Well this was fun until I posted about mute an then tried the up button to win and was really disappointed. Here I thought I was working up on a gradient and the gradient was flat. Not cool. I have to give 3 just for the developers b/c it wasn't them that decided to make it so easy - it was the movie producers.
Apple _does_ care about their design - simple is better. A famous quote says, "perfect design is not when there is nothing else to add, but nothing left to take away."
I had to leave the tree screen twice, before it would let me attempt to solve it. (The trees turn a lighter color once you've left the screen enough times)