Not exact matches
In the absence
of decisive, quick
action to tackle this
slow -
motion crisis, the best - case scenario for the next few years is that America becomes a much riskier place to do business.
In addition, the three resident PGA instructors take advantage
of high - speed cameras and digital playback equipment to teach golfers by visualizing their swing in stop
action or
slow motion.
It thrusts you into the thick
of the
action, leaves you perched precariously on the edge
of your seat, fingernails bitten to the quick, mouth hanging open and heart pumping as the ball spins in
slow motion towards the net, and then elated by the deafening roar
of the crowd or deflated by another crushing defeat.
In this low - impact,
slow -
motion exercise, you go without pausing through a series
of motions named for animal
actions — for example, «white crane spreads its wings» — or martial arts moves, such as «box both ears.»
It's as if I'm watching an over the top
action movie and fast forwarding to all
of the
action packed sequences and replaying them in
slow motion over and over.
Performances are uniformly not great; the whole thing takes place at night and even scenes inside the house are lit too dark; a PG - 13 rating holds back the violence, most
of the
action features a weird reliance on cheesy
slow motion, and - perhaps the film's greatest misstep - the tech house angle is barely utilized.
Each
action sequence looks like an expressionist painting and are strengthened by Jenkins's exceptional use
of slow motion (a style I've resented in recent years).
Is Zack Snyder's «Sucker Punch» a story
of self - empowerment and fantasy worlds, a dream come true — or just another over-the-top
action film with
slow -
motion cinematography?
While a little long and full
of some pretty hefty amounts
of cheese (
slow motion action scenes complete with
slow motion talking abound), Young Guns is just downright entertaining, especially if you love the 80s.
The
action of the romance is the film is reduced to
slow -
motion gestures, sidelong glances, and shared pauses, and, in turn, what we recall
of the film is reduced to its essence: We may remember the impossibly rich red
of a wall, the undulations
of a pot
of noodles, the patterns
of Mrs. Chan's cheongsams, the smoke
of Mr. Chow's cigarette.
I don't want to ruin anything, but the
action reminded me
of how Robert Downey Jr. in the Sherlock Holmes movies would would use a
slow motion inner monologue to determine the best ways to kill everyone in the room, and then shows you how he does it at normal speed.
If you are familiar with Woo's work, you will be comfortable with the constant barrage
of violent
action, the
slow -
motion for emphasis and double - getting the drop on the other guy.
The main carryover from Woo's Hong Kong thrillers is the elegant sense
of craft in his articulation
of action sequences, though the degree
of stylization is much less: Woo specialties, like
slow motion, tend to be restricted to short individual shots rather than taking up whole sequences.
«Mash - Up
of Awesomeness: Slo - Mo» focuses the franchises more intense
action scenes in
slow -
motion.
But renowned Hong Kong
action director Woo puts a striking new spin on the chaos, using lots
of slow motion, freeze frames, and dissolves during the many well - staged
action sequences.
Wong's violent interludes are most often brief riots
of slurred or
slow -
motion action alternating unexpectedly with freeze - frames; these sequences, delivered so rapidly one can often barely perceive what's happening, are obviously abstract versions
of the
action scenes in conventional martial - arts films (The Eagle Shooting Heroes included).
He tugged them, slyly, like a man doing a
slow -
motion rug trick, to his own corner
of the
action.
Slow Motion Endings Every one of Anderson's live action films features an slow motion ending set to a pop s
Slow Motion Endings Every one of Anderson's live action films features an slow motion ending set to a pop
Motion Endings Every one
of Anderson's live
action films features an
slow motion ending set to a pop s
slow motion ending set to a pop
motion ending set to a pop song.
After the monologues trickle to an eventual stop, there come the sort
of Matrix - inspired
action sequences involving fast impact and
slow -
motion resolution, lots
of guns in the John Woo tradition, and lots
of water in the Adrian Lyne tradition.
Action highlights for the zombie - filled adventure include hundreds
of Alice clones storming an underground fortress, a rooftop face - off against an army
of zombies and a MATRIX - inspired
slow motion battle with Wesker.
The over-the-top
action is pretty good, if oddly directed; car chases and gunfights will vacillate between conventionally filmed excitement and kooky close - ups and
slow -
motion shots
of Helen Mirren firing two guns out
of the windows
of a spinning car.
Finally, we get «
Action Is Art: A Study
of Ushio Shinohara's Boxing Painting» (3:39), a short that presents the artist's boxing glove methods, taken outside and applied to glass showing Manhattan skyline behind it, in highly artistic super
slow motion.
But while Creevy struggles with the basics
of suspense — often indulging in the same hacky, buzz - killing slow motion shots as he did in Welcome To The Punch — his direction of the film's modestly conceived action sequences is serviceable: a relentless foot chase through the winding streets and picturesque houses of a medieval town; an escape from a Hagen - owned warehouse that's directed in part as a Children Of Men - style long take; and the centerpiece, a head - spinning, car - wrecking pursuit down the Autobah
of suspense — often indulging in the same hacky, buzz - killing
slow motion shots as he did in Welcome To The Punch — his direction
of the film's modestly conceived action sequences is serviceable: a relentless foot chase through the winding streets and picturesque houses of a medieval town; an escape from a Hagen - owned warehouse that's directed in part as a Children Of Men - style long take; and the centerpiece, a head - spinning, car - wrecking pursuit down the Autobah
of the film's modestly conceived
action sequences is serviceable: a relentless foot chase through the winding streets and picturesque houses
of a medieval town; an escape from a Hagen - owned warehouse that's directed in part as a Children Of Men - style long take; and the centerpiece, a head - spinning, car - wrecking pursuit down the Autobah
of a medieval town; an escape from a Hagen - owned warehouse that's directed in part as a Children
Of Men - style long take; and the centerpiece, a head - spinning, car - wrecking pursuit down the Autobah
Of Men - style long take; and the centerpiece, a head - spinning, car - wrecking pursuit down the Autobahn.
Director White tries to hide the use
of body doubles through
slow -
motion inserts
of the stars in
action, but it's not terribly effective.
Director Kathryn Bigelow gives the proceedings a hefty dose
of style, using a lot
of dreamy
slow motion and quick editing, and staging the
action scenes with great energy; her most brilliant work here are the on - screen recreations
of the SQUID clips, shot in long takes and with appropriately edgy and shaky handheld camera work.
strange very talky thriller... very good acting by all... a film
of style over substance I think... good soundtrack and an excellent
slow -
motion action sequence when someone gets shot in a car but has a very ABRUBT ending that confuses!
What follows in both Gibson's film and Fulci's is a period fantasy leaking blood and viscera, scored with drama and shot in operatic
slow -
motion: tales
of martyrs and heroes,
of battles against the unclean (more suggested in Gibson's film as a steely - eyed, newly - risen saviour gets ready to rock), and, in their different / same ways, reduced to the barest elements
of conflict -
action - resolution, repeat.
Bay continues to use extraneous
slow -
motion shots
of robots jogging, leaping, and flipping cars over, and the
action sequences are lifted wholesale from the two previous movies, including a highway chase, fleeing a snake - like machine with a buzz - saw mouth, and that protracted final clash in a city (this time Chicago).
And when a substance
of hers, that Buchannon describes as stronger than «bath salts on meth,» washes up on shore, the gang goes into
action to solve the crime, but also for additional phallic jokes (more than just Oscar's member is sacrificed on the alter
of cheap laughs), near drownings, shootings, various vomiting scenes (a body function that seems to have totally replaced farting in the screenwriter's lowest denomination guidebook), shipboard fires, shark attacks, Mitch getting fired and replaced by Brody, and
slow -
motion shots
of well - endowed women running up and down the beach.
And on a technical level, Wright brilliantly mimics the structural characteristics
of these films, with rapid - fire editing (Wright deploys Bay's fast - edited style to such a degree that there can be up to eight cuts per second in a few
action sequences, a noticeable and hilarious gag) and swooping, circling and
slow motion camerawork that would make John Woo proud.
The big visual difference is that once commands are executed,
actions immediately play out in dramatic cinematic
slow -
motion close - ups where you can see the detail and personality
of the 3D models interacting with one another in bloody engagement.
And about five minutes into a tedious prologue that features a novel's worth
of voiceover, blather about a virus that makes people dangerously embrace their emotions, and a sloppy
action scene
of murder and fucking that included a pair
of bare tits disturbingly distorting in
slow -
motion, I thought only, «Fuck me.»
Of course, this is also comes with few advanced mode, such as Smart Pro,
Action Freeze,
Slow Motion Video, Auto Cloud Back - up, Share Shot, Buddy Photo Share, AllShare Play and more.
Despite the fact that they can run at great speed, most
of their
actions around the house are in decidedly
slow motion, and they are definitely not snap - to - it obedience prospects.
Stopping time, diving through the air in
slow motion and rewinding
actions to have another shot at success are but a few examples
of a power we all fantasise about and are always eager to live through within games.
One
of the highlights that keeps the focus on the
action is a
slow motion crash cam that zooms in and
slows down the video on the games biggest crashes.
You can watch a full race replay with the ability to watch in
slow motion, pause, fast forward, rewind, change the camera angles for a different view
of the
action or enter the free camera feature.
The gunplay is reminiscent
of the first game and combines frantic
action with
slow -
motion barrages
of bullets.
You can watch a full race replay with the ability to watch in
slow motion, pause, fast forward, rewind, change the camera angles for a different view
of the
action and to view the
action from the previous or next rider, restart the replay or enter the free camera feature.
The game, which bears all the filmic hallmarks
of the developer's earlier work — including jump cuts, camera swirls and
slow -
motion action sequence — will even ship with its own tie - in TV show.
Very cool stuff in
slow motion where you get the satisfaction
of every move you would not see because the regular
action occurs at a very high speed.
Special
actions include a nice
slow motion «reflex mode» (can be disabled) that displays a visual arc in the direction
of the enemy who spotted you and that familiar exclamation point and sound.
While the art style is completely different in Samurai II: Vengeance than it is in Shadowgun, going for a more anime - style
of art, the game itself is hack n» slash at it's finest where you can break out combos against multiple enemies and even get some
slow motion final killing blow
action in there as well.
You can vault over cover, resulting in
slow motion in which you can continue firing at your enemies, but fans
of John Woo will certainly be disappointed with the lack
of a shoot dodge ability, given that the game partially takes its inspiration from Woo's own Chinese
action films.
Los Angeles painter Patrick Wilson presents a magnificent new body
of his brilliantly constructed, abstract acrylic on canvas paintings in his highly anticipated third solo exhibition
Slow Motion Action Painting at Marx & Zavattero, June 2 - July 14, 2012.
The duration
of Sterle's continuous
action is underlined by the technical device
of a video medium - the act
of running is put in
slow motion.
A third man walked into the room, sat down, and watched the
action, the women rolling in
slow motion and the man moving about the room, taking stock
of things.
Shot primarily in
slow motion, the competitive nature
of the Jiu - Jitsu fighters and racehorses is paralysed by an extreme aestheticisation, transforming scenes
of action into objects
of contemplation and visual pleasure.
Mark Lynas's Six Degrees * is first, a graceful yet massive synthesis
of a very large selection
of scientific research papers; second, an eloquent and honest plea for
action on the «
slow -
motion crisis» that is climate change; and third, a coherent account
of how global warming would affect humans and their world, if allowed to proceed.
Super
slow -
motion video seems gimmicky, at least in the case
of the XZ2, because you have to anticipate when the
action you'll want to
slow down will occur.