Serious post for once: Why did movies start gettnig overly dark in the mid 2000s? It's like they just try to oversell how gritty they are.
There were so many pg-13 movies that tried to feel as rated are as possible but without the blood and overtly rated R shit. They tried to be as dark as possible in tone only. I really hated this. It was over selling it and taking itself too seriously.
So, Harry Potter... the first two movies were really brightly colored and vibrant, with this whimsical atmosphere. When shit went down, the tone WAS dark. The third movie onward, the whimsical shit just went away, and it got dark as fuck for no reason. Like, the tone was just overly dreary. I hated it. I feel like if dark shit goes down, you don't need to oversell it; just take it for what it is and it will set it's own tone. It's really annoying.
To be fair, Marvel movies had the opposite problem imo. Those garbage films all felt rates G as fuck, even when they were PG-13. It never took ANYTHING seriously.
So, Harry Potter... the first two movies were really brightly colored and vibrant, with this whimsical atmosphere. When shit went down, the tone WAS dark. The third movie onward, the whimsical shit just went away, and it got dark as fuck for no reason. Like, the tone was just overly dreary. I hated it. I feel like if dark shit goes down, you don't need to oversell it; just take it for what it is and it will set it's own tone. It's really annoying.
To be fair, Marvel movies had the opposite problem imo. Those garbage films all felt rates G as fuck, even when they were PG-13. It never took ANYTHING seriously.
