Posted by John Harkness on 10/24/05 05:48

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.

John Harkness

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