What you said.
It's nice to know I'm not the only one who finds the drunkard's point-of-view cinematic style unwatchable.
I agree wholeheartedly about modern cinematography. The moving camera, combined with scenes that last less than two seconds, are very distracting.
Check out this music video from 1961, and note how long each shot lasts, and how stable the camera is. It allows you to really enjoy what you're watching and hearing.
#####It’s nice to know I’m not the only one who finds the drunkard’s point-of-view cinematic style unwatchable.#####
Ditto. A friend talked me into going to see the new Bourne movie last week. I could handle the Political Correctness, which was mild by comparison to a lot of films. But that MTV style is ridiculous. I thought close-ups were the cinematic equivalent of a punctuation mark. CUs tend to lose their value when they constitute half the film. The shaky camera also might have some value for a specialized scene (conveying that a character is ill, or something), but for the whole damn movie?
And these films must be aimed at audiences with ADD because it’s rare for a shot to last more than five seconds.
I went home and watched CASABLANCA on DVD as an antidote.