As we learned this weekend, we’re not on-the-set, up close and personal fans. We like the silver screen flat and fake.
I will explain.
Our t.v. stopped working last month and we had to make a decision. We still wanted a television in our house, but WHAT KIND? Richard did endless research, took a trip to Costco, and finally bought it on WOOT. (If you are wise you will ignore the name WOOT. Hey, I’m pretty sure you just Googled it. I can tell. Stop before you start!)
So we’ve entered the high definition world. We pulled out some of our most colorful movies. We watched My Fair Lady.
As I learned, high definition makes you feel you’re in the same room, but I was surprised by our negative reaction. High definition images rob us of the experience we are looking for in a movie. Truly, we felt like we were on set, but that kind of realism has less escape value than a flat, colorful image of non-reality that we have come to enjoy. It will be something to get used to.
Now, the thing that high definition is good for is a World Cup soccer match. Wow!