I have to say, I think the garish colors really work far better in certain places, just as I think the black and white with touches of color worked magnificently in the flashback sequences. In those latter especially, when we get to the big reveal of him now as the Joker, it's almost to say that color equals madness.
If we were to go with that way of thinking, I'd rather like to have certain scenes (any part in the carnival, when the Joker's at the door with the gun) to be awash with that color, while the flashbacks should be that black and white.
Because while Bolland's new coloring is beautiful, I started to really miss the atmospheric colors of Higgins work. Every scene was awash with ambient light, whether from carnival lights or from off the Bat-computer. But with Bolland's coloring, these people could be in the Batcave, in the carnival, underground or on a mountain top; it doesn't matter, since they're all colored with the same tones and lighting. Does that make sense?
I now feel the way I did when I saw the Italian cut of DAWN OF THE DEAD. I want to take both versions and edit them together into my own dream version. It would be jarring, but maybe jarring wouldn't be so bad for certain parts.
By and large I think I'd keep Bolland's new version. But there are some things I think work far better in the original.
I greatly look forward to your thoughts. Let me know what you think of mine.
(On a personal note, though, as someone who is to Two-Face what you are to the Joker: giving Harvey black and green hair? What the hell were you thinking, Bolland?!)
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Date: 2008-03-28 06:12 am (UTC)If we were to go with that way of thinking, I'd rather like to have certain scenes (any part in the carnival, when the Joker's at the door with the gun) to be awash with that color, while the flashbacks should be that black and white.
Because while Bolland's new coloring is beautiful, I started to really miss the atmospheric colors of Higgins work. Every scene was awash with ambient light, whether from carnival lights or from off the Bat-computer. But with Bolland's coloring, these people could be in the Batcave, in the carnival, underground or on a mountain top; it doesn't matter, since they're all colored with the same tones and lighting. Does that make sense?
I now feel the way I did when I saw the Italian cut of DAWN OF THE DEAD. I want to take both versions and edit them together into my own dream version. It would be jarring, but maybe jarring wouldn't be so bad for certain parts.
By and large I think I'd keep Bolland's new version. But there are some things I think work far better in the original.
I greatly look forward to your thoughts. Let me know what you think of mine.
(On a personal note, though, as someone who is to Two-Face what you are to the Joker: giving Harvey black and green hair? What the hell were you thinking, Bolland?!)