Contradictheory: When Malaysia is cool blue

Note that blue tinge in the spectacular scene featuring Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova jumping off the Merdeka 118 building for Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts. — Screengrab/GSC Cinemas

The new Thunderbolts* movie begins with the lead character stepping off the top of the 679m-tall Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lumpur and falling spectacularly down the side of the building. But perhaps what amazed me more than the stunt itself was that everything in Malaysia looked ... a little blue in the movie.

It’s been a bit of a trope that Hollywood uses a blue filter to portray countries that are cool or technologically advanced, while yellow is reserved for hot, less-developed places like Mexico or much of Africa.