that still holds up today. And I cheered at that moment because I thought the movie was over, and was ready to be disappointed that the T-1000 was defeated so easily!
2. The siege on Helm's Deep in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Both on the big screen and on the television, the scene where thousands of goblins and uruk-hai attack the castle is still one of the greatest battle scenes ever. Second to that is the Pellenor Fields battle of Return of the King, and third to that is the very first battle in Braveheart, especially the cavalry charge.
3. Seeing Gollum jump on Frodo and wrestle with him in The Two Towers. I couldn't believe how seemless that effect was, and my mind boggled at the complexity of the CG thoughout the film. I wish George Lucas would have looked at that when he made that horrible-looking Jabba the Hutt in Phantom Menace.
4. As for beautiful scenes, I think the scene where the heroes of Joss's film Titan A.E. (well, screenplay, anyway) go through the jellyfish-like creatures is wonderful. The colors in that scene and the way it was rendered made it serene and gorgeous to look at.
5. And for really recent, in Revenge of the Sith
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I think the lightsaber battle between Obi-Wan and General Grievous was cool as hell.
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The most "beautiful" film ever, in my opinion, has to be "Lawrence of Arabia"
If we limit to Sci Fi, and I have to own the DVD, I guess I am stuck with "Brazil" (Criterieon Collection, of course)
I suspect "2001" and "Silent Running" would be good choices as well, but I do not own them.
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Passage to India, Days of Heaven, and Hero are other non-sci-fi beautiful films.
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Originally posted by Channain:
Pirates of the Caribbean - Just add popcorn.
Yeah, but is it the movie, or Mr. Depp that you find beautiful?
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The beauty of Bladerunner, (old enough to have seen it in the theater myself) is due in equal parts to Syd Mead's design work and Douglas Trumball's, ( I think ), effects.
The model work, pre-cgi holds up 20+ years later, and the man had a way with working with light.
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