Not entirely bad, I guess, but very obvious. Flashes are much brighter than actual firearms make. Not sure how that's going to impact overall gunplay with actors basically pointing their firearms & going "bang!" rather than having an actual shot to react to. But then again gasoline explosions make huge fireballs which aren't what real ordnance creates & we got used to that.
shareI think a lot of productions are doing this because of the Alec Baldwin thing. Which in my opinion is ridiculous. But hey, safety first right?
There is a scene in once upon a time in Mexico, where they didn't have any real guns/blanks to use, so Robert Rodriguez just shot the scene with Antonio Banderas just pretending to shoot. If I didn't watch it with directors commentary on, I'd have never of noticed.
Not certain I would have noticed had I not heard about the switch beforehand, but once you realize it, it becomes very obvious. Still have to wonder what it's like for the actors. In addition to no shot being fired on the set, now firearms really have infinite ammunition & need never run out.
shareI definitely noticed, and then my brother told me the go. I mean, I don't think we are throwing out all rhyme and reason, bullets still run out, when the plot calls for it. I've never really minded movies or TV shows that have unlimited ammo. Just as long as they are consistent with it.
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