The Sting [Blu-ray]

The unbeatable chemistry between Redford and Newman made this a power-packed movie. I would also like to mention the star turn by Robert Shaw. Last but not least, the soundtrack music is almost too good to be true. The arrangements by Hamlisch, of Scott Joplin's compositions, melted me to the ground. All in all, this was a winner.

I like the actors and they played their rolls very well!

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A meticulously detailed crime caper.The Sting (1973) is director George Roy Hill paying tribute to Carol Reed's The Third Man, William Friedkin's The French Connection, and many older crime thrillers of seamless realism and crafty concoction. David S. Ward's script is clever and unscrupulous in the thought that went into this twist filled plot. The Sting's narrative is structured with precision that is gripping to the last.George Roy Hill's direction is a phenomenal recreation of The Great Depression era Chicago. The gritty realistic setting and incredible sets that really capture an old Chicago crime feel are impressive. The older clothes, accurate accents, and vintage haircuts all work to make The Sting feel a sense of verisimilitude.Robert Redford is awesome as the cool con artist with a heart of gold. He feels likable and realistic with an air of sincerity. His youthful energetic keeps The Sting feeling like a rush of energy. Redford is perfect whether ripping off someone from their money with his slick words or wooing a woman with affectionate words. He is the ultimate cool criminal.Paul Newman is again hilarious as the criminal mastermind and elder con artist teaching the younger Redford. His goofy playing at alcoholic during the first card game of poker is entertaining as the scene is suspenseful. Newman is delightful to watch work his charm with his air of control. He plays perfectly alongside the charismatic Redford.Robert Shaw is unsurprisingly masterful as the villainous criminal cheat Lonergan. His subtle performance leaves you impressed at how nuanced he accomplishes his character acting. He walks with a limp, yet roars out orders with an unshakable control and imposing presence. His staring eyes are haunting as well. Shaw is just excellent in The Sting.I loved all the smaller supporting roles in The Sting. Eileen Brennan is great as the madame of a Chicago brothel named Billie. Charles Durning is shocking as terrifying as the corrupt cop Lt. Synder. Lastly, Dimitra Arliss is captivating as the waitress Loretta Salino. Everyone plays their part with a mystifying aura.The Sting's score is a lovely tribute to old vaudeville acts and early Americana. The music keeps you entertained and the movie moving along with a gleeful joy to life your spirits during the darker sequences.To conclude, The Sting is certainly worth watching for Robert Redford and Paul Newman, but also offers Robert Shaw's brilliant role and a ton of sweet songs. The chase sequences are otherworldly as are the scams and setups. You should give The Sting a chance!

The director is George Roy Hill, and the superstars are those 2 excellent old buddies Paul Newman and Robert Redford. This time, they play con men that methodically and with excellent resourcefulness fleece a rich mark (Robert Shaw). Their approaches are surprisingly complex (it would take every one of today's space to try to clarify them.) A lot of the enjoyable in the motion picture is checking out Hillside and his screenwriter, David S. Ward, keep the plot directly.The flick is arrived Chicago of the 1930s, and several of the exterior situations were filmed to this site (featuring an efficient system chance at Union Terminal). We see a huge, confused, lusty, brawling city where the big guys with the muscle are in some way constantly getting rid of to the people with the self-confidence angles. Robert Shaw never ever determines which struck god. Shaw is a high-stakes gambler that initially acquires hooked throughout a casino poker game in between New york city and Chicago on the 20th Century Limited. Newman and Redford area god, mark god and begin to manipulate your man. He never ever determines they even understand each various other, and that's part of the charm: They have to play a great deal of scenarios for your man as full strangers, as Redford casually allows drop that he understands the location of the greatest cable area in Chicago.The concept, Redford describes, is to enable Shaw to win big on a set equine race in order to ... however I had not been kidding when I pointed out the scheme is complexed. Paul Newman runs the cable area. Or must we claim it appears to be operated by Newman. Or, much more accurately, it seems a cable room, because the entire operation is merely a theatrical set, and everybody in the room is a star, and the "programs" from the track really are being composed by a reporter in the back space.The film has a good, light-fingered design to it. Hillside delicately children the 1930s with his small overestimations of styles and designs. He informs his story episodically, damaging the motion picture down in to the numerous stage of the con game. And he's extremely proficient at preserving a type of off-balance pacing; we can never rather pin Newman and Redford down. They're constantly kind of angling into scenes, making enigmatic declarations under their breath and working from the very least a step ahead of us. Hillside's visual style is oblique; rather than posting his stars in the frame and tape-recording the activity, he appears to sneak up on it. Newman and Redford virtually appear on their way to yet another motion picture. If that seems like an objection, it's not suggested as one: The style listed here is so seductive and brilliant it's hard to locate. It resembles absolutely nothing else I have actually seen by Hillside, and at times, it nearly reminds me of Jacques Tati crossed with Robert Altman. It's good to obtain a criminal activity flick a lot more concerned with humor and personality compared to with blood and gore; listed here's one, as we claim, for the entire family members.

Very poor sound quality, if you have extra power speakers it may be ok, but without that the volume is very low and you will need to turn it up almost all the way.

The film is wonderful, why bother replacing blu ray with 4k if it wasn't?Quality is rather variable - scenes outside, particularly when it's sunny, are clearly a noticeable step up. Scenes indoors a little less so, and scenes at night don't look better than blu ray to me. Not sure if it's HDR or Dolby Video, but dynamic range is better so things that should be bright are definitely brighter.I think it's worth it, but don't expect it to look like a modern 4k film.

I expected to much from this 4k bluray.Sadly the PQ is dire.What's wrong with it?PQ varies massively from scene to scene. There's also a problem with picture focus.This 4k bluray is very difficult to watch as the picture quality varies from scene to scene. The PQ is never stable for more than a few seconds which is most disconcerting.I've never seen a 4k bluray (or blu ray) before where the PQ varies so frequently.The sting on 4k bluray is one the most disappointing releases I have.The movie itself is absolutely brilliant.This is a 5 star film with a zero star picture quality.

Some people would have you believe that The Sting did not deserve it's 1973 best picture Oscar, that maybe it should've gone to the Exorcist. They are wrong The Sting is a brilliantly made and performed movie, it is a delightful film led by it's 2 lead stars at the height of their fame who spark off each other wonderfully just as they did in Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid. But it is not only the stars who recommend the film the supporting cast is very strong with lots of familiar character actors such as Charles Durning in excellent supporting roles. Also Robert Shaw provides a suitably roguish villain and director George Roy Hill evokes the style of old films with cards appearing on screen to announce the next stage of the film aping silent movies, then there is the use of editing wipe cuts that again evoke an earlier type of film making and finally to enhance the atmosphere of an earlier age there is Marvin Hamlish's arrangements of Scott Joplin's ragtime music.The film is a tale of revenge, how some con men take revenge on a gangster who has killed one of their friends and the story is about how they achieve that revenge, the script creates an intricate and satisfying plot and the performances of Robert Redford and Paul Newman are the epitome of a star performance, very charismatic and enjoyable. So the film is a brilliantly constructed piece of entertainment that was well worth it's best picture Oscar and is a movie that is well worth seeing.

This is a pleasant enough film, the main attractions of which are the character actors and the nicely done period touches.On the other hand, the plot is somewhat too contrived to really convince and the ending is rather a damp squib.Some people have said that the ragtime arrangements that form much of the background to this film are intrusive, but this probably comes down to whether you like this style of music or not. A more substantial criticism is probably that it is a little too much studio bound, with the train scenes looking rather cardboardy.It's probably not a bad film to keep, but the more you play it, the more evident are the holes in the plot. And after a few re-runs, these do get a bit annoying. I don't think my DVD has been played since about 2011 and it's probably about time it went in the charity bag.

This is a near-perfect movie, which remains one of my all-time favourites. First and foremost it has some terrific acting performances notably from Paul Newman and Robert Shaw, both of whom are in scene stealing form. The poker game on the train is the undoubted highlight for me. Newman's pretend drunk is one of the best I've ever seen and Robert Shaw's unspoken fury is brilliant. Thanks to the script, the film, which is over over two hours long doesn't have a wasted frame.The bluray is good and for a 40+ year old film it looks as good as I've ever seen it. There were a few places where I thought they maybe could have made a bit more effort, but overall its well worth having over the DVD. Extras are not exceptional, there are some interesting interviews, but the main reason to buy this is the film itself.