part 2 looks SO awesome. so much better than part 1, and it isn’t zoomed in other than being in 1.78:1 rather than 1.85:1 ..i didn’t do any comparisons, but on the part 1 blu-ray it was very obvious to me that stuff was cropped off. this one looked fine. seeing it in 1080P was like seeing it for the first time again.

part 3 didn’t look too good in my opinion. the black tones often had this white grain in them that almost looked like static. i like that they keep the original film grain, but i don’t recall my dvd looking like that…i haven’t compared them yet. also, it looked a little blurry like you can tell it was originally 3-D. maybe it’s always looked this way and the HD makes it more apparent.

i don’t know. but my recommendation is go for 2, hold off on 3. it’ll be in the boxset anyway, which if you’re obsessed with this series like me, it’s a must have.