I also do not believe that there was grain added, nor do I believe that there was intentional blurring. The grain is indeed more obvious in the heavy-fx scenes (as expected - can you imagine the grain level if they hadn't used those VistaVision cameras?!). In the rest of the scenes, the grain is at an acceptable level (to me, at least). I don't hate film grain. At least film grain isn't static, like some digitally-induced artifacts.

The prints that they used weren't theatrical prints obviously as they had no burnt-in subtitles. So, would I be wrong in thinking that they were of slightly higher quality (less generations) than a typical theatrical print?