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The 80’s was a shallow period when it came to films
about relationships, people or even genre films. “St. Elmo’s
Fire” like “Flashdance” was a perfect example of that shallowness.
Another Brat Pack film, it was one of the first films written
and directed by Joel Schumacher a film director that I don’t
have much use for—his films are empty and often miss the
mark even if they are entertaining in a bad cinema sort
of way. The cast became what was eventually seen as the
“A” list of Brat Packers with Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe,
Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Mare Willingham
and features solid support from cast members Martin Balsam,
Andie MacDowell, Jenny Wright and Jon Cutler. b ***
The story of seven friends all of whom have graduated
from college “St. Elmo’s Fire” focuses on how they struggle
to find meaning in the world and salvage relationships that
were forged in a very different environment. They continue
to meet at their hang-out St. Elmo’s a bar discussing their
lives, loves and the various issues they face as they try
and grow up as participants in the real world. ---
Image & Sound:
“St. Elmo’s Fire” receives a so-so transfer to Blu-ray.
Colors are solid enough and black levels are OK. Clarity,
depth and detail isn’t as strong as it should be. Images
often drift into soft territory with clarity sinking into
a sandy looking mess. ***
Audio sounds extremely good although this is primarily
dialogue driven the 5.1 Dolby TrueHD mix sounds fine.
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