All sorts of movies: old, new, great, bad, etc... have and are being released on Blu-Ray.


WHY HASN'T BRAVEHEART BEEN ONE OF THEM???

Argh! I'm going nuts!

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Ben
Chaplain, US Army
Ft. Riley, KS
TE Ohio Valley Presbytery, PCA

Good question. I totally love that movie.

It's costing me a lot of money too.

I saw it in the theater twice. I got it on VHS. Then got it on DVD. And now when the Blu-Ray version comes out... I feel compelled to drop the $$$...

*sigh*

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Alex - Orange County, CA - PCA

"I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but
Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by
faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me."
Galatians 2:20

Manton - "The sovereign dominion of God is a great prop to our faith."

Maybe they lost the Master copy!

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et

I am waiting for Braveheart to, one of my favorit movies

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Martin - Reformed
Husband to the most godly, honorable and loyal wife Line
Searching for a Church
Webpage www.5solas.dk
Free Online Reformed Seminary - http://www.tnars.net
Soli Deo Gloria

Blu-ray??? I'm afraid I'm hopelessly behind in technology. I just got a converter box for my old tv.

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Linda
Member Assembly of Christians
Displaced Presbyterian
Toledo, OH

I've never seen the movie. Am I missing much?

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Ian Kemmerer
Trinity Bible Fellowship, Blandon, PA
Fleetwood, PA

"Be still, my soul: when dearest friends depart, And all is darkened in the vale of tears, Then shalt thou better know His love, His heart, Who comes to soothe thy sorrow and thy fears. Be still, my soul: thy Jesus can repay From His own fullness all He takes away."

"Long my imprisoned spirit lay,
Fast bound in sin and nature’s night;
Thine eye diffused a quickening ray—
I woke, the dungeon flamed with light;
My chains fell off, my heart was free,
I rose, went forth, and followed Thee."

What is blu-ray? Is it like HD?

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sarah
WI
OPC
My Pastor's Sermons: Mark Jenkins...he's awesome!!!

Only the best movie ever!

Seriously, it is my all-time favorite. There's great action sequences, a sweeping historical epic plot, romance, a sinister (but somehow thoroughly fascinating) king, and arguably the best Medieval battle scenes of any movie.

FYI, there is a brief, dimly lit topless scene, some sparse profanity, and graphic violence in battle.

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Mason
Member, Redeemer Presbyterian Church (PCA)
New York, NY

"Come now, and let us reason together," says the Lord, "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool." - Isaiah 1:18

Bill has the whole script of the movie pretty much committed to memory. He loves to recite exerpts from the movie every now and again.

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Toni Cunningham, Wife of Bill (Theognome)
Parkwoods OPC, Overland Park KS

"Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace." ~ Alexander Pope

freedommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm


two questions, 1) I wrote that all in capital letters. Why does the PB edit it to all lowercase?
2) What is Blu Ray, and I hate it.

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Shalom,
jessi
PCA
Steelers fan exiled to Virginia


“Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God.”
Martin Luther

Freedom!!

Appears one needs a period, etc. at the end of the word.

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Ivan R. Schoen, B.A., M.A., M.L.I.S.
Pastor of Maranatha Baptist Church (SBC)
Poplar Grove, IL, USA
http://maranatha-sbc.org

Yep, it's like HD.

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Breanna
WPC
USA

"Who am I, that the Lord of all the Earth would care to know my name, would care to feel my hurt? Who am I, that the Bright and Morning Star would choose to light the way for my ever wandering heart?" Who am I, Casting Crowns

You are!

It's the best movie experience I've ever had. Seeing it in the Theater, so, at that level, best movie ever. Well, I'll put seeing Rocky as a kid in a tie with it.

As far as best movie ever, in retrospect, not quite there for me, but, you are def. missing something by not seeing it.

GREAT FILM! I've quoted--make that acted out--the pre-battle freedom speech many times.

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Trevor
Christian/Husband/Father/Writer/Teacher--
--In that order.
Bethany Church
CALIFORNIA
God is my King
Love God--Live Large

I was wondering that myself! I did something in uppercase and it filtered to lowercase! It was annoying in that I was NOT doing a cyber yell! I think it's new. I don't like it!

How many people here are using Blue Ray?

Can anyone compare it to the upconverting DVD players using an HD TV?

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Daniel
PCA
Memphis, TN

Blu-ray?

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Andrew DeShazo
Husband of Kathryn
Father of Phillip-Giles B. DeShazo
Deacon
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, Memphis, TN
"From out of the depth of unbroken Infinfity arose the Question, "Who am I?" And to that Question there is the answer, "I am God!" -Meher Baba, died 1969.

"I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." Christ, died 33 AD, ressurected three days later.

I've never seen the movie. I keep forgetting that I would like to see it because there are so many movies out there that I haven't seen yet. My fiance really enjoys it. Maybe soon it will come out on blu-ray for you! Just keep looking!

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Jennifer Flummerfelt
layman, P.C.A.
Wichita, KS

"Man's chief end is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever."

Happily Married to KS_Presby as of September 12, 2009

For those who haven't experienced Blu-Ray... You really need to. I didn't think the difference between it and dvd would be too substantial, but it is. Particularly when you have a 1080p tv and you're using a good hdmi cable to connect. Wow!!!

Plus, it can support 7 channel surround sound. Truly fantastic.

What about if you've got like a 19-incher with bunny ears? And you don't even know what this sentence even means:HDMIhuh?

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How did you get that to be in all caps?
ALL CAPS RIGHT NOW

Why did that work, there?

F R E E D O M

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What gives with this capitalization skubalon?
F R E E D O M

What about if you've got like a 19-incher with bunny ears? And you don't even know what this sentence even means:

Quote:

Particularly when you have a 1080p tv and you're using a good hdmi cable to connect.

HDMIhuh? :rofl

Then don't worry about it... Such blatant rejection of modern technology is likely a lifestyle choice, and modern contrivances such as this would likely ruin that person's style.

Braveheart is right up there with The Patriot as an acurate historical work without the hint of an agenda.

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Mike
London City Presbyterian Church
London
England

"Surely, we wish to be orthodox, but we must first learn what real orthodoxy is. Surely, we wish to be progressive, but we must first have a basis to progress from."

No one is picking on the English, Mike! Braveheart may not be 100% accurate, but it is a wonderfully directed, captivating epic. I enjoy it for the film itself, not for historical insight...

I actually love Apocalypto, now that is a great film.

No

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Stuart
Elder, Lambeg Baptist, Northern Ireland, UK

In Him the fulness of the Godhead dwells in bodily form and in Him you are complete (Col 2.9-10)

The Christian is a person who makes it easy for others to believe in God. (RM M'Cheyne)

I would say that the words Braveheart and accurate should not be used in the same sentence. I was put off right away by an Austrailian with the worst Scottish accent ever and even more annoying, indeed outrageous, was portraying the Bruce as a wimp. They stole events and exploits from the Bonnie Prince and applied them to Wallace. Having King Edward die several years before he actually did may have suited the irony of the film but was yet another inaccuracy.

He did fight the English at Stirling; he was betrayed by rich landowners and was hung, drawn and quartered on London Bridge.

I know if Hollywood followed fact then most films would be boring. But as much as I love to see the Scots beat the English (specially at Hampden), this film was just annoying.

Braveheart is entertaining, but Stuart is correct; it is nowhere near close to the actual history of the events. If you would like to learn a wee bit of the truth check out this website: William Wallace The Truth . You may be quite surprised.

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Lawrence Underwood, Jr.
Pastor - Providence Family Fellowship / Mobile, Alabama
1644/46 LBC
My Blog - Imprimis

I'd say as far as medeival esque films braveheart is second only to LOTR trilogy

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Christ Presbyterian Church , OPC (They sing alot of Psalms!)
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Janesville, Wisconsin (In the fellowship of Bob Vigneault and Matt+Megan Meisberger)

Blue-Ray is the brand name of the technology developed by a joint association of electronics, computer and media companies like Apple, Sony, Pioneer, Mitsubishi, Philips &c.

It's called "Blue-Ray" because it uses a blue laser instead of a red laser as current CD/DVD's. The blue laser has a shorter wavelength than the red laser, which makes it possible to focus it much more precisely and thereby pack more data onto an optical disk. Because you asked and I KNOW you are dying to know and my mind is filled with all sorts of useless knowledge such as this - the wavelength of the blue laser is about 450 nm (nanometers), a human hair by comparison is about 100,000 nm thick.

Yes, it is a form of High Definition, but really rather advanced from the format branded as "HD-DVD." With layering technology in combination with the blue-ray format they've succeeded in being able to pack 500 GB (GigaBytes) onto an optical disk, which is ten times the capacity of HD-DVD.

Overall, what it means, in regards to movies is absolutely stunning high resolution video, and to data is massive storage capability. So, if you remember years ago when VHS came out and was competing with Beta (Sony format), the latter was a superior technology, but lost in the market due to marketing. The Blue-Ray is in a very similar situation, but hopefully its so far superior to HD-DVD it will end up winning the optical disk wars.

If you get a chance, stop in at a electronics store and have someone demonstrate a blue-ray hooked up to a Sony HD television. Sony has a demo disk that does a side by side comparison of DVD vs Blue Ray quality using various movie clips - it's really quite amazing.

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Thomas Weddle
Member, Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church
Evansville, Indiana

Um, it did win... a while back.

I have seen Braveheart and the Patriot once each. I can't seem to bring myself to watch them again becaue I hate graphic violence and avoid it at all costs in movies. Just call me a wimp

P.S. can you tell I am playing with the smilies?

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I just realized this thread is over 2 months old. Is that too old to bring back up??

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Tiffany
Wife to David, Mom to 3 sweet girls
Reformed Baptist
TEXAS
Glorious Womanhood

Nope.

Oh good I just noticed another feature here, my two posts merged into one.

Apparently Braveheart on Blu-Ray should be out later this year. Perhaps in September. (I also looks like it had been scheduled for release earlier this year.)

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John Schultz
Member, Riveroaks Reformed Presbyterian Church (PCA)
Germantown, TN

"The reason why we worship God in a slight way is because we do not see God in His glory"
Jeremiah Burroughs

YIPPEE!!!!!!

This morning I received an email alert from Amazon.com ....

Braveheart on Bluray is now available for pre-order!

SWEET!

Is it just me that is uncomfortable with this? First count - spending time watching films desensitizing us to violence and looseness with historical fact. Second count - playing the game of the consumerist spending serious money on nonsense with planned obsolescence.

I'm not perfect, I spend money on nonsense too but it makes me uncomfortable when I do and I'm embarrassed and ashamed of it. We don't have a TV, but we do watch some DVDs on a laptop now and then and even that makes me nervous that I am loving the world too much.

What are the opinions of others on this puritan board? I'm sure it's been discussed before - maybe someone can point me to a thread?

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Paul
No denomination, affiliated with FIEC
"Deliver me from worldly dispositions, for I am born from above and destined for glory" - Valley of Vision
"They think it strange that you do not plunge with them into the same flood of dissipation" - Peter

Watching TV or films does not mean that one is in love with the world. Like everything else, attitude is very important. Two people can watch the same film and for one it can be OK whilst for another it can lead to sin. For one person it could mean harmless relaxation, for another it can be an unhealthy turn down an undesirable path.

Now obviously I think some films are clearly unhelpful but would feel something of a Pharisee to say that this film is OK but that one is not OK. I would like tothink we are all mature, wise and discerning Christians when it comes to films (or music or books or pastimes and hobbies or whatever)

There are general principles to apply. Are you more interested in films than the scriptures? Is your head more filled with Hollywood or scripture? Will this film direct my mind down a sinful path or encourage a sinful course of action?

I really do not see a difference between watching a DVD on a laptop and watching the same film on a TV. Nor do I see a difference between reading a book and watching the film version of the book. (Although it is true that innocent books are not so innocent in the film version)

I don't think it does desensitise to violence. There is a big difference between the violence in a film set and the violence seen on the TV news. To see rioting violent mob attacking innocent bystanders on the news is far more shocking because we know that is for real. It is not made up actors but real live people suffering.

There is also realism. When the likes of Errol Flynn and John Wayne ran up the Normandy beaches they basically fired a couple of shots, hid behind a rock, the person beside them got shot, they threw a grenade and that was the Germans conquered. When Tom Hanks ran up the same beaches there was far more realism to the scene. It may have been more violent than older more sanitised films, but it more accurately captured the heroism of the allied troops on that day.

Whatever interests a person has they need to be kept in perspective. Be it TV, sport or whatever. Worldliness is a problem we all struggle with but with prayer, diligence and the enabling of the Holy Spirit it is something we conquer rather than allow it to conquer us.

I was thinking the same thing...

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Andrea
Presbyterian, attending Baptist church
Perugia, Italy
Owner: federiformata.it

"Quos et vocavit nos non solum ex Iudæis sed etiam ex gentibus" (Rom. 9.24)