I finally went out and bought an HDMI cable for my PS3, which in turn means I no longer feel guilty about buying blu-ray Disks. Between the three stores I’ve visited, I’ve already got a couple of hundred dollars of movies in Hi-Def. Here’s a couple of my favorites:

Paprika

The story was about a machine that allows you to go into another persons dreams, and share it with them. The machine gets into the wrong hands, and a supposed “Dream-Terrorist” starts manipulating and imposing dreams on people.It gets to the point that the affected people start having dreams while they are awake. The animation was crisp and beautiful throughout the film, and the characters are some of the best I’ve seen thus far. Any fan of Perfect Blue or Paranoia Agent is sure to love this film, and thats about the best recommendation I can give.

The Fountain

This director is another one of my favorites, and as such I walked into this movie with a huge bias. That being said, I found the visuals stunning (especially in High Definition) and the story line moving. Both of the stars of the movie take on their roles amazingly, which is surprising because I consider Hugh Jackman to be the Kevin Bacon of this current generation. That man is in everything, and I want to hate him based on that, but looking at some of his more recent films, it’s not a bad thing. I’d suggest it as a renter unless you have an HD capable player and television, or you just really like walking out of movies heartbroken and melancholy.

Quick Hits:

Aeon Flux – Story line made me want to die, but the movie is gorgeous. Awesome for HD, don’t bother in standard def.

Ultraviolet – Same as Aeon, enjoy it in a theater.

300 – I still want to fight Persians.

A Scanner Darkly – Such a great movie, if you don’t own this or haven’t seen it, we can’t be friends.

Resident Evil Trilogy – I’ve only watched extinction on BDVD, but it looked great, and the story wasn’t as terrible as 2, or any of the games for that matter. A guilty pleasure, sure, but thats my thing (see Aeon Flux and Ultraviolet).