Great movie, terrible camera work

Rating: Null/10 (30 July 2004)

The movie was excellent, a classic thriller that grabs you by the neck and never lets go. However, the "jitter-cam" effect made me want to throw up a number of times throughout the film. The action scenes and car chases were marred by what appeared to be a cameraman with severe epilepsy. I hated it. My wife kept asking me what the hell was going on. If I had been sitting in the middle of the theater (where I like to sit) instead of near the back where she likes to sit, I DEFINITELY would have lost my cookies during this film.
There is NO reason they had to make the shakeycam a prime part of the movie. It was plenty exciting without it. I thought it ruined many parts of the movie.