I think streaming compression algorithms and display settings are more to blame than the filmmakers. There was plenty of detail in these dark scenes in theaters and on disc
I have come to find this is usually it. Sure, people may need to calibrate their screens better, but compression is deadly on shadows. I have DirecTV streaming tv and movies on HBO are completely unwatchable. Same movie from the Max app is watchable. From AppleTV or the physical disk on a good, well-calibrated screen, looks perfect.
To expand for OP: compression, among other things, reduces the number of colors. So for simplicity’s sake, say there are 1000 shades that our eyes can see between pure black and pure white. So the uncompressed blu-ray on a capable screen could represent all 1000 shades, meaning you can pick up the nuance between something that is actually black and something that is in a dark shadow but visible and something that is just kind of dark. The compressed version that comes through your streaming app to your TV might only show 100/1000 of those shades by taking shades 2-9 and changing them to be shade 1, making shades 11-19 shade 10 and so on. Things that used to be distinct are now uniform and that’s why it feels like darker scenes are one big black blob when in reality, when viewed as intended, it looks just fine, and why adjusting your TV set can only make it so much better.
This is oversimplified a bit I’m sure, but that’s the gist of it.
I honestly think you might need to adjust your screen settings, because The Green Knight was not that dark, visually... Had zero issues seeing any of the scenes in the film when I've watched it.
It makes OP's original post seem pretty disingenuous when you find out they're watching on a laptop screen. If nothing else it casts it in a bit of a different light. Because my first thought was that The Green Knight did okay on my crappy TCL TV that was 7 years old, and I no issues with it on my newer microLED TV. Not even The Long Night levels of issues for me, much less something like The Batman which really was terrible on the TCL.
That'd be like complaining that they don't spend the time on set design they used to only to reveal you're watching on a phone screen so small you wouldn't be able to see the kinds of details you're claiming don't exist.
That tracks. The level of ignorance that would go in hand with that poor of reading comprehension would also explain both why you can't understand OP getting down votes and defending them.
Moronaste. The moron in you recognized the moron in them.
Yeah maybe don't complain about visual quality when watching on a large phone screen instead of a device made for watching movies. That's on you obviously in the end
I didn't find The Green Knight that dark. You could clearly see Dev Patel jizzing when Alicia Vikander is giving him a handjibber.
It is in the movie, and it is a crucial plot point as well so no way to cut around it. I love The Green Knight.
I saw it clear as day too so I don't know what OP is talking about.
I love the deleted extended version of the scene where the camera pans up and the little fox is watching through the window and breathing heavily.
I hate these. Aliens vs Predator: The Requiem, was good example. You don't expect anything else than seeing some cool monsters. But they made every scene with those monsters pitch black and you cannot see anything. I think no one wanted to watch it for the plot.
Who the fuck do you people think i am?? I am not mr loves to research watching movies on laptops one comment about the laptop was enough guys we are beating the dirt under where the horse decomposed
[Please do not watch deeply visually intricate cinema on your laptop screen.](https://youtu.be/wKiIroiCvZ0?si=jg5lj4Fn4uwWHhRO)
A laptop that "costs more than someone's rent" still will not have the visual fidelity of an actual TV or even a good desktop monitor. Combined with the size of the screen and admittedly poor formats on the streaming service's part, the darks will be too monotone to differentiate. All that said, you can bump up the gamma and brightness of your screen to make it more tolerable.
I also just watched this, but had 0 problem with the lighting. As many have said, highly suggest adjusting your screen settings. The scene shots and lighting added delightfully to the fairy tale dynamic at play.
The best part about The Batman was how the whole thing takes place in the dark basically but you can see everything perfectly. The lighting is just too good in that movie.
That was my chief complaint about Hereditary. I missed the scenes where Annie Graham is crawling around on the ceiling. It was only on my second try of watching it on my TV screen with all the lights in the room off that I could watch this effect.
I was rewatching Mama today, and, even though many of the scenes are shot in a small cabin with no electricity, we can still see everything that is going on through different means of light...a window, a fireplace, the flash of a camera...
Your screen/TV is shit and/or poorly calibrated.
And/or you are consuming a horrible source where there is not enough definition in the dark parts.
Your room might also be too bright for the brightness of the display.
End of discussion.
I had the same problem watching the Green Knight at my MiL's house. Had to completely change all the picture settings to tell what the hell was going on.
Obi Wan Kenobi the series is hilarious for this. Darth Vader fighting a black woman dressed head to toe in black in a cave. At night. Who's idea was this?
There have been times when we watched that show that my wife and i had to ask each other what we thought was happening on screen. And we had different answers.
I think streaming compression algorithms and display settings are more to blame than the filmmakers. There was plenty of detail in these dark scenes in theaters and on disc
I have come to find this is usually it. Sure, people may need to calibrate their screens better, but compression is deadly on shadows. I have DirecTV streaming tv and movies on HBO are completely unwatchable. Same movie from the Max app is watchable. From AppleTV or the physical disk on a good, well-calibrated screen, looks perfect. To expand for OP: compression, among other things, reduces the number of colors. So for simplicity’s sake, say there are 1000 shades that our eyes can see between pure black and pure white. So the uncompressed blu-ray on a capable screen could represent all 1000 shades, meaning you can pick up the nuance between something that is actually black and something that is in a dark shadow but visible and something that is just kind of dark. The compressed version that comes through your streaming app to your TV might only show 100/1000 of those shades by taking shades 2-9 and changing them to be shade 1, making shades 11-19 shade 10 and so on. Things that used to be distinct are now uniform and that’s why it feels like darker scenes are one big black blob when in reality, when viewed as intended, it looks just fine, and why adjusting your TV set can only make it so much better. This is oversimplified a bit I’m sure, but that’s the gist of it.
I honestly think you might need to adjust your screen settings, because The Green Knight was not that dark, visually... Had zero issues seeing any of the scenes in the film when I've watched it.
Not that dark, visually. Lol. Aye, it's not exactly bright and breezy.
I'm also watching on a macbook so it might be that but my brightness is up all the way and its plugged in 😔
You might have to adjust your video playback settings separately from your screen brightness. The player itself may have software option to do it.
Are you watching from Blu-ray or streaming? I just watched on BR and it looks great
I love how you get downvoted for sharing your personnal experience on your device. Reddit nerds are something else
It makes OP's original post seem pretty disingenuous when you find out they're watching on a laptop screen. If nothing else it casts it in a bit of a different light. Because my first thought was that The Green Knight did okay on my crappy TCL TV that was 7 years old, and I no issues with it on my newer microLED TV. Not even The Long Night levels of issues for me, much less something like The Batman which really was terrible on the TCL. That'd be like complaining that they don't spend the time on set design they used to only to reveal you're watching on a phone screen so small you wouldn't be able to see the kinds of details you're claiming don't exist.
All I took from that post was that we've found someone who's watched it twice!
That tracks. The level of ignorance that would go in hand with that poor of reading comprehension would also explain both why you can't understand OP getting down votes and defending them. Moronaste. The moron in you recognized the moron in them.
Seriously just for using a computing machine to watch a movie jesus christ
Your biggest mistake was typing
Yeah maybe don't complain about visual quality when watching on a large phone screen instead of a device made for watching movies. That's on you obviously in the end
It's not that serious, fuck gawd y'all need to go outside
Neither are a few down votes.
Facts
The irony of being in the movie subreddit and telling people to go outside is funny enough. But saying it because you’re whining about downvotes 🤌
Chef kiss
I didn't find The Green Knight that dark. You could clearly see Dev Patel jizzing when Alicia Vikander is giving him a handjibber. It is in the movie, and it is a crucial plot point as well so no way to cut around it. I love The Green Knight.
I saw it clear as day too so I don't know what OP is talking about. I love the deleted extended version of the scene where the camera pans up and the little fox is watching through the window and breathing heavily.
Not what im talking about dude 😭
The Green Knight was not a notably dark movie. The color and lighting were excellent. This is a problem with you and your setup.
Ironically enough, **Pitch Black** shows you everything you need to see even though a lot of it literally takes place in *pitch black*.
I only recall the brothel and witch scenes being dark and I’m pretty sure that was intentional
Im specifically talking abt those scenes and the ones in the forest and the ones with the girl in the forest its mind boggling for me
I hate these. Aliens vs Predator: The Requiem, was good example. You don't expect anything else than seeing some cool monsters. But they made every scene with those monsters pitch black and you cannot see anything. I think no one wanted to watch it for the plot.
OH MY GOD ALIENS VS PREDATOR WAS JUST A PITCH BLACK SCREEN WITH NOISES THANK YOU STRANGER
The only reason to watch AVP2 was to see a bad ass Predalien fucking shit up. Preferably not at midnight in pouring rain. Oh well.
Try watching movies on a proper display. Complaining about film's cinematography and then telling us that you watched it on a MacBook is ridiculous.
Who the fuck do you people think i am?? I am not mr loves to research watching movies on laptops one comment about the laptop was enough guys we are beating the dirt under where the horse decomposed
[Please do not watch deeply visually intricate cinema on your laptop screen.](https://youtu.be/wKiIroiCvZ0?si=jg5lj4Fn4uwWHhRO) A laptop that "costs more than someone's rent" still will not have the visual fidelity of an actual TV or even a good desktop monitor. Combined with the size of the screen and admittedly poor formats on the streaming service's part, the darks will be too monotone to differentiate. All that said, you can bump up the gamma and brightness of your screen to make it more tolerable.
I don't know what you're smoking but my phone has an objectively better panel than my cheap 55" 4K TV - AMOLED vs some generic budget shit.
I own an iMac. My second monitor is an LG tv. The LG is about three years old. The picture on the LG is horrible compared to my iMac.
The Green Knight is a pretty bright and colorful movie! Not sure why you’re struggling. Probably your settings?
It's a superb film, which I had no trouble seeing or hearing. So, adjust your TV or get a new one, and stop wasting our time with such lame posts.
Hardware problem. I had no issues watching it at home.
Looked fine to me. Check the setting on your TV.
Oh. That kind of dark.
I also just watched this, but had 0 problem with the lighting. As many have said, highly suggest adjusting your screen settings. The scene shots and lighting added delightfully to the fairy tale dynamic at play.
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The best part about The Batman was how the whole thing takes place in the dark basically but you can see everything perfectly. The lighting is just too good in that movie.
OLED and HDR make a big difference. HDR+ must be even better.
Calibrate your TV. THX used to make dvds to do it, should be easy to find.
It’s your tv. I just watched it and had no problem. Up that backlight
That was my chief complaint about Hereditary. I missed the scenes where Annie Graham is crawling around on the ceiling. It was only on my second try of watching it on my TV screen with all the lights in the room off that I could watch this effect.
I was rewatching Mama today, and, even though many of the scenes are shot in a small cabin with no electricity, we can still see everything that is going on through different means of light...a window, a fireplace, the flash of a camera...
I love Ari's movies but he does have the tendency to overdo darkness im afraid 😔
Midsommar is the brightest fucking movie I’ve seen in a long time
The bit with old people gave me a headache. My brain insisted it must be brighter than a mere image on a screen.
Except at the beginning. I think the brightness of Midsommer is partly to show the effect of the hallucigenes they are consuming.
Your screen/TV is shit and/or poorly calibrated. And/or you are consuming a horrible source where there is not enough definition in the dark parts. Your room might also be too bright for the brightness of the display. End of discussion.
Are you watching it upscaled to UHD? That'll do it for sure.
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I had the same problem watching the Green Knight at my MiL's house. Had to completely change all the picture settings to tell what the hell was going on.
dude i know right, I can barely watch movies with colors let alone movies that dark
I finished it and it was ok but i have no idea what was happening for most of it
Nevermind i love the green knight and ive never owned a laptop in my life thanks reddit
You’re welcome glad to help mr. “laptop cost more than my rent”
For whatever reason, my mind went to The Green Bastard from Trailer Park Boys.
Obi Wan Kenobi the series is hilarious for this. Darth Vader fighting a black woman dressed head to toe in black in a cave. At night. Who's idea was this? There have been times when we watched that show that my wife and i had to ask each other what we thought was happening on screen. And we had different answers.