Another great story destroyed by Amateurs- ONLY watch if you like nausea and headaches

Rating: 2/10 (8 April 2016)

This story is an important one. Its a piece of history that should be told, and passed on to future generations. Sadly, that won't happen with this movie. The directing and editing destroyed the film. You won't get more than a minute of normal viewing before the viewer is painfully removed from the experience by nausea inducing shaky cam, out of focus hyper close ups, and strobe lighting effects. And the makers of Pawn Sacrifice used all the amateur tactics that predictably pull the viewer out of the experience of enjoying a movie. In the end I made it less than 20 minutes in before I had to walk away because of nausea. I can understand directors who really want to be cool more than they want to make a watchable movie. What I have trouble understanding is why investors would through away cash producing a movie that about a third of the population can't watch without physically becoming ill. They've proved that these tactics decimate the income potential of a movie- and the IMDb ratings. Even if someone makes it all the way through, and enjoyed the story and performances, their body feels like the just sailed a canoe through hurricane leaving a generally dissatisfied feeling about the movie. Increasingly directors are finally starting to take notice that a lot of people really hate being assaulted at the movies. Yet, the investors knew what they were doing, and presented this movie for our review. Its a real shame. This could have been an award earning movie. Now its just another wasted shaky cam amateur production. I've seen teenagers with phone cameras produce more professional movies. How much money did they throw away on this experiment? I used to deduct 2-3 points from my rating for shaky cam because it was a new tool that producers want to explore, develop and integrate in to their story telling. I gave some slack because it was new. Now we're very familiar with the tactics, and the feedback is in. We know for a fact that very large numbers of the audience hates it- and won't watch it even if its a movie we really want to see. Now when a big budget movie comes out with this assaulting style of editing, it will never get better than a 2 on IMDb. And if I went to a theater to watch it, it will result in a refund and several online reviews. I hope that I have helped others avoid wasting their time, and a night of being sick. How long would a restaurant stay in business if they made a third of the clients sick? About as long as the amateurs who produced this movie will find investors for their next project. Not long.