No, he’s not directing the “Call of Duty” movie. As far as we know, that’s not in development, thank God. No, instead Ben Affleck is circling what sounds like a “Call of Duty” ripoff, a movie called “Line of Sight”.
It’s about an elite commando squad protecting cargo from “a global threat”. So, what’s the big deal? It’s shot entirely from the first-person viewpoint.
Yes, seriously.
To be fair, movies shot entirely in the first person can actually work. “Cloverfield” may have been a movie about idiots suffering a deserved painful death, but from a filmmaking standpoint it was pretty solid, if wobbly. My bigger concern was that it was written by the guy to blame for the script of “Halo: Reach”. Neat filmmaking angles can’t make up for a crap script, guys.
[ via the whiners over at IndieWire (seriously, they spend half the article griping about the concept) ]
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First person can work when it’s presented as “found footage”, but an action/combat movie? I dunno, I can’t help but remember the FPS parts of Doom. They weren’t the reason why that movie sucked but… they sure didn’t help.
The conceit is probably it’s from a helmet/gun cam. That said, you’re right, it would be hard to pull off directorially…but at least it’s trying.