Can Color Please Come Back In Style?

Rating: 4/10 (30 December 2012)

There is a lot to love in this movie. The acting, the score, the script - all pretty much flawless. But I walked out thinking this was another Spielberg film ruined by the cinematography of Janusz Kaminski.
I know that Kaminski is brilliant. And I know that some of his work has created real beauty on the big screen. But this was not beautiful. It was harsh, bleak, desaturated ugliness. And worse, it looks like a dozen or more Photoshop effects.
What's worse, because of Spielberg's stature, the Kaminski "style" has caught on so we've been seeing other decent movies ruined by this effect too over the years. Please. Enough. This is a trend that's run its course. Like pre-damaged jeans. It is not classic looking. It is not authentic. It's just ugly.