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Patrick (H) Willems

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This is really just so I have a place to talk about crazy YouTube comments.

After seeing your video essay regarding about MCU films issues with color grading, what are your thoughts on "Spider-Man Homecoming" Trailer compared to "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" Trailer color grading?

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I guess I’m going to get questions about this every time Marvel releases a trailer. Which isn’t a bad thing. So, Spider-Man: Homecoming, while the movie looks good, has the exact same bland looking color grading as all the other MCU movies. Guardians 2 looks like an improvement, which I attribute to a combination of the camera change, good lighting/art direction, and James Gunn having more control. But some parts (in particular the last scene) look really flat and ugly.

But honestly, I’m basing this on compressed YouTube videos, so the actual finished products could always look better.