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Spoilers Marvel's Werewolf by Night on Disney+

I did find it amusing that the B&W filter was the only thing keeping this from being R Rated, with how Elsa chopped a guys' hand off and other things.

And I kept thinking she was familiar, then I remembered "The Nevers".
 
I'm disappointed that it'll be released in color. Part of the magic of the whole thing was the black-and-white cinematography until the deliberate coloring at the end with "Over the Rainbow."

Yeah, yeah, I know, it's still available in that form and I shouldn't take issue with it. But it's still a bummer.
 
I'm curious to see it, I didn't think the Black and White was as effective as it could be and it just might be more natural in color.
 
I usually prefer color over black & white, but this time I think in this I actually prefer B&W. It would lose that whole, old school horror kind of vibe if you made it color.
 
Yeah, B&W is the version to go. I'm not a noteable fan of 50s horror movies that WBN pays hommage to but being B&W is a big part of its appeal. To each their own i guess but i don't plan on rewatching it in color.
 
If something is made for black and white, it should be in black and white. If it's made for color, it should be in color. Monochrome cinematography has its own distinct style and visual language, painting with light and shadow. It's not just the absence of color, it's the embrace of contrast.
 
Christopher said:
If something is made for black and white, it should be in black and white. If it's made for color, it should be in color. Monochrome cinematography has its own distinct style and visual language, painting with light and shadow. It's not just the absence of color, it's the embrace of contrast.
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Speaking as someone who did a metric shit-ton of B&W photography in his youth, I fully indorse this post! :techman:
 
Thing is, it was filmed in color and then processed to be black-and-white due to Feige and Giacchino disagreeing over what approach to take. I get what Giacchino was going for but I've never been convinced it was fully realized in execution, seemed muddy to me for lack of a better word. It just didn't look to me so much like a B&W movie as a movie trying to be B&W. YMMV of course, and I'm not suggesting we should get rid of the original version but I would be curious to compare them when released.
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I think the emphasis is usually reversed where we think of the director also being the composer, sa Carpenter. The MCU seems to like to give projects to promising up-and-comers sometimes with only one or two big projects on their resume.
 
Mr. Adventure said:
It just didn't look to me so much like a B&W movie as a movie trying to be B&W.
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IMO, primarily because most (if not all) modern B&W productions are still shot as though they are in color, such as costuming where the color choices aren't made for how they will look in black and white. Most of the 'B&W decisions' are made after the fact instead of before, which is why I often find the after-the-fact B&W versions to be a wasted exercise. (Like Logan, Fury Road, and The Mist.) They're fine and all, but I scoff a tad when they're presented as the director's preferred version.
 
The Nth Doctor said:
I'm disappointed that it'll be released in color. Part of the magic of the whole thing was the black-and-white cinematography until the deliberate coloring at the end with "Over the Rainbow."

Yeah, yeah, I know, it's still available in that form and I shouldn't take issue with it. But it's still a bummer.
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Random thought; bow this has me kinda wondering what people who grew up seeing 'Wizard of Oz' on TV in the pre-colour days thought what all the fuss was about. I mean the effect would be about the same as putting this out in colour.
 
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