Ant-Man (2015)

[spencer777]

Originally Posted by coulson96

The full screen can work if it looks cinematic texture wise, lighting wise, composition and framing wise, grading wise and the information in the frame IE the mise en scene. For instance, Nolan's Interstellar is shot partially in IMAX which fills a regular TV, not at any time do i think that looks like a TV show, same with the two dark knight films, terminator, back to the future trilogy, heck even avengers has a cinematic texture with some selective focus and the framing and the shot style that differentiates it from TV. Ant Man is another one of these few examples, the grading is very cinematic and looks far apart from anything made for TV, it is shot exceptionally well and the cinematic texture looks sharp and precise but far more natural than any TV show. TV shows vary the cameras and do some bizarre shot types for effect and quality changes, just look at AOS season 1's finale in some places for examples of that. To be honest if a film is made well and cinematic, it should look fine in any aspect ratio. I have to say i liked the large frame for Ant Man, there was so much raw detail and information especially in the shrinking scenes that i fear a widescreen aspect ratio wouldn't have been able to capture as much as the shot sizes would be different. Thats just my two cents on the matter. In my opinion it is the decision of the cinematographer and the Director to decide the aspect ratio for THEIR film, and our duty as cinema goers to respect their wishes, if this is how they intended we see the film then there's a reason for that and we should respect their decision.

I don't think it is always up to the director. Maybe networks like hbo tell the directors how they want content filmed.