No one told me that Flaccid Jim used HFR to shoot Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft?!

Does HFR make the 3D crisper? Sure. And the resolution here is the crispiest, James Cameron’s first fully live-action foray with this latter-day tech. I imagine he believes the aesthetic comes closer to “real” life…as if we’ll feel like we’re at the concert?

I’m convinced these HFR bros have stared at the look for SO much longer than the rest of the planet that they’ve grown accustomed enough to what bothers the masses that they don’t even see what we see anymore. 

Why is why I’m partial to the HFR in Ang Lee’s Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, the sole(?) appearance grounded in theme and character.

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A concert doc can’t be THAT much better than the original concert. The forms lends itself to either historic performances, or a show steeped in visual splendor for the camera to play with. Even though Eilish’s staging isn’t the most spectacle-driven, Jim captures the production with flashes of ingenuity, a reminder that the “real” world has missed his eye. 

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Is Big Jim cinema’s Andrew Lloyd Webber? Their haters acknowledge the immense talent that their commercial success is built upon…but would it kill them to deviate from populism once in a Pandora moon?