Not quite everyone. The GOUT is fine for displaying on a standard CRT TV. Anamorphic has no benefit in such a case.
Can you think of any other 2.35:1 DVD releases from 2006 that were non-anamorphic? I can’t. I reckon he wanted it to have a short viable life. It doesn’t matter really since most modern players can crop and zoom a non-anamorphic disc. Anyway, had they actually transferred the films fresh for that release they may have made them even worse - at least the GOUT is a fairly accurate release of the films.