Godzilla 1998 Open Matte -

Many viewers argue that the Open Matte version feels more immersive on modern 16:9 monitors. If you zoom a 2.39 image to fill a 16:9 screen, you lose the sides. But the Open Matte fits a 16:9 screen natively without cropping the horizontal information. It turns the movie into a pseudo-IMAX experience.

The most famous sequence is the chase through the taxis and the subsequent missile strike. In the widescreen cut, it feels like a standard action scene. In the Open Matte version, the added vertical space creates a "vertigo" effect. You see the fish market roofs above the characters and the subway grates below. When the camera tilts up at Godzilla, you actually see three blocks of cityscape behind him. Godzilla 1998 Open Matte