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It can be used incredibly well in certain situations, but very poorly in others. I find that the latter is mostly a case where shaky camera movements were entirely unnecessary.

A good example is the Battlestar Galactica episode "The Captain's Hand." The episode is very tense, stressful, and filled with action that is not in the good guys favor. The Battlestar is being pounded by tactical nukes from multiple enemy warships over and over. Shaky cam makes sense and benefits the overall intensity of the situation incredibly well.

However, it took them a while to really nail the use of this technique. For much of the series prior to this episode, shaky cam had been employed in scenes where it just became excessively frustrating, primarily because it made no sense.