That's all well and good, but I don't see that much of a difference in the amount of grain between the D-Theater and Blu-Ray caps. The Blu-Ray has slightly less grain, maybe, but there's still plenty there, and I simply don't understand where you are getting the idea that DNR has been overused.

Specifically this grate being "completely blurred." Well, it's OUT OF FOCUS in the frame, because that's the way it's shot. Even in the D-Theater cap, it's "completely burred" ... because it's OUT OF FOCUS, as it's meant to be. It's slightly darker in the Blu-Ray cap, but that's due to the difference in color timing.

Usually I side with the "purist" camp on these issues, but here I just can't see it. There's nothing at all wrong with the Blu-Ray cap unless you disagree with the new color timing, which I can understand, but as I said before, I personally prefer it. Even the "cropping" is nearly insignificant.

Everyone seems to be making mountains out of molehills when it comes to this release.