Octorox said:
Why does Attack of the Clones look so bad color-wise, is it just oversaturated? I'm attempting something similar to what you're doing for my own edits of the prequels but I'm kind of at a loss when it comes to what to do with the color of these movies. I want to remove the "cartoony" look of Episode II (and III to a lesser extent). I tried a pass that was mostly crushing the blacks and desaturating, and it certainly looked more "real", but it didn't look like the OT, which never had a dingy, dark look but were for the most part, bright and colorful.
Well ATOC looks the worst of the three prequels, because it was the first to use all digital cameras, so it was very experimental at the time for a blockbuster movie of that calibur. They really didn't know how to do much of any good color grading (and honestly it's not till more recently digital movies have looked really good, as the technology and skill to make them look impressive has taken a long time to develop, and is still very much developing still now) Also, the Bluray has a really weird psuedo-teal/orange color grade that ruins the film's look as well.
I have yet to post any screenshots from ATOC, and probably should soon.
Making a film look that is very filmic yet very bright and colorful as the OT, has been a big challenge that I have been struggling with, which is why I still have no clue when an oldified version of the PT will be complete.