I completely forgot how much I loved this videoI personally think it's just because there isn't a good script to fit one.
But this video never gets old
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8Y1MalRrDc
(Incredible POV music video)
Oh and you should totally check out Enter the Void if you haven't already.
I'd say it's because most films don't need this method.Why is it seemingly not used very much in most films?
Blair witch is the perfect example of it working well. It's motivated. There's a REASON we are seeing things POV (sometimes, not all the time). On the other hand, the POV and snorri cam stuff in District 9 is one of the aspects of the movie I hated, even though it was kind of motivated as well.
I'm an old fuddy duddy. I have played first person shooters in my life, but my guess is "kids" who have grown up on that stuff would be more open to it than I am.
I personally think it's just because there isn't a good script to fit one.
But this video never gets old
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8Y1MalRrDc
(Incredible POV music video)
Oh and you should totally check out Enter the Void if you haven't already.
I think that the answer to this question is as simple as 'because it's not very good'.
That said there are a lot of different ways that you can use (and abuse) POV shooting so as Ernest Worthing says a great deal of films have an element of it, it's just that when it becomes explicit and self conscious it starts to look like a chimp is in control of the camera.
On the TV show M*A*S*H there was an episode called, surprisingly enough, "Point of View" (Season 7/Episode 10). The entire show is from the POV of a wounded soldier. If you are a fan of the show it was quite well done.