very unpleasant

Rating: 2/10 (27 December 2012)

warning: this film has a huge amount of freely swinging camera work - mostly at moments that make no sense. no, this is not a film where the picture shakes when the hero is running; this is a film where there are lots of long takes with steadicam, then when the camera zeros in on naomi watts face, the cinematographer - for no obvious dramatic reason or benefit - shakes the camera so much her face goes off the screen left and right. the film made me so motion sick, i had to leave the theater after about 80 minutes fortunately, i didn't feel i was missing much. the tsunami scene was great, but after that, naomi watts did a good job, but i can't say anyone else did.
i have no problem with the heroes being anglo - it's a movie done from a tourist's point of view. fine with me. i had no problem seeing injuries - other than they didn't quite make sense to me - but i'm a doctor and maybe i'm too fussy here.
but i saw no drama, little humanity, no heroism.