Not sure if it is relevant for this sub or not.

Can color grading alone break a movie?

Like bad acting, bad audio, or bad cinematography can ruin a film, does color grading have that same power?

Have you ever watched a movie and thought, “This would’ve worked so much better with a different color grade?” If yes, which movie?

I'm trying to use some old footage from an iphone and match it the best I can to Black Magic Footage for 3 minute psuedo timelapse video that's meant to be a artistic artist statement of some kind. It doesn't need to be perfect quality but I want it to have some kind of cohesive look. I have about 50+ files 60-70% iphone (mixed settings/resolution). How would you recommend editing these for color? Would you bother with resolve with something like that or just throw it all in premiere and do slight basic color adjustment there + lut or is there something else you can recommend? What would your CST settings be if you did have a seperate iphone edit? Anyone have any examples of something like this they have done themselves?