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Originally Posted by Daemonia  Can't quite agree with that, Prince. You might as well say that pan and scan fullscreen transfers are acceptable. They're not and never have been. You're not seeing the film as the director intended and that's the crux of the matter here. It may well still be watchable and undoubtedly still a good film, but you're not seeing the film as the director intended and that's the issue for me. |
I can see what you mean. And as you might guess from my post above, I'm no friend of changing aspect ratios either.
However, in this specific case it's not as bad as with other movies. The flick
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage still offers the visual merits it had in 2.35:1.
There have been done worse things to other movies -
How the West Was Won was shown on TV in 2.35:1 (or less) more than once.
But let's agree to state:
- Dear directors of photography - please do not change a movie's aspect ratio afterwards.
- Dear Mr Storaro - please retire and try to avoid any accumulation of Cult Labs members in order to avoid any fatal beatings.*
Greetings!
* = This would be performed by the headmaster, Mr Bean.
