A Christmas Story (1983)

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A Christmas Story Blu-ray Review




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Finally sat down to watch it today. Most of you know the story. Little Ralphie wants a Red Rider BB gun for Christmas while everyone tells him, "You'll shoot your eye out."

I watched it, got my usual laughs and wondered if I was really seeing something better. Darn it, sometimes my eyes deceive me. Well, I throw in the ol' SD DVD version from just 3 years ago and it is NIGHT AND DAY.

It has gone from 4:3 to 16:9. The picture is crisp and didn't have any of the ugly graininess or ugly artifacting of that piss poor transfer on DVD. Although the extra content was at 480i, any movie clips in the extra content were the cleaned up version and still looked fantastic. Yet another reason to buy blu-ray. Even if you do not have an HDTV yet, the 480i picture is still much cleaner and sharper than anything on DVD.

You get to see some of the kids all grown up in the extras. Ralphie, a couple of friends and the red headed bully kid. Geeze, he still looks mean but appears to be a very nice guy.

I Triple Dog Dare YOU not to buy this movie. You'll enjoy it twice as much.