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Cameraman apparently suffered from Parkinson disease.

posted 10 years ago by perrrob
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I know, bad joke (poor taste) and I'm a horrible person who eats babies for breakfast ... this should make the overly sensitive pussies happy now.

What the F was that idiotic cameraman smoking when he was "filming" this movie?

This is the most ridiculously shot movie that I have ever seen in my life ... camera shake and random zooms everywhere ... THIS NOT GREAT CINEMATOGRAPHY!!! ... it only make your audience sick (motion sickness).

I don't blame the actors (entirely) for this one ... this disaster is all on the director.

Get a clue for Christ sakes!

PS: Contrary to this movie, this post was not sponsored by the US Army Recruitment Office.
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[–] mp_usmc_srt 10 years ago

How odd and presumptuous that you actually beLIEve your thread would be offense.

This is the wrong board to look for empathy, sympathy or equality for the sick, lame, and lazy of society.

We don't do "politically correct" here or on the field of battle.

Feel free to carry on, You may pass your ID and ideas are good to go.

Freedom of speech much?

1st Admin. Never apologize for using your Rights.

[–] wesperkins 8 years ago

So you didn't watch the credits I see. Cameramen included Michael J Fox and Muhamed Ali.

I'm guessing that's the reply you wanted lol. Actually this movie didn't throw off my equilibrium as much as Cloverfiekd, but yes it was shaky. I guess they figured it would help out with the realism feel. It was slightly annoying to me, but wasn't a huge distraction for me.

[–] mp_usmc_srt 8 years ago

Nice joke because it's never too soon.

[–] DMB_Lover 8 years ago

I wish all of Hollywood would get a clue regarding shaky cam. I love Chris McQuarries's approach (Jack Reacher, Mission Impossible 5 and 6) to shaky cam. He said:

Well, the first thing I try to communicate to my crew is that there will be no shaky-cam and no rack zooms, because those techniques are only used to hide the fact that there is no energy

[–] dvst1983 8 years ago

no shaky-cam and no rack zooms, because those techniques are only used to hide the fact that there is no energy

fking bingo

[–] johnmiller (3964) 7 years ago

Handheld, cinéma vérité, "in the moment," etc. camerawork works only when executed by a highly talented cinematographer like John A. Alonzo, who made it work in "Black Sunday," etc. But, it's a rarity.

If that ain't you, better learn how to use a camera like it should be used, and not like a tennis racket. :-)

[–] NukeDude (817) 2 years ago

The movie was 90% combat.

Combat is not calm.

The camera work was reflective of that.

[–] Kowalski (76804) a year ago

❤️‍🔥

[–] Scape (527) a year ago

Could not agree more. We can thank Spielberg for the “shaky camera” Hollywood phase. Not his fault, but his ingenuity & brilliance with “Saving Private Ryan’s” opening caused over a decades worth of annoying camera movement copycats.

[–] Valerian (-279) a year ago

Shaky cam, which I call zig-zag-zoom cinematography, doesn't normally bother me, but here the camera dude went full throttle with it and it's ridiculous.