Yeah, the way I tend to think about it, especially in the case of Dune, is that it was specifically design for two aspect ratios (and a third technically in between). So with the scope ratio I’m not actually missing anything per se, I’m just seeing the image Villeneuve intended for the majority of screening venues, including at home. I can be confident that he composed the images to work well in that aspect ratio, and they do.

Meanwhile, the 1.43:1 ratio shots were designed both for that ratio, but also for viewing that ratio on the IMAX-sized screen, and I can respect deciding not to expand it for the home video version.

What’s too bad is that the 1.43:1 version is not made available for us to see at home how those images were composed. I wish we could get that version, even just as an extra. I know there was a Dark Knight trilogy box set that had a special feature with all the IMAX footage full frame, and I’d happily take something like that for movies like Dune, Dunkirk, Interstellar, Tenet, etc.