I hate "shaky cam" cinematography and almost all "color filter" techniques* e.g. how "You Dont Mess With The Zohan" looks like you are watching through yellow tinted glasses.
What are your top annoyances?
*exception for "The Matrix's" green hue for scenes occurring inside the Matrix, which I thought looked good and was a pretty brilliant way to visually distinguish the worlds.
Unnecessary "arty" subtitles such as what Tony Scott used in several films
Overdone slow-mo
Tony Scott (rip) also had a tendency toward creating hazy-looking shots with lots of disorienting closeups. Probably one of my least favorite visual styles, although it worked for me on occasion ("Man on Fire").
shareYep, shaky cam is a definite pet peeve of mine. Some "episodes" of it are so bad that I have to stop watching.
Not sure where this fits, but sound editing, or whatever it is, when the background music is so loud you can't hear the dialogue.
Yup - both of those things will make me turn off, and go to bed!
shareI agree with both as pet peeves: shaky cam work, and background music drowning out dialogue.
shareWhen streets are wet and there are no clouds. Why do film makers still use this cliche?
The rotating and spinning camera shots. This effect always makes me dizzy.
When the music and sound effects overpower the dialogue. I hate having to rewind and turn on the subtitles.
Although film makers still use the shaky cam effect. I have noticed it is not as bad as it used to be. Bourne 3 and Star Trek 2009 are almost unwatchable. A new effect I have trademarked is the Bouncy Cam(TM). The camera seems to just "bobble" around for no reason. Modern Family is guilty of this. I can only watch sitcoms that use steady cam. Hopefully it will make a resurgence in the future.
It does seem to me that filmmakers are less concerned about dialogue intelligibility these days. And i dont just mean when the sound fx are busting your eardrums (though that is annoying as well), but lately i notice this problem even with quiet backgrounds.
shareWell, a lot of fake rain scenes bother me because i love the rain and if done well it can be so beautiful. So the other night i was watching the handmaid's tale and i swear the BEST RAIN SCENE EVER-SO relaxing in contrast to the horrible context of the story. I am really impressed with how this series is filmed, all the cinematic elements are superb.
shareMaking movies for cinemas but not at 24fps. Everything else looks like soap operas.
shareI know the "soap opera" effect you are talking about and im not a fan either, but I wonder what you thought about the look of "The Hobbit"? I dont perceive the soap opera effect on that one get even though it was shot at 48 fps.
shareTo be honest I didn't see The Hobbit in the cinema so I don't know.
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Bad films.
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When the dialogue is really quiet but SFX are extremely loud.
Intentionally pointless subtitles. I've noticed QT do it quite a bit in his films like Inglorious Basterds. E.g. Subtitling French to English but leaving some words in French, like "oui". Makes no sense to me.