Hmm, so Lord of the Rings was actaully shot on film. Another reason why it is so much better than Star Wars Prequels. Yeah Episode 1 was shot on Film. But after it was scanned and made into a digital copy they did the color grading and made it look overly bright like a video game. The same thing was done with Indiana Jones IV.

Too much cgi, colorist should be fired. Makes the average viewer think they were shot on HDvideo. Well at least Indiana Jones IV had lots of defined film grain like Lord of the Rings though the finished movie left a lot to be desired. Episode 1's dvd looks like it had been heavily dvnr and has bad edge enhancement.

I cannot remember if the theater i saw it at was different. Mostly i remember fine grain and stuff during the tatooine scenes. Not sure if this detail is brought out in the HD bootleg.

One thing i don't like about Lord of the Rings is its unnatural color which was obviously a choice made in the digital grading of the image. Overly blue and green hues, mostly cold blues. Goldish Tones in some scenes etc.

Something similar was done to the Underworld films and Pans Labyrinthe to give it that aged stroybook look. I kept thinking to myself peter jackson's go a little wild with the blue filter,lol.

Some films that unnintentionally also have these problems are Lowry clean up jobs. I noticed this on star wars and empire strikes back, and from russia with love.