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Enjoyed it but some parts too dark


As the subject says, it was enjoyable for the most part. But there were several scenes, especially critical scenes near the end, where I wanted to see what was going on, but the director made some poor lighting decisions. This wasn't the worst movie in that regard, but it was enough for me to knock it down a full rating point.

A friendly note to directors:
A viewer should be able to see what's being shown on screen.
If you want to leave some things mysterious or left to the viewers imagination, it's perfectly acceptable to have it happen off-screen.

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Check the calibration settings on your tv or monitor. I didn't find it too dark personally. I've had issues before on poory caibrated tv's and once that was fixed it can look a lot better. I also don't like when films are too dark. It usually happens for 3D movies. I found the new Star Trek to be really dark in theaters.

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