alien sickness

Rating: 1/10 (20 September 2009)

I had to leave the cinema during this one before I threw up. Not because of the film's content or because I had too much popcorn. No, it was the old hand - held camera sickness. I tried closing my eyes for a minute or two at a time but every time I looked back at the screen, the excessive weaving and bobbing and jerking of the camera made me feel sick. There was no let up. Eventually, it all became too much and I staggered out of the hall into the fresh air. Took me about an hour to recover too.
Pity really, because when I could manage to watch the screen, the performance of Sharlto Copley in particular was clearly excellent.
Should have had a health warning and I'll think twice about going to see another "documentary style" movie.