Phew! Back on topic. Things were starting to get unpleasant.
While the movie itself interests me very little, I find this aspect ratio stuff really very fascinating. You've probably already mentioned this and I have just missed it in all the comotion, but what was it filmed in? Is it the 1.78:1 that is being cropped at the sides, or the 2.39:1 that is being cropped at the top and bottom?
Oh, and hopefully this wont pull things back off topic, but I feel compelled to announce that post number 74 of this thread is now my favorite post of ALL time. I learned many things from that post. It was so well said, I don't feel the need to comment on any of it, except the part where you assumed I might claim to be working class. I should point out that I am much higher on the social ladder than that, which probably explains my snobery on the subject we were discussing.