NOTE: This topic was originated in the rat's "Colors of War" thread, and since it would be derailing the thread in the worst way possible I decided to make a thread about it here.
Plus, I know Evan will eat this thread up

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Anyways, ever since movies like "Sin City" and "300" were praised for their digital coloring and backdrops it seems filmmakers are trying to capitalize on this and are creating more and more movies with clearly altered color schemes and backdrops.
I will confess I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand, when done right it does add a lot of depth and even magic to the film's atmosphere and keeps your eyes focused on the screen. On the other, when overdone it looks so fake and dull, especially when they overuse brown and gray tones.
I think this sparked in me when I started watching some of Tim Burton's movies. On ABC they showed the original Willy Wonka and the Tim Burton remake back to back and I was stunned at the lack of color in the remake.
I love the Tim Burton version almost as much as the original version, but for a movie that takes place in a magical world of sweets everything's so dull and gray!
I also saw "Sweeney Todd". It was a good movie, but I sometimes got annoyed at how black and gray everything was.
Yes, I know the movie is supposed to be a dark horror movie, yes I know Tim Burton loves the Gothic settings and yes, it adds a lot of atmosphere to the movie, but at times I felt it went overboard. Even the blood is surprisingly lacking color, especially for a movie that loves to splash it around like water.
Maybe its just me, though. I'm no film expert, I only watch them and it could be just me getting tired of the whole brown and gray=reality mindset people have nowadays.
So what do you think? Evan, this thread has you name all over it, so don't pull any punches!