The Ice Storm (1997) - Aug 09, 2012 pre-order

[Akijama]

The Ice Storm Blu-ray

Plot
Set on Thanksgiving weekend of 1973, The Ice Storm looks into the lives of a wealthy Connecticut family who are calm and civil on the outside, but whose lives are quietly falling into chaos. Sixteen-year-old Paul Hood (Tobey Maguire) is home for the holidays from prep school; he'd just as soon have stayed at school, given the usual level of tension around the house and his desire to win the affections of Casey (Katie Holmes), a girl living in Manhattan. His 14-year-old sister, Wendy (Christina Ricci), is already a hardened cynic obsessed with the ongoing Watergate investigation, and she has begun acting out sexually with a neighbor boy, Mikey (Elijah Wood). Apparently, this runs in the family: Wendy's father, Ben (Kevin Kline), is having an affair with Mikey's mother, Janey (Sigourney Weaver), though Ben sees a future in the relationship and Janey does not. Elena (Joan Allen), Ben's wife, knows something is wrong with her marriage and her life, but she has no idea what she should do about it. As the teenagers surreptitiously experiment with drugs and alcohol, and the adults drift into mate-swapping, a dangerous blanket of freezing rain begins to cover New Canaan. The Ice Storm was adapted from the acclaimed novel by Rick Moody

[James78]

Hooray! Akijama, you and I have the same taste in films!

Edit - Studio Canal have released some absolute duds - Emma and The Talented Mr Ripley in particular. I'm going to wait and see reviews for the transfer before buying.

[Akijama]

Originally Posted by jmo78

Hooray! Akijama, you and I have the same taste in films!

Edit - Studio Canal have released some absolute duds - Emma and The Talented Mr Ripley in particular. I'm going to wait and see reviews for the transfer before buying.

Hopefully,they'll do a better job with this one than with Emma and The Talented Mr Ripley.

[zunifetz]

has anyone got this one yet?

[ghidorah]

Just wanted to ask if anyone had bought this? It seems pretty expensive so i was wondering if it was worth it.

[ghidorah]

Really? No one has bought this that can comment?

[Leslie Dame]

Originally Posted by ghidorah

Really? No one has bought this that can comment?

We are all waiting on you to be the first

[kandraks]

Maybe this review here may be of some help until we get a review here or better screenshots (these have been reduced). The review is in German.

[movie]

They gave the Movie 4/5 and PQ 3.5/5 on that german review site.

[ghidorah]

Thanks for the comments folks. Having finally found this at a not too ridiculous price I'm giving it a go. If anyone is interested I'll let you know what its like when I get it.

[Bruce Morrison]

Yes please, I'd certainly be interested in your views on the transfer quality.

[ghidorah]

Originally Posted by Bruce Morrison

Yes please, I'd certainly be interested in your views on the transfer quality.

Haven't got it through yet Bruce but I'll let you know when it appears

[ghidorah]

Just wanted to update this as I received the disc through and watched it the other night. Overall I'm quite happy with it. You can select the English language track without any forced German subs. The picture quality is pretty good and I was watching it through a full HD projector. There was some nice low grain over it all and no obvious heavy DNR anywhere that i could see. Perhaps the odd bit of slight edge enhancement here and there but nothing distracting. Some of the shots are disappointingly soft, particularly the shots of the icy outside towards the end. Its never going to be a reference disc though as the colour palette is muted and the sound is pretty solidly at the front with very little ambience (there are some very subtle wind effects though so the soundtrack is a good reflection of the way its meant to be).
Extras are almost negligible with a few short cast interviews only lasting about 2 minutes each (if that!) and a trailer for the film in German.
Its probably the kind of film that doesn't really benefit much from an upgrade but, if you're a fan, its probably the best the film will look.

[Bruce Morrison]

Originally Posted by ghidorah

Just wanted to update this as I received the disc through and watched it the other night. Overall I'm quite happy with it. You can select the English language track without any forced German subs. The picture quality is pretty good and I was watching it through a full HD projector. There was some nice low grain over it all and no obvious heavy DNR anywhere that i could see. Perhaps the odd bit of slight edge enhancement here and there but nothing distracting. Some of the shots are disappointingly soft, particularly the shots of the icy outside towards the end. Its never going to be a reference disc though as the colour palette is muted and the sound is pretty solidly at the front with very little ambience (there are some very subtle wind effects though so the soundtrack is a good reflection of the way its meant to be).
Extras are almost negligible with a few short cast interviews only lasting about 2 minutes each (if that!) and a trailer for the film in German.
Its probably the kind of film that doesn't really benefit much from an upgrade but, if you're a fan, its probably the best the film will look.

Thanks for your review. I might go ahead and order it, although I'm still nursing hopes that Criterion will upgrade their DVD edition eventually!