And, even more to the point, none of them had the same issue with needlessly extended optical composites that Giant did, which made it look far worse than even other 35mm productions.
I think we can all agree that the picture quality of Giant is sub-optimal. What this comes down to is a difference in perspective over why anyone might buy the disc.
If your main criteria for buying a UHD is how much 4K eye candy it offers, this certainly isn't the right disc for that. However...
It is well known (and has been for a very long time) that decisions made during the production of Giant caused the film to have a significant deterioration in picture quality. This is endemic to the movie, not the fault of any home video transfer. It looked poor on cinema screens in 1956. It...