Originally posted by: BoomerD
Originally posted by: Super56K
-4/10 on the rant
WS has been the dominant format for films since the mid '50's. Get over it, FS isn't making any sort of a comeback.
To get that cropped, who's he talking to?, effect just hit the zoom button on your dvd player. This is also known as the, "Where do they find these terrible camera operators?" option.
You could also start watching classic films that were shot in 4:3 format. You said so yourself that you're tired of weak new releases. Try watching the films they fail at imitating, or go even further into the rabbit hole and read the books they 'adapt' to the screen. You don't want a solution though, you just want to rant and rave.
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I watch the majority of my movies on a 27" 4:3 crt tv, and even with these low Black Friday prices I doubt I'll upgrade to a larger 16:9 tv any time soon.
Get up on the wrong side of the bed this morning bucko?
Actually, while widescreen is the long term format for movies released in theaters, virtually all movies released to VHS were re-formatted into the 4:3 format for standard television. Now, for the past couple of years, (since DVD has taken over home movie watching) they've done away with that, and only release movies in wide-screen. I really don't like to watch a movie more than once, (most just aren't that good) and I do read...probably more than most. Other than the movies we rent, I don't watch much TV. Just don't care for the idiot box enough to plant myself in front of it, and watch the mindless drivel they keep coming out with for "entertainment'...
I DO agree, so many of the movies they release are "weak". Whatever happened to making GOOD movies? It seems like it's all about quantity, not quality...