Whowho...
I hope you see this, it's a miracle actually I saw your reply to my post because I don't read these forums I just came to re-download the movie to show a mate and I happened to click my review JUST in case and so I'm glad I did
I agree with what you say about the walking in HD thing, but I want to add my thoughts on it too, this is how I feel about it: Basically, you are completely right, a Baron movie is dripping in 'esque and retro and reference, it basically is what the movie is all about, it's like a distillation of essences from gaming pop culture of a certain ilk and age and era. BUT, the key element which makes the walking in HD boring or not boring, in my option, is this:
Is there SOME kind of destination? So we feel a kind of resolve, not even in a story sense but is it literally pure random (which is kinda ok when it's obviously 'exploring'), or will they end up some place and the next scene will be in that place. So if even for no other reason when we next see a walking no where in HD scene will we want to keep watching because we expect to be shown a final destination scene like we were last time, or, we think there will not be one coz they wasn't last time, so we skip forward. Note how in movies, lord of rings et al that is how editing works, and one criticism I would lay on Baron is he doesn't study the actual discipline of editing enough. If he did he would eradicate two errors he makes CONSISTENTLY throughout all his movies, they are:
1 - He doesn't give the viewer that resolve feeling, he often just has pure random elements one after the other, that is very boring especially when he's done it 20 movies in a row.
2 - He uses 'editing gimmicks' a lot, needlessly. Every editing gimmick has to have a logic behind it, for example camera shake is his worst offending one, also camera zooming. So for example you have to think and apply the logic when you edit of 'would the camera shake here?' ie are they in a car, is there an explosion, is it steady-cam etc. If you literally just make it shake 24/7, is makes the shake pointless and feels very samey and dated and gimmicky, it breaks the suspension of disbelief (that's the worst thing about it) in the vibe of the movie. Same goes with the zooms, endlessly repeating the same zooming type shots the same way, needlessly, instead of perhaps some nice fly-by shots or something instead. I personally think it's laziness (a side effect of having fans and 5 ratings no matter what shit you spit out so you never push yourself) not skills which prevents him doing that. ie he has the skill but he doesn't have enough constructive criticism of his movies, he just has fan boys so he doesn't get pushed to 'evolve' as much as he would if he had constructive criticism. He has the potential to be one of the greats of this new punk era of movie making, if only he would make himself immune to the fan boys.
Just to be clear, now that I've said all that; I can't edit worth a SHIT so I have no right to critic his work hehe but I'm doing it anyway so there! :-P
