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Stupid shaky-camera gimmicking retard

posted 13 years ago by Riding_With_The_Valkyries
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Well done Boll, now you're relevant

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[–] resevil80 13 years ago

Yeah, I hate shaky cam too, but it didn't bother me here, they were going for a documentary feel, ala The Shield.....When it bothers me is in a straight up action movie where the shaky cam and quick cut editing ruins the action altogether.....I could still tell what was going on here, and I never felt it took away from the movie...but I see where your coming from lol

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[–] roy2k 13 years ago

I don't mind shaky cam- loved Blair Witch and the other one where the giant flea attacks the city. But I think they were going for more of an "earthquake" feel rather than documentary. And to add to the shakes we get SUPERtight headshots no... face shots, no... NOSE shots. Does counting skin pores add to the drama? And I don't think one scene held on for more than 3 seconds before edit. It was a very tiring and distracting NONSTOP SHAKE/ZOOM/CUT FEST!!!!!

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[–] 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.