I like this scene from Guy Ritchie's Revolver.
I usually hate the way he cuts his movies - generally speaking, I hate action scenes that rely heavily on fast cutting to give a feeling of rush and immediacy. With this scene, though, I feel everything element works beautifully. The Ken Burns effects (the camera panning over still images) set up each shot nicely so that we're always few milli-seconds ahead of Sorter and the bad guys. The way frames push each other up and down and sideways gives it a comic-book effect as well, and we get a proper sense of space as people walk in and out and trace each other. Bottom line, it's heavily stylized, but in a good way - the comic-book feel, the weird Ken Burns effect, the frames pushing each other... it's clear, it's methodical and it's professional. Like Sorter's character.
I usually hate the way he cuts his movies - generally speaking, I hate action scenes that rely heavily on fast cutting to give a feeling of rush and immediacy. With this scene, though, I feel everything element works beautifully. The Ken Burns effects (the camera panning over still images) set up each shot nicely so that we're always few milli-seconds ahead of Sorter and the bad guys. The way frames push each other up and down and sideways gives it a comic-book effect as well, and we get a proper sense of space as people walk in and out and trace each other. Bottom line, it's heavily stylized, but in a good way - the comic-book feel, the weird Ken Burns effect, the frames pushing each other... it's clear, it's methodical and it's professional. Like Sorter's character.
