This whole... "Cinematic" argument... All stuff about how it's objectively technically superior has already been said. So, I'm going to take a more artistic approach. Now, take Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers (an amazing 90's film for those who don't know). Now the film uses a large variety of film types, varying from HD full colour, to old grainy black and white. It does this to set different moods relating to the content of a scene, so you can really get a feeling of what's going on. A big summer blockbuster like The Avengers uses HD digital film, and amazing realistic looking CGI to immerse you in the action, to make it as realistic and awe inspiring as possible. Now take an independent horror film like The Blair Witch Project. Uses hand held camera, all close up shots, shaking all over the place, on some cheap, everyday camera. It gives the film this really creepy vibe, the camera quality is low, there's no fancy special affects, it's just you, the characters, in this dark forest.



Halo I is a big budget summer blockbuster, with a huge universe to be immersed in, and therefore, it should be as realistic and fancy as possible. Full HD, high frame rate, lots of beautiful, high textures. This isn't Alien Isolation, where some of the cinematics have been converted to VHS and messed around with to give it this creepy old looking feeling. It's Halo.