Jaitea said:

SilverWook said:

If you mean grain, that's the fault of some studio's overuse of noise reduction, not the format itself.

Isn't film grain just a natural occurrence on film, it becomes more noticeable depending what film stock you use or what film format....16mm film when blown up on a projection screen would have more grain evident.

I think when TPM was released on BD the digital scan was processed and cleaned up so much (DNR) that it not only removed grain but also removed so much detail that it made the characters look like waxworks

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Some filmmakers have used specific film stocks to achieve a certain look. The choice of camera lenses also play into this. It's an artistic choice as much as important as what paint is used in a portrait. Some digitally shot films have had fake grain added!

Some digital still cameras I've seen have modes to emulate film as well.

An old movie should never be manipulated to look like a modern one, especially by people who had no part in it's creation, and have no idea what they're doing.