There are some things that really get under my skin. One is the "shaky cam" in movies! I have been seeing it more and more every day. I know what the directors are after but a lot of it is so over the top it makes the movie absolutely un-watchable! Like the one I watched last night, "The A Team". I use to watch the original show back when it came on TV and I enjoyed it a lot. It seemed to have a lot of action and it didn't have the
"shaky cam". It left the viewer with the thought that what you saw, moving, exploding, crashing, fighting ...
was the action, not the camera man that seemes to have "Parkinson's Disease"!
The reason to watch a movie is to "see" what is going on not just a big blur where the action is. How can the viewer describe to someone about a fight scene or a chase scene if it was nothing more than a blur! It might go something like this, "I saw this movie last night it had a lot of action it it but I can't tell you much about it because it was so much of a blur that I had to close my eyes because it made me dizzy when I tried to watch it! But it had a lot of action though!"
Did it seem like there was action in the car chase in the movie, "Bullitt" with Steve McQueen back in 1968? Did it seem like there was action it the chariot race in the movie, "Ben Hur"? My point is if the directors do a good job then we the viewer can see the "real action" and not just a shaky cam technique! Maybe the director is after a "most shaky cam" award? I don't think they have that award yet. Perhaps the awards people should come up with one for the next awards night.
The reason to watch a movie is to "see" what is going on not just a big blur where the action is. How can the viewer describe to someone about a fight scene or a chase scene if it was nothing more than a blur! It might go something like this, "I saw this movie last night it had a lot of action it it but I can't tell you much about it because it was so much of a blur that I had to close my eyes because it made me dizzy when I tried to watch it! But it had a lot of action though!"
Did it seem like there was action in the car chase in the movie, "Bullitt" with Steve McQueen back in 1968? Did it seem like there was action it the chariot race in the movie, "Ben Hur"? My point is if the directors do a good job then we the viewer can see the "real action" and not just a shaky cam technique! Maybe the director is after a "most shaky cam" award? I don't think they have that award yet. Perhaps the awards people should come up with one for the next awards night.
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