Which is the best movie aspect ratio?

1:1

no one should have an opinion about this imo... nerds..

depends entirely how it's used

cinerama! go big or go home

1:1

Oops, forgot about the Xavier Dolan ratio.

all the other films in that ratio are better than his.

[2.76:1]

academy for Borzage, wide for Leone

even lower than 1:1...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWX3ZdlLvnE

i do think 1.78+ signifies that it's a movie and therefore ~serious~ and 1.33 is TV-ish

Major fondness for 1.19:1 in Murnau and Lang's hands.

tbh I watched that Spielberg made-for-tv movie he did at the beginning of his career and stopped noticing it wasn't in a "movie" aspect ratio about ten minutes in

龜, you need to see more ~serious~ '30s films

i like academy and the john carpenter one

1:1

― Upright Mammal (mh), Tuesday, June 23, 2015 1:32 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

looks like someone does it for the vine

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Forgot to vote...would have gone Anamorphic.

lol why did 4:3 take this is it a) ironic hipster stance b) very old/nostalgic people voting c) tv very popular

d) thousands of brilliant films shot in this ratio ffs

1:1

― Upright Mammal (mh), Tuesday, June 23, 2015 1:32 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

looks like someone does it for the vine

― Bouncy Castlevania (Will M.), Tuesday, June 23, 2015 4:30 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark

underrated post

nv I realise this and I love 4:3 for this reason but still surprised by results - wonder if mono would beat out stereo in a similar poll? (wld prb beat binaural and 7.2 etc.) so many great records in mono and there are drawbacks to stereo, but stereo has become the standard format in music like widescreen has become in cinema - even if it was a marketing gimmick at the time (50s?) to me widescreen is the "default" cinema mode, and it does seem you can do a bit more with it doesn't it?

I mean voting 4:3 because many great movies are in that format seems a bit like voting mono because West End Blues is mono (even though the aspect ratio is probably more crucial in Casablanca than the sound format on the Hot 5s...)

I was just surprised I guess figured it would be showdown between different wide formats

Morbs was right inasmuch as they're just tools dependent on the skill of the user, but given that 10 people were bothered i'm not surprised that 4/10 wd vote for Academy

Actually my most popular poll topic in many moons.

really the old-person move is associating 4:3 with tv

i voted academy because i prefer it; i prefer the feeling of looking through the neat little window onto a dream to the sensation of being embraced by an entertainment experience; it feels closer to the nickelodeon than widescreen does and thus gives me a lil twinge of history; it has all the best movies obv; and it reminds me less of watching tv than Prestige Widescreen does

so a)

what dlh just said

What's that line from Contempt?

Anyway if poll was b&w vs. color would vote the former for basically the same reason

mono vs stereo would have a much larger turnout and stereo might carry it because of the sense of its being "default" but if anything i know more mono partisans than 1.33:1 ones; never seen a BACK TO ACADEMY pin

What Is 70mm?
A History of Wide-Gauge Cinema

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@NickPinkerton Apr 19
Few things raise my hackles like films shot in 2.35:1 for no discernible purpose. (Or: Thoughts after watching 10 minutes of Trainwreck.)

"2.35:1 is only good for shooting snakes, funerals, and John Cena's half-chub under a towel"-Fritz Lang