And then I spent the next two hours with the Superbit edition of THE FIFTH ELEMENT. I haven't seen this film since I saw it and was underwhelmed in the theater. Seems to have developed a cult of its own during the last 8 years or so.
Anyway, I keep noticing that after all these years, many calibrators and reviewers in my home theater magazines still often use the Superbit edition to test drive the newest HDTVs. So, I found a used copy of the film in its Superbit edition and played it tonight.
I have to admit, the video is awesome to behold on this edition, especially using my upconversion DVD player. And the DTS sound is still state of the art, at least on my system. It was very impressive.
And the movie was more fun the second time around, too, since I knew it was a cartoonish action picture. Chris Tucker still irritated the devil out of me.