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Maybe this is something that colour correction can get around, but something absolutely huge and drastic must be done about the entire look of AOTC and ROTS.
TPM is fine, aside from the pink tint throughout, that can just be corrected, they seemed to use a lot more physical sets in it. But almost all of AOTC and ROTS has this horrible, "airy", blurred and vague sort of look, that just feels so fake, and artificial. It's from the CGI sets, obviously, almost every set (espcially every scene on Corusant, and most of Geonosis, Mustafar and Kamino. Utapau wasn't so bad, I think the unique look of the place helped it a lot, and Naboo looked fine, probably because a lot of location shooting was done for it. Tatoone looked good in TPM, but again, it looked artificial in AOTC/ROTS).
I mean ,I've watched the ROTS extras, and the filming for the Anakin/Obi-Wan fight is astounding. It's the two actors, in costume, with the lightsaber props, fighting away, showing off their skill and all that, on a huge green screen. There's not even one single prop around them, it's just green (and blue for soem of the later scenes). How can you expect your actor's to do a good job when they can't even see what they're supposed to be standing on in the film? The new Star Trek did this the right way. There was lots of CGI used (and damn good CGI at that), but the actors were always clearly standing on either a physical set or a location. It never felt artificial, and I believe that helped the actor's in their role's immensely.
One reason I love the OT is because of the sets, they feel like places I could go and explore. The Millenium Falcon interior is one of my favourite settings in any film, ever, because it feels so homely, and real, like people really lived and travelled in it. I don't get that special feeling from any location in AOTC or ROTS (excepting the Naboo lakehouse, which was of course a real house, and quite impressive looking). I think this is a major reason why the films fail at drawing in their audience, and it must be fixed as a top priority.
I've seen the colour correction you've all done to make it more like the OT, and with more colour variety, ans it really helps the film look more interesting and more importantly, real, with the Jedi Temple recolours in particular helping to remove that awful "bad video game cutscene" feel. However, I'm still concerned that the films will still suffer from it's fake look, despite any edits and changes made, which would be a shame.
And damn, did this turn out longer than I thought it would. I guess I just can't express enough contempt for the way AOTC/ROTS look at the moment. I hope it can be fixed entirely.
P.S. Attack of the Clones is a god damn terrible title. I've meant to say that for the last seven years. It's not even accurate to the film, the clones don't turn bad until ROTS.
