The Digital Bits; "Grain is supposed to be there!"

[CptGreedle]

If there was no grain in dark scenes, you would loose all detail and all kinds of information. In fact one reason grain is still use (sometimes called "dither"), is to prevent a medium from dropping the information there cause it can not detect it. Without the grain, pitch black would be completely pitch black and there would be no shadows or shadow details. Dark shadows on faces would turn black and you would only see a part of their face and the rest would be gone.
No. Grain is suppose to be there in those movies. Removing it is a bad idea.
I understand that people want more clean and smooth movies, but that is up to the director. I assure you movies like Speed Racer will most likely be smooth and have less (if any) grain. Other films, like Indy 4, will have grain cause it works best for that kind of film.
Film is not real life, and people should understand that. I fear that the low resolution of DVD has spoiled people into thinking that grain is bad or should not be there.

Take it from a professional imaging technician for National Geographic Society, film grain is beautiful and essential to film. You should be elated that Blu-ray has the resolution and quality to show you the true face of film.