I think it's cheap if it's overused. But in the right places, at the right time, it can be perfect.

But if they're used well, what's wrong with using the same three chords?

Stop being so churlish, oh, bearded one.

it's called BOREDOm gmku!

sonic boredom, visual boredom, etc.

I agree that when used well a slo mo shot can enhance a film, that is obvious, but I rail against it's use in countless movies where it IS a cheap trick to make you "feel" an emotion that is not coveyed without the slo mo.

there are way too many filmmakers doing this, as well as too many filmmakers doing everything with the hand-held "unsteady" cam.

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im off to bed to watch Alien
prob fall asleep after 10 mins because im dead tired and its 2:35

sleep tight people

and so im not too off topic

theres slow motion in the matrix bla bla

Is there any slow motion in Alien?

Remember Raging Bull when he sees his child-bride at the gangster's table? He seeths with jealousy and the camera does a slow-mo pan.

Would it feel the same in real-time? Well, would it?

Yep, that's my point. It's appropriate for moments when nothing else would have the same impact. It has its place, definitely--just one more tool for the filmmaker.

no shit. everything i ahve said is that I hate it's OVER-USE by fucking loser ass ex-music video directors who use it to instill meaning where there is none.

scorsese uses very few slow motion elements and does it to great effect.

Wow, well, I sure must be an idiot, because I sure didn't get that from what you were saying earlier, Rob. My apologies.

I've also been cutting back on coffee. I may have to forget about that plan. I feel stupider without my caffeine.

Can we agree that when film techniques are used well, they are good?
When they are used poorly, they are bad?

I think we've broken new ground here. I feel a thesis project coming on.

used well or used poorly, my thing is that slo-mo is OVERUSED, when looking at the movies of the last ten years.

The use of slow motion, time-lapse, etc, can work wonders in a film. A Good filmmaker will use these techniques to stress a moment in time.

Bullet time took it a step further by producing an orbiting viewpoint of an action in slow motion.
It made films like the Matrix a jaw-dropping experience to watch.

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I've always thought it's funny because normal people sounding like wasted, dumbfounded old men is just too much.

Tension Mother Fucker!

because ever since the 1950s, the visual effects of hallucinogenic substances have permeated our pop culture. squares demand such effects minus the drugs and thus explains the special effects of modern movies and video games... the are obessesed with tripping, and this also explains the fascination with slow motion... i say

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to SuchFriendsAreDangerous again.


i think you may be right

I have been meditating on this very issue since I was ten and first heard about acid, and kept the vibe alive until my first psychedelic experience five years later. there is much more evidence then just my own fried out mind, most world culture embraces both hallucinogens and in particular hallucinogenic imagery, from Central America, Africa, Asia, Europe world-wide. I'd say special effects and images are just the 21st century equivilant to peyote art

...ive been watching this a lot... (my neighbor got the box set for xmas)

...i'd say the slow motion and time lapse photography is so fascinating because it reveals things we don't normally percieve...