Just got back from the Dolby Cinema and I'm happy to report that the missing frames that were unavoidable when they reconstructed the Special Edition in 1993 have been (what I can only assume to be) digitally repaired/recreated. The film no longer has those occasional jumps when new footage was introduced. But, yes, the ending overhead shot is astonishingly bad and I don't remember it looking that way prior. Not sure what happened.
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