Black and white can be great. For instance, in The Wizard of Oz, it serves as a differentiation between reality and fantasy worlds. Pleasantville uses it as wel

Black and white can be great. For instance, in The Wizard of Oz, it serves as a differentiation between reality and fantasy worlds. Pleasantville uses it as well. There is a large volume of pretentious monochrome. There are some actual good works though. I prefer good art. Good art exists in both color and monochrome. I had similar thoughts to yours until I read, "So, I got the hi-res footage from the studio, and we graded it into black-and-white. I worked with Cyrus Stowe, who was the colorist on this version. Basically, we went through it scene-by-scene, and he was really great." They didn't just put a feather in their cap and call it macaroni. They spent the time to get each scene contrasted correctly.