Finally, I shot
some slow motion sequences using the special mode in each phone camera.
It looks like a lot of terrible acting in between overly dramatic
slow motion sequences and ridiculous dialogue.
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.
While weapons use is minimal, the hand - to - hand combat is brutal with sound effects and
slow motion sequences.
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?)
It's still way too much a Guy Ritchie film than a Sherlock Holmes film (and
that slow motion sequence through the woods made me want to scream).
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.
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.
The action
sequences, especially the climactic one, are choreographed with flair, with a few Matrix influences to be found (
slow motion, a camera circling the action).
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.
The follow - up to 2016's surprise superhero smash is even more overtly «edgy,» concluding its opening
sequence with a shot in which its nigh - indestructible hero is blown to bits, his severed head and limbs turning graceful
slow -
motion spirals as they ride a fireball toward the camera.
As a plus Pathfinder's sporadic action
sequences are spectacularly violent - limbs and heads fly and blood spurts arc gracefully through the air in
slow motion as the mighty Vikings bring their axes and swords down upon hapless natives, but when the characters aren't scuffling you'll begin to wonder what happened to the plot, or what's going on inside the characters» heads.
Only Cundey asserting himself now and again (particularly in a masterful ménage a trios
sequence shot in hallucinatory
slow -
motion) grants The Witch Who Came from the Sea its lingering cult status.
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.
The flashback
sequence was shot during the 2010 Tomatino festival with Swinton in the middle, gloriously wide - screen and
slow motion.
but the movie is too boring and just can be watched for action
sequences the
slow motion in the action
sequences and final sand blow in the castle has left without any impact.
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.
All joking aside, Danish provocateur Lars von Trier here turns in a product that, while undoubtedly sad, is also disarmingly beautiful (emphasis on the opening,
slow -
motion sequence) and emotionally resonant without feeling overbearing.
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.
The cinematography is inspiring, drawing from seemingly disparate techniques, from sprawling landscapes to sharp,
slow motion moves and frenzied hand held
sequences.
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.
The
slow -
motion sequences are absolutely stunning, and almost surreal.
From an opening
sequence that has a naked, greased - up Tom Hardy (as Petersen) punching at a cage in
slow -
motion while The Walker Brothers» art - pop classic «The Electrician» blares on the soundtrack, Bronson makes kicking ass — and waiting to kick ass — into an aesthetic all its own.
Indeed, her superfluous,
slow -
motion pole dance that sits beside the film's opening credits
sequence does serve as a useful and immediate red flag as to the lazily familiar road the underpowered film will tumble down.
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.
Gone are any swooping camera shots and
slow motion stylized death
sequences.
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.
And let's not forget about the action
sequences, which feature awesome fight choreography, impressive special effects allowing the heroes and villains to throw air, fire, water or air at each other, and some really cool long unbroken shots that use zoom - ins and
slow -
motion in a way that recalls «The Matrix» or «300».
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.
Raids and chase
sequences are depicted in crude
slow motion and accompanied by awkward synth music.
The hockey
sequences, incidentally, are for shit, with various extras falling down and skating in
slow -
motion whenever Youngblood's on the ice.
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).
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A bloody battle opens «Macbeth», a
sequence in which director Justin Kurzel shifts back - and - forth between real - time and
slow -
motion («300» - esque).
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.
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.
The
slow -
motion sequence splices together two landmark moments in the skater's infamously derailed career: the 1991 Skate America competition during which she lands her first triple axel jump and (after a judge orders her banned from competitive skating for life) a boxing match in which Harding is knocked down by her opponent, her body arcing across the air, blood gushing from her mouth as she hits the floor with a thunderous smash.
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.
Filmed in 3D with stunning
slow motion photography
sequences, the film returns the celebrated character to the dark, visceral incarnation from John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra's revered comic strip.