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I would really like to know how the prints were scanned and encoded from the people who did it! I’ve been fiddling with them in Resolve for a week now, and even though I can get the colors pretty much right by applying broad grading to the whole files, something tells me that there is just something weird with the way the files were delivered that makes them look funny in the first place! Any info, good people?

I’m really wondering what software these files are supposed to be watched on! I usually monitor HDR files with IINA with great success, but those don’t look right in there, way too much contrast and low saturation. With VLC they look better but they shift a bit towards green and the reds have a massive shift towards magenta. I’ve managed to make them look right on my 4K projector for my marathon but I’d really love to have play-ready files for the future. I’ve tried opening them in Resolve to correct the shifts but it looks different in there as well… Any input form the guys who made the files in the first place?

I’ve downloaded all 3 scans, and I must say, this is the way I’ve always wanted to watch these movies, ever since I first saw them in the theater!
With every new home video edition, some problems get solved and some others appear. The DNR on the blurays is so distracting, everything appears so pasty. The DNR on the 4K versions is sometimes better (face shots without effects are usually incredible detailed) but some other times absolutely terrible (Edoras, Caradhras,…). And most importantly, the absence of grain makes the compositing look soooo bad. That wide shot of Rivendell in FOTR right after Frodo says “I’m ready to go home” just looks so badly composited, nothing feels “together”… How can they not see that it’s the film grain that actually holds it all together in helping blend all these layers? The vfx never looked better than on those 35mm prints, sure they are grainy, but everything feels so real! That full cgi shot of the fellowship going down the stairs of Moria is so fake in commercial versions, whereas here, you almost can’t tell it’s fake at all!

One remark though: the colors are a bit better on TTT and ROTK. On FOTR, the reds are a bit much in some scenes and most others scenes are more on the greenish sides, so it’s not a global thing. Is it because the print was in less good condition than the others? Or is it because ROTK and TTT benefited from a better scan? Or is it just because of the way the first movie was photomechanically timed?

Anyway, amazing work! Thank you everyone who made that happening, I’m doing a marathon with these next weekend!

This looks perfect! Bravo! Can I get PM links to all three movies please?