List of movies with Shaky Cam that make you dizzy

[zebracatzebra]

It's frustrating to get motion-sick or dizzy in a car, or on a boat, but now it seems more and more movies are causing this feeling. Have you seen a movie that made you dizzy??? While I singled out "shaky-cam" in the title, I'm referring to any camera style (e.g fast cut action, panning and zooming, etc.) that might make you dizzy. I didn't see a list out there already, so please help me build a list so that those of us who get motion-sick can avoid these movies!

Battle: Los Angeles
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Blair Witch Project
Chronicle
Cloverfield
Contraband
District 9
Green Zone
Halloween (2007)
Hunger Games
Irreversible
Paranormal Activity
Project X
Quantum of Solace
Safe House
The Adventures of TinTin
The Blair Witch Project
The Bourne Supremacy
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Grey
The Raid Redemption
United 93

[Foggy]

TinTin? Shaky Cam?

The only film I've suffered a headache from was Bourne Ultimatum, but I guess a decent one to add is Battle: Los Angeles

[Fabiosugitani]

I was about to get sick on the first 30 minutes of Hunger Games. It got better after they left the district.
I don't understand why they do this if it's not a home made video, like Blair Witch Project and Cloverfield.

[cinemaphile]

None. They don't make me sick or queasy or nauseous or anything.

[Tony208]

none of them make me dizzy and I can follow everything but I still hate them nonetheless

just a poor substitute for real action

[cinemaphile]

Originally Posted by Tony208

none of them make me dizzy and I can follow everything but I still hate them nonetheless

just a poor substitute for real action

I like them when it makes sense. Sometimes in a war movie or something where it helps with the feeling of chaos and confusion. I just hate when they use shaky cam for no reason. Like theres movies where the camera's all over the place in a two-person dialogue scene.

[P@t_Mtl]

The movies of Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu have so much camera movement they are impossible to follow

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[zebracatzebra]

Originally Posted by Foggy

TinTin? Shaky Cam?

Yep, this film definitely made me dizzy. The boat scene with the rocking back and forth and the way the action scenes were cut, I had to turn it off part way through.

And that's a bummer about Battle: Los Angeles. I heard it had great lfe, guess I'll never find out.

[ButtaCheez]

While it wasn't really shaky, the beginning of IRREVERSIBLE could certainly fall into this catergory...

[KubrickFan]

Poor camera work is poor camera work, regardless if it's handheld or not (hand held isn't bad per se). In movies like Jarhead or shows like The Thick of It, it works wonderfully.

And while Tintin can't even have handheld shots (since there's no camera), there aren't even shots in there that are supposed to look like they're handheld.

[toddly6666]

You can add "Beasts of the Southern Wild" to that list.

[Barbossa]

Originally Posted by cinemaphile

I like them when it makes sense. Sometimes in a war movie or something where it helps with the feeling of chaos and confusion. I just hate when they use shaky cam for no reason. Like theres movies where the camera's all over the place in a two-person dialogue scene.

Exactly. It CAN work, but only when used very minimally and sensibly. Paul Greengrass, please take note.


Possibly one of the worst offenders are the action sequences in Quantum of Solace.

Overally though, such camera work doesn't do anything but annoy the hell out of me 99% of the time.

[Brightstar]

Star Wars

[Kaiju]

Battle Los Angeles probably has the worst shaky cam I've ever seen. It's almost impossible to tell what's happening and who's who during the action scenes.

Quantum of Solace is also pretty bad in that regard.

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Speaking of Cloverfield. I remember when I went to go see it in theaters, they had a sign at the Box Office which said the following movie may cause nauseousness or a dizzy feeling viewers advised.

[steev210]

You can add Rob Zombie's "Halloween" (2007) to your list. It's used minimally (mostly towards the end of the film). I don't seem to mind it, but I can see why it would bother some.

[Monterey Jack]

Arrrrrgh, shakey-cam...the worst thing to happen to cinema in the last decade this side of Teal & Orange.

[Dubstar]

I remember quite well feeling very nauseous after Blair Witch Project

[zoomddy]

As I have gotten older, I have become quite prone to motion sickness . . . never had it when I was younger.

i love giant monster movies, but Cloverfield damn-near killed me. I saw it in theaters, and when it was over, I went outside and sat in a blizzard for 10 minutes waiting for the dizziness and nausea to pass.

I don't do shaky-cam movies anymore. Not all make me sick like Cloverfield did . . . It is also a technique I find over-used and a poor substitute for proper movie-making. When I found out Chronicle was a "found footage" movie, it became a non-see for me.

[Monkey]

Blair Witch and Cloverfield are both beyond annoying. Luckily neither film warrants another viewing anyways.