UHD Review A Christmas Story UHD Review (1 Viewer)

[Todd Erwin]

Warner’s wave of Christmas movies includes A Christmas Story, featuring a new 4K scan.



A Christmas Story (1983)



Released: 18 Nov 1983
Rated: PG
Runtime: 93 min




Director: Bob Clark
Genre: Comedy, Family



Cast: Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin
Writer(s): Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, Bob Clark



Plot: In the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie Parker attempts to convince his parents, teacher, and Santa Claus that a Red Ryder Range 200 Shot BB gun really is the perfect Christmas gift.



IMDB rating: 7.9
MetaScore: 77





Disc Information



Studio: Warner Brothers
Distributed By: N/A
Video Resolution: 2160p HEVC w/HDR



Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audio: English 2.0...

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[Emcee]

A Christmas Story was a yearly viewing tradition in my house when I was growing up. My father and I would watch it when TBS (or TNT, or both) would the "24 hours of A Christmas Story" marathon on Christmas Day.

In the years since, I've tried to revisit it, and while it continues to hold nostalgia, I cannot get over the foul language. I just cannot "jive" with it anymore like I could years ago.

 

[Neil Middlemiss]

You know, I have never seen this film. Gonna rectify that soon!

 

[Tino]

A Christmas Story was a yearly viewing tradition in my house when I was growing up. My father and I would watch it when TBS (or TNT, or both) would the "24 hours of A Christmas Story" marathon on Christmas Day.

In the years since, I've tried to revisit it, and while it continues to hold nostalgia, I cannot get over the foul language. I just cannot "jive" with it anymore like I could years ago.

What foul language??

 

[SD_Brian]

What foul language??

The words I learned from Schwarz.

 

[JoeDoakes]

This really deserved more extras. Most of these were on the DVD. I'm glad the picture looks great!

 

[Clinton McClure]

Doesn’t bother me a bit. I’ve been watching this film yearly since the mid 80s and it gets better every single year.

 

[Dave Moritz]

Am planning on buying this film on 4K how does it look?

 

[Todd Erwin]

Am planning on buying this film on 4K how does it look?

You can read the review and find out…

 

[Josh Steinberg]

You know, I have never seen this film.

Me neither.

 

[Dick]

A Christmas Story was a yearly viewing tradition in my house when I was growing up. My father and I would watch it when TBS (or TNT, or both) would the "24 hours of A Christmas Story" marathon on Christmas Day.

In the years since, I've tried to revisit it, and while it continues to hold nostalgia, I cannot get over the foul language. I just cannot "jive" with it anymore like I could years ago.

Excuse me? "Foul language"? The one truly "foul" word (that was only implied) in the movie was replaced with "fudge." The expletives that Ralphie's father spews when angry are all disguised within a flurry of gibberish. So, unless you consider "damn," "son of a bitch" and "hell" -- all of which have been part of the common vernacular of children since they were teething -- to be "foul" language, I'm not sure what you are referring to. Perhaps, all these years, I have been watching a "PG"-rated version of the "PG13" or "R" rated one you are familiar with, in which case I just think I've been patently fudged since 1983.

 

[Emcee]

"damn," "son of a bitch" and "hell" -

Yes. I do consider that foul language. It's cursing, cussing, profanity. Whichever you want to call it.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Yes. I do consider that foul language. It's cursing, cussing, profanity. Whichever you want to call it.

That's fine so lets move on, as I don't want to derail this thread about what is foul language and what's not.

 

[Osato]

I went the digital route as all 4 of the wb Christmas 4k titles are on sale:

4K Essential Holiday 4-Film Bundle by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie-collection/4k-essential-holiday-4-film-bundle/id1651920637

I had all 4 discs preordered and I returned them to amazon this week.

 

[Dick]

Yes. I do consider that foul language. It's cursing, cussing, profanity. Whichever you want to call it.

K.

 

[Noel Aguirre]

Earned $20M on a $3M budget and in only a handful of theaters is considered a box office disappointment? In what school of economics does that kind of statement exist? Something doesn’t make sense here

 

[John*Wells]

Received mine in the mail today with a Blu Ray copy included. Already had the DVD. Can’t wait to see the 4K UHD scan

Hopefully Warner will also release A Christmas Story Christmas. On physical media. It’s good

 

[Jeffrey D]

Watching this now. I like what I see- the colors are very nice, and since the sharpness is a bit lacking, I think there has been no over sharpening or grain scrubbing. Someone correct me if I’m wrong.