Jaws 3 might be the worst 4K ever released as of this very moment. It’s that bad and that horribly butchered with AI and awful DNR/Color Timing. The 2D version always looked a bit off due to the way that the film was shot specifically for 3D but with this abysmal 4K transfer it’s limitations and issues are blown up and become glaringly obvious. Then on top of that you have AI interperetation the likes not even god has seen.
The film legitimately looks like it was created with Midjourney on more than one occasion. Or entire frames look like the washed out color tone SNL bumpers. Remember those from the 70’s and 80’s that used to show the host for the night? Entire sequences of the film look like that. No film should look like that in 4K. People look like paper cut outs in more than one frame. This is abhorrent.
I said this in another comment thread but will post here too:
The bigger question is why is the upscale suddenly so much worse than it was before?
Plenty of films finished at 2K had 4K UHD discs put out that were nothing more than upscales with HDR grades applied, but they were never this bad. It’s like AI upscales became a thing and the studios tossed out whatever previous methods they used, that seemingly worked JUST FINE, in favour of new technology that has GLARING flaws such as this.
There is a fan 4k restoration project of the original Star Wars trilogy which involves preserving the original film grain so that you see it as close to as what it would have looked like when it premiered in the theater.
By any measure, it looks a lot worse than any other version of Star Wars in terms of image quality. But I am still glad they did it because it’s fascinating to watch, especially to see how much the quality changed, especially in the Tatooine scenes filmed in Algeria because sand got into the film.
https://www.thestarwarstrilogy.com/
I have no doubt that if it were officially released, people would complain about the quality.
What an awesome project! Spent some time reading through all the info and as someone with some knowledge in that area it’s super duper interesting. I need to get around to watching them.
You will have to sail the high seas to do so, but it’s definitely worth it for someone interested in the craft of filmmaking.
yeah, there’s a law of diminishing returns with that sort of thing. there’s only so much “original quality” i want in my films. i’m old enough to remember the transition to digital filmmaking and actually appreciating the crisper, sharper picture and more expansive colors. sure, film grain can add some texture, but, at some point, it’s too much.
And the people doing this project realize that this is not meant to be watched just to enjoy Star Wars. It’s to be watched to see what it looked like on opening night, warts and all. And it’s really interesting if you’re interested in filmmaking as much as you are in films.