You're showing it to get a conditioned response!
This is my point, and it's boring. Or, in nicer terms, it's not as interesting as it could be.
An equally valid question to ask yourself is; Why do it differently, What are you trying to achieve by doing it differently?
Yes, these are the questions everyone should ask about everything they do with film. (And, really, everything else is life--though, in film, there's no risk to making something different to try out an idea, whereas I would more cautious about walking backwards all the time to see if it's more comfortable).
If it's just to look different and/or to avoid what audiences are used/conditioned to, then what you're likely to end up with is maybe more interesting cinematography but at the expense of good storytelling.
Yes, you will almost certainly end up with a less traditional story if you think through your actions more thoroughly, because a lot of behavior is quite ridiculous if you abstract it a bit (Eg: 3 times a day, I shove organic matter into a hole in my face, down my gullet, where it stews in acid until... well, you know). Everyone has a level of originality that they find optimum, from mildly disliking sequels to thinking it's lame to use cameras because someone already has.
In other words, more interesting cinematography does not necessarily mean a better film, it can just as easily mean a worse film.
Agreed, good and bad are entirely subjective, as is interesting, for that matter.
At the end of the day, OTS, other common dialogue shot types and other not so common shot types are just filmmaking tools.
Agreed. That's why I said I'm not going to never use them, though I do dislike using OTS as a crutch for when I can't think of something more interesting to do.
There's a strong likelihood that the use of not so common dialogue shot types, wider angles and/or movement, will occupy more of the audience's attention and therefore distract/disengage them from the actual storytelling.
This assumes traditional storytelling and narrative is the goal, which in my case it sometimes isn't. Just another one of my little quirks.
I'm not trying to discourage anyone from making films I wouldn't make, of course. If everyone shared my filmmaking philosophy, we'd all be doing the same different things and then I'd be forced to use OTS just to break to monotony!