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‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk’ Review: A Visually Stunning, But Failed Experiment
‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk’ Review: A Visually Stunning, But Failed Experiment
‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk’ Review: A Visually Stunning, But Failed Experiment
Ang Lee is am ambitious filmmaker, but ambition doesn’t always pay off. With Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon he fused emotional relationships with the dazzle of wuxia action, and in Life of Pi he told a story about spirituality and survival through an innovative use of CG and motion-capture performance. In Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk Lee is once again pushing the boundaries of filmmaking shooting the film in 120 frames per second (five times the normal rate of your average movie). What results is a stunning and unique viewing experience, but ultimately a failed experiment.
‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk’ Trailer Takes You to War
‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk’ Trailer Takes You to War
‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk’ Trailer Takes You to War
Following his incredible CGI work in Life of Pi, Ang Lee took a similarly ambitious approach with his latest project, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk. We’ve been intrigued for months by reports that Lee shot the action sequences in 120fps to give them a more realistic and immersive feel, and while you can’t really grasp that in the first trailer, it’s still plenty compelling.

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