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Motion Sickness

posted 13 years ago by gtrz
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I've never watched a movie before where I actually became physically ill, until this one.
The camera work in this movie is atrocious. I could only watch the first twenty minutes of this film before I had to turn it off due to motion sickness.

I get that they were going for a documentary style of filming, but this one went way too far. Completely unwatchable for me.
I never thought I would need to take dramamine before watching a film but for those suceptable to motion sickness, it is an absolute must.
Any qualities that this movie may have had will remain a mystery to me because of the constant shaking of the camera.

[–] kinsayder 9 years ago

I get that they were going for a documentary style of filming

If a professional documentary maker shook his camera all the time and that badly, you'd think he was drunk or suffering from Parkinson's. In fact, a lot of documentary makers now seem to aspire to a cinematic look, with long, still, contemplative shots and smooth pans.

The style that was being imitated here seemed more like a clumsy YouTube amateur "scene of the disaster" video. It does evoke a particular feeling of urgency and panic when used with discretion, but gets very tiring when the director keeps it up during the whole movie.

[–] Sidewindr 8 years ago

Unfortunately Uwe Boll tends to employ the shaky cam style for most of his movies and generally overuses it... He uses this style for even the most mundane of shots which basically dilutes the effect it can have and nullifies any scene where it is employed.