Hollywood's PC perversion stifles storytelling

Chicago Sun Times ^ | 11/27/2205 | Mark Steyn

[libstripper]

To lessen the risk of this [burning a hole in the film by having the lamp too close to the film], the projectionist expands the space between the gate and the lamp -- i.e., he shows the film slightly out of focus. I don't know whether that's why the Harry Potter I saw was so dark and blurry, but, after reading about all the lavish effects-laden set-pieces Mike Newell had put in the movie, I did rather feel that I was seeing the cinematic equivalent of a digitally remastered symphony concert played back through a 1950s transistor radio.

I noticed something like that this summer when I went to see "Miss Congeniality Two" while my house was being refurbished. The film was somewhat out of focus and, even worse, the contrast ratio was way down, making everything flat and blurry. Since I have a Mitsubishi 73" HD projection TV that turns my living room into a movie theater, I decided I'd be better off watching all of my movies on it with DVDs.

[Mad Dawgg]

"Except it will have higher resolution and contrast ratio than home HDTV signals."

Yeah and also you get the opportunity to pay five bucks for a coke and 3 bucks for a popcorn and 18 bucks for you and your sweetie to see the show or stay home and pay 5 bucks to watch on slightly less resolution with better sound and if you gotta go to the john you can pause the movie.

Somehow I don't see folks continuing to go to the movies when you can get just as good at home for cheaper.

[goresalooza]

"did you catch him on Hannity today.....with his BS crap? "

Unfortunately...yes! I rarely listen to Sean anymore because he always has these fight-fests with idiotic libnuts like Farrell who I can't stand. Or he'll have on Rangel or some other ragefilled leftie. It's beyond boring. We already won! I don't care to hear their lies and BS but I was lazy yesterday and left the radio on.

Farrell is completely unhinged. They defend a serial killer, a thug, but not an innocent baby who could be born alive at 6-9 months of gestation.