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Blu-Ray looks more like a DVD than Blu-Ray, But still a good movie.

ByJoeon January 16, 2017

Although a great movie, this Blu-Ray transfer leaves a lot to be desired. It's not a bad transfer, just not anything better than good. It's hard to believe it was a transfer from original film elements, because the resolution, clarity and sharpness seem more on par with DVD quality rather than Blu-Ray. One thing that makes a good Blu-ray noticeable is how the fabric of shirts and dresses appears in close-ups and closer shots. Blu-Ray transfers allow us to see the makeup of the fabric. You can nearly see the thread count. But DVD quality won't show this. This transfer gives the impression of being a DVD quality transfer that was put on a Blu-Ray. Disappointing in that respect, but the movie itself, regardless of being an inferior transfer, is still a great movie.

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Excellent movie suffers from audio problems in its blu ray transfer

ByAnderson J. Vitouson March 30, 2015

Five stars of course for the movie itself, one of the canonical WWII movies out there. This review is primarily about the Blu Ray transfer, which yielded decent video quality, considering how old the film masters would be, but terrible audio, which is mono only, and could not be decoded by my consumer-grade Samsung 2010-era Blu Ray player. A recently acquired higher-end Oppo player does decode the mono audio track, but the signal is of limited usability except to play 'as-is' (strictly mono thru center channel of my 5.1 layout). This blu ray disc could certainly have used some audio post-processing to deliver a much better audio experience to a wider variety of players. Fair warning to others looking to add this to their collection.

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Another great movie destroyed by olive films

ByR J Ron May 14, 2017

Format: Blu-rayVerified Purchase

olive films are garbage, I wouldn't pay more than 50 cents for them.

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One Star

ByFrank Klobucaron March 1, 2016

Format: DVDVerified Purchase

Wavy picture when camera moves side to side.

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Good Movie, Bad Version

ByJohnBMWguyon January 8, 2015

Format: Blu-rayVerified Purchase

The movie is one of the great war movies ever made. The bad news is that the Blu-ray version isn't what it should be. I started to watch it and had to stop. It was not very clear do to lots of noise. The the dirt began and that was the last straw.
I got out my DVD of The Sands of Iwo Jima and started to watch it. To my surprise the items that I mentioned in the Blu-ray version were not to be found in the DVD version. Also the DVD had a bonus feature, the making of Sands of Iwo Jima that the Blu-ray didn't have.
So get the DVD for now the MGM Silver Screen version.

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I would like to know before purchasing

Byjerome marinoon December 6, 2014

Format: Blu-rayVerified Purchase

I WANT MY MONEY BACK. I SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO ANOTHER REVIEWER WHO COMPLAINED ABOUT THE BRIGHTNESS BEING TO BRIGHT. IT WAS NOT A GOOD TRANSFER FROM ARCHIVAL ELEMENTS AS THE BOX SAID. THE REPUBLIC DVD FROM THE EARLY 2000'S I HAD WAS MUCH BETTER

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LOUSY QUALITY

ByJohn Nelsonon March 19, 2015

Format: DVDVerified Purchase

The image quality is horrible and I shut it off after 20 minutes. Don't waste your money.

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Poor DVD Quality

ByA customeron July 9, 2004

Format: DVDVerified Purchase

I bought two copies of this DVD before I decided that the transfer of this movie to DVD was defective. It has the same problem as "The Quiet Man". The scenes constantly drifts in and out into darkness, and constantly stalls trying to keep up with the audio. Whoever approved these products for market should be fired from their job, for they do an injustice to the customers. The rating system only allows one star as the lowest score. That is too generous for a DVD this poorly made. Otherwise, the movie itself is a classic. Too bad I cannot enjoy it on DVD.