Movies Discussion Thread V1: Ratings and Opinions

[Pathik]

Yup yup yup. Go get it. Who wouldn't like to see Elisha Cuthbert in 720p.?? *drool*

BTW grudgy you might want to check out Valkyrie wen it comes out.

 

[goobimama]

Yeah. Girl Next Door in 720p sure looks sweet!

 

[amitava82]

^^ Don't worry its kinda Phase every guy goes through once he starts watching Chick flicks: "Fall in love with every Chicks in every Chick Flicks". Even I had the same feelings when I started watching chick flicks. I saw The Girl next door in 2005 and after watch Cuthberth I was like OMFG!!! And I passed out that phase after watching another 50 Chick flicks. I still like(Not CRAZY) Reese Witherspoon, Meg Ryan, and Mandy Moore. BTW Mandy Moore sings really really great... May be you wanna check out her version of Umbrella..

 

[goobimama]

No dude. No other 'chick' has come close to Elisha for me. I'm not a big fan of chick flicks so I didn't really want to watch Girl next door. Until my friend kind of forced me to. Well. What can I say...

 

[amitava82]

Thats what I told, Watch another 50 Chick flicks, then come back. I can give a full fledged list of chick flicks to watch.. lol

 

[Pathik]

Yea man. I ve seen many Chick Flicks. But it's different in this case. Elisha is different.

 

[drgrudge]

Hmm... ok it's getting tempting. I'm getting Girl Next Door in HD.

Check this screenies, who wouldn't want to see in 720p?
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I'm not a big fan of chick flicks. I like serious movies; Drama, Romance and **** like that. But someone post some list so that I can check out if I got time.


Pathik -
Sure thing. Why recommended that particular movie?

 

[Pathik]

The 1st pic is nothing compared to the other *GREAT* things you ll see in the movie.
And it is a general recommendation to all War movie fans.

 

[amitava82]

Great *things* u mean that window scene?
Whats interesting is that she has never shown great *things* of her..
I guess thats makes her more different than others..

 

[drgrudge]

^^
You meant things like this:
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I like Mena Suvari as well. She acted in American Pie 1 as well. But those who have watched American Beauty will understand I mean.

 

[amitava82]

Well she was my first crash until I saw American Beauty and AP was first Chick flick too..

 

[Pathik]

Great *things* u mean that window scene?
Whats interesting is that she has never shown great *things* of her..
I guess thats makes her more different than others..

Yea definitely. Hidden treasures attract me more than anything else..

^^
You meant things like this:
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Abe tu movie bhi dekhega ki screenies hi leta rahega.

 

[dreamcatcher]

hmmm..

can try out america's sweethearts and bedazzled...

good funny movies..with substance

btw can neun suggest me sum cool chick flicks..

i kno the common uns tho. ...

 

[goobimama]

@Dr: The movie by itself is also very good. A must download. And HD for Elisha is a no brainer

I am still waiting for a proper HD DVD of the movie. While this one is much better than the DVD version, you can still see some blockyness. (You're getting the 'hv' rip right?)

 

[Pathik]

Noob here. What does HV mean?

 

[drgrudge]

@Dr: The movie by itself is also very good. A must download. And HD for Elisha is a no brainer

I am still waiting for a proper HD DVD of the movie. While this one is much better than the DVD version, you can still see some blockyness. (You're getting the 'hv' rip right?)

Yeah, decided to get the HD. You think proper will come? This hV is the HDTV not Blu Ray or HD DVD.

 

[goobimama]

'hv' is the name of a scene group which does HD encodes.

@Dr: Like I said, I'm still waiting for the HD DVD version of the movie. Till then the HDTV one will do fine I guess

 

[drgrudge]

^^
Just wanted know. How is HDTV different from other HD rips? I got HDTV as well as Blu Ray/HD DVD rips. I don't seem to find any difference in quality.

 

[goobimama]

The main thing is that the source is much higher quality. HD Discs have bitrates of over 40mbps. HDTV broadcasts on the other hand have to deal with lower bitrates which many a times give way during high action scenes.

Now while an x264 720p will have an average bitrate of 5-7 mbps, it goes up during high action scenes which the HD discs provide for.

Also, the sound quality suffers in case of HDTV broadcasts. You don't usually get more than 448kbps DD 5.1 while in case of HD discs many a times it is Lossless audio converted to 1.5mbps DTS or something.

Plus, studios take a lot more trouble on polishing the source to make the output quality look great. It's not the case with HDTV broadcasts. Now you might not notice this on a smaller screen, but the blockyness shows on a larger screen (I can imagine what it would be on a 40-50" TV)

 

[drgrudge]

Hmm... thanks for the gyaan. Never knew some of the stuffs.