I hardly feel that I'm "donning a hair shirt" by preferring to watch a 24p film in the frame rate it was shot in. For me, it looks right... and it's an absolute pleasure.
No Richard, it means he understood what I was saying. I neither intimated nor implied that anyone here is stupid. The issue at hand is respect for the artist's intent vs. individual customization of an artist's work, not IQ.
Here's my take: if you respect the art and craft of film, you want to see it the way it was intended to be seen. This is not a "everybody has different tastes and that's okay" situation. Film is an intricate, complex medium, and the cinematography therein is a delicate balance of detail and...