Fucked up aspect ratio?
WTF is up with the square box ratio straight outta 90s DEAR LORD
shareI have to admit ... I didn't like it ...
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MovieChat Forums > Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) Discussion > Fucked up aspect ratio?
If bars on the screen bother you that much, watch it on a 17" SVGA monitor @ 1280x960. 19" @ 1600x1200 is even better. I'm sure that's what Snyder has on his computer!
shareAs others have pointed out, it was meant to fill an Imax screen, and they have a 1.43:1 aspect ratio. It's the one thing about the film that really disappoints me, and was an unfortunate choice. I wish Snyder hadn't done it. Sure, it would have looked great in an Imax theater, but most people were never going to see it that way; they were going to see it in regular theaters, or at home, where the aspect ratio is 16:9. And since this version of the film never got shown in an Imax theater, gearing it to that turns out to have been a complete waste. And now, watching it on my widescreen TV at home, I'm left with a picture that makes no use of much of the available big screen space, and ends up feeling a lot less sweeping and paneramic, and cinematic as a result.
shareI just started watching it and I thought I downloaded a badly cropped release. Wtf is this 4:3 shit?!
The imax excuse doesn't hold water because every Nolan film has Imsx scenes and they are all in 16:9!
The imax excuse doesn't hold water because every Nolan film has Imsx scenes and they are all in 16:9!
And if you actually knew anything you would also notice that is the reason the aspect ratio changes between scenes. You will notice the bars on top and bottom appear and disappear. Imax is not 16:9 so don't say it is.
The aspect ratio for old tube televisions was 1.33:1, or 4:3, meaning the width of the screens was 33% longer than the height. Not quite a square, but close.
Zack Snyder’s Justice League comes in at 1.37:1, very close to the old TV standard. Why is this? Because of IMAX. While very few people, if any, will ever watch the “Justice League” Snyder Cut on any big screen, much less IMAX, it’s nonetheless true.
While most IMAX screens tend to be a bit wider, the biggest ones, the true IMAX tend to have an aspect ratio between 1.32 and 1.4 or so. Snyder delivered a cut of “Justice League” that is built to fit those screens specifically, and for his Snyder Cut he’s giving us the IMAX version.
Hence an almost square screen with no bars on the top and bottom. share
I just played a handful of scenes with the picture blown up to 16:9 ratio. My takeaway is that you can go either way without reframing. You don't actually miss anything other than more room in the composition.
The same can be said about the open matte version of Titanic that is found on the 3D blu-ray. You get more air in most shots and it looks better at home on a 16:9 screen.
I'm always baffled why people make so much of an issue with aspect ratio. If the picture quality is good and the sound is good, I don't care how it is presented on screen.
shareMost of all Snyder provided MORE and not less than the usual wide screen size. But when people want to moan at any cost they surely find a reason...
sharebut cant you understand if their screen does not fill every pixel with a movie its like being in a nazi concentration camp!
First world problems.
I have a projector, the directors usually have a rationale for their choice of aspect ratio...
It works... Gives the characters size in the frame...
It's not about having more picture, more or less pixels or anything like that... It's artistic intent given his resources...
Wine, Beer & spirits all have different alcohol ratios, but each works for it's purpose... You don't take a shot of beer, or a pint of vodka...