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Can we not hold the damn camera still?

posted 8 years ago by Tyler-A-Arse
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All this shaky cam crap on close-ups and fight scenes, made worse by fast cuts is incredibly nauseating. Who in Hollywood thought this trend was a good idea. IMO, it's used to cover up a director's inability to convey action to a screen.

The scene involving Roscoe being attacked by the Harley Quinn wannabe (a.k.a. Sex-Head) was just pathetic. Since Zombie can't produce a decent action sequence, the thought he'd cover up his inadequate directing with a strobe light effect.

Gimme a break with this s**t.

[–] ElectricWarlock 8 years ago

I really enjoyed the film but I had a hard time figuring out what was going on at times with the shaky camera. Especially at the beginning when they are all kidnapped and taken to Murderworld. That's one of my only complaints.

[–] ramcamcole 8 years ago

The camera work sucked and the scenes were edited to *beep*

[–] Sobertoaster-764-479561 8 years ago

it's to compensate for *beep* choreography and bad action scenes.

yea it was a disaster.

[–] StaunchWoman 8 years ago

thought he'd cover up his inadequate directing with a strobe light effect.

That's exactly what's happened. You'd think it found-footage.

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