The Little Mermaid - Why lighting so dark?

[kingstoken]

My brother and I went to see the live-action Little Mermaid yesterday. Overall it was a cute movie, I didn't love it as much as the original (I loved that movie as a kid), but I think they really tried, and they didn't phone it in, and I think they added some interesting little ideas while sticking to mostly the same plot. However, my one major complaint was how dark the underwater scenes were! You know when the promo photos came out and everyone complained that they were so dark and people said "don't worry it will look better on the big screen" well I got news for you, it didn't. Not every under scene was super dark, the under the sea song sequence was alright, but anything that took place in Ursula's cave was so freaking dark and hard to see, like poor Melissa McCarthy she was acting her ass off and I could hardly see any of it. I don't understand it, like everything on land was well lit and easy to see, and I know they are trying to establish a mood or whatever, but I shudder to think what it will look like on a TV/computer screen when the theatre is supposed to be the optimal viewing experience.

Comments

[senmut]

Maybe it will be better on small screen where you can tweak levels? I know the original Daredevil movie fell very flat with me in theater, due to angles of shots and darkness, but I found it much more easy to engage with on my TV when we got it on DVD.

[kingstoken]

Maybe, I hope so, but shouldn't the movie theatre have everything at optimal levels? isn't that the point of going to the theatre? Anyways, knowing my brother he will probably buy it on DVD, so we'll see if it gets any better.