Terminator: Dark Fate Trailer Reactions - 6 Ups & 6 Downs

3. It's Awfully Dark

Who turned out the lights? Some of the shots in there are pretty great, with an eye for composition and cinematographic depth that makes it look genuinely beautiful. And then there are other scenes that are simply not visible at all.

This is the film's first teaser: it should be setting everything out as frankly as possible, not shrouding it all in darkness and inviting accusations of a lighting imbalance. And yet here we are, doing exactly that because some of the sequences in there are impenetrably dark.

It's not a problem limited to this trailer by any means, because too many films equate atmosphere with "no light" and because darkness masks lots of effects work, but it's still frustrating enough to warrant mention.