The Sting is now a 52 year old movie , directed by George Roy Hill and starring Robert Redford and Paul Newman, who last teamed up to do, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance kid. The movie is just plain clever and well done. Although the plot tends to be complicated, it is easy to follow and is often surprising..
I rate this movie very good .
But you have to keep up. If you have to go to the bathroom, put it on pause. The movie is constantly about Conman conning other Conman with clever cons. And they constantly con the audience and like to pull the rug out from under you. The performances by the two stars and Robert Shaw keep you in the game. And the story seems to alternate between being very serious and very lighthearted.
Unusually, the movie opens up, beautifully, by introducing the characters before you see the movie, which takes place in . The ragtime music of Scott Joplin, arranged by Marvin Hamlisch, is just terrific. Sadly, when I saw the movie “Ragtime” they did not use ragtime music. Here, 20 years after ragtime, the music seems to fit perfectly.
The Video:
Here is where I am disappointed, slightly with the disc. Especially in the beginning there seems to be a brownish reddish tint to the image. I wondered if this was because the director wanted it to look like an old movie. But the faces and images are not as sharp as they have been on other 4K movies from this time . And especially in the beginning, I saw a lot of green in the picture. On a 1 to 10 scale, I would give it an eight.
The Audio:
The soundtrack, which is on DTSMA, it’s fine, but the sound is not immersive. It sounds more stereo than surround, which is probably how the movie was made.
But the movie itself is a joy to watch. I think more and more I’m enjoying movies that don’t have rocket ships, superheroes, or explosives.
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