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The fuck is wrong with him?


Does he have epilepsy? Parkinson’s? Why the fuck does he keep shaking the fucking camera in every fucking movie? It’s impossible to watch them, especially during fast paced action scenes.

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Dude you are so right. I hate this guy and his lame camera work.

He has ruined some good films by shaking the cam. I refuse to watch his work.

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Even when people are just sitting and talking, the damn camera keeps moving.

It’s distracting as hell.

It’s like trying to listen to a conversation in a restaurant but someone keeps rolling your chair around.

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bingo. exactly my opinion

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I still love the Bourne trilogy. They're well written & Matt Damon is great in them but man oh man, the action makes me feel nauseous

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First one isn’t bad because it wasn’t directed by him.

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Don't know

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That's his shtick. He likes to keep his film running fast and frantic, like he's filming a live news documentary in a warzone or something.

He comes from the Michael Bay school of camera over people and story.

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sorry but that is all horseshit and a DELUDED rationalisation. yes i know that's what he "says" is his reason.

but it's idiotic at best.

the camerawork should never become noticeable to the point where it takes you out of the 'suspension of disbelief'

IMO he is a crank if he has to resort to GIMMICKS like shakicam to try to 'gain credibility'


reminds me of the artists in the 60s who hung blank white canvases in the met in NYC (true story. source: 'the painted word' by tom wolf)

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There is some method to his madness. His retelling of the Bloody Sunday massacre is by far the best film made on the subject. His other stuff that I've seen is meh.

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i think he has iritable bowell syndrome, so he can't be still. yep, that must be it

lol fuck paul greengrass. he has ruined so many movies with his gimmicky shakicam

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