Bad Times At The El Royale Review: 6 Ups & 2 Downs
2. Seamus McGarvey's Cracking Cinematography
Goddard was able to secure the services of veteran Oscar-nominated cinematographer Seamus McGarvey for the movie, and it results in one of the year's most visually accomplished mid-budget films.
Considering much of the story is constrained to a single locale, McGarvey and Doddard impressively manage to keep their coverage dynamic, thanks to some brilliant long-takes and also many well-placed flashback cutaways.
Overall the film has a warm, classy sheen to it which again likens it to a Tarantino movie: every frame feels carefully, thoughtfully composed for the most cinematic and immersive result possible.
There's virtually nothing here which reeks of merely satisfactory work pawned off on a second unit director: it all feels like one gorgeous, consistent vision.