@@deluxillo usually the original footage is much more washed. Take for example photos in RAW. Postprocessing is such an huge part of taking photos and videos. With smartphones we lost the idea that a photo must be edited. (English is not my language, sorry for my mistakes)
This one Matrix 2 and 3 and Avalon from mamoru Oshii, was some early digital grade movie i think it was a Quantel system, but the new HDR grade probably use Da Vinci resolve, in the case of lord or the ring it help bring light and color continuity, from shot to shot because it was very difficult to manage so much shots with an analog process.
The problem for a true 4k they need to re scan in 4k the original camera negative , and re render the maya and renderman file in true 4k, the other problem is the sfx where composite with Apple Shake in 2K, it's too much rework.
So I bet they just took the 2k DI scan and used that for the 4K discs. I just watched them and there’s no way they took the original 35mm negative and used that. The characters looked waxy and the colors looked all wonky and HDR was really bad
I think that the Fellowship of the Ring does benefit from 4K in some ways, albeit it's definitely not a standout disc. The other two films did not impress me with their visuals, if I may be honest.
@@DanielKutz i was thinking they use a Quantel scan and digital grade system, but today da vinci is by far a killer app, and it exist since the early 80's...
This is one of the reasons why The Lord of The Rings is superior to Harry Potter, because the color grading in theses films are more vibrant and grander that makes it far more exciting than Harry Potter washed out grayish, that makes it look dull and boring.
Just watched these for the first time in 4k and the colours look terrible ! Yellows look GREEN and Highlights look blown out ! Terrible editing in my eyes,
