Saw it this weekend at a Krikorian theater, and it was far too dark much of the time. I would assume it was the theater that was responsible, but than it could have been a design decision.
How dark? I didn't see Han's face clearly until 30 minutes in.....
Yeah, everything looked murky for some reason.
shareNah the colors were dark as hell. No vibrant colors or good brightness.
shareWere they hiding bad special effects?
shareMovie looked like it was shot in the back of a strip club.
shareI noticed that the picture was dark for the whole movie when I saw it. I just thought it was the movie theater where I live. I live in a small town. The town I live in and all the smaller towns in a 50 mile radius is about 10,000-15,000 people. So we don't have that great of a movie theater. It's definitely no IMAX. Not even one of those fake IMAX. It's actually none of the big theater chains either. So I thought it was just the movie theater and the screen and projections it had, and that if I went to a much bigger town/city (especially one with an IMAX) the picture quality would be better. Mainly the brightness. Sounds like it's a common problem for all over.
Hopefully they correct it for Blu-Ray. Kind of like what they did for the opening fight scene in Black Panther. Couldn't see crap when I saw it in theaters. I got it on Blu-Ray and watched it on both my laptop and HDTV and I could see things A LOT better on both screens.
Yes. It seemed dark and lacked contrast - seemed dull/flat at times. It is a shame, because the special effects looked great and deserved more brightness and colour.
shareThe cinematography was awful and looked all piss yellow and puke green and excessively dark to boot. They will probably color correct it for the Bluray release but I still don't like the look. They should have gotten cinematographer who worked on The Neon Demon. That had a fantastic look especially for a digitally shot film.
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