Originally posted by yeah:[..]
I wonder how many times you've met Hamish to say so. I also don't see how he's not capable of doing his job or how he's leading to general negativity.
It's personal taste if you like his work but getting personal seems a little over the top.
How many times I've met him, or how many times I've met him to give him my feedback and opinion? Zero. A great director takes criticism and if they can't, they shouldn't be there. They take the criticism and improve on the next time.
I'll clarify what I meant:
He can do his job, sure - maybe it's not an inability to do your job properly. Just like any director can. But to me, the concert films he's done just don't seem that exciting to me. Maybe I'm just picky, but seeing that backstage video of the Boston show, where he's in the camera room, just seemed cocky to me and slowly became irritating.
The film from Chicago is probably the worst. Three zoom-in shots in less than two seconds - and I counted - the vocals-but-no-movement-of-the-mouth in Zoo Station, the obvious cuts to each song, the messed-up audio soundtrack (I know it's not his fault but it annoys me), etc, etc, etc. Why can't they just leave it as is and give us a great film? In fact, I'd have no issues with that, and I'd like his direction, but as it stands, his previous efforts aren't that interesting.
Maybe it's just me feeling a little bit off these past few weeks but for whatever reason, I just don't enjoy his direction. Seriously, whatever happened to those old shows back in the 70s and 80s where the bands did their shows but didn't have all this fancy-arse direction?
(Gone springs to mind) but I do think it's a great DVD. But anyway;