how to stuff up a good action movie

Rating: 1/10 (1 September 2007)

Rule one of movie-making - while hand-held camera work SOMETIMES increases the intensity and urgency of a situation. A whole film where the cameraman is drunk and someone lost the tripod - sux big time.
Buy a damn tripod guys. Yes you Hollywood.
I told 6 of my friends that this was the movie to see. Yeah yeah, it was gonna be good. etc. etc. Oh boy was I wrong. All of my friends complained about the 'indie' film-making technique. One of my friends had to close her eyes she was getting sea sick! Wobble, wobble, wobble. Verdict - this movie was ruined by rubbish camera work. Someone in the cinema actually shouted out, "Hold the camera straight dude."
And what is with the endless close-ups on out-of-focus faces or bits of people?
Go back to film school guys, or better yet, BUY A DAMN TRIPOD! I know you're trying to be way out and experimental, blah, blah, blah. I can't believe you finished this picture and released it in this condition.
Please tell me this is NOT the way filmaking is going. By the way Hollywood, the hand-held camera is NOT realistic. When i run along, my eyes focus on something and remain steady. If my head shook about like your camera, it would explode. Try using script, actors and pacing to forward your story, rather than amateurish camera-work that hides bad fight choreography and slow car chases where the filmmakers are restricted by inner city speed limits.