2001: A Space Odyssey useless beginning?

[camper]

Originally Posted by J6P

Now here comes Blu. We can finally see the detail we've been missing at home. It boggles my mind that people think there would be no benefit to seeing a black and white classic on Blu, or a '40s musical, or a '50s epic. Or even a modern day comedy! They all benefit, and the older classics most of all in my opinion.

There's no question that it could benefit, but there comes a point and time where you have to wonder how big the difference will be, and whether that higher resolution available to the public will go against the directors intentions. A 1930's movie like Kong isn't going to be as sharp as a B&W from the 1950's because the film quality is not the same. Even the projection equipment back in the 30's wasn't as good, so seeing the film in "HD" might expose flaws that the filmmakers never intended to be shown, because they knew certain details and information on the film wouldn't be seen by the public due to the equipment limitations.

The comparison between a pic of the Mona Lisa and the painting itself is unfair, because the painting was intended to have those lines and marks.

However, if you look at a film before it's cropped, you see boom mikes and wires and lighting, and these are never intended to be seen. If a Blu Ray shows every inch of film regardless of the cropping, then you're seeing things in addition to what the director intended.

Likewise, with an HD release of Kong all the 'flaws' that the director didn't intend (makup, wires, costume seams, etc) are now fully visible because the quality can be reproduced, when they were not counting on the quality being so high they would be noticed.

I will say that ALL movies should be on Blu Ray, because Blu Ray is the successor to DVD. However, I still say that in Kong's instance, I wonder if it will hurt the look of the film when it comes to the 'special effects' parts.

~Camper