cultshock

It's hard for Groucho to keep track of trivial matters like movie titles and such when dreamy Leo is on the screen.

drainout

Nice, good call.

GoldenJCJ

I'm willing to bet that if they see that Dad (or Mom) likes it widescreen, they'll like it widescreen as well. Hell, if a parent can teach a kid racism, they can teach them to appreciate widescreen.

They're impressional minds, impress them...

Peep

Well, as said before, many directors film (animate) with an eye towards both formats, so I can't really tell my kids that the FS version doesn't represent the director's wishes.

And all they really care about is seeing McQueen as big as possible.

Lee Harvey Oswald

And that's why evil always prevails over good...because good is dumb.

I was just thinking the other day...what happened to all the wisescreen vs foolscreen posts that would appear about once a week in this forum when I first started lurking here a few years ago.

I was even going to check the forum rules to see if these topics were banned.

DeputyDave

If it's a movie I'm buying (i.e. care about) or a "serious" movie, I insist on only getting and seeing the widescreen (or true) version. If its some movie I don't really care about and will only watch if its a free rental (most modern comedies, like I watched "Date Movie" out of morbid curiosity) It doesn't bother me so much. I could give a damn what original "vision" the director of Scary Movie 4 had. Most of these movies I only pay half attention to, anyway.

Do I wish that full screen would go away (unless it was intended that way)? Yes, but I put up with it in certain cases.

BTW, in regards to Blood Diamond, I wouldn't watch it in full screen at all.

nateman

Whats Full Screen? jk.
being that alot of tv on dvd sets are in full screen im used to it but i do still prefer widescreen, on movies & new tv shows.
imagine watching 1970's sitcoms in widescreen, with black bars on the top & bottom. that would look crazy!
we did get to see the 7th season of 'the golden girls' in widescreen, well not so much but there were tiny black bars on the top & bottom!

madcougar

Seriously, I'm trying to teach my kids to be decent human beings and preparing them for life. Teaching them to appreciate widescreen is not even on the radar.

drainout

The worst full screen story, was that I never bought the old dvd of the Sting, because I could only ever find Full screen, then when I realized it was filmed that way to match the 'old style' it was already out of print. Now the new dvd is out, were they turned it widescreen to match what people want. What's worse, turning widescreen intended movies full screen for a tv set, or turning full screen movies wide, to attract uneducated film buffs?

Abe.

I don't think there would be that much of a difference between a FS and WS version of Borat. It all depends if you're watching it on a HDTV. If anything, that movie might have been shot open-matte, and then letterboxed for theatrical screening.

Fok

That is why you fail

Josh Z

The Sting was released in 1973, long after the theatrical standard for "flat" photography motion pictures had shifted to 1.85:1. Even if George Roy Hill had wanted his movie projected in 4:3, there would have been few theatrical venues that could accomodate it. Aside from art theaters specifically equipped to project classic Academy Ratio movies, the majority of theaters in this country couldn't show a movie in 4:3 without matting if they wanted to.

These days, specialty 4:3 releases such as The Blair Witch Project, documentaries, or re-releases of classic movies have to be printed in windowbox format on the theatrical prints so that they can be projected on 1.85:1 screens with black bars on the sides. But that simply wasn't ever done back in 1973. Even revivals of classics like Gone With the Wind were cropped to 1.85:1 at that time.

Hill shot The Sting knowing it would be projected at 1.85:1. That is its OAR.

BobSchlapowitz

Doubtful my friend, real doubtful. Every time I go into my local Wal-Mart they're showing fool screen dvds on the widescreen HDTVs, which is a crime against humanity if you ask me. I tried to explain the the genius working there that widescreen HDTVs are designed pretty much with widescreen DVDs in mind but he looked at me like I was speaking Swahili.

Shazam

I had a friend come over once with a full-screen Bruce Almighty. I had her executed.

Joe Molotov

I had a friend come over with a full-screen copy of Scary Movie 3...and I watched it and wasn't an ass about it. OMGWTFBBQ!!!!!!

MigusMaximus

Whenever I think of the Foolscreen/Widescreen debate, I look no further to the worst pan and scan debacle EVER....Annie! (Give me a little room on this one; it came out when I was 9, I was/am an only child and spent alot of time with my mother and grandmother. Also, the Annie soundtrack was the second album on cassette I owned, so I had the music memorized by heart).

Anywhoo....

You have a scene where Daddy Warbucks and Annie are in the swimming pool talking. The pan goes back and forth, landing on the character that ISNT talking, finally resting on the water in between them.....SO YOU CANT SEE EITHER ONE OF THEM!?!

Oh, yeah, I dont care if my DVD's are wide or full....just make sure they're in black and white (the kids ought to love that one!).

Lee Harvey Oswald

Must we call it foolscreen though?

mndtrp

I rented Flushed Away a couple of days ago, and just like draino, couldn't figure out why it looked strange. I also had picked up the fullscreen version. The movie was still a good one, but I'm glad I didn't buy it that way.

Once widescreen tv's become cheaper and more popular, fullscreen dvd's will be phazed out.

Wildo1966

Well....I watched Blood Diamond FS this weekend, it was a great movie (not to own IMO) and I really did not notice it was full screen. It was just like watching a movie on cable tv or regular tv. I wanted to see Blood Diamond, a friend was nice enough to let me borrow it and I am glad I saw it!

Josh Z

Fixed.