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"JJ Abrams has apologised for his use of lens flare. The director&amp;#039;s overzealous use of the technique in his films - including Star Trek and Super 8 - has been widely commented upon by fans and critics alike.   &amp;quot;I know I get a lot of grief for that,&amp;quot; Abrams admitted to CraveOnline. &amp;quot;But I&amp;#039;ll tell you, there are times when I&amp;#039;m working on a shot, I think, &amp;#039;Oh this would be really cool... with a lens flare&amp;#039;. But I know it&amp;#039;s too much, and I apologise. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m so aware of it now. I was showing my wife an early cut of Star Trek Into Darkness and there was this one scene where she was literally like, &amp;#039;I just can&amp;#039;t see what&amp;#039;s going on. I don&amp;#039;t understand what that is&amp;#039;. I was like, &amp;#039;Yeah, I went too nuts on this&amp;#039;.&amp;quot; Abrams went on to joke that &amp;quot;admitting you&amp;#039;re an addict is the first step towards recovery&amp;quot;, revealing that he ultimately had to remove lens flare from some scenes in Into Darkness. &amp;gt; &amp;#039;Star Trek&amp;#039;: Every lens flare in JJ Abrams&amp;#039; movies &amp;gt; JJ Abrams: &amp;#039;Star Wars: Episode 7&amp;#039; will be emotional, authentic, exciting Abrams&amp;#039;s Star Wars: Episode VII will reportedly be released in December 2015.  Watch a clip from Star Trek Into Darkness below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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