Your opinions on widecreen movies (filmed, movie theater, scenes, dvd)
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Ok I bought a DVD. It came in the mail. I thought it was full screen and it turned out to be widescreen. It kind of irritates me and makes me feel like I am seeing much less of the movie. What are your feelings on widescreen?
I know many people that won't buy anything but widescreen. I don't understand it and always buy full screen myself if there is a choice. If a DVD has both chocies I always choose full screen.
With full screen, (pan and scan) you are actually seeing less of the movie. With widescreen you see everything the director intended, similar to what you would see in the movie theater. With full screen people and things are cut off on either side. I won't buy anything bu Widescreen, but usually if you turn the disc over or select a different mode you can get full screen.
With full screen, (pan and scan) you are actually seeing less of the movie. With widescreen you see everything the director intended, similar to what you would see in the movie theater. With full screen people and things are cut off on either side. I won't buy anything bu Widescreen, but usually if you turn the disc over or select a different mode you can get full screen.
Right on. Widescreen all the way!!!
In movies by less-than-crafty directors, sometimes it really doesn't matter all that much. But with directors who really pay attention to every shot widescreen is a must. You really are missing half the movie if you're watching it fullscreen.
I don't like widescreen either. I have a large screen tv so it shouldn't bother me but no matter what the film is I just get distracted by the black bars. Why did I buy a big screen tv ( even if it is an el cheapo set) only to see things squished down. I know I am missing stuff by watching full screen but I can't help it. Those black bars drive me nuts.
I don't like full screen at all. I will only rent or buy widescreen movies. They look so much better. (I don't notice the black bars. Especially if the movie is good.) I've noticed that with full screen, when there's a close-up shot, it looks kind of grainy/unclear. I've never seen that with widescreen.
There are websites that compare full screen shots to widescreen shots. You can see that full screen cuts out part of movies. It's weird to be watching (or trying to) two people having a converstation in full screen and part or all of them is missing, leaving only or mostly the space between them visible. Very annoying.
I think I've about got my mom to see how widescreen is better.
The first time I saw Pulp Fiction on video it was full screen and two scenes really jumped out at me as just wrong - Jules and Vincent in the elevator discussing Tony Rocky Horror and Butch and Esmeralda in the cab. If you have a choice between going back and forth between characters in full screen, or seeing both characters on the screen at once, there is no choice. If black bars on the top and bottom of the screen distract you, you're watching a bad movie.
I will never get used to wide-screen movies, whether on my old style television or super high definition ones at friends. It always looks wrong to me and I hate them. Wide-screen always seems to make people and scenes look somehow...wider and distorted and not at all normal to me.
I will always prefer full screen.
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