Bad vs Good Action Scenes

This video was by Corridor Digital's Sam and Niko. They discuss the things that make a good action scene, and a bad one. Bad action scenes typical add nothing to the story, don't show a lot of the action with quick cuts and isn't well thought out. One thing that makes a GOOD action scene is showing all of the action. Another thing is showing all the action with wider shots that let you see what's happening, longer movement which adds to a scene without making it confusing. Another one is clear sense of space, which helps you understand why the character would make a decision given their surroundings. Another big one is showing the action and reaction in the same shot. All of these techniques cost time and money which is why you see them less and less, but they add so much to the scenes. Bad action scenes will resort to shaky cam, not showing the action, obscure movement, quick cuts. Although, implying movement isn't always bad. A nice effect in this would be in Saving Private Ryan, where we see only one of the characters view of a huge battle, where we can infer that even more violence is happening that we can't see. The best action scenes show an emotional arc for the character. Meaning we see how their reacting to a scene emotionally and see what the pay off is at the end. A good example of this is the last scene in The Matrix. Neo is told the whole film that he is the savior of humanity, but is starting to question that by this point. In this scene Neo needs to prove himself by getting some confidence. This is great because it gives us a reason to root for him during the scene. But with all this, it doesn't mean a huge spectacle of a scene can't be awesome. It just needs to balanced out with all of this. But without an emotional attachment to the characters, it means nothing.
I really enjoyed this video. I've always thought this exact thing myself as a movie-goer in recent years. Which is why when a movie with GREAT action scenes comes around like Mad Max Fury Road or Kingsman: The Secret Service, we all praise it. But the fact is most movies will always resort to the cheap tricks because of money. I really want to put all these awesome tricks into my own stuff this year, and hopefully I'll be able to pull it off half as well as some of the great action scenes of Film.