I think Gruv is part of WB? Anyway, I picked these up during a recent sale. Some of these mid 80s to early 90s films transfer incredibly well to 4k. It must have something to do with the film they were shot on, but most have been more impressive than newer digitally shot films imo.
Obviously Pan's Labyrinth is newer, but Guillermo Del Toro's films usually look great as well. He's so good at mixing practical effects with minimal CG. I'm still mad he left the Hobbit before production began. I really wanted to see his vision more than Peter Jackson's. No offense to him though, but I still don't think 3 films were necessary to tell that story.
I stopped buying blurays in general a few years ago, except for the rare release that has specific nostalgia for me, like the most recent Project A-ko re-release, for example. Recently though I've been looking, and if the sale is right, buying certain 4K blurays again (I've bought 2, lol. 1917 and I got Battle Angel Alita real cheap), even before this whole Sony digital debacle, though I've been thinking about it more now specifically because of this.
Anyway, there are films that are perfect for showing off that new TV many have purchased over this holiday, or through a previous sale (right before the Super Bowl is when you will find the absolute best deals historically), and I'm curious if anyone has a go to film to test, or show off, that nice new screen?
Of the films I already own, I think the top 2 for me are, Mad Max Fury Road, and Pacific Rim. Regardless of how you feel about these movies (they're both fucking fantastic!), they absolutely pop with color contrast, and detail that really shows off what an OLED or nice screen with a ton of local dimming zones can do. I realized that I haven't watched Pacific Rim in years, specifically since upgrading my TV, and now after rewatching...wow! I remember when it came out (specifically the 4k bluray) people were saying how great it looks on screens that can hit at least 1000 nit peak brightness, which is considered the base for proper HDR utilization, and a lot of TVs can do this now.
Long story short, it looks fucking outstanding! It's a dark film, but any tech on screen is nothing but crazy neon digital future tech stuff that just looks ridiculously good, and is almost eye piercing with its brightness.
Once again, is there a go to (the original Avatar was probably the best standard Bluray back before 4K and Oled became more standard, imo. At least on my previous TV) that you'd say is a great "show off" movie to...well, show off what your screen can do? I know there's a bunch I haven't seen.