The fights scenes were exactly what I was going to comment on Gilda. Why is it that American DPs and directors find it so hard to film a fight scene? From what I could see of the fights, it looked like they were choreographed well, just filmed and edited poorly. While in the past it was to cover up the obvious inexperience of the American cast members, many of today's action stars go through months of training before and during the filming to be able to pull off these scenes. Christian Bale performed well in Equilibirum, and can obviously hold his own in a fight scene. American DPs need to take a page out of the Asian DP playbook, using wide angle shots and very little cut scenes to showcase all the hard work the actors are putting into their roles.
But aside from this, the storyline and acting was spectacular, and I like the return to a simpler formula for these films, instead of the campy and exaggerated look of the previous ones.
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