A John Wayne western makes the journey to Blu-ray.
But Mark wonders if The Green Berets should have stayed where they were… But,of the movies he made.
And it arrogantly assumes a positive outcome for the US in this war.
But what Id actually forgotten about this 142 minute movie is how poorly paced it is.
There is virtually no tension at all for the majority of the proceedings.
But, actually, none of the action sequences have any great build-up or excitement about them.
The Disc
In the early sequences I was pleasantly surprised how sharp this movie looks transferred to Blu-ray.
The negative they used was very crisp and well colour-balanced.
As a result, people often deliver lines from slightly out of focus locations in the shot.
Not sure what happened there, but it doesnt really exploit what audio technology is used.
One last note about the film for those that follow BBFC cuts.
The impaling of a man on a tree sequence cut from the UK cinema release is included here.
In terms of extras, there isnt much here to talk about.
Theres a documentary and a trailer, thats it.
Its nearly three minutes of utter weirdness.
Its really a longer trailer, but without Sgt.
Rock shouting John Wayne!
like hes won the lottery!
Movie:
The Green Beretsis out now andavailable from the Den Of Geek Store.
Rating:
5 out of 5
