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One reason I tend to not enjoy big budget blockbusters is so many action scenes are not well shot from a holistic perspective.

Posted by Dano (aka dano) Aug 10 '20, 10:09

For me it's really important that I constantly have a grasp of the big picture of an action scene, meaning at any instant I should be able to put everything together as if I was watching one wide uncut shot. It's not a conscious thought sort of thing, my brain just feels like something is off and takes me out of the scene and movie.

So many action sequences just look like random CGI vomit all over the screen to me. So movies like Fury Road and the Bourne movies are great, but so many of them just don't do it all that well.

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Re-post: The problem with action movies today -- (link) - con_carne Aug 10, 10:18 [youtube]
The Russo’s best skill is how they frame and place the action scenes to give a reasonable sense of scope. - Will Hunting Aug 10, 10:12 4
- Continuity is a separate issue though -- nm - con_carne Aug 10, 10:17
- Yup, and there's a lot of thought along the lines of the first Captain America/Winter Soldier encounter being on the ground level. - David Aug 10, 10:16 2
  - huh -- nm - prayformojo Aug 10, 10:21 1
    - You can actually take it to another level. He jumps out of a plane in the first scene before later descending in the elevator. -- (edited) - David Aug 10, 10:31
It's the reason why the Transformers films fail so completely. There's zero cohesion. -- nm - David Aug 10, 10:11 3
- Yeah, they're the biggest CGI vomit offenders, but others are to a lesser extent. -- nm - Dano Aug 10, 10:36
- The slo-mo bot vs bot fights are like watching a kaleidoscope, but they do have some great long distance shots. -- nm - Max Aug 10, 10:19 1
  - Visual noise. Like shaking a box of car parts. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 10:25

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One reason I tend to not enjoy big budget blockbusters is so many action scenes are not well shot from a holistic perspective.

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