This a great movie that reflects the politics of the day, I believe that movies not only serve as entertainment but also as historical documents, giving us insight into language, culture, fashion and political and racial issues. This movie is no exception The story is great, the development of the marine raiders into an elite fighting force who go on to attack Makin Island. Its difficult to stay in a PC state of mind when the fighting starts. However, it brings it all back to us at the end of the movie when when Colonel Thorwald (Randolp Scott) makes his final speech and pays tribute to the many who died to make sure that the evil, such as seen in the far east during the late 1930s and early 1940s should never happen again. I only wish that leaders of the modern world had time to watch and pay attention.....
On DVD its cheap, but still its disappointing to see such a great movie which has not been given at least a little touching up in audio or video. The quality of the sound and picture are extremely poor. Things went from bad to worse when the disc that I purchased would not play between minutes 30 and 40. Its most disappointing when distributors of films such as this do not seem to want to acknowledge that many of those who collect movies these days have better home theatre systems and poor quality shows up badly.
Unless you are desperate to watch this movie I would wait until the necessary restoration work has been done before making a purchase.
On DVD its cheap, but still its disappointing to see such a great movie which has not been given at least a little touching up in audio or video. The quality of the sound and picture are extremely poor. Things went from bad to worse when the disc that I purchased would not play between minutes 30 and 40. Its most disappointing when distributors of films such as this do not seem to want to acknowledge that many of those who collect movies these days have better home theatre systems and poor quality shows up badly.
Unless you are desperate to watch this movie I would wait until the necessary restoration work has been done before making a purchase.