|
The 7thSpace Shopping Zone is one of the largest shopping directories on the web.
Powered by Amazon.com, we list thousands of products.
|
|
| Chasing Amy: The Criterion Collection |
|
|
Chasing Amy: The Criterion Collection
Manufacturer: Miramax
starring Joey Lauren Adams
Usually ships in 24 hours
|
|
|
| Product Details |
Directed By Kevin Smith
ISBN/ASIN: B00003CX9D
Release Date: 2000-06-13
Sales Rank: 5098
Average Rating: 
Media: DVD
Format: Collector's Edition Color Dolby DVD Widescreen NTSC
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Product Group: DVD
|
| Description |
| Chasing Amy is the third installment in the "New Jersey Trilogy" from award-winning writer-director Kevin Smith (Clerks, Mallrats, Dogma). Cult comic-book artist Holden (Ben Affleck) falls in love with fellow artist Alyssa (Joey Lauren Adams), only to be thwarted by her sexuality, the disdain of his best friend Banky (Jason Lee), and his own misgivings about himself. Filled with Smith's unique ear for dialogue and insight into relationships, Chasing Amy offers a thoughtful, funny look at how perceptions alter lives, and how obsession and self-doubt skew reality. |
| Customer Reviews: Average Rating: 4.0/5 | | No disappointment here!: Rating: 5/5 |
| Quick shipping just in time for Christmas, and a great price on a harder to find movie. |
| | Kevin Smith does it again with chasing amy: Rating: 5/5 |
| That's what i love to see a good romantic-comedy with a good story-line. That's great that Kevin Smith delivers such great movies. Kevin Smith thank you for these great movies keep up the good work. |
| | A must see, If you seen Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back: Rating: 5/5 |
This is another Jay and Silent Bob series. If you seen Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and never seen Chasing Amy. Then this is a must. This is the begining of "Bluntman & Chronic". See why Jay and Silent Bob Strike back.
|
| | Overpriced Blu-Ray, but the best version available: Rating: 3/5 |
Blu-Ray, done right, will show all the warts of a film. In this case, CHASING AMY was shot on a larger 16mm format called Super16 and then blown up to 35mm. The natural grain of Super16 will be even larger blown up to 35mm and no doubt that some of that natural grain is apparent on this new Blu-Ray. However, Miramax has seen fit to noise reduce the image a bit in an effort to please people who have no clue what grain is and why it is important. The result is a slightly softened look, but one that is noticeably superior to the older DVD releases. I think Miramax would have served this film better had they stayed away from filtering the grain, but at least they didn't overdue it (examples of that are releases such as PATTON, ZULU, PAN'S LABYRINTH, HAIRSPRAY).
That being said, the Canadian release is grainy and looks sharper, but the compression methods are inferior, so grain is reduced to mpeg artifacting and that results in an artificially sharper image. In the end, the Miramax release is the one to buy and we know it won't have a re-release any time soon as this is from a new 2k master supervised by the cinematographer (who admits he has not seen the actual Blu-Ray release. Directors and cinematographers typically approve a transfer, but that transfer can then have the grain reduced or filtered for BD without their knowledge and that happens a lot).
Fans of the film who already own the DVD should upgrade if they have the spare cash and they can get it at the 35%+ discounted price. If money is tight, hold off until the price comes back down. Waiting pays off. Sometimes staying away from a favorite film for a few years and then going back to it results in a wonderful viewing experience. I stopped viewing HIGHLANDER on DVD years ago, knowing it would hit Blu-Ray at some point. It did (in England) and when I sat down to watch it in HD on a 71 inch screen I was blown away. What a revelation. It was like coming home again.
In the case of CHASING AMY, it had been five or more years for me. It was a wait that made viewing the film again all the more enjoyable. |
| | Smith's best film: Rating: 5/5 |
I've always felt (and still do) that Chasing Amy is Smith's best film. The writing is fantastic, the performances engaging and the story adheres closer to reality than any of his other films. Certain cinephiles are known for disparaging Smith for his rudimentary camera set-ups. In reality, his work is all about the writing and those who obsess over camera angles and visual style are missing the point.
I was a little hesitant to pick this release up after reading the review on [...] that quibbled with the visual quality and transfer. We'll, I put the disc on back to back with the Criterion regular DVD and the Blu-ray is far, far superior in every way. The film was shot on 16mm and so it's never going to look as sharp as other films like Mallrats that had larger budgets. Perhaps without the DVD as reference I would have quibbled too, but clearly this is a HUGE improvement. Perhaps still a little softer than necessary due to grain reduction or whatever but I can live with it.
|
|
This section is sponsored by:
Your Ad could be here
|
|
