Also, here’s my problem with the aspect ratio.

Films shot on IMAX 70mm are meant to be projected on massive screens matted specifically for 1.43:1 for the utmost scale. Putting that on a television makes it more akin to a 1.33:1 Academy Frame film.

What’s the problem with that?

Well, IMAX film captures stuff differently than an Academy Frame picture, giving it a lather, less intimate scale meant for a massive screen made for it. Academy Frame films are almost always more intimate, with closer shots and narrow frames.

The IMAX aspect ratio works wonderfully in a true IMAX cinema, but on a home theatre system, you’re losing so much of the scale by shrinking it to be matted to a 1.78:1 screen. Everything just looks really far away and zoomed out because it’s not on the screen it was made for.

That’s why films shot on IMAX are typically formatted to that 1.78:1 aspect ratio, so it fills the entire space and feels grander on your home screen (if that, as many films shot on IMAX are just cropped to 2:35:1 and disregarded on home video).

I can appreciate the idea, but the execution, especially in forgoing an actual IMAX run, is woefully misguided and only makes the film look worse than it already does.