Blu ray, bright or shite?

It has come to my attention, in the last couple of months, that blu-ray is really starting to step up to the money that it costs nowadays. While on a late night tesco romp with my friends i found a very cheap blu-ray player, from Technika (don't judge me), costing only 70 pounds, due to the very outdated technology it was running on (hey, it still works). Now the first film i bought on blu-ray was one that would be quite obvious to the eye if anything had improved. What else but Danny Boyle's sci-fi, Sunshine (don't judge me). Now i must say, i was unbelievably impressed at first glance at the screen when the spaceship Icarus 2 flies by the camera, with the sun beaming off of it's heat shield. The clarity of the picture was fantastic, i was completely immersed in the picture, almost as if i was there myself. The sound was also incredible, pumping out a full surround sound clearer than any dvd to date, the sound of the sun's rays striking the shield and the low boom as the ship blew its way past.

But here's my question for this round. Does Blu-ray take you away from the story and place you in a position where pretty pictures are more important.

Now I'm writing this after just watching one of my favourite horror movies 30 Days Of Night (don't judge me) on blu-ray. It was brilliant, the motion was perfect the effects pumped up, the deadly soundtrack slithers through the speakers in the clearest form possible, i was completely immersed in the events, the suspense and the movement. Now you may be questioning why I am so impressed by these pretty colours and pictures, and i must say i do have a soft spot for a beautiful looking film (don't judge me) but there is always a need to be immersed in the story as well as the pictures, behind the beauty and the shots there has to be depth and substance. Now Blu-ray seems to take that edge off, some people say. They say, it is so detailed that you spend so much time trying to follow everything with your eyes that you have no time to process the story.

I disagree. That first paragraph? forget it! It isn't worth the money. You buy a blu ray player expecting something new and fresh, and for about the first five seconds of the film, of coarse you'll look at your friends and say "fucking hell thats awsome!" but after that, it's the same film you love, the same film you saw in the cinema the first time, the same story, the same characters.

That detail, that immaculate sound, it's all out the window when you loose yourself in that film, in the characters, in the story, in the emotion, compare those feelings that you feel everytime you watch your favourite movie to a detailed picture and just guess what's gonna win. Not saying its not totally worth it, it is pretty cool, but don't judge me!