From: e-mail.me@from.BRmovie.com   
      
   Standing in the dark, rainy shadows of a city alleyway, I spied the   
   Replicant Luke Hooft covertly transmitting a message to renegade   
   friends in alt.fan.blade-runner.  Tracking...   
      
   >POD {Ò¿Ó} wrote:   
   >   
   >> I'd say AOL to all that.  I do like it in some aspects, but I've always   
   >> hated that Jason Bourne "shake the camera like F**k" while they fight,   
   >> like in BB in the monorail at the end.   
      
   In the last Bourne film, we walked out the cinema feeling disoriented   
   and vaguely ill.  Camera shake used to be something they taught people   
   how not to do...   
      
   >I can grudgingly accept that style for Bourse, but it's just so wrong   
   >for Batman - at least not in anything other than small doses.   
   >   
   >I'm just so fucking sick of directors forgetting how to shoot action.   
   >Transformers had the same problem - cuts too quick, camera too close,   
   >and camera shaking. These techniques are all fine on their own and in   
   >small doses, but for God's sake, give me some nice, long, sweeping wide   
   >shots when something cool is happenning. Don't just imply it with a 8   
   >frame close-up of someone's left knee.   
      
   Amen to that.   
      
   >That's why I loved Children of Men - amazing action in a seamless 9   
   >minute shot, and many other shots of several minutes length too, and   
   >lots of handheld camerawork while still being completely follow-able.   
      
   Now that you mention it, I really grok what you're saying.   
      
   >I hope Christopher Nolan's learned his lesson but I'm not sure if he   
   >even believes there's anything wrong with his style.   
      
   The first step is to admit you have a problem ....   
      
   >Also, his favourite film is Blade Runner, and it was apparently a huge   
   >inspiration for Batman Begins, but apart from some of the sets I just   
   >don't see it. I WISH that film felt more like BR.   
      
   Errr.... Wasn't it, BR is a huge inspiration so while I feel that   
   surge of inspiration, I'll make damn sure I don't do anything that   
   looks like I'm copying it?   
      
   Netrunner   
      
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