Eugen RochkoI know 100% that people will argue with me over this, but I miss when movies were professionally lit, when actors were intentionally blocked, and when more than teal, orange and beige were allowed to be on the screen. The medium has something to do with it--film made a lot of these things fundamentally necessary--but I think it's more complex than just that. The last few years' movies are just not pleasant to look at, with very few exceptions, and the change occurred sometime around 2015.
Owen 🇦🇺@Gargron The obsession with HDR — super dark scenes to mimic realism in light levels is also annoying. It’s more difficult to enjoy what you’re watching if you’re struggling to see what’s even on the screen. I get that in real life, something might be happening in pitch black conditions but I think for cinema it’s still better to just give the suggestion of darkness rather than the complete actuality of it. 🤷♂️
The Stage Rabbit (he/him)
Eljorgeabides
rainynight65@vanitalo @Gargron it's like the series Silo. Yes, I get it, they're in a concrete bunker hundred of metres below ground level. Cool. Now put up some ambient lighting so that I can actually make out what the shit is going on on-screen.
Unfortunately, artificially dark scenes are also often used to conceal bad VFX.
BashStKid
Pare@vanitalo @Gargron I did watch 'Young Frankenstein' a couple of weeks ago, and laughed out loud because in one scene it is supposed to be quite dark, and the characters have a lit candle to light their way.
Of course the candle casts shadow because of the stage lights. Nobody comments, and while it's a comedy film, the supposed darkness is very clear to the viewer.