Why do the Harry Potter films get so dull and grey

Big Boss · April 06, 2016, 02:29:38 PM

I'm watching Half Blood Prince right now. Why are the colours so dull and grey? It's so uninteresting to look at. I get that it's getting darker due to the story and all that, but the way it looks visually is just... boring.

challengerX · April 06, 2016, 02:36:26 PM

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April 06, 2016, 02:36:33 PM

Snape kills Hagrid

Azumarill · April 06, 2016, 02:39:16 PM

they changed directors in like the third movie i think. he decided to take the series' aesthetic in a different direction. thats why they stopped wearing robes so much and started wearing normal clothes too.

Verbatim · April 06, 2016, 02:40:43 PM

Half-Blood Prince was the worst movie, so that probably doesn't help.

Personally, the progressing darkness was one of my favorite things about the films. Harry's growing up, so all the color in his world is going away, too.

Verbatim · April 06, 2016, 02:42:53 PM

Quote from: Azumarill on April 06, 2016, 02:39:16 PM

they changed directors in like the third movie i think. he decided to take the series' aesthetic in a different direction. thats why they stopped wearing robes so much and started wearing normal clothes too.

Fifth movie, actually. David Yates took over for the last four films.

Third movie was directed by Alfonso Cuarón, who recently made Gravity.

Big Boss · April 06, 2016, 02:45:34 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on April 06, 2016, 02:40:43 PM

Half-Blood Prince was the worst movie, so that probably doesn't help.

Personally, the progressing darkness was one of my favorite things about the films. Harry's growing up, so all the color in his world is going away, too.

I don't think I ever realized how un-interesting this film is.

Verbatim · April 06, 2016, 02:50:38 PM

Quote from: Tengen Toppa Big Boss on April 06, 2016, 02:45:34 PM

I don't think I ever realized how un-interesting this film is.

Yeah. There's a lot of bullshit OTP-pandering, but the whole point of the story is that Snape kills Dumbledore. Nothing else happens.

I like it just for Alan Rickman and Tom Felton's performances. They're pretty great.

Azumarill · April 06, 2016, 02:51:16 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on April 06, 2016, 02:42:53 PM

Quote from: Azumarill on April 06, 2016, 02:39:16 PM
they changed directors in like the third movie i think. he decided to take the series' aesthetic in a different direction. thats why they stopped wearing robes so much and started wearing normal clothes too.
Fifth movie, actually. David Yates took over for the last four films.

Third movie was directed by Alfonso Cuarón, who recently made Gravity.

ah. i do know that alfonso is responsible for the wardrobe change but i guess yates is responsible for dimming down the overall atmosphere.

Big Boss · April 06, 2016, 02:53:04 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on April 06, 2016, 02:50:38 PM

Quote from: Tengen Toppa Big Boss on April 06, 2016, 02:45:34 PM
I don't think I ever realized how un-interesting this film is.
Yeah. There's a lot of bullshit OTP-pandering, but the whole point of the story is that Snape kills Dumbledore. Nothing else happens.

I like it just for Alan Rickman and Tom Felton's performances. They're pretty great.

But what about the real important scene where the Burrow gets attacked, or Ginny and Harry's so awkward-it's not even cute romance...

Yeah I got nothing.

They could have done so much more with the Voldemort backstory, I think. But nooo, teen drama.

Big Boss · April 06, 2016, 02:55:26 PM

Quote from: Azumarill on April 06, 2016, 02:51:16 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on April 06, 2016, 02:42:53 PM
Quote from: Azumarill on April 06, 2016, 02:39:16 PM
they changed directors in like the third movie i think. he decided to take the series' aesthetic in a different direction. thats why they stopped wearing robes so much and started wearing normal clothes too.
Fifth movie, actually. David Yates took over for the last four films.

Third movie was directed by Alfonso Cuarón, who recently made Gravity.
ah. i do know that alfonso is responsible for the wardrobe change but i guess yates is responsible for dimming down the overall atmosphere.

I liked Azkaban's style, it's my favorite Potter movie. The colors of that film fit the feel because the Dementors were creepy as fuck and there were werewolves and shit. OotP and HBP have uh... teen romance and mean teachers?

Big Boss · April 06, 2016, 02:56:39 PM

Also I have nothing against Jim Broadbent but I really dislike his performance as Horace Slughorn. In the books I imagined him as some slimy guy but in the films he comes across as a bumbling oaf

Ian · April 06, 2016, 02:56:52 PM

Harry Potter gets progressively worse starting from the climax of the fourth book. The lack of color is symbolic of how boring and uninteresting the story becomes. If HP just stayed like the first three books, it would've been a different story, but Rowling is a fedora tipping hack so....

Verbatim · April 06, 2016, 03:03:20 PM

Quote from: Gaara444 on April 06, 2016, 02:56:52 PM

Harry Potter gets progressively worse starting from the climax of the fourth book. The lack of color is symbolic of how boring and uninteresting the story becomes. If HP just stayed like the first three books, it would've been a different story, but Rowling is a fedora tipping hack so....

Wouldn't go that far. HBP was just the weakest entry, that's all.

Ian · April 06, 2016, 03:07:20 PM

IMO everything past GoF is in various levels of negative infinity. OoTP was 24/7 bitching about being angry, HBP was teen melodrama and action blue balls, DH was a boring build up to an uneventful climax.

Quote from: Verbatim on April 06, 2016, 03:03:20 PM

Wouldn't go that far. HBP was just the weakest entry, that's all.

PSU · April 06, 2016, 06:42:43 PM

Cause Voldemort gradually gets stronger and more powerful?

Coomer · April 06, 2016, 07:16:09 PM

Get it?
Harry Potter isn't for little kids anymore

Batch · April 06, 2016, 07:24:59 PM

Lets not forget his parents were kill as he was an infant and spend his childhood living under a case of stairs.

Thats pre fucking dark.

Jono · April 06, 2016, 07:42:12 PM

tfw you've never watched a single Harry Potter movie

rC · April 06, 2016, 07:48:23 PM

voldemort is gaining power throughout the series, so the world gets darker. that's how i see it, anyway.