Final Trailer For Ang Lee's Divisive BILLY LYNN'S LONG HALFTIME WALK

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, the latest film from director Ang Lee, has become incredibly controversial among film fans — not for its content, but for the way it was shot. See, instead of opting for the regular 24 frames per second that we're used to with film, Lee shot the movie in 120 frames per second in order to "dramatize war in a way never seen before." The problem is that when you watch something shot at 120 frames per second, it doesn't actually look like film. You know how some TVs have that "motion smoothing" option on that makes everything look like a bad soap opera? This sounds about 10 times worse than that. (Peter Jackson tried something similar with The Hobbit, shooting that in 48 frames per second. That also didn't go over very well with audiences.)

Though the quotes in this trailer praise the movie's technical decisions, when Billy Lynn played at the New York Film Festival, it debuted to a tepid reaction and one critic even referred to its presentation as "a crime against cinema."

But it turns out most audiences probably won't have to worry about seeing it in that format anyway, since apparently only two theaters in the country will be capable of displaying it in 3D 4K 120 frame per second. Lee and Sony Pictures have converted it into other formats which will be available at more theaters in the US, so if you're interested in seeing this one, just be aware of which presentation you're selecting when you purchase your tickets.

The film arrives in theaters on November 11th.

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk - Final Official Trailer (2016) Kristen Stewart, Vin Diesel Drama Movie HD Stars: Kristen Stewart, Vin Diesel, Garrett Hedlund, Steve Martin, Chris Tucker

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