I hear the term "dark" referred to in movie and book reviews and I don't know what they mean by that description.
2007-04-15 03:29:43 · 8 answers · asked by whalenfree 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
People have called me a "dark" author, so I looked it up in the dictionary. It says "not too bright".
This type of dark/bright contrast has to do with happiness though. Dark is pessimistic, it shows the "dark" side of human nature or it shows the world as an evil or dangerous place.
It's usually set at night, when stereotypically the prostitutes, criminals, ghosts, monsters and other outcasts of society are out.
Most westerns aren't dark because even though there are bad guys, the world is basically a good place. A mafia film or vampire film is usually dark because even if the good guys win, there's an unsettling feeling that not everything is right.
It has nothing to do with intelligence level.
2007-04-15 03:40:28 · answer #1 · answered by dude 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
To me for like horror I think it means it goes beyond the normal slasher movies to a place where you know your watching a movie or reading a book but you can't turn away or put it down even though you know it is the most twisted thing you have ever seen read, and you wonder how someone could think of this stuff. Good author for that is the king Stephen king. Good movie is Seven with brad pitt and Morgan Freeman
2007-04-15 04:59:16 · answer #2 · answered by robin b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that the topic of the film, and /or the protagonist (not necessarily, in this case, the hero exactly) is ugly or sick, or at least that's the way the reviewer saw it. I would say Kurt Russell's "DARK BLUE", or Denzel Washington's "Training Day" qualify for the term, for example. Also, Nicholson's "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest". (Comedies can be classified as "dark" as well as dramas, etc.) Does this help? Books like almost anything by Stephen King (I KNOW he writes horror stories, but his themes are frequently DARK), whereas Dean Koontz' horror stories are usually not dark... (?)
2007-04-15 03:48:12 · answer #3 · answered by Ja'aj };> 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's called "Queen Bees and Wannabes" by Rosalind Wiseman and it is a non-fiction book (a what to know about cliques and young teenage girls). I got it for when my oldest turned twelve and it has some good information. The story of Cady and the Mean Girls comes from examples and stories contributed by professionals and parents.
2016-05-20 22:04:01 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Imagine a light happy romantic comedy that doesn't require much thought into the plot and where everything works out for the best and everyone is happy in the end....now picture the exact opposite. That's dark.
2007-04-15 03:39:12 · answer #5 · answered by visioncarejenn 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's just like a black comedy it means you'll be laughting at things you not sopposed too. Such as person dieing in funny unexpected way.
2007-04-15 07:47:00 · answer #6 · answered by bumblecustard 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mysterious & intriguing perhaps.
2007-04-15 03:33:43 · answer #7 · answered by Shortstuff13 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it means it has to do with sinister thoughts or plots
2007-04-15 03:31:42 · answer #8 · answered by rgehron1031 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋