dirty harry ultimate collector's edition [blu-ray]

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Date: 2008-07-03
Do You Feel Lucky, Punk?
I have to say that this is one of the best box sets I've ever had the pleasure of purchasing. I had it on DVD a while back, but had to start my movie collection from scratch (due to a divorce). Bluray is the way to go, even with older movies like these. I'm 110% satsified with this purchase!

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Date: 2008-06-17
Top quality transfer and great bonus material
I normally don't care about bonus material, but this one actually comes with a ton of cool extras, both in the box and on the discs. Highly recommended.

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Date: 2008-06-16
Blu-ray Edition Review
I have very mixed feelings about this set. I love the Dirty Harry movies, but if you already own them, there is very little reason to upgrade to Blu-ray. The first two movies have almost no improvement over an upconverted DVD. They are very grainy and dark and even though these are 1970's movies they could have done a much better job restoring them. There is even dirt on many of the frames - NOTICEABLE dirt. It almost felt like watching it in a movie theater after the print had been used a few hundred times. The rest of the movies are better, but the PQ is still maybe a 3.5 out of 5.0. The extras that are included are "okay" but I wish they would have just left them out, given us traditional blu-ray boxes in a slipcase and dropped the price about $30 to $49.99. Even better would be to throw all 5 movies into a case like the Die Hard movies.
5.0 for the movies
1.5 for the PQ on the first two movies
2.5 for the last 3
3-4.0 for the sound quality.

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Date: 2008-06-15
Blu-Ray Review
Again Amazon is fkd up with posting reviews.
This set looks good on Blu-Ray.

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Date: 2008-06-15
Fires on all thrusters
If you're a fan of the Dirty Harry films, and you have a Blu-Ray player, this is a no-brainer. A lot of Blu-Ray transfers are disappointing, particularly in older films. However, Warner has pulled out all the stops, and every one of these films, even the oldest, looks and sounds utterly spectacular.

The original DIRTY HARRY features a lot of aerial photography of San Francisco, as some of the earlier action takes place on rooftops. The detail in these distance shots is staggeringly clear. The colors are rich, vivid, and bold, and the remixed soundtrack is shatteringly good for a film of this vintage.

The four sequels look equally good (the fifth, THE DEAD POOL, suffers only because it was not shot in true widescreen ) and all films are supplemented with a wide selection of new extras. The box even includes a personal message from Clint Eastwood, encouraging you to sample the new bonus features.

I watched all five films in less than a week and I'm ready to watch them all again. It's about time older films started receiving this kind of treatment in High-Def; hopefully this is a harbinger of things to come for classics films of the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Go ahead, make your day and buy this box.

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