Movie Reviews for The Sand Pebbles [Blu-ray]

The Sand Pebbles [Blu-ray]

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Movie Reviews of The Sand Pebbles [Blu-ray]

Movie Review: The Best Catalog Blu-Ray I have seen.
Summary: 5 Stars

The movie per se is excellent. Steve Mcqueen's best performance. But the jewel here is the excellent transfer on this blu-ray. If you are a fan of this film or of Steve McQueen, this is a must buy.

Movie Review: The Sand Pebbles
Summary: 5 Stars

A genuine classic in HD. Too bad HD is no longer available thus eliminating fair competition with Blu Ray

Movie Review: Movie: 3.75/5 Picture Quality: 4.25/5 Sound Quality: 3.25/5 Extras: 4/5
Summary: 4 Stars

Version: U.S.A / Region A
Title: The Sand Pebbles
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
MPEG-2 BD-50
Running time: 3:02:33
Movie size: 33,29 GB
Disc size: 39,45 GB
Average video bit rate: 18.02 Mbps
DTS-HD Master 5.1 3705Kbps (48kHz/24-bit) English
DD AC3 4.0 320Kbps English
DD AC3 1.0 224Kbps English / French / Spanish
Subtitles: English / Spanish / Cantonese / Korean

Special Features

#Cast and Crew Commentary
#Isolated Film Score and Commentary
#The Making of The Sand Pebbles (SD, 64 minutes)
#Side Bars (SD, 34 minutes)
#1966 (SD, 27 minutes)
#Road Show Scenes (SD, 14 minutes)
#Radio Documentaries and Production Photos (20 minutes)
#Trivia Track
#Radio Spots (2 minutes)

Movie Review: Great epic/adventure/romance
Summary: 4 Stars

The Sand Pebbles is a Steve McQueen vehicle, no doubt one of his best movies, but it is also the unacknowledged epic of the sixties, when the genre began to decline as a mere Hollywood spectacle and was becoming a more thoughtful, more complext adventure that took on momentous themes--like the emergence of China as an independent country and world power. Add Candice Bergen, at her freshest, Richard Attenborough emerging as a key figure in movies, and several Hollywood veterans, like Richard Crenna, and you have a mix that offers both entertainment and a thoughtfully staged adventure, replete with exotic locales, suspenseful clashes, and a gripping ending. Longish, but nearly flawlessly directed by Robert Wise. The blu-ray edition restores it to its original glory.