The perfect cherry on top of this cat and mouse sundae is the fact that, while sprinting, players can turn their heads and look behind them, with a short
sequence of slow motion and motion blur, and briefly catch a glimpse of the disfigured monsters barreling down upon them, before they either narrowly escape or are devoured upon.
Not exact matches
Seeking to understand how the cone snail springs its
slow -
motion trap, the Utah researchers searched the gene
sequences of all
of the proteins expressed in the venom gland
of Conus geographus.
In a
slow -
motion sequence - accompanied by the slowly - building tone
of Strauss's Also Sprach Zarathustra - he picks up an animal bone and uses it to smash at and shatter the skeleton, first tentatively and then more vigorously.
Another notable strength
of the film is the slick imagery, courtesy
of DP Gianfilippo Corticelli, who uses
slow -
motion shots stylishly and appropriately (a
sequence with Cruz dancing in a puddle as Hirsch photographs her is stunning.)
An unfazed tough guy walking away from an massive explosion in
slow motion, it's a tipping point reached long ago — this
sequence has become a well - worn cliché in the visual vocabulary
of pop culture even beyond cinema.
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.
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).
His near - parody trademarks are still on display (excessive
slow -
motion, and you better believe just one image
of a bullet - riddled American flag isn't enough) but these are well - staged, pulse - quickening
sequences.
Though it has a lot
of fun playing with slasher tropes and cinema in general (showing the way Max and her friends are affected by elements like musical cues, monochromatic flashback
sequences and
slow motion within the fictional movie), the film isn't funny or scary enough, ultimately becoming a victim
of its own satire due to its insistence on preserving the genre's traditionally bad acting and writing.
Rosi uses the same montage style from the «baptism murder»
sequence in Coppola's film, cutting from a lavish dinner held in Luciano's honour to scenes
of bosses being shot to death in various locations, mostly in Peckinpah-esque
slow -
motion.
Kurzel manages to develop him outside
of his prose alone in some stunning battle
sequences that reinvigorate the artistry
of slow motion.
Carla not only has some
of the only entertaining solo scenes in the film, but she's also instrumental in some
of its best comedic moments - including a
slow -
motion dodgeball fight between all the film's parental and kid characters that comes at the end
of an already entertaining
sequence set within a SkyZone trampoline park.
Whether that actually a good thing or more
of a Trojan Horse to smuggle in more hyper macho battle scenes and
slow motion sequences of giant mortar shell casings falling to the ground (because big guns are so awesome, guys, right?)
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.
It's an incredibly stylish homage to the genre, with gorgeous high contrast black and white cinematography and plenty
of slow motion moody dream
sequences.
Part
of the time, Ritchie, who shares screenplay credit with Harry Potter executive producer / Man from U.N.C.L.E scribe Lionel Wigram and lapsed filmmaker Joby Harold (the 2007 thriller Awake), applies the Sherlock Holmes treatment: the cloudy gray visuals, the
slow -
motion fight
sequences, the irony - heavy anachronistic sense
of humor.
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).
We once again get some choice British Invasion tunes effectively married to
slow -
motion character strolls; The Kinks should be grateful for the potent exposure three
of their songs are given, while the Rolling Stones» «Play with Fire» is employed for the film's most affecting
sequence, adding to the list
of instances where the director and band are in harmony.
Fantasy
sequences involving Conrad's reconstruction
of his mother's car accident play out in beautiful
slow -
motion sequences.
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.
The curiosity factor is certainly high on the streaming service's first aspiring blockbuster, a movie that looks every bit the big - screen effects extravaganza — right down to its sickly neon glow and cacophony
of slow -
motion fight
sequences.
Doc may be better socially and sexually connected, but his quizzical expression and foggy consciousness, sometimes evoked in
slow motion sequences, belie a void, a sense
of loss at the heart
of the film.
All the
slow motion, tracking moves, and framing and wide and long shots are hauntingly descriptive: In that strangulation
sequence, a shot in an apartment hallway with Bulger and his victim in the foreground slowly accommodates, in the background, one out -
of - focus henchman, then another.
Whether this is meant as a critical genre analysis (See, music
sequences in a musical are expendable contrivances, so to demonstrate, here are some
slow -
motion sequences of gunfire and swordplay to serve as a substitute) or a terribly misfired homage is beside the point.
Front - runner: «Split's» fragmented title
sequence cleverly hints at the villain's multiple personalities, and «Baby Driver» has an impeccably choreographed coffee run set to «Harlem Shuffle»; «Wormwood» — the Netflix docu - series that also got a theatrical release as a movie — has a dreamy depiction
of a man falling in
slow motion from a hotel window.
The
slow -
motion that's become the Wong - Doyle trademark seems in a few
sequences to almost resemble pixilation, and the close - up / wide - angle photography is clearly
of a piece with their other mid-nineties output, including Chungking Express and Fallen Angels.
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.
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!
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 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.
It looks like a lot
of terrible acting in between overly dramatic
slow motion sequences and ridiculous dialogue.
The mother and son's inevitable escape makes for a harrowing
sequence that exemplifies both the best
of Larson's raw - nerve performance and the worst
of Abrahamson's technique, fumbling between zooms and
slow motion.
As in In the Mood for Love, Wong repeatedly finds the perfect visual and aural complements to his characters» romantic rapture, as in the stunning (goddamn stunning)
slow -
motion shot
of Faye watching no. 663 drink a cup
of coffee, or the screwball comedy
of Faye's apartment - cleaning
sequences, or the ways in which Wong uses the Mamas and the Papa's «California Dreaming» (over and over again) to express the lovers» tumultuous relationship.
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.
The resurgent Babette Mangolte's Water Motor (1978)(Broadway 1602 / Sikkema Jenkins) elegantly documents Trisha Brown's loose - limbed dancing, with a seductive repetition
of the
sequence in
slow motion.
Projections
of birds in
slow motion flight overlap onto the nest - like structure, much like a dream
sequence, intended to induce heightened levels
of awareness and peace.
You have to keep the camera still, or it won't record it, and if your subject mistimes the movement even slightly, you can end up with the wrong part
of the
motion sequence slowed down.
Begin
slow motion sequence, set to Chariots
of Fire music: I would've shoved my purse into your arms and ran full - blast towards it... yelling full - on Braveheart - They - Will - Never - Take - Our - Freedom -(Or - Our - Vintage - Quilt)- style.