M*A*S*H [Single Disc Edition] [1969] [DVD]

Picture and sound quality are ok for a blu-ray but not amazing. There are some lengthy special features on the blu-ray which I found interesting, albeit there is some overlap between them.Remember this is the original feature film, not the TV series. The film came first and most of the actors from the film weren't in the TV series. Will you like the film if you like the TV series but have never seen the film? No idea?My personal opinion is that whatever you think about the film or its 'pitch' you will both appreciate and find objectionable some of the scenes but either way you get more more out of it.Its funny in places and there is some funny dialogue (most likely adlibbed) but for me it's just a good film not one of the all time greats.

Both great comedy and perceptive social commentary

The disc was a great success. I had used DVD until now, but was delighted with this. The subtitles, placed helpfully across the screen (not just at the bottom) were a great help. People who have seen M*A*S*H before will know that its realistic style means that characters talk often all at once and over each other and these subtitles help to pick out the important dialogue from the rest of the noise. This is a very funny film with a serious anti-war message (war is mad; medical units are heroes). It provokes discussion so the documentary material after the film is also very relevant and interesting. Small wonder the film gave rise to an 11 year TV series.

I had not seen this film for 30 years or so and remembered very little of it. Deservedly so! As a boy, I suppose it made more of an impact on me than seems justified by this re-watching. It might appeal to teenage boys (it seems to have been made by them) but if you have moved on from American Pie, then MASH will probably not appeal.I was astonished that, while it has the silly schoolboy antics of the series, it does not have the awful self-righteousness of it. Alan Alda's Hawkeye is much more confused and grating than Donald Sutherland's. That said the film character is even more of an arrogant hedonist than Alda's. The thing about the film version that surprised me most was that unlike the TV series, it makes no comment on the Korean war. Hawkeye and the others dislike the US army but it seems to be more because it wants to interfere with their fun than because they disapprove of it as an institution or have pacifist ideology.And that is the problem. Whereas the TV series is preachy and has a distinctly ant-war message, the film has no message at all. In the era of the Vietnam war the makers of the film may have thought that the message did not need to be too overt as the audience would disavow any war.I was also surprised at just how mysoginistic it is. I was actually shocked by the scene where the males gather to humiliate Major O'Houlihan in the shower.The whole thing has the feel of a "boys club" where the nurses are the playthings of the (all-male") doctors. This may have been the reality but it certainly not meant in anyway to be ironic, rather they revel in it.It is worth watching this film once. It has some interesting sociological stuff about male attitudes before feminism had any impact.

It was nice to see the film again after many years.It as well acted and a good production.It's worth a view.

First saw this movie when it was released, always loved it.

Not aged as well as the tv series, which are classics, but good fun.

This film came out around the year I got married 1970 and after all the years still is fantastic to watch and enjoy just like my wife.Picture quality is very good compared to the VHS video that I have had for some years. The extra disc on the two disc version is well worth the little bit extra that it costs as there are some good features on it.Great value for money for so much fun. If I am around in another thirty years I am sure I will still be watching it.