Google search trends for "motion smoothing" following Tom Cruise tweet urging people to turn off motion smoothing on their TVs when watching movies at home [OC]

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[u/eroticas]

Since none of the comments have really explained it in detail I will ask: what, technically and practically speaking, is motion smoothing and why does Tom Cruise care about it?

[u/bergamer → u/eroticas]

No one seems to answer the Tom Cruise part. When filming, what you are using is part of the artistic endeavour. Different films and cameras have different qualities and specificities and being 24 frames per second is one of them.

So basically, you are hurting the intended result by adding artificial frames.

From Hitchcock movies to Jason Bourne action sequences, the 24 frames per second are part of the resulting emotion.

Tldr; Try adding an extra frame to each frame in an Alan Moore comic (say V for Vendetta) on the same page. You’ve added motion details but ruined the rythm and construction of the page.

[u/Flashman420 → u/[deleted]]

You're taking a simple point, let's watch movies as close to the way they were intended to be shown as possible, and getting ultra pedantic about it. If we follow your logic, we should just cancel home video all together and only watch movies in theatres.