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Okay so I only managed to see NIGHTMARE 3D once today. It was sold out all Friday and Saturday. I managed to get into the Saturday 4:45pm show which, naturally, was rammed.
The presentation is great, sound was fantastic. There was an issue with projection — the theater was projecting the feature as a “widescreen” or “scope” picture, where NIGHTMARE is actually a “flat” ration (1.85:1 or 1.66:1), meaning a lot of heads were cut off. Imagine Sally and Jack singing to each other in the finale, only seeing Sally from the shoulders down! I don’t believe that Disney would release the film in an anamorphic print as it’s a radically different composition than the original NIGHTMARE format. I’m not sure if this was a unique fuck-up at the theater showing NIGHTMARE or if anyone noticed this. I didn’t let it ruin the show for me, but I did let the management know about the error (hoping it wouldn’t ruin the fun for others).
Anyone like to share their thoughts?
Ryan
It was in the proper ratio when I saw it! Sorry that you got a bum projection of the picture.
I thought it looked and sounded great. The audio got a pretty serious remix from what I remember and the score was nice and loud.
Yeah the score was more prominent, and I even picked out stuff I had never noticed before, like the Mayor’s motif… Which coincidentally was highlighted in the latest Film Score Monthly podcast!
http://media20a.libsyn.com/podcasts/fsmpodcast/FSM_Podcast_018.mp3
Ryan
Just got back from seeing it, and I still can’t believe that the movie wasn’t originally made to be a 3D feature. The 3D was pretty sick, but it was the sound that stood out the most to me. I loved the surround sound they did for the re-release, and the score and songs were fantastic. Hearing Danny’s music and lyrics with such great quality really made the experience awesome for me. Plus, seeing that I was 4 when the movie came out and my parents had no interest in taking me to see it (and at the time, I probably didn’t have any either), it was nice to finally be able to see it on the big screen. Fun time, and cool new glasses for me!
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