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Originally Posted by ooms 
its kinda hard focusing on the picture, when one becomes distracted by excessive grain.
AND when this grain is so excessive as to literally cover up fine detail afforded by such a sharp transfer as PH. And intentions aside, whenever I get a new movie with horrid grain, I immediately pop in Casino Royale....THIS is what I like. In the case of PH, its has way more grain than even 2001, which is what, 40 years old? It might also be some macro blocking that looks like grain in the case of PH. FF2 almost looks like grain was intentionally added.
its kinda hard focusing on the picture, when one becomes distracted by excessive grain.
AND when this grain is so excessive as to literally cover up fine detail afforded by such a sharp transfer as PH. And intentions aside, whenever I get a new movie with horrid grain, I immediately pop in Casino Royale....THIS is what I like. In the case of PH, its has way more grain than even 2001, which is what, 40 years old? It might also be some macro blocking that looks like grain in the case of PH. FF2 almost looks like grain was intentionally added.2001 was shot 70 mm I believe. EXTREMELY high resolution, and it was brilliantly restored. It's meant to be viewed on gargantuan screens, so it's going to have a much finer grain structure than most films. Its age has little to do with its appearance, except maybe that few films are shot 70 mm anymore.
Pearl Harbor is most likely meant to look period, more like the footage you might capture were you in WWII. This is why no one will ever be happy with Aliens if we get a proper HD transfer. It was meant to look like war footage, so it's rather grainy, except in the rare moments there's really bright light, like from welding torches. But for the most part it's low-light (not even the patented Cameron blue filter day-for-night most of the time) and used film stock for that purpose.
The visible film grain kept sharpness and detail intact and gave this a very filmlike look in general. It felt as if the original look of this movie was preserved. This is by far the best I have ever seen this movie as it blows away the previous anamorphic DVD I used own. Most notably, the color production looked very natural and much better than ever before. Blacks and shadows were solid, as well. Overall, I was quite pleased.
