• Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    At some point there was an explanation that the lens flares were supposed to be subtext, a visual representation of the old phrase “bright future” and for a microsecond it almost made sense…until you realized how stupid that sounded and unbelievably annoying it was on screen.

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      14 hours ago

      I think JJ attempted to use lens flares as a kind of directorial “signature,” (like Lucas’ wipe transitions or Wes Anderson’s symmetrical framing) but it just annoyed people and JJ is a hack.