doubleofive said:
Film IMAX was full 1.44:1 the entire sequence. I’m not sure how they cropped those shots, but they looked just fine.
Guys there’s definitely some mistake going on here. Either those shots were in 2.35:1 or they were opened up vertically, which makes the shots in the Starz version nothing but pan & scan. And if the other other IMAX scenes are open matte, why aren’t those two, do you guys get it? Because they were shot in 2.35:1 native, so they had no choice but to crop the native 2.35:1 footage for the Starz version.
There is no way that a DOP or director in his right mind would allow an anamorphic 2.35:1 grainy shot to be zoomed all the way to 1.44:1 or even 1.90:1. The max a film can be zoomed without looking terrible is from 2.35:1 to 2.20:1, done for 70mm prints.
yotsuya said:
You have to wonder if the IMAX scenes were cropped from 4:3 to 16:9 in height like the non-IMAX scenes were cropped down to 16:9 in width. That means some is still missing. From a completist point of view, this is fascinating, but with this being the 7th installment and all the others not being shot in this format, not to mention that the entire movie wasn’t shot in this format, it isn’t something I am going to worry about.
Most likely, But IMAX is a very large format film with tremendous detail. It can be cropped and zoomed as necessary. However, composition matters. Unlike 4:3 TV, IMAX is a HUGE screen, so the possibility of zooming is very very limited, unless you want too much grain or pixels (if shot digitally) in your face. From the IMAX comparison shots that were released online before the film came out, it’s established that they were composed for 1.44:1, but cropped to 2.39:1 for normal multiplex screens across the planet.