On a thread devoted to disappointment relating to the visible adjustments seen within the streaming model, Redditor u/magisterium_art talked about that not solely is the scope utterly off, among the pictures are cropped so badly that the actors’ heads are lower off: “Within the trailers and for the IMAX theatrical model they confirmed the movie within the taller 16:9 side ratio they shot the movie on with the Arri Alexa 65 digicam system. Within the model on Max, they cropped it to 2.39:1, which implies so many superbly framed pictures are letterboxed. Tops of heads are lower off, the sensation of area and scope is constricted. Anyone else discover this? Why did they do that?”
Others in that thread famous that administrators like Christopher Nolan — who, like Denis Villeneuve, is fastidious and exact relating to his movie’s visuals — is launched in order that followers can watch it in bigger side ratios, and Disney has IMAX variations of Marvel movies on its service Disney+. Nonetheless, some famous that loads of moviegoers noticed a “cropped” model of “Dune: Half Two” in the event that they did not see the unique IMAX launch, like u/discretelandscapes: “It IS the complete movie. IMAX is additional (not on a regular basis, generally the widescreen model has extra to the edges, however I digress). 98% of theaters had been exhibiting the movie in 2.39:1 side ratio.”