Too often it strikes me as a distraction. 3D films can be too dark and dim for my taste, and they cost more money both to make and to go see.

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The pose and the play of the suspended figure against the architecture are already present, but Miss La La is a dark silhouette against a dim background of dull reds and warm browns.

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It was dark, out on the narrow lane that ran past the sawmills, dark and very green, the boundary wall a dim colony of moss and ferns, the shadows under the trees damp and still.

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It's under-exposed, unfortunately, so that some scenes aren't just dark, they're dim, but the film also has a palpable sense of space and texture.

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