Is there a1 out there that really likes watching movies with only half of their tv? I hate movies that only take up part of my tv and don't offer me the option to watch it in full screen.
2006-10-03 15:04:57 · 11 answers · asked by lQQking 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Me too!! If a movie is available in fullscreen I try to buy that. Widescreen is only good if you have a tv over 52' inches which I don't....I pay to see the movie, not black bars on my screen.
2006-10-03 15:14:04 · answer #1 · answered by ☻½▄▀ ✌ ♋♔👏◎♥♣▒◘ ♒♪◄ ҉√♫ ✈☉→○¶Δ☺↕™¢®�◐ ◑ 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Watching a full screen movie *is* like watching a movie with half your tv. Most of the time the ends have to be cut down or there is an annoying pan over to see the entire section of the scene. Widescreen, espiecally on a widescreen tv/monitor, allows you to see the entire frame in the same shot without anything being cut out.
2006-10-03 15:08:47 · answer #2 · answered by aleia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The problem with full screen movies is that to make it fit the screen proportions properly (that's alotta p's), they have to cut out the sides. That's why, when watching it full screen, there are odd moments when the camera slowly slides to one side or another.
I actually prefer wide screen when I have the choice and buy the wide-screen DVD's, again when I have the option. I think it helps though that I watch most of my movies on my computer, instead of on a TV...
2006-10-03 15:09:14 · answer #3 · answered by Suraya 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Films, at their best, are an art form just like painting. When they are released "Full Screen" (which we in the film industry call "flat,") you are losing a large percentage of the picture. If the film was shot in 1:85 screen ratio, and you watch it "flat" you are missing about 35% of the picture. If it was shot in Cinemascope, like the STAR WARS or INDIANA JONES films, and you watch it "flat" you are losing over 60% of the picture. This means you sometimes never get to see certain important elements in the movie.
If the director and cinematographer made the film in a widescreen format, that's the way you should watch it. After all, would you cut up a print of, say, The Last Supper just to make it fit into an undersized frame?
2006-10-03 15:16:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When you buy your next TV it will be a wider screen, but many movies will still have black bars at the top and bottom.
Some more than others because some movies are wider than others.
In a motion picture theatre, the unused portions are masked by a black curtain so no blank screen is visible.
I made some little black boards to velcro over the screen to blank out the black bars... still not great, but it does help.
2006-10-03 15:28:47 · answer #5 · answered by disco legend zeke 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wide screen anytime
2006-10-03 18:48:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I prefer full screen, I agree why would you only want to see half of your screen being used. I wished that all dvd offered both.
2006-10-03 15:51:03 · answer #7 · answered by KO 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wide so no one gets cut out
2006-10-03 15:12:19 · answer #8 · answered by LORD Z 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
wide screen
if you got the tv for it
2006-10-03 15:09:30 · answer #9 · answered by darktheshow 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I get really distracted when there are two huge black spaces on the top and bottom of my TV
2006-10-03 15:11:14 · answer #10 · answered by Sammy 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋