This has also been explained before, I think.

The movies have a very dynamic picture. I worked for weeks on it to make stuff like people's faces come out with more contrast like in the theatrical prints, and to be able to keep the whole range of contrast and still keep it balanced, I had to push the whites together a bit, without crushing them of course. The other option would be to crush the blacks.

I've kept the whole range and made the best of it that was possible. And I think some original prints were quite bright too, so I'm happy with this result.

Also remember I'm working on a calibrated screen. I think on a laptop screen you might even see crushed whites, making them look worse than they actually are.