You will see the Snyder Cut in a 4: 3 aspect ratio, because HBO Max respects cinema

Let no one worry that HBO Max will harm the authorship of Zack Snyder Justice League, for which the company spent $ 70 million on remakes and new digital effects in order to meet the director’s requirements and meet years of fans’ demand for a better cut of the widespread film, the streams of the film are preceded by a brief disclosure:

“This film is presented in a 4: 3 format to preserve the integrity of Zack Snyder’s creative vision.”

That’s right. HBO will not artificially cut the image just to meet your natural demand for widescreen viewing. That’s Snyder not saying it either, hey, maybe Justice League is not First cow and does not have to be presented in a dense, boxy format in which it is unclear whether the original film was presented. After three years of claims, it is his vision, and no one is going to touch it.

Look, I’m not going to make fun of directors who choose less general aspect ratios (I claim that First cow, a silent film about a cow, which was also shot in 4: 3, was robbed of his place on the list for best film candidates). But that does mean that HBO Max’s highest-profile film – one that was announced even before the streaming service was available, is exclusive to the service and is very much intended to bring in new subscribers – is presented in the image ratio of ‘n’ . TV series from the 90s and leaves half of the screen blank on most modern devices.

It was announced before the film’s debut this morning that the Snyder cut would be presented in 4: 3. So this is really just the warning from HBO – probably meant as a run-up to less obsessive fans who may be confused by the harvest – it’s a surprise here.

The movie was probably shot for this boxy format, and if it is, you actually see it more on screen than in the 2017 version (which was released in a more traditional widescreen format … and was also two hours shorter). The intention was for the larger footage to be displayed on giant IMAX screens, which is close to a 4: 3 ratio, but usually only portions of a film are presented in larger format. For now, the best chance of watching the movie on a screen-sized device is slightly smaller: