Tracking shots for the sake of

tracking shots!

This film has the longest camera tracking shots that didn't add anything to my interpretation of the movie. It was as if the director and cinematographer decided to impress the audience with really superb smooth camera movements in telling the story. Those filmmakers definitely succeeded in the technical aspects of expert photography.

Does showing a close-up of a man walking for up to 2 minutes add to our interest in the story? Ingmar Bergman famously used long close-ups of an actor or actress standing still while expressing emotions and thoughts. That was his talented usage of elapsed time in a film. There are many means available to filmakers today to show elapsed time.

Camera dolly shots today can be done expertly in films from throughout the world. When they're used to fill screen time, the films don't appear significant and awesome, just pretentious.