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Author Topic: 'Wrath of the Titans' aspect ratio Ross Oba Expert Film Handler Posts: 181 From: Kailua Kona, HI Registered: Oct 2005 posted 03-30-2012 02:01 AM                     Anyone else confused as to why 'Wrath of the Titans' is in 1.85 FLAT aspect ratio when the trailers for it were in scope (even the letterboxed flat versions)? The IMDB page even lists it as being 2.35.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 03-30-2012 02:53 PM                     Not the first time that scope trailers for a movie shows it in full scope and letterbox for the flat trailers .. and the feature itself was released in flat. Why I always use the final judgement - your eyes and visual inspection - to make sure of the proper lens format for 35mm releases.  |  IP: Logged Justin Hamaker Film God Posts: 2253 From: Lakeport, CA USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 03-30-2012 04:32 PM                        It's just another case that baffles me why it's so difficult for the studios to get us accurate run times and aspect ratios ahead of when we get the prints/drives. I know for some locations it matters because they only schedule scope or flat in specific auditoriums.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 03-30-2012 05:28 PM                     Even, though agree: "Titans" would have looked better on the screen IN scope than flat being an epic action flik. Flat looks so..'flat' - just doesn't have any life to it where the picture looks so soft and lifeless. I have to focus the bulb down a smidge to get more light out through that 1.85:1 aperture.  |  IP: Logged Justin Hamaker Film God Posts: 2253 From: Lakeport, CA USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 03-30-2012 10:39 PM                        Although I didn't watch the whole movie, I will say the 3D looked pretty good in the 5 minutes or so I watched when I did my QC check. They obviously got the message about how bad Clash of the Titans looked.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 04-02-2012 09:51 PM                     However they obviously missed the message that the script blew.  |  IP: Logged Mike Croaro Master Film Handler Posts: 394 From: Millbrae, CA Registered: Apr 2005 posted 04-02-2012 10:35 PM                     Hi folks: I much prefer flat over scope. I simply find the format more intimate and easy to view. I wish more films were flat. Mike  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Goeldner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1360 From: Washington, District of Columbia Registered: Jun 2008 posted 04-02-2012 11:06 PM                     in the IMAX Digital presentation I saw, there was one shot where the Chimera creature whips it's tail into the viewers face and the image reverts to 2.35 framing - its a jarring very odd moment. I agree with you Mike - screens that have vertical masking and the IMAX/speciality deluxe 'large' screens where masking is not an option and is open to 1.78 - the more film image that uses the entire screen is much more immersive than 2.35 film that have the black borders above and below the image.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 04-03-2012 12:35 AM                     The problem isn't a scope aspect ratio, it's auditoriums being poorly designed.  |  IP: Logged

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