I found this blog:
http://theabyssgazes.blogspot.com/2010/03/teal-and-orange-hollywood-please-stop.html (http://theabyssgazes.blogspot.com/2010/03/teal-and-orange-hollywood-please-stop.html)
I thought you might like a look. Its intresting and it's something I've noticed a lot in films too.
The only thing that annoys me big time is when people colourize black and white films. I hate this, unless the colourization is being used to restore the colour to a film when that film's colour has faded.
Ha what a great article! It still doesn't stop me from making me think they 'pop' but still, its a good commentary on how modern films have certain colour palettes either by design or by accident.
Yeah, there's a few specific looks that many modern films go with. This isn't a recent trend though - they did this throughout the history of modern color in film via different lighting, filters, and film stocks. Look at the colors and overall look in most 80s films - it's very distinctive, and shared between many films. Lots of high contrast, powerful reds and blues (or sometimes green), etc. I do think they overdo it in a lot of modern films though.
I'm not against the use of color to enhance film quality, and I don't mind the teal and orange complementary colors that seem to irk this guy so much, but then I haven't seen a lot of the movies he's complaining about, so I can't really say.
What I don't like is the reduction of color in some movies and TV shows that seems to be a trend I've noticed since the 90s. They kind of use this monochromatic, washed-out, bluish greyish hue, usually in darker movies/shows, to try to portray a feeling of gloom and hopelessness...and it's not just for certain scenes but throughout the entire thing. I guess it works, which is why I hate it so much, but I'd rather those feelings be portrayed with, you know, acting and story and stuff. If you have a scene like a cheerful birthday party, and then adjust the color to a blue tint, I all of a sudden want to go cry myself to sleep. I know it's nothing new, but it just seems to be really overused lately.
lol... maybe Disney should of brighten the colors in The Watcher in the Woods (1980) then hiring Rosemary Anne Sisson to lighten up the script... :)
Color does effect the mood and so does sounds... Although my wife has said it much better then I can... :)
The only movie that sort thing has ever bothered me in was Midnight Meat Train. It just screamed "look at me! I'm trying to be artsy!"