Bad camera work ruins possibly great movie

Rating: 1/10 (25 September 2010)

It's becoming a tradition. What should have been a wonderful film ruined by a director using the cinematographic styling of a first year film student. Jerky framing. Moving the camera to and from like a drunken dad using the video camera as the summer barbecue. A hand held camera operated by one with delirium tremors. This rapid twitchy camera technique was tried repeatedly in the '70s – there's even an Adam-12 episode that uses – but it was discarded because it got in the way of the story. Unfortunately the Blair Witch project caused a stir so we see a raft of insecure directors copying the amateur style. It's sad. This should have been a wonderful movie on an important topic, but in 20 years they will look at this movie as we now look at The Greatest Show On Earth and wonder how this ever won best picture.