WHV Announce: The Green Berets (Blu-ray) - Page 2

The film will sell, as will Tango and Cash and Catwoman but really - why not release the big guns and we're still waiting for the 70MM epics and such from HD "Mutiny on the Bounty" "Grand Prix"

Plus "Ryan's Daughter" "Doctor Zhivago" (sometime in 2010) or true classics like "Mister roberts" "The Music Man" "A Streetcar Named Desire" "Auntie Mame" "Around the World in 80 Days" "My Fair Lady" etc

Well too be fair, Warners does have a few little classics like Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz and Amadeus, coming in the next few months.

But frankly I'd rather see The Green Berets than Catwoman, Menace II Society, Over the Top, Set it Off or Sphere which were also announced recently!

Doug

Thanks for the update.

I am real happy that Warner Brothers is releasing The Green Berets on BLU-Ray.  As has been stated, the standard DVD releases are not anamorphic widescreen so it will be great to see The Green Berets as it should be seen.  John Wayne is  Hollywood's Number 1 star covering the past 70 years (hard to believe but yes 70 years since 1939) and  there have been very few Wayne films released so far on Blu-Ray.  It is way past time for more John Wayne films to be released on BLU-Ray by all the studios that own his films.  As for Warner Brothers, I hope very much that they will release the 1974 John Wayne movie MCQ on Blu-Ray soon.  Thank you Warner Brothers for announcing The Green Berets for release on BLU-Ray and please release soon MCQ 1974 on Blu-Ray.

Robert

I received my review copy today.  Since it is after street date, I will try to watch it tonight and get the review written and posted ASAP.

FYI, the most recent SD DVD version of "The Green Berets" is 16:9 enhanced.  I have it as part of the "TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: War - Battlefront Asia" DVD set.  The ".VOB" files have a date of February 2009.  Was this perhaps the subject of a "quiet" remaster last year or did the title get remastered when they issued it as part of the John Wayne Collection in an Amaray case in 2007, and they just did some minor tweaking of promos and/or menus?  I never owned it in the circa 1997 snapper case or in the 2007 re-issue/re-package.

Regards,

True, but I wish Paramount would get that memo and put out "True Grit," "The Shootist," "The High and the Mighty," "Rio Lobo" and the rest of the herd they have over there. C'mon Paramount, move 'em out!

I've been sitting on my BRD for a few days now, but will try to watch it today.




Crawdaddy

I too plan on blind-buying this movie but I don't understand all the hate toward it. When people call it a "bad" movie, do they mean it is dull, campy, low budget or what? Another film that doesn't get a lot of love is Eastwood's The Gauntlet. As silly and inplausible as it may be it is a hugely entertaining and gritty action flick that I can watch over and over and I would never call it a bad movie just because its a bit over the top. I'm hoping to at least be entertained by Green Berets, that's all I'm asking for.

The Green Berets is a decent enough movie...it's not one of my favorites as far as Wayne goes but it's funny how when it's on TV I end up watching most of it. Some people don't like it's heavy handed patriotism and politics but then again how many movies in the 40's were over the top like that. If anything it's an interesting movie to watch for the time it was released. If you like gritty movies, it certainly is very gritty.

I watched it a couple nights ago and will be posting a review tomorrow.  The disc looks very good.  The film though isn't one of Wayne's best, at least in my opinion.

"Hatari" as well.

 Review is posted.  See "Related Forum Threads" on right side of this screen.

Regards,