A scene in a movie should not be so dark to the point where the audience cannot make out what is happening

r/

I recently watched Sinners and I can’t lie, I didn’t see a damn thing that happened between two of the main characters in a fighting scene that was happening during a pivotal moment in the movie.

Honestly, like most of the scenes in the jukebox joint, I could not make out what was happening and it was very annoying.

Even if it’s supposed to set the mood, I can’t even tell what the mood is supposed to be if I can’t see the movie.

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  2. DescriptionOne8197 Avatar

    We’re talking to you AppleTv!

  3. WantWantShellySenbei Avatar

    Saw another person point out somewhere that one day a Batman movie will be so dark they can just release it as an audiobook.

  4. Kryten_Spare_Head_3 Avatar

    Brightness is your friend, but also your enemy in brighter scenes.

    I feel your pain.

  5. Disastrous_Horse7302 Avatar

    This cannot possible be an unpopular opinion. I will wait until I see someone come here exclaiming  they dont want to see whats happening in the movies they are watching 

  6. Legal_Championship_6 Avatar

    I remember thinking that the entire night battle scene in Game of Thrones that went on for half an hour

  7. Ok-Cardiologist8717 Avatar

    The only time the darkness works out is at the movie theater or a home theater.
    Outside of that…. You can turn the brightness up a bit during scenes!

  8. PasF1981 Avatar

    They cut corners by filming in daylight and then adding some filters to the film, and it shows.

  9. Darthbamf Avatar

    100000% agree.

    MY related unpopular opinion is:

    You shouldn’t make a song if normal humans can’t immediately understand the ALL of the lyrics.

  10. TexanGoblin Avatar

    I agree with the generality of your post, but didn’t have a problem with Sinners in theaters. Did you stream it? I wonder if it was different.

  11. tmkn09021945 Avatar

    That’s actually pretty popular now. Just like having dialog that you can’t hear in a movie or tv show

  12. BON3SMcCOY Avatar

    Overwhelmingly popular opinion

  13. scbalazs Avatar

    Agree with this opinion, but didn’t experience this while watching Sinners. Sure there were dark scenes, but could see everything. Prob depends on theater, seats, etc. When I watch at home, if I know it’s going to be dark, we’ll wait until the sun is down.

  14. T3stMe Avatar

    I don’t get it. It’s like a trent as of late I feel. I constantly think the settings on my tv are of only to find out. Nope just an other movie shot at midnight and the light engineer only took a matchbox with.