# Films with FPS sequences

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-with-fps-sequences/335402>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 13, 2005, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-with-fps-sequences/335402 "2005-12-13T13:43:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-with-fps-sequences/335402/21 "2005-12-14T19:09:43Z")

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I saw Ghostbusters on cable last night, and there was a brief scene through Dan Aykroyd’s special goggles. Also, I don’t remember for sure, but I seem to remember views through the spotting scope in the film Enemy at the Gates. Probably most sniper films will have first person views.

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**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-with-fps-sequences/335402/22 "2005-12-14T20:09:58Z")

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On rewatching Saving Private Ryan recently, which I hadn’t seen since it originally showed, I noticed how well the FPS games like Medal of Honor have imitated the look and feel of the movie. Through much of the movie, it felt more like I was playing a FPS game than watching a passive movie.

During the sniper in the tower scene in SPR, I noticed I was unconsciously twiddling my mouse wheel finger and counting shots. Reload, reload dammit! And if the guy had just circle-strafed his way back down the stairs, everything would have been fine!

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**Author:** ![Antonius\_Block](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Antonius\_Block](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antonius_Block)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-with-fps-sequences/335402/23 "2005-12-15T10:37:17Z")

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The 1976 film [The Message](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074896/) is a depiction of the life of the Prophet Mohammed:

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> In accordance with Muslim beliefs, Mohammed could not be depicted on screen nor could his voice be heard. This rule extended to his seven wives, his daughters and his sons-in-law. This left Mohammed’s uncle as the central character (played by Anthony Quinn). In the completed film, actors speak directly to the camera and then nod to un-heard dialogue.

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