New Karate Kid misframed
03-24-05, 05:35 PM
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New Karate Kid misframed
Just watched the new widescreen version of Karate Kid with the commentary track and heard around 11:40 into the movie that it was misframed so I decided to compare it with the full frame version I have and it definately is. Portions of the top and bottoms of the screen are chopped off on the widescreen version. I compared various scenes throughout the whole movie and it seems the whole movie is misframed. I dont know how to post screenshots to compare the two versions so if someone can it would be appreciated. I doubt there is any word on a corrected versions like Back to the Future. Has anyone heard anything?
03-24-05, 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by dyerjp
or it was filmed open matte, then the mattes were placed on it for the theater. if the sides aren't cut off, then its ok
03-24-05, 06:52 PM
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I believe it was filmed in open-matte, and the full screen version shows the fully filmed image, without the mattes. There was a thread about this when the discs first came out, and someone mentioned the fact that the director was probably only used to seeing the film in open-matte on cable, like the rest of us, and the widescreen version looks a bit cramped now.
03-24-05, 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by FinkPish
I believe it was filmed in open-matte, and the full screen version shows the fully filmed image, without the mattes. There was a thread about this when the discs first came out, and someone mentioned the fact that the director was probably only used to seeing the film in open-matte on cable, like the rest of us, and the widescreen version looks a bit cramped now.
03-24-05, 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Eric F
According to IMDB it was shot in 1.85:1, and the HD version I have off SHO looks fine.
03-24-05, 08:32 PM
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We had this discussion before on the other Karate Kid thread.
There isn't an error in framing on the DVD, i.e. Columbia TriStar haven't screwed it up. The commentary is merely commenting on the theatrical matting, which is indeed very tight and even amateurish in places. So no surprises that the cinematography didn't win any awards.
I checked the new Region 1 against my previous Australian Region 4 release and it was virtually identical in the framing too.
There isn't an error in framing on the DVD, i.e. Columbia TriStar haven't screwed it up. The commentary is merely commenting on the theatrical matting, which is indeed very tight and even amateurish in places. So no surprises that the cinematography didn't win any awards.
I checked the new Region 1 against my previous Australian Region 4 release and it was virtually identical in the framing too.
