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Camera phones have destroyed the movie industry...

posted 9 years ago by john_bolin2002
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All these crappy POV movies showed up at the same time as the camera phone came on to the market.
It is fun to watch on youtube a stupid man fall down a mountain, for a minute or two, a feature length movie shot in POV well...

To be able to pull off a shaky POV movie you need to be a director with at least Oscar nominee level of skill.

If you are not and still want to do a POV movie, then stick to porn.

My god a pg-13 Zombie movie what will they think of next?

[–] Smdng 9 years ago

POV will never work in movies, especially action movies. Doesn't matter who the director is. The point of a movie is to experience it from an third person point of view. If I wanted first person I'd play a *beep* game, at least then I womt want to go vomit every 3 minutes from incoherent action.
This director managed to get 4 great actors and he really squandered their talents all on a whim to try and replicate Hardcore Henry.