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Maybe I'm old, but do we really watch the movies because they are sharper, have vivid colors, etc or because of the story ?

On the other hand, I would probably pay for an AI that will 'undark' that new super artistic movies, because some of them, have worse lighting than the Blair With Project...

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Super dark scenes might work on OLED screen, but every projector I saw including those in theatres can't display real black and darkest shades are always a problem. It's not a problem if you have bright parts in the same scene since eye will adapt. But everything is dark it won't look good in cinema. That affected how movies were shot, lighted, which kind of scenes were filmed at all. I wonder if some of those newer movies are intended to look better on modern TVs than in movie theather?

You're not old ,people just have a hammer and are looking for a nail.

We'll see so much of this in the next few years, optimizing everything to the point of boring. Perfect pop songs, perfect movies, perfect novels and on it goes.

How many people watched Dune 1 and 2 because of a story that has been around for decades and already had one interesting film interpretation? How many people watched Avatar for the story?

The existence of IMAX should be a hint that there is value in very crisp visuals.

However, this stupid tiktok filter is NOT "very crisp".

> Maybe I'm old, but do we really watch the movies because they are sharper, have vivid colors, etc or because of the story ?

Where would, e.g., Koyaanisqatsi fit then?

a lot of the people who purchase a lot of films buy them because they are sharper, have more vivid colors.

Who knows if those whales are even watching most of their own collection.

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