The Ice Storm
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Movie Reviews of The Ice Storm
Movie Review: Scenes From the 70's
Summary: 5 Stars
Ang Lee's "The Ice Storm" is a brilliant, beautiful but haunting film that shows us how the sexual revolution of the 1960s brought about emotional devestation, once it hit the suburbs of the 1970s.This is a portrait of two upper middle class families who are trying to find themselves in the decade of Watergate and Vietnam, where sex, drugs, and infidelity are among the many obstacles to confront them. We are shown adults who act like adolecents and adolecents, who are too quickly trying to become adults.Ang Lee does an excellent job of recreating the era through architecture, music, wardrobe etc., but where he really triumphs is in creating an emotional framework which makes us care about these people.All the actors involved with this movie give near perfect performances.Special mention should be made for actors, Kevin Kline and Joan Allen, who show us a couple, who's relationship is in a downward spiral.How this film failed to get any Academy Award nominations let alone win any Oscars is beyond me.The DVD version of this movie gives us a crisp, clear beautiful picture.The only fault I can find with it is that the special features section is a bit on the skimpy side. Would have loved to have had Ang Lee or some of the actors do a commentary track. I would highly recomend any fan of drama to see this film.Movie Review: an unabashed fan...
Summary: 5 Stars
I have seen this movie countless times (must be over 30 times now). I caught it on video as a rental once and was hooked (can anyone remember this movie being promoted very much while it graced the silver screen?). This is one of the most spectacular movies of the decade, and one which I most surprisingly (and against all trends) must say was SUPERIOR to the novel that predates it. James Schamus' screenplay, coupled with Ang Lee's directorial ability (see Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon for an altogether different application of his talent, also Sense and Sensibility) makes a beautiful and purified adaptation of this novel: the cultural and emotional fallout stemming from American catastrophes like Watergate, the Vietnam War, and the broken and aimless aftermath of the political protest era of the Hippies.Set in a wealthy Western Connecticut rural suburb, The Ice Storm is the story of two affluent families whose lives intertwine over a Thanksgiving weekend. The culmination of the story tells of the fractionalizing of a nuclear family; the last step in the gradual deconstruction of institutional religion that took place in America after the Second World War.
Gen Xers, Existentialists, deconstructionists, and film buffs, rejoice!
Movie Review: Comedic?
Summary: 5 Stars
Since I was 21 in 1973 I'm biased: I found virtually nothing comical about this movie.
Its insistence on accurate visual and auditory detail is absolute, first of all. When you see the movie, you are transported back to 1973 completely. Usually "period" work is marred by detectable errors - but I could not find a single one here.
The alienation among the people here is also evoked wonderfully. To me, the key to the film is how unnoticed the lack of vulnerability is. No one can let their guard down with anyone else - not the children, not the adults. Thus all are robbed of intimacy.
The ice is a character, with dialogue. It cracks and crunches. It moans. And it is at once threatening, isolating and hopelessly beautiful.
It is not until life itself is lost that they wake up, as though from a coma, and at that only in the last few minutes of the movie.
Comedy? Maybe only in the strictest classical sense that anything spared an unremittingly tragic ending is comedy.
Someone further ahead says that it's one of the best movies of the last 25 years. I'm prepared to agree, but there were parts that were excruciating to watch. Enjoy!
Movie Review: Oh My god?!Why the HELL did this movie not win Over Titanic?
Summary: 5 Stars
It sure beats me? Why would that cleche pece of dribble called titanic knock out ice storm(not even getting nominated)? And no im not just some raving Fan who likes crap and thinks im a certified reviewer(like ever one else on here), i know im not. But i know for a fact im not alone on this one, Ice storm has not gotten one bad review(not even a "yeah i was good but not great...").I wont bother summerizing it(look up there he did a pritty good job). It was breath taking, even though this DvD doesnt ad much over the Video Version just having a few Trailors and a nifty swell menu. But the Clearity is greater along with sound and like american beauty, you would think it would mater with a drama film, but the depth of vision and beauty Ang lee( croutching tiger hidden gragon) packs in this movie it really adds to have the clearity and boom of sound. All in All Ice storm is fantasic, and is full of jaw droping acting( see christina ricci, toby maguire, sigorney weaver, elija wood, kevin kline, joan allen!) and a ending that will leave you staring in awe untill all the credits have passed and on your on your way to work the next day. $17.00 is a good price for such a amazing peace of art.Movie Review: Behind closed doors
Summary: 5 Stars
Two neighboring families experience a long and ultimately life-changing Thanksgiving weekend. The story moves from one house to the other where the adults are all bored with their spouses (but not with their neighbor's spouse) and the kids are restless and curious about sex. Everyone feels misunderstood and a big ice storm is coming.
This adult drama is full of outstanding performances: Kevin Kline and a luminously lovely Joan Allen play husband and wife who are both filled with pain and longing. Sigourney Weaver is great as the self-absorbed and callous neighbor wife who hooks up with Kline's character. The kids include a young, sensitive Tobey Maguire who lusts after classmate Katie Holmes, while younger siblings Christina Ricci and Elijah Woods suffer the pangs of adolescence. It's played very low-key with no sentimentality to show what self-indulgent and disconnected lives they lead. They're all miserable and the warnings about the coming ice storm intensify the feeling of impending doom.
This sobering look at middle-class woes is definitely not a feel-good movie, but it's very well-made. Recommended.