Why Do Marvel’s Movies Look Kind of Ugly? (video essay)

43 thoughts on “Why Do Marvel’s Movies Look Kind of Ugly? (video essay)”

1. YES, I REALIZE I FORGOT THE INCREDIBLE HULK

2. What the hell i always thought DC movies looked dark as hell they all have that damn dark zack snyder tint

3. I just came here to say smd

4. Making this comment way after Guardian’s 2 and it is the best-looking MCU movie. Wow. Good video

5. So..can you show ur skill editing??

6. I thought everyone criticized age of ultron for it's cinematography.

7. Your improvements really made a difference! Daaayum!

8. True it feels like Zandar is a little too CGI with that colour Palet

9. Hater Gonna hate

10. Who ask this question?

11. 5:47 ? Yes Dumbass, it's the same Universe.

12. I think marvel should put more attention on the contrasts in their movies, however, I think if they would put too much contrast it simply would be too much. Also the way you edited the scenes it looked kinda yellow. Id rather lean towards a more pink/red color, but most importantly it shouldn't be too much.

13. I really think this is good stuff

14. Later, infinity war happens.

15. Subbed

16. 1. Some? 2. They're all great. 3. You forgot the incredible hulk, whom magically morphed from Ed Norton to Mark Ruffalo.

17. I honestly don’t care what color a movie is, as long as it’s interesting and exciting I’ll watch it, especially marvel movies.

18. Before I didn't watch this I kind of triggered but after I watched the video, I ended up agree with him.

19. What

20. I honestly can't really see difference in my super amoled screen.

21. Actually, aesthetically, color grading can be traced all the way back to "Intolerance" from (I think 1917).

22. Ur video ugly too

23. Lol darker more concrete color grading looks classy.

24. You know you can just change the visual settings on your tv or computer screen right lol

25. I really don't see it

26. Glad to announce that Marvel has completely flipped this around. Their movies look insane!

27. I think the movies look really good

28. The answer to this vid is they are not ugly what r u talking about go look at dcs movies the r so dark I can’t even see them

29. You just turned everything yellow

30. The only movie I thought was dull was Doctor Strange

31. The background music in this video is completely mismatched and disruptive.

32. No u

33. Counter-point: Marvel used a more muted palette to convince the average movie-goer that what they're watching is real. Once they acquired a huge following they went balls-to-the-wall with colours.

34. My problem is might not be of the color grading but about the CGI.
    The CGI looks very washed out and the textures lack detail.
    It's a similar effect that certain anti-aliasing methods(like TAA ,FXAA,TSAA and FXAA) causes in video games.
    I don't know if it is the resolution the CGI is being rendered at or if it is just the color grading that causes it.

35. They don't?

36. This is an increasingly ongoing issue that shows no signs of getting better. With the soul exception of the Guardians, film, the MCU is so flat looking its depressing. They are all glorified TV episodes. Even the films praised as being "colorful" like Ragnarok and BP are still visually stale. There is no depth or texture or nuance to any of the visuals. It's also flat, bright lighting or colors so vibrant it just looks ugly and garish (looking at you, Ragnarok).

37. Ok, I have to say that I really love your color grading more than the original. I'd love to see you release a modified version of their movies

38. so true

39. If you don't like the color grading, just adjust the contrast of your TV.

40. I like the color grading of amazing spider-man.

41. A bunch of dumb comments defending the color grading. The movies have looked better since GoTG volume 2.

42. I think an overlooked reason for this is that Marvel know that half their viewers are watching these films on less than stellar screens – phones, shitty TV's, computers. It's a very safe color grade, built to survive translation errors.

43. The 4K transfers are also huge improvements over the blu-rays and maybe even the theater.

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