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Posted by Bill Vermillion on 10/30/05 02:05
In article <c8tol19uji5lou4kfiosh5h7eh8e65d41t@4ax.com>,
John Harkness <jharkness@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>On 23 Oct 2005 22:22:18 -0700, "Jordan" <lundj@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>I sat down this week-end and watched Batman Begins and was struck,
>>immediately, at how much clearer it looks on DVD at home than it did in
>>the theater. I don't have a AAA home theater set-up, but I have a nice
>>51" rear projection 16:9 set and Dolby Digital/DTS 6.1 surround.
>>
>>I remember thinking when I saw it in the theater that it was a little
>>blurry, a little grainy, kind of hard to follow the action. I said to
>>myself back then "I wonder what it's going to look like on DVD?"
>>
>>Turns out it kicks ass on DVD. Has anyone else had this experence? I
>>first noticed it back when the Brendan Frasier version of the Mummy
>>came out. I used to blame it on the projectionist (or lack of a trained
>>one), but now I'm not so sure.
>>
>>- Jordan
>
>Just out of curiosity, wen did you see it in its run -- film prints
>don't have that opening weekend clarity for very long, and as theatres
>don't have actual projectionists any more to maintain equipment and
>prints, what you likely saw was a badly projected print.
>The opening weekend print I saw had none of those characteristics.
>By the way, when you're in a theatre and the print's "a little
>blurry", try complaining. They may send someone up to the booth to
>adjust the focus.
That's not limited to modern films. I was really surprised when I
saw Jaws in its first few weeks. There was process damage on the
print shown there with some sections have a purplish cast on one
side that sort of flickered in and out.
Bill
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