You're No One Until Someone Tells You You Suck...Publicly

From Mike Sehorn on Amazon reviews of "Clementine":


"I had hoped that there would at least be some decent fight scenes to tide me over while I dealt with the weirdo soundtrack (classical orchestration, pop ballads, and heavy metal riffs all in the same movie!) and the ceaseless voiceover proclamations between Kim and Sa Rang, but these battles end up being the major falling points of the movie. There are only two real hand-to-hand fights leading up to the Seagal-Kim encounter, and while these allow Lee to demonstrate some martial arts prowess, they are so atrociously filmed that you might as well be sitting behind a large person in the movie theater for all the action you see. The climatic showdown in the cage is no better: Seagal looks like he lost some of the weight from Belly of the Beast, but this isn't taken advantage of as the entire bout consists of either tight close-ups or stunt doubles filmed from a distance. Seagal's character takes a bit more of a beating than fans are used to, but Kim doesn't really get to show off and we're not even granted the courtesy of being informed who actually won the fight."

I was the cinematographer of this film. And the brunt of his gripe. What can I tell you except that he was right in pretty much everything written. It's still hard to read when someone calls you out on the lousiness of your project. We tried so hard. I understand why so many director of photographers become obsessive-compulsive. They realize this goes into the history books for all to constantly kick. Imagine if you raised a child and people spent so much time telling you it's an ugly abomination. Hard to stomach and keep a level head. You can't necessarily go around fighting everyone over it. More importantly, I learned a really interesting lesson...if you waste people's time where they paid hard earned money to watch...and you didn't give them something in the end, they will feel entitled to skewer you to as many people as they can. AND...you have only yourself to blame. Sometimes when people think this is a fun interesting job to have, I can only share with them, the animosity people will have if you've screwed up their precious time with your crap.