What is the most visually appealing aspect ratio for film?

Cafe Society
1

What do you feel is subjectively the most appealing aspect ratio for him?

1.33.1?
1.37.1 - The Academy Ratio?
1.66.1 - Hitchcock Widescreen
1.77 aka 16 x 9
1.85.1 - VistaVision
2:1 - The Univision Ratio
2:35 - Cinemascope

Or other?

2

No love for 4:3?

3

1.33 is 4:3

4

1.85 for me. I am honestly very happy with 16x9, I think it has transformed TV into a cinematic scope, but there’s something about the extra wide (but not extra-extra-wide) of 1.85 that adds a majesty and scale. It’s an illusion, let’s face it, but it works.

5

It depends on the movie. Not every film needs to be in Cinerama, but some would be pretty cool in that format.

6

At least 1.77, but preferably even wider. I’m a still photographer, so I’m most intimate with more squarish aspect ratios, but, for moving pictures, I love them wide.

7

It was mostly a tossup between 1.85 and 2.35, but I picked 2.35.

8

Yeah, that’s what I ended up voting for in the end.

9

16 x 9 for me. Whereas I think Pillarboxes (like on a 4x3 film on a 16x9 screen) make a film look cheap, I think the letterboxing on Cinemascope films on a 16 x 9 screen makes them look more cinematic. I really hope 16 x 9 is here to stay, it’s perfect. I get to enjoy my flat widescreen films without any cropping, and enjoy Cinemascope films with the epic “theater” look with the bars.