Old Movies released on Blu-ray

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Originally Posted by DRC72

I have the move 300 on BD which is a pretty new movie, and there is a lot graininess especially in the darker scenes.

Originally Posted by lobosrul

Yeah that was very much the directors choice to make it that grainy. Older movies look the way they are because of the process used to make them.

According to PentonMan, it wasn't the director's choice to make 300 that grainy.

Originally Posted by PentonMan

Although the filmmakers shot the movie 300 on 35mm Kodak 500T 5229 (for the most part) which is a low contrast stock with a fine grain structure, they still had major issues with grain which they even publicly admitted to during a past industry conference in L.A.
This was in part due to the fact that so much of the motion picture was shot overcranked (50 – 150 fps) and they didn’t have/use enough light to expose correctly and without enough light, grain became a big problem.