[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Widescreen/Standard Screen Comparison

[Amanda Pressnell]

On 22 Apr 2003 at 8:42, origamiwizard wrote:
> SusanBones2003 said:
> > I write (with many thanks to both Richelle and GulPlum):
> > Such a comparison couldn't come fast enough. I think I made the 
> wrong 
> > choice and will have to face up to it and buy the other one.... JenD
> 
> I bought the widescreen version and have been pondering the comparison
> (s) with the fullscreen.

I own the widescreen DVD and I borrowed the fullscreen one from the library over the weekend. To be honest, I couldn't tell much difference between the two besides what 
you'd expect. Both are perfectly watchable. Personally, though, I still prefer the widescreen. There are situations where some characters are half-in-half-out of the shot in the 
fullscreen version that *really* annoys me. For example, when Mrs. Weasley is confronting Ron, Harry, Fred and George at the Burrow, half of one of the twins is cut out. 
Grr. And in the car right after they crash when Ron says "Look at my wand!", I couldn't. The wand is right at the edge and my TV screen is slightly rounded so I could hardly 
see any of the wand. So I'm still happy with my choice. But keep in mind I am a huge widescreen fan (even though I don't have the biggest TV). I'd much rather see the 
actors standing on the sides of the screen instead of more of the wall behind their heads.

I am still looking forward to seeing the screen captures, though. I first saw the first movie on VHS and got very used to the fullscreen version before buying the widescreen 
DVD in December. It was much tougher this time around for me to tell what exactly was different.

Manda
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