SO....


Jurassic Park BR set:
--BR vs DVD comments: I own the JP I/II set and have JP III individually on dvd. I got the BR trilogy set. I must say that JP I/II set had compression issues for video and it was BS that it only had the DD5.1 audio( that set got a dual release in that they had a DD and a DTS set). The JP III was, for the most part, a clean transfer but had some artifacting. The BR trilogy cleans up all the video prints so you don't have ANY compression issues in the video. I was watching it via HDMI on a 50". The sound IS EPIC. WAY BETTER than the dvd audio even if I am only doing 2.1 at the moment. Good to see that the DTS and the DD are on the same disc finally.

JPI
--Loved the concept and loved the movie. This movie practically drove home theater sales in the early 90s. Pretty strong cast as well.

JP II
--I liked the story and thought a "Site B" made some sense in regards to one island being a proving ground and one island being a "park." I did not like Ian Malcom's kid tagging along. I did like how even though Ingen got sold out so to speak that Hammond's kid was still trying to get a park states side started and mooching off his dad's work. I think the movie took a dive in quality when the hit San Diego with some questionable cinematic choices.

JP III
--The story was WAY TOO WEAK to make a 3rd trip back out to the islands. The movie, itself wasn't "bad" but it felt like someone tried really hard to milk some more money from the dinos.


LotR trilogy BR

--BR vs DVD commentary: First, I waited till they released the Extended Edition DVD Trilogy Set before I ever bought the dvds for those. I did find that in some areas the compression/artifacting was sub par for transfers of such great movies. I totally understood whey split up the movies across two discs each because of the director's cuts adding a lot of extra footage. The BR set I was hoping would have the movies on 1 disc since BRs hold more data than standard dvds but alas, they split them up just like the dvd release. I guess I can get over that in that watching anything that is 3hrs in length needs a break anyway.

I liked all the movies but I did feel that Return of the King ended kind of fast....