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Robert's Best of Blu-ray 2009 Top Ten
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2009 has come and gone bringing with it a slew of new Blu-ray titles as the high-def format continues to pick up steam and drop in price. Which ones are worth your hard earned dollars whether as a new release, a double-dip of a DVD classic or a title to entice you to finally make the jump to high-def media? While by no means definitive (no "best of" list ever is), here are some of my personal favorite choices from the past year well worth your consideration heading into 2010.
Akira
The hyper-kinetic tale about mutant psychic powers that brought Anime to light outside of Japan makes its Bd debut. Sure, there are minimal extras (so the potential for an "ultimate edition" double-dip does exist) but that's due to Bandai Entertainment dedicating space for the feature film. Not only do they give us a pristine 1080p picture, but equally impressive they actualize
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Shawn's Best of Blu-ray 2009 Top Ten
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While 2009's theatrical releases proved to be the weakest rolled out from Hollywood since the beginning of the decade, the dizzying array of Blu-ray releases were anything but. With the Criterion Company increasing their output and the studios giving some of their most popular recent films the HD red carpet treatment, it did not take much persuasion for some to stay out of the theater and at home to get their cinematic dollar's worth. For myself, ten prime examples of this are as follows.
Wings of Desire: Criterion Collection
I have owned Wim Wenders' fantasy drama in many a format (VHS, Laserdisc, DVD) over the past twenty years, yet none have come close to capturing the true beauty of this German masterpiece the way Criterion has. With a knockout transfer and a great selection of supplemental materials (next up: Paris, Texas) to back it up, one can only
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