Yash Lucid Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 I just watched Deadpool 2 in the cinema, for the second time. (I won't post spoilers) And it was cropped. Cropped so badly. There are intro titles that show funny titles as expected. These were cut off, people were not laughing because they couldn't get the joke. There was a scene that scaled so badly, you could not see the character talk. When they showed a Breaking News TV snippet, the Breaking News title read eaking News. Guys this was so bad. I remember reading that Tarantino stood up at Cannes and said stop the effing movie or something because they showed the wrong aspect ratio, this is crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yash Lucid Posted May 18, 2018 Author Share Posted May 18, 2018 There was a right moving tracking shot that revealed a funny character, this did not appear because of the crop. People didn't laugh - they didn't see it. I have never seen a cinema experience be executed so poorly. Is this not... breaking the rules somehow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sustaining Member Adrian Sierkowski Posted May 19, 2018 Sustaining Member Share Posted May 19, 2018 Sounds like you should've informed the theater and demanded a refund. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yash Lucid Posted May 19, 2018 Author Share Posted May 19, 2018 Sounds like you should've informed the theater and demanded a refund. Will be doing that when I'm there again, it was the late show so no key staff really was there to care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Field Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Sounds like you should've informed the theater and demanded a refund. Theaters actually take this seriously? I'm pretty sure whoever did it would be like "huh what's cropping? like an iphone?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sustaining Member Adrian Sierkowski Posted May 21, 2018 Sustaining Member Share Posted May 21, 2018 Eh; refund is worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Greene Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 I have seen cropping in cinemas where the angle of the projector to the screen is too steep. To avoid sloping sides of the image, they bring the curtains in so the window looks rectangular . This results in cropping the sides quite a bit sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Dunn Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 (edited) I understand that there used to be people actually in cinemas whose job was to get these things right. They were called "projectionists" IIRC. I think they all eventually died of acetate deprivation. Edited May 21, 2018 by Mark Dunn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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