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Posted by Brandon D Cartwright on 06/02/07 08:56
Posing as an expert on movie production the kook is once again spanked
soundly.
On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 23:15:29 -0400, "Jay G." <Jay@tmbg.org> wrote:
>On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 12:41:13 -0700, elrous0@pop.uky.edu wrote:
>
>> On May 31, 8:52 pm, JackShephard
>>
>> 2.35:1 used to be the exception not the rule.
>
>2.35:1 has been in regular use for several decades now. Thousands of films
>were made in that aspect ratio, covering all genres, before 16:9 TVs were
>even in consideration.
>
>> Now it's actually rare for me to even see a 1.87:1 film.
>
>It would be, since that's not a real aspect ratio. You might be thinking
>of 1.85:1, which is an aspect ratio that many films have been released
>theatrically in over the past year. Or you may be thinking of 1.78:1,
>which is the aspect ratio of WS TVs, and the aspect ratio a lot of films
>are released in on video.
>
>> In the last few years, it seems even
>> independent and low-budget films have gone to 2.35:1.
>
>And there's the important word: "seems." It "seems" that way to you, but
>you have no proof that it's actually so. You're letting a subjective
>"feeling" override objective assessment.
>
>> Of the wide spectrum of films I've rented over the last year ...
>> I'd say over 85% of them were 2.35:1
>
>List them.
>
>> That most definitely WOULD NOT have been the case
>> ten years ago.
>
>List those movies from ten years ago.
>
>Just for comparison, here's the lists of the top 10 movies from 1997, ten
>years ago, and this year's current top ten:
>
>1997
>1 Titanic 2.35 : 1
>2 Men in Black 1.85 : 1
>3 The Lost World: Jurassic Park 1.85 : 1
>4 Liar Liar 1.85 : 1
>5 Air Force One 2.35 : 1
>6 As Good as It Gets 1.85 : 1
>7 Good Will Hunting 1.85 : 1
>8 Star Wars (Special Edition) 2.35 : 1
>9 My Best Friend's Wedding 2.35 : 1
>10 Tomorrow Never Dies 2.35 : 1
>
>2007
>1 Spider-Man 3 2.35 : 1
>2 Shrek the Third 1.85 : 1
>3 300 2.35 : 1
>4 Pirates of the Caribbean 3 2.35 : 1
>5 Wild Hogs 2.35 : 1
>6 Blades of Glory 1.85 : 1
>7 Ghost Rider 2.35 : 1
>8 Meet the Robinsons 1.85 : 1
>9 Norbit 1.85 : 1
>10 Bridge to Terabithia 1.85 : 1
>
>So, for both years, half of the top ten films were 2.35:1, while the other
>half were 1.85:1. Isn't it interesting how the ratio of 2.35:1 to 1.85:1
>films for both years are *exactly* the same?
>
>And sure, a "lesser" comedy like Wild Hogs was filmed in 2.35:1 despite not
>being an "epic." But here's a shocker: the same thing occurred in 1997,
>with the comedy My Best Friend's Wedding being filmed in 2.35:1. So it
>looks like instead of some comedies being filmed in 2.35:1 being a new
>phenomenon, it's actually a decades-old tradition in Hollywood.
>
>-Jay
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