Yes, but it's one of those times that this filter makes you feel that you watch something cinematic unline the 2020 version which uses nice and true colours.
The 2011 "Matrix" green wash looks like it was intended to fix the Rivendell scenes, and only the Rivendell scenes...but then the guy's finger slipped and he accidentally applied the green tint to the entire film.
They shifted all of the blues and flesh tones to greens and yellows. It's...not good. Yes, it's way more clear. Undoubtedly. But I'm gonna be manually adjusting the color whenever I get it.
I really dig the orange hue of the council of Elrond-scene on the DVD. It gave such a fantasy-layer over it, and reminded me of the yellow and orange colors of the scene when Frodo is on the brink of the death and sees the face of Elrond after Arwen tries to save him. I'm sad that every release post-DVD has removed the orange hue.
Just get some cheap glasses. Marker the outside orange... and bam! You have both hdr and an orange picture. Pretty easy fix. Probably $10 in total material cost.
For me this is THE shot where the ring is fucking gorgeous like never before ^^ i often happen to stop the movie a few seconds when this scene arrives xD
They make the blue tint color grading to make the film have more cinematic feeling and makes it look great. I don’t see any problem with these blue tints
@@samotr7713 how does blue make an already cinematic movie look more cinematic? You clearly don't know film, bruv. If anything, making every damn frame blue when it shouldn't be is amateur, not cinematic
@@achilleuspetreas3828 because the blue tint makes the film look like a scifi 2007 movie, that’s what everyone uses in films nowadays. You can check out Blade Runner (1982). The movie was remastered with blue tint and it looks like a 2013 movie because of that
Yeah, although the color work looks phenomenal either way. Modern day movies look so bland, because they always use aces color encoding system, which is made to emulate film. Although nothing looks better than the real thing.
Hey instead of merry and pippin singing at the prancing pony, can we get a foul creature to sing an up tempo song with trumpets? Also maybe a disturbing rat creature to jump in for a gibberish solo
Actually liked the 2002 DVD the most. The colours were gorgeous, yet unfortunately these have been lost in the later releases, traded for the infamous 'grittiness' of realism.
@gab hug they probably used the original negative, which was not the final graded film print. There's a feature called "digital grading" on fellowship extended disc 4. Personally I always hated the weird color tinting on the dvds and have always wanted to see it with normal colors.
If it wasn't for the resolution the DVD looks the best. Has this warm colors and atmospheric look. It was my first DVD and it had cost something like 40 euro back in 2002. I remember thinking that looked so freaking sharp compared to VHS
I think i have pretty original times DVDs of the movies somewhere buried in the attic but like i feel like i'd ruin it for myself if i watched it on our massive telly in the livingroom so at max i'll enjoy it on my old chonky samsung screen in my room(it has basically nothing but a DvD player rigged up to it) bc on that you can see less of the resolution issues bc that thing ain't massive and built for high def stuff and can appreciate the colours but i do want that newest one that looks lovely compared to whatever happened in 2011
Trust me DVDs look much better on a CRT. Been watching Doctor Who recently and you can see the small details in people's skin, its genuinely great on that type of TV
Personally I prefer the warmth given in shots like the fields and Rivendel from the original. They've made them more neutral which kind of saps some of the magical quality of the world. But overall it's great so it's a compromise I'll live with
they really messed up the overall image by using DNR to remove grain, some scenes look like oil paintings or faces look like directly grabbed from Madame tussauds thats even worse than a barely noticeable green tint
The colour grading is so different on the Blu Ray Extended Editions. I'd never noticed before. 4k looks so clean, and the colour grading is the best of the bunch in my opinion
CRTs and our eyes working magic, simple as that, noticing all the imperfections on a high resolution sample & hold LCDs is so much easier so it basically ends up looking worse than what we saw back then.
Seriously, why did they get rid of it? I now have officially decided I’m not buying that 4K set. My best friend has been talking about almost nothing else since he got it on how good it is, but I feel turned off after this comparison.
@@thomaspappalardo7589 the best option is definitely the original cut Blu Ray. Its basically the DVD version just sharper, with no colour changes or tints or anything like that
Didn’t realize how it was so overly color-graded on the extended Blu-ray until seeing the crisp, natural colors of the new 4K version! Can’t wait to own this!
The original still looks far better because of the much warmer colours which suit the feel and atmosphere of Middle Earth. God knows what the hell they were thinking draining all the colour away. Thankfully I've still got the originals.
Yeah really I’ve been wanting to upgrade the Extended DVDs I have, but the fact Fellowship looks terrible made me hold back. Gonna hang onto the DVDs for awhile; maybe upgrade to 4K when I have the means to actually play them.
As someone who owns the extended Blu-rays, I can tell you that without any side by side comparisons, you will not think it looks that green. Your eyes will just love every frame.
I very, very strongly disagree. It was downright unwatchable for me right from the start. I had no prior knowledge about the different color grading, so no bias. Perhaps it is less pronounced on LCDs or neutral color temp settings? Tried this on an LC C8 OLED with ISF Expert (Dark Room) calibration + warm2 color temp.
I disagree I watched the extended blu rays at a friend's house looked awful even he agreed. I brought my three disc theatrical blu ray and the difference was unbelievable. Even he admitted he fucked up. Go DVD for the extended versions. Fuck the blu ray.
Just watched the trilogy in 4K and it is ASTONISHING. The colors are way better than the previous Blu Rays despite many people hating on them in the comments. You will barely realize the DNR in most scenes until you start pixel peeping. The edge enhancements are sometimes too much in Return of the King but otherwise it’s a brand new experience. There’s no reason not to buy the 4K Blu Rays if you have the money.
WOW. I never realized how god awful my extended blu rays looked until now. They just slapped a blue or green filter on everything. The theatrical Blu Ray release looked perfect. Why change the color?
WOW can't believe how disgusting the extended bluray cut was, and its the version i 've been watching for the last 9 years....can't wait to watch the 4K version during the holidays, this will be a treat !
@12 34 me either, i had heard about it though, but seeing it in this comparison makes you realize how much studios sometimes have poor quality control over their own IP'S. Glad they fixed it in this release. Sad that we have to pay all over again to get a good quality transfer.
To the ppl complaining saying its not that much of an improvement... keep in mind that this is a very new 4K remaster. Do not expect to be blown away by this if you have a cheap TV or are still using a non HDR 4K tv from 5 years ago. Also, if you’re listening to it with the built in tv speakers you are missing out on half the remaster.
I find it interesting that the 2011 version has such a noticeable turquoise tint to a lot of its scenes. The Lord of the Rings movies, specifically Fellowship, have a very soft and almost atmospheric color palette, so the tint contracts with a lot the scenes in a weird way, and makes everything seem very dark. I’m glad the 4K version removed most of the tint and made things lighter, however, in the process of making everything so sharp, the movies still lose that softness of the earlier editions. Overall, I’m still fine with the prior editions I have, though I understand why some people might like these new ones.
I cant believe how much the messed up the 2011 version. Who on earth believed that amount of "blue" would improve the movie? The snow scenes are night and day between the 2011 and 2020 version.
I appreciate the quality of the new version, but I wish they had kept some of the more creative color grading choices from earlier versions. Subconsciously, they’re part of the story too and made Middle Earth seem a lot more fantastical
In the Appendices of Fellowship of the Ring, PJ stated that they wanted for the films to have a warmer tone to them to seem storybooklike. As many have mentioned, I actually prefer the coloring from the originals and the 2010 Blue-Ray because of that warmer tone.
For the love of god, *leave the warm golds and vibrant colors alone.* This is an epic fantasy movie, NOT a documentary. That being said, 2010 blu-ray is the best.
The 4K is vibrant enough, lol. Just look at all the Rohan scenes in the Two Towers. It being fantasy movie doesn't mean that the weird tints present on the 1080p Blu-Rays are good
@@adriannn3720 "Good enough" shouldn't be adequete for LotR, because this is LotR we're talking about, A grade material and not just "passable." The older versions had more vibrancy and therefore should be the standard for re-releases. "Weird tints" applied to the 2011 extended blu ray, not the 2010 theatrical. That one did what it was supposed to: Update the film's picture quality while not messing with any green filters, de-saturating or over-saturating the colours, etc.
IMPORTANT INFO: In this video the colours of the dvd and original blu ray will look better because they are colour graded for standard televisions. 4k is colour graded for HDR 4k tvs meaning the colour will look significantly better on a 4k tv. I hope that explains why the 4k version has washed out colours in this youtube video. Unfortunately i do not have an explanation for the 2011 blu ray version. They must have been working on uncalibrated monitors.
In every example, the coloring from the 2002 DVD release is exactly how I think of these scenes. I don’t mind the new release, but I prefer the one I’ve watched dozens of times.
The 4k one seems to be going for a more realistic pallete, which could be bad for some and good for others. Depends entirely on the individual opinion. Also, the 2011 BluRay looks like it was meant for only the Rivendell scenes but they ended up applying it to the whole film, which was ruined by the greenish tint.
Just finished watching the 4K version and wasn’t sure on how I felt before hand with getting rid of some of the classic colouring but after seeing it on a proper 4K TV it is amazing, the styling is definitely realistic and the frame rate of it or whatever they did really makes you feel like you’re there. The golds and silver, whites and blacks and lighting are striking and gives a lot of depth to scenes where it’s been flat in the past. Some scenes I couldn’t believe it because it felt like I was there as the camera man that’s how good lighting and accurate colours were lol. Can’t recommend enough as long as u have a proper 4K TV handy, don’t know how it looks on the fake branded 4K TVs that are actually 2k.
It's like Photoshop for beginners: 2002: perfect shot (my up-do-date-4-Megapixels cam is amazing) 2010: wow, there's a sharpening tool, let's try it 2011: oh, look, I've found the tool for colour adjustments 2020: nah, let's undo all of it - OH NO - I've overwritten all the original files with the colour-adjusted one's 🤦
The theatrical blu ray was lightly tinted blue the extended edition was horribly tinted green the 4k looks like when it was shown in theaters but with more resolution. So i guess if you like things lightly tinted blue for no reason its a better grading. Also i should add that if you're basing it off of this video, don't because HDR on is how the 4k is meant to be viewed and this is not that.
I prefer to watch color restoration by 44rh1n. originaltrilogy.com/topic/44rh1ns-The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring-Extended-Edition-Color-Restoration/id/61952
The 2020 version looks more natural but I have the DVD Version and I gotta say I really like the heavy colour correction, it gives everything an atmosphere that I really like.
@@Bow-to-the-absurd those of us who have a legit dolby atmos certified home theater really care about these kinds of things. 4K lotr edition is definitely king now.
He was probably viewing it on an inaccurate computer monitor that had very low blue light and too much red light so he ended up over correcting for blue and green. If you change the settings on your screen right now you can make it look like the 2011 one is normal while the others have a disgusting red tint.
Why is there so much color "correction" happening? The "one more step" and "Council of Elrond" scenes absolutely should be kept as that warm, nearly heaven-like color palette. The heck.
I partly disagree... generally i am all for leaving movies as they were originally released. On the other hand the 4k CC does look better imho... i think they should add both versions to the new bluray with the ability to switch between them...
The Extended Blu-ray is just bizarre. I can definitely notice the tint every time I watch it but only in certain scenes. At least it's been fixed for the 4K Blu-ray.
Many are really sad its gone too. I wonder if people realize they have color settings on their TV that they can use to turn everything green if they want.
HD Theatrical cut has the best colors, but i cant bring myself to watch anything other than the extended edition of lotr. 4K removes all the atmosphere, so its even worse than the HD Extended Edition. And DVD is SD, so theres that. We seriously need the extended edition done with the colors of the HD Teatrical cut, honestly i dont even care if its 1080p...id still buy it.
It's been so long since I've seen the original DVDs that I didn't realize how much was changed in the Extended BR. Barring a couple of shots (like the Council of Elrond), it looks pretty awful. The DVD and Theatrical BR look the best and most natural overall. 4K is a big improvement over the Extended BR and looks to be a nice middle ground. I was unsure about upgrading because I felt the Extended BRs looked fine, but this is changing my mind. I wish I had a photographic memory to remember what it looked like in theatrical film projection. Thanks for sharing this!
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"We've had one, yes. What about second Blu-ray?"
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Your post is fantastic.
Great stuff 😁
Genius.
Amazing comment
Yes
1. Grainy
2. Sharp
3. *BLUE*
4. Sharp again
I actually like grainy
@@FKMDC i own the grainy Trilogy. Also a grainy player.
@@FKMDC its nice for the feeling of nolstalgia isn't it? I like watching a new hope on a battered old vhs tape
@@soarin226 yes
Lotr Na'vi edition
I'm glad that horrible green tint they added for the blu ray is gone. This is Lord of the rings not the Matrix.
Yes, but it's one of those times that this filter makes you feel that you watch something cinematic unline the 2020 version which uses nice and true colours.
It looks nothing like the matrix boi
@@tree4318 Everything has a greenish tint and Hugo Weaving is there. Totally the Matrix.
@@brighambentley no
Ah Mr Saruman... We've been expecting you
2010: blu-ray
2011: blue-ray
2020: *White ray*
Lotr Na'vi edition
Wow in 2011 they really took the blue in blu-ray literally.
Damn ugly version.
I actually like it. Gives it a painted fantasy look
@@willd2239 makes the movie look like a 2014 movie
Lotr Na'vi edition
All copies of the 2011 extended cut deserves to be destroyed for replacing Saruman the White with Saruman the Cyan.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Lol
The snow is blue for Gods sake!
SARUMAN THE CYAN 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I mean he is Saruman of Many Colors
When did Saruman the Green abandon reason for madness?!
Haha 🤣 i guess around 2011?
😄
Underrated comment.
Explain pls
@@wp4enthusiast140 because there’s a blue/green filter over the Extended Blu-ray version of the movie. Saruman appears green.
The 2011 "Matrix" green wash looks like it was intended to fix the Rivendell scenes, and only the Rivendell scenes...but then the guy's finger slipped and he accidentally applied the green tint to the entire film.
I’m not fond of those colour changes. Takes out a lot of the warmth from the shire
And sometimes Rivendell
Right 0:31 is beautiful, then the 2020 version looks fucking horrible
They shifted all of the blues and flesh tones to greens and yellows. It's...not good. Yes, it's way more clear. Undoubtedly. But I'm gonna be manually adjusting the color whenever I get it.
Vids don't do them justice, especially with actual 4k _and_ HDR.
Agreed
The warm colors of the DVD and 2010 Blu-Ray are something else. Honestly they will be my favorites forever.
I really dig the orange hue of the council of Elrond-scene on the DVD. It gave such a fantasy-layer over it, and reminded me of the yellow and orange colors of the scene when Frodo is on the brink of the death and sees the face of Elrond after Arwen tries to save him. I'm sad that every release post-DVD has removed the orange hue.
Just get some cheap glasses. Marker the outside orange... and bam! You have both hdr and an orange picture. Pretty easy fix. Probably $10 in total material cost.
@@bythegods5683 that sounds like a very shitty way of watching it, tbh.
1:36 Perfection...
My precious......*gollum* *GOLLUM*
For me this is THE shot where the ring is fucking gorgeous like never before ^^ i often happen to stop the movie a few seconds when this scene arrives xD
Why was everyone in 2011 into that blue tint? Remember Battlefield 3?
probably for the same reason sepia gets abused, easy way to make it look 'stylistic' without actually having to do shit
They make the blue tint color grading to make the film have more cinematic feeling and makes it look great. I don’t see any problem with these blue tints
@@samotr7713 how does blue make an already cinematic movie look more cinematic? You clearly don't know film, bruv. If anything, making every damn frame blue when it shouldn't be is amateur, not cinematic
@@achilleuspetreas3828 because the blue tint makes the film look like a scifi 2007 movie, that’s what everyone uses in films nowadays. You can check out Blade Runner (1982). The movie was remastered with blue tint and it looks like a 2013 movie because of that
i remember the era when videogames or movies had that horrible yellow tint everywhere, thank god its gone
the 4k has better dynamic range and detail but some shots lose some of the atmosphere...
*lower dynamic range
Yeah, although the color work looks phenomenal either way. Modern day movies look so bland, because they always use aces color encoding system, which is made to emulate film. Although nothing looks better than the real thing.
To be honest I like the look of the standard dynamic range better.
That’s also just because 4K picture not on a 4K TV screen looks really washed out, the color is way more vibrant on the television
That's only because you're used to that atmosphere (the incorrect one)
Okay yes but can we get a cut where big CG monsters are walking in front of the frame while the Hobbits are in Bree?
And a rock for the hobbits to hide behind in the tree scene, how come the Ringwraith didn’t see them?
I want 20 year old good guy Spirit Saruman to apear at the end of Return of the King
Hey instead of merry and pippin singing at the prancing pony, can we get a foul creature to sing an up tempo song with trumpets? Also maybe a disturbing rat creature to jump in for a gibberish solo
Thank God he’s not George Lucas.
Come on guys some of the changes in Star Wars wasnt all that bad
Actually liked the 2002 DVD the most. The colours were gorgeous, yet unfortunately these have been lost in the later releases, traded for the infamous 'grittiness' of realism.
@gab hug they probably used the original negative, which was not the final graded film print.
There's a feature called "digital grading" on fellowship extended disc 4. Personally I always hated the weird color tinting on the dvds and have always wanted to see it with normal colors.
Hahaha good colour timing has absolutely nothing to do with realism, though I do agree films nowadays are far too obsessed with the wretched R word
The 2010 release is literally the same transfer. The DVD was just a downscaled version of the HD file used for the first blu-ray.
2011 dude must've thought blue ray meant add blue to all scenes
Solid fill - blue
Opacity 30%
Blending mode: Overlay
Render
this is the best one
The color grading on the 2010 blu-ray is so nice that the 2011 blu-ray is green with envy.
They forgot that despite the name Blu-ray doesn't actually have to be blue.
For some reason the editors from 2011 wanted to make these movies look like they took place in The Matrix.
It’s a kiwi thing
Jesus christ. The 2011 Extended Cut Blu-Rays look so blue. I have that version.
I'm glad I watched this vid. I was about to go out and buy the extended Blu Ray collection *today.* Now I'm definitely holding out for 4K.
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I have the theatrical cut and always bemoaned not having the extended editions... no more!
If it wasn't for the resolution the DVD looks the best. Has this warm colors and atmospheric look. It was my first DVD and it had cost something like 40 euro back in 2002. I remember thinking that looked so freaking sharp compared to VHS
I think i have pretty original times DVDs of the movies somewhere buried in the attic but like i feel like i'd ruin it for myself if i watched it on our massive telly in the livingroom so at max i'll enjoy it on my old chonky samsung screen in my room(it has basically nothing but a DvD player rigged up to it) bc on that you can see less of the resolution issues bc that thing ain't massive and built for high def stuff and can appreciate the colours but i do want that newest one that looks lovely compared to whatever happened in 2011
Still got mine. The packaging is beautiful
Trust me DVDs look much better on a CRT. Been watching Doctor Who recently and you can see the small details in people's skin, its genuinely great on that type of TV
One of the few 4K discs where it looks like they actually FIXED the color timing instead of making it worse!
Agreed.
Personally I prefer the warmth given in shots like the fields and Rivendel from the original. They've made them more neutral which kind of saps some of the magical quality of the world. But overall it's great so it's a compromise I'll live with
they really messed up the overall image by using DNR to remove grain, some scenes look like oil paintings or faces look like directly grabbed from Madame tussauds
thats even worse than a barely noticeable green tint
@@Vircepresident Oh damn, didn't notice that in these, but hate when they do that.
Haha you are wrong. One of the 4K disks where they maked it worse.
I didn't realise how much colour grading was added to the Blu-Ray extended editions. Glad they have fixed that for this 4K restoration.
The colour grading is so different on the Blu Ray Extended Editions. I'd never noticed before. 4k looks so clean, and the colour grading is the best of the bunch in my opinion
The 4k one looks bad on youtube. HDR doesnt work well.. It looks far better playing from the disc and on a decent 4k tv.
Agreed. The 2011 blu ray looks like it has unnecessary filters, whereas the 4K one often looks like concept art, really clean
They finally took that green filter to Mordor and cast it into the fire from whence it came lol
right on josey wales
I'm so happy you threw the DVD comparison in there. Grew up with that version, crazy how it looked just as good to me then as the 4k does now.
CRTs and our eyes working magic, simple as that, noticing all the imperfections on a high resolution sample & hold LCDs is so much easier so it basically ends up looking worse than what we saw back then.
The ring in the snow shot, showing why I´m gonna buy this.
2002 dvd colouring is how it was in the cinemas. The warm tone should have been kept.
Totally agree!
Agree. Luckily some TVs have a warm colour option.
The 2010 blu ray retains some of it.
Seriously, why did they get rid of it? I now have officially decided I’m not buying that 4K set. My best friend has been talking about almost nothing else since he got it on how good it is, but I feel turned off after this comparison.
@@thomaspappalardo7589 the best option is definitely the original cut Blu Ray. Its basically the DVD version just sharper, with no colour changes or tints or anything like that
Didn’t realize how it was so overly color-graded on the extended Blu-ray until seeing the crisp, natural colors of the new 4K version! Can’t wait to own this!
Color restoration is better. originaltrilogy.com/topic/44rh1ns-The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring-Extended-Edition-Color-Restoration/id/61952
The original still looks far better because of the much warmer colours which suit the feel and atmosphere of Middle Earth. God knows what the hell they were thinking draining all the colour away. Thankfully I've still got the originals.
The Blu-ray theatrical cut is at least warm
2011 blu-ray: "You think that's air you're breathing?"
More like: “You think that’s the LOTR you’re watching?”
Ok but 2000s DVDs will always hold a special place in my heart
the color grading in the 2011 blu ray is god awful
lol I was about to say the same thing... Worst by FAR
Strangely only on the Extended Cut. The Theatrical cut looks alright. Makes me want to stick with my DVD.
What's with all the green 😱
Yeah really I’ve been wanting to upgrade the Extended DVDs I have, but the fact Fellowship looks terrible made me hold back. Gonna hang onto the DVDs for awhile; maybe upgrade to 4K when I have the means to actually play them.
@@austinslater530 on Vudu the 4k extended version bundle is 50$ digitally. And the theatrical 4k bundle is on sale for $30
Colour Graders: How much blue do you want in the Blu-Ray Extended Edition?
New Line Cinema: Yes
I never realized how bad the filter was on the bluray extended editions. Definitely picking up the 4k. Great job Jackson and company
Amazing how good the DVD shots still look
2011 extended cut be like “im blue dada bi dabi da”
Cringe
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2011: well, it’s a BLUE Ray right?? Make it BLUE
As someone who owns the extended Blu-rays, I can tell you that without any side by side comparisons, you will not think it looks that green. Your eyes will just love every frame.
Except for the first part of paths of the dead
I very, very strongly disagree. It was downright unwatchable for me right from the start. I had no prior knowledge about the different color grading, so no bias. Perhaps it is less pronounced on LCDs or neutral color temp settings? Tried this on an LC C8 OLED with ISF Expert (Dark Room) calibration + warm2 color temp.
I disagree I watched the extended blu rays at a friend's house looked awful even he agreed. I brought my three disc theatrical blu ray and the difference was unbelievable. Even he admitted he fucked up. Go DVD for the extended versions. Fuck the blu ray.
I heard the 2011 Extended Cut was handled by Eiffel 65
Just watched the trilogy in 4K and it is ASTONISHING. The colors are way better than the previous Blu Rays despite many people hating on them in the comments. You will barely realize the DNR in most scenes until you start pixel peeping. The edge enhancements are sometimes too much in Return of the King but otherwise it’s a brand new experience. There’s no reason not to buy the 4K Blu Rays if you have the money.
Where did you watch it the 4K ?
@@bbut3906 Apple TV since I’m waiting for the Middle Earth collection next year
@@danishzafrinn what's your tv mellon?
Can you explain what edge enhancements mean??
@@AndySomething A process that increases sharpness
That green tint is a crime against humanity.
It means they are in the Matrix
@@thezenviking8191 What if I told you that Matrix is not green?
@@Birmanncat Every time Neo and his gang enters Matrix, the directors put a green tint on the scenes lol
I’ve never noticed the blue tint of the movies on the extended editions
2011 BlueRay version: put this blue filter.
0:55 There you go, you made me cry.
lmao me
For all the critics, you won’t be able to see the improvements on a 1080 RUclips video. You have to watch it in 4K on an oled. It’s amazing.
The editors of the 2011 version must've been inspired by _The Ring._
ignoring the changes. that really is the most beautiful music to ever grace a movie screen
Without a doubt, the finest 4k presentation that I own
Damn, the 2011 Blu-ray feels like I'm in the Matrix at times...very "green" looking.
WOW. I never realized how god awful my extended blu rays looked until now. They just slapped a blue or green filter on everything. The theatrical Blu Ray release looked perfect. Why change the color?
The extended version matches the original colouring if the fellowship, while the 2010 and 2020 were edited to more natural colours of 2&3
WOW can't believe how disgusting the extended bluray cut was, and its the version i 've been watching for the last 9 years....can't wait to watch the 4K version during the holidays, this will be a treat !
@12 34 me either, i had heard about it though, but seeing it in this comparison makes you realize how much studios sometimes have poor quality control over their own IP'S. Glad they fixed it in this release. Sad that we have to pay all over again to get a good quality transfer.
To the ppl complaining saying its not that much of an improvement... keep in mind that this is a very new 4K remaster. Do not expect to be blown away by this if you have a cheap TV or are still using a non HDR 4K tv from 5 years ago. Also, if you’re listening to it with the built in tv speakers you are missing out on half the remaster.
4k Blu ray is absolutely bollocks.. I own a top of the range LG 4k OLED TV. It's just a scam.
@@nawazwaseem2219 Then you must be blind or just having all misconfigured
I find it interesting that the 2011 version has such a noticeable turquoise tint to a lot of its scenes. The Lord of the Rings movies, specifically Fellowship, have a very soft and almost atmospheric color palette, so the tint contracts with a lot the scenes in a weird way, and makes everything seem very dark. I’m glad the 4K version removed most of the tint and made things lighter, however, in the process of making everything so sharp, the movies still lose that softness of the earlier editions. Overall, I’m still fine with the prior editions I have, though I understand why some people might like these new ones.
One of the greatest film adaptations in the history of cinema. Truly amazing movie and they didn’t screw it up like Disney with Star Wars.
...and like they massively screwed up The Ho...
Ok let's not go there.
@Stella Hohenheim very cool.
Ok not so cool
Didn't think I'd come out of this preferring the DVD color, but here we are....
The colour grader who did the 2011 cut took Blu-ray a bit too seriously...
I cant believe how much the messed up the 2011 version. Who on earth believed that amount of "blue" would improve the movie? The snow scenes are night and day between the 2011 and 2020 version.
Peter Jackson apparently asked for the new colour grading 🤷
I appreciate the quality of the new version, but I wish they had kept some of the more creative color grading choices from earlier versions. Subconsciously, they’re part of the story too and made Middle Earth seem a lot more fantastical
Nope, couldn’t disagree more. The sickly blue hue over the fellowship was not part of the original theatrical release and was a hideous eye sore
@@MrLocke-bk3om yea blue looks bad.but the orange on the council meeting makes it look really fantasical i agree
Yep. The color timing on the theatrical cut was excellent.
Rivendell should have stayed golden.
Tbh I wish they had stuck to the DVD colors as they’re absolutely gorgeous.
In the Appendices of Fellowship of the Ring, PJ stated that they wanted for the films to have a warmer tone to them to seem storybooklike. As many have mentioned, I actually prefer the coloring from the originals and the 2010 Blue-Ray because of that warmer tone.
For the love of god, *leave the warm golds and vibrant colors alone.* This is an epic fantasy movie, NOT a documentary.
That being said, 2010 blu-ray is the best.
The 4K is vibrant enough, lol. Just look at all the Rohan scenes in the Two Towers.
It being fantasy movie doesn't mean that the weird tints present on the 1080p Blu-Rays are good
@@adriannn3720 "Good enough" shouldn't be adequete for LotR, because this is LotR we're talking about, A grade material and not just "passable." The older versions had more vibrancy and therefore should be the standard for re-releases.
"Weird tints" applied to the 2011 extended blu ray, not the 2010 theatrical. That one did what it was supposed to: Update the film's picture quality while not messing with any green filters, de-saturating or over-saturating the colours, etc.
The 2010 theatrical cut looks the best by far. Maybe not by resolution but the overall look, feel and colours simply look the best.
I'd heard about the green tint issue but I didn't realise it was quite that bad.
IMPORTANT INFO: In this video the colours of the dvd and original blu ray will look better because they are colour graded for standard televisions. 4k is colour graded for HDR 4k tvs meaning the colour will look significantly better on a 4k tv. I hope that explains why the 4k version has washed out colours in this youtube video.
Unfortunately i do not have an explanation for the 2011 blu ray version. They must have been working on uncalibrated monitors.
In every example, the coloring from the 2002 DVD release is exactly how I think of these scenes. I don’t mind the new release, but I prefer the one I’ve watched dozens of times.
Very much agree with you here. The yellows and the blues are part of it in my mind
Is there any difference in coloring between the theatrical and Extended edition DVDs?
The 4k one seems to be going for a more realistic pallete, which could be bad for some and good for others. Depends entirely on the individual opinion. Also, the 2011 BluRay looks like it was meant for only the Rivendell scenes but they ended up applying it to the whole film, which was ruined by the greenish tint.
The new 4K version try to make the Hobbit and LotR movies similar in look and color.
An interesting choice
Be aware that 4k is colour graded primarily for hdr meaning the colours will pop a lot more on a 4k tv
Just finished watching the 4K version and wasn’t sure on how I felt before hand with getting rid of some of the classic colouring but after seeing it on a proper 4K TV it is amazing, the styling is definitely realistic and the frame rate of it or whatever they did really makes you feel like you’re there. The golds and silver, whites and blacks and lighting are striking and gives a lot of depth to scenes where it’s been flat in the past. Some scenes I couldn’t believe it because it felt like I was there as the camera man that’s how good lighting and accurate colours were lol. Can’t recommend enough as long as u have a proper 4K TV handy, don’t know how it looks on the fake branded 4K TVs that are actually 2k.
It's like Photoshop for beginners:
2002: perfect shot (my up-do-date-4-Megapixels cam is amazing)
2010: wow, there's a sharpening tool, let's try it
2011: oh, look, I've found the tool for colour adjustments
2020: nah, let's undo all of it - OH NO - I've overwritten all the original files with the colour-adjusted one's
🤦
Tbh, I like the theatrical blu-ray version grading the best, at least for most of those shots
The theatrical blu ray was lightly tinted blue the extended edition was horribly tinted green the 4k looks like when it was shown in theaters but with more resolution. So i guess if you like things lightly tinted blue for no reason its a better grading.
Also i should add that if you're basing it off of this video, don't because HDR on is how the 4k is meant to be viewed and this is not that.
I prefer to watch color restoration by 44rh1n. originaltrilogy.com/topic/44rh1ns-The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring-Extended-Edition-Color-Restoration/id/61952
The 2020 version looks more natural but I have the DVD Version and I gotta say I really like the heavy colour correction, it gives everything an atmosphere that I really like.
I actually prefer the 4K additions. It balances out the colors so there’s no bleeding.
I'll be sticking with my extended cut dvd originals then.
Looks so much warmer and crafted.
And fantastic cast commentary!!!
@@micker9830 I just put disc in and press play
@@Bow-to-the-absurd those of us who have a legit dolby atmos certified home theater really care about these kinds of things. 4K lotr edition is definitely king now.
@@armoredgaming2352 imagine having first world problems like these
The HDR on 4k really shines in scenes like @ 1:54. Looks stunning.
The 2011 blue ray literally puts a blu ray on everything.
I've always wondered why Jackson changed the color grading for the 2011 extended edition Blu rays.
He was probably viewing it on an inaccurate computer monitor that had very low blue light and too much red light so he ended up over correcting for blue and green. If you change the settings on your screen right now you can make it look like the 2011 one is normal while the others have a disgusting red tint.
Why is there so much color "correction" happening?
The "one more step" and "Council of Elrond" scenes absolutely should be kept as that warm, nearly heaven-like color palette. The heck.
I partly disagree... generally i am all for leaving movies as they were originally released. On the other hand the 4k CC does look better imho... i think they should add both versions to the new bluray with the ability to switch between them...
@@frederikkfoglfrey8664 it would require to have two different copy of the movie
I own the extended blu ray versions and now I have to go back and see if the color grading was really that bad! Holy moly!!
Aaaaaaand I forgot the power is out.
If your tv is 4k uhd like an LG you can change the colour in display settings. Multiple settings like cinema, sport, uhd light and dark, eco etc
"The gray rain curtain of DVD is rolled back, and all turns to 4k--
and then you see it...."
The extended blu ray Green tint looks so bad in comparison
It always looked bad really, but it was still the best looking version too ha
In my humble opinion, I think the best color and fix versions is the 2010 Blu-ray theatrical CUT.
Wow looking back the tint on the blu-ray extended editions looked weird glad they didn’t do it for the 4K release.
The color and tone of the dvd was the best, too bad we couldn’t get that in 4K hdr
Actually, most of the time it's very similar, and in some cases better (IMO)
The Extended Blu-ray is just bizarre. I can definitely notice the tint every time I watch it but only in certain scenes. At least it's been fixed for the 4K Blu-ray.
Lol 2011 is like taking red tinted ski goggles off after a few hours
2011 BD version: let's turn everything blue.
2011 is Lord of the Greens Edition
Many are really sad its gone too. I wonder if people realize they have color settings on their TV that they can use to turn everything green if they want.
Me a month ago: a 4k TV is not worth it.
Me now: I need a 4k TV right now.
Recommend the LG CX, movies and games look fantastic on it.
I miss DVD because when DVD was the in thing I had no worries in my life 😭
So glad they took away that blue tint the extended cut got
Loved some of the 4k shots, but honestly, my heart belongs to the DVD look... More organic, warm, LOTR-esque
Same here. Would give the 4K release a try though, if I had a compatible player.
HD Theatrical cut has the best colors, but i cant bring myself to watch anything other than the extended edition of lotr. 4K removes all the atmosphere, so its even worse than the HD Extended Edition. And DVD is SD, so theres that. We seriously need the extended edition done with the colors of the HD Teatrical cut, honestly i dont even care if its 1080p...id still buy it.
This video convinced me to get the 4K release.
It's amazing how much the 2011 Extended Cut changed even just the look of the films throughout the trilogy
it was botched but luckily only for fellowship
How drunk were they when they created the extended blu-ray version?
Wow... I had heard that the bluray had some color timing adding a green hue/tint across the entire movie. The 4k really cleaned it up.
Honestly... There's some improvement in quality, but why the hell play so much with the colours?
2011´s edition looks shit
Me: What did they do to the colors in the 2011 BLue ray and the 4K version?
Gollum: They ruins it precious!
It's been so long since I've seen the original DVDs that I didn't realize how much was changed in the Extended BR. Barring a couple of shots (like the Council of Elrond), it looks pretty awful. The DVD and Theatrical BR look the best and most natural overall. 4K is a big improvement over the Extended BR and looks to be a nice middle ground. I was unsure about upgrading because I felt the Extended BRs looked fine, but this is changing my mind. I wish I had a photographic memory to remember what it looked like in theatrical film projection. Thanks for sharing this!
The 2020 4K release looks beautiful.