Great post Neverar! And whatever the technical definition of “shaky cam” is, I understand what RU.08 is getting at and agree it gets old pretty fast when it’s employed constantly.
Without having even seen TROS I would hazard to guess the movie image is almost continually moving which would contribute a lot to its feel of a frenzied pace.
It’s not saying the technique is bad, like every tool it has it’s time and place, the right job for the tool but for JJ it feels like a crutch he’s become to reliant on.