For those who DIDN'T get WideSceen LOTR... see what you're missing out.

[kami]

Yep, we are movie-opposites, deftron. Cause I really like A.I. hehe

 

[LostHiWay]

Originally posted by: Beast1284

Originally posted by: FrogDog
Ah, thank you, this will make for excellent material for convincing my dad as to why widescreen is better.

how? widescreen cuts off the top and bottom of the film, and pan and scan cuts off the sides... its just what youd rather see... a wider picture or taller...

The movie was shot on Super 35. Which is a way of shooting to help make the Pan&Scam version look better so you don't have as much of the artifical panning. However LOTR was composed 2.35:1 for theaters so this is how it SHOULD be seen in every format.

All movies should be shown in the "Orginal Aspect Ratio" as they were shown in theaters. Sometimes this means widescreen movies will have less picture if they were shot in Super 35 or open matte (then matted for theaters)

 

[tw1164]

but blockerbuster told be that Pan & Scan was better.....were they wrong?

Seriously, I recently got a copy of Stewart Little, and I bought the wrong version (it was P&S) I wasn't able to watch it...I need to return it for the WS version

 

[tw1164]

*double post*

Wow! The forum is 100x better now that I'm a subscriber. I'm amazed by the speed differences!

 

[deftron]

In regards to those moves, we are sorta opposites, Kami.

But I checked out your sig link, and see that you do have many movies that I really like.

I have a lot of the same DVD's

BTW.. I know you are probably the biggest LOTR fan on this board, so I just wanted
to say my "bad" review of the film wasn't an attack on you or anything..

Maybe I'll "get it" once all the films in the trilogy are released