Blu-ray Movies

The movie won seven Oscars when it was released in 1970 and is one of Ara's favorites. He has seen it at least ten times over the years and it has a permanent place on his movie server. So with the recent release on Blu-ray, We wanted to see if the movie benefited from the new technology.

Since we received positive feedback on the Transformers technical review we did a few months back, we decided to make them monthly features. We'll alternate between Blu Ray Discs and HD DVD discs. For our second technical movie review we chose Close Encounters of the Third Kind. I (Ara) remember watching this movie as a teenager. I was about 15 years old and remember how I marveled at the special effects and cinematography. When the 30th Anniversary version came out on Blu Ray I knew that I was going to buy it and make it part of my library. I wondered how would a movie that was made in the late 70's hold up technically after all these years. Overall, we have to say it help up pretty darn good. It may not be a movie you use to show off your new HDTV and Blu Ray player but it did provide much entertainment for the entire family.