Wow, I had never actually seen the new opening shot before. It looks absolutely awful. Far, far worse than I imagined it.
The old one has that old time feel to it. The new one looks like something done on photoshop. And again, I must pose the question: Why? It does absolutely nothing to improve the shot. Even the whole "well it is to show that the sun is going down since the film takes place during the course of one night night" explanation doesn't fly. The original shot still looks like it is just a short while before dark.