They Shall Not Grow Old

[xoxoxoBruce]

Jackson’s enhancement of 100-year-old newsreel footage places him squarely at one extreme of the archival debate as to whether or not vintage film footage must be handled as sacrosanct, never to be altered or “improved” in the process of preservation or restoration.

They are whining like he destroyed the archival films, which is bullshit. He used them as a base to create this film but the archival films are still there for people who want to see them. I doubt many will, however, beyond a few archive nerds. Because of the extensive research Jackson'e crew did, history buffs will prefer this film for accurate information on colors and attitude from dialog.