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My favorite was the shot of the P-40 crashing into the row of parked P-40s but filmed from the top of a hangar or crane.
The scenes of the creature attacking people get old pretty swiftly, but there are a few funny scenes where it takes on other things, like a boat and a crane.
Once the story builds up, and the characters begin to assess the situation does the whole tower come crashing down in one of the best fight scenes (tiger, crane and crab Hung Gar are very present).
The opening sequence is an elaborate crane shot of mountain landscapes.
What makes it worse is the film's pretentions to "style": suddenly a remote-head crane shot spirals downwards, and, without any apparent reason there are sudden whip-pans or wobblyhand-held sections: all this "style" merely serves to magnify the almost unbelievably huge misconception of the project and the almost offensive vacuity of the material.
He knows how to use pans, slow-motion sequences, tracking shots, crane shots, etc. in a beautiful, smooth way.
The acting is real and strong and the film-making is confident and innovative, though it's likely they had very little money as there are no dolly, crane, or steadicam shots.
An hour and a half later, I was indeed irate at the loss of my three bucks; I could have put better use to the money by plunking twelve quarters into an arcade machine or a stuffed animal crane.
At least if I had wasted that money on the crane I might have taken away something warm and fuzzy with me.
Comedy has a fast pace, impressive cinematography (although the swooping crane shots in traffic get repetitive) and some good car chases, but the screenplay needed an overhaul.
Another technical novelty in the film is its final shot, which was probably a crane shot, as zoom-outs weren't in use at the time, as far as I know.
A crane (out of camera range) had thin wires attached to the balls.
Meanwhile, the teenager son Robbie and the young daughter Rachel of his next door neighbor and crane operator Tom Ryan (Craig Bierko) are spending the weekend with their loser father.
A cellphone signal blocked by one sheet of metal suspended from a crane, ummmhh, who was their technical consultant?
A giant crane strained to lift a 12-foot-high slab, yanking it back and forth like some dinosaur gnawing its prey.
A ten-year program to restore and conserve seven million hectares of wetlands in China, Iran, Kazakhstan, and Russia has improved conditions for the critically endangered Siberian crane, as well as drinking-water supplies, inland fisheries, and carbon storage.
And let no one fancy that the author was at all astray when he compared the friendship of these animals to that of men; for men have received many lessons from beasts, and learned many important things, as, for example, the clyster from the stork, vomit and gratitude from the dog, watchfulness from the crane, foresight from the ant, modesty from the elephant, and loyalty from the horse.
Well, I'll be" He whistled melodiously, and the sound was answered by the hoarse croak of a crane across the reeds.
Overhead the crane and the wild duck were flocking back to their beds in the reed, and gray monkeys, family by family, sat on the roadside, their arms round each other's necks.
Flushed faces began to crane over each other, and angry eyes glared up at us.
Other ropes were made with vegetable fibers, and a sort of crane with a tackle was fixed at the door.
Then he put a pot on the crane, and fixed his thoughtful eyes on the fire.
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