Desire Avenue

Yesterday I saw the Bourne Ultimatum. It's a movie that is, like the previous movies about Jason Bourne, full of action and suspence. But I must warn that my stomach was working overtime because of the terrible camerawork. It seems that the new technique is that when a fight is on the screen that the camera has to move along with that. The shot is moving heavily because of that. I'm really getting sick of that (literaly).

i have heard similar complaints regarding this film from a few people I know who've seen it!

Well that's good to hear. Yesterday the three friends, I went to see the movie with, looked at me like I was mad when I told them it made me sick.

didn't this all start with 'the blair witch project'?

This free camera technique is more common than you think, it brings more immersion to the audience.
I remember some friends had the same comments when they watched Dancer in the dark at the cinema with me; but at this time I just said it's the Dogma rules
Back in the movie history, I remember a short sequence in Citizen Kane who also had the same shaking effect too.

I've now seen the Bourne Ultimatum and see what you mean; it's okay for action scenes, but what's the point of moving the camera in non-action verbal scenes?? strange and overdone; i hope people will complaint to the director/studio. This is too much! the movie is quite good though, allthough the ending wasn't that spectacular in my opinion...