While there are problems
with choppy editing, uncertain continuity, and a failure to maintain a consistent tone, Diaz is never less than exhilarating in a guilty pleasure way, even when hunched over her desk with an expression of glazed, disheveled contempt.
With choppy editing, and odd camera movements, this feels more like a hyperkinetic Music Video rather than a feature film.
Not exact matches
V for Vendetta is a dud - far too long at nearly two and a half hours,
with flat, grungy visuals,
choppy editing and no sense of urgency.
Baker opts for a kind of «indie» look for Starlet,
with a roaming camera, overexposed, sunny lighting, and
choppy editing, but it all seems to have a purpose.
The quick,
choppy editing is akin to what you would find on daytime television,
with action sequences cut
with split - second fades as if they are themselves a trailer for a movie that was never actually made.
There are too many over-dramatized shots (especially
with blood red scenery), some odd
editing and
choppy dialogue / narration choices.
Yorick Le Saux's lensing is crystal clear, providing Mr. Gere
with the closeups that his fans live for, Douglas Crise's
editing is never
choppy (no martial arts fights or general mayhem that loses impact from too many cuts per second), and Cliff Martinez's music is never overbearing but just enough to add suspense to a plot that already builds to a crescendo before winding down in the final moments.
And, frustratingly, most action sequences fall victim to this plague of
choppy editing which seems to have permanently bonded
with Hollywood DNA.
Director Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) pops some eyes
with a thrilling sequence depicting Judah's escape from slavery during a shipwreck, while the chariot duel itself becomes a CGI-fest of
choppy editing and hurried frames.