Jacob_St
Second Unit
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- Jan 15, 2000
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DVDFILE has the full story. It outsold the widescreen 2 to 1! DVDFILE brings up a good question. Do all the DVD's that Blockbuster and Hollywood buy for rent part of the total?
This Grinch is a moron movie...who cares if its P&S or Wide?
Are some of the people in this forum for real?
Yes we are. I got movies that you would classify as "moron movies" (Stay Tuned, 2Gether, The Rage: Carrie 2, Bring It On, Scary Movie, Toys, etc)... does that mean I'm a moron?
Honestly, do we really need to raise our kids in a strict code of OAR?
It has nothing to do with a "strict code", it has to do with wanting to watch a film the way it was shot, conceived, and projected theatrically.
Don't try and use the "it's for kids" excuse to somehow excuse the butchering of cinematic art.
And YES I think the Grinch is art, as are most films. Whether you like them or not does not diminish their artistic contribution.
I guess that makes me a moron too huh Tom? BTW, Welcome to the forum :rolleyes
Are some of the people in this forum for real?
Being a member, aren't you part of "the people?"
Todd
P.S. I happen to like Grinch and Cats & Dogs. I must be the world's biggest moron.
Honestly, do we really need to raise our kids in a strict code of OAR?
"Strict code" - no. "Love, appreciation and understanding" - yes!
Cees
"In Germany they first came for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was Protestant. Then they came for me - and by that time no one was left to speak up for me."
Yeah, I know, quite a different subject matter, but the idea is the same:
If we don't do something when they decide to release a "moron" movie like The Grinch or Cats & Dogs in pan and scan only, then what's to stop them from releasing one of our personal favorites in pan and scan on down the line?
What if nobody threw a fit about Willy Wonka and Cats and Dogs a few months ago? Might we have seen a pan and scan only version of Harry Potter, which a lot of people around here liked and probably think is more "important" of a movie than Cats and Dogs?
For the record, I loathe The Grinch. I'm a huge Jim Carrey fan, and I absolutely hated that movie. But it's not about the movie itself, it's the principle of the thing. Every movie, no matter how important or insignificant, should be presented in it's OAR. Every movie is important and special to somebody, and they deserve to see it the way it was meant to be seen.
-mwb-
All movies, regardless of how good (in your opinion), or the target audience, deserve to be released in their OAR.
Except the new version of "Super Speedway"
The widescreen zealots don't mind watching a 4:3 film chopped up (or stretched) to fill their 16:9 TV, but don't you dare chop up a widescreen film to fit a 4:3 TV