• Neuromancer@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    Too much bad cgi now days.

    Look at top gun 2. I wasn’t excited at all to see it. I left the theater pumped and saw it four more times.

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      7 months ago

      A good story is a good story. Lots of CGI or no CGI doesn’t change that fact. There are lots of movies with no CGI that are just garbage.

      The issue is studios trying to avoid having to write a good story trying to mask a mediocre story with lots and lots of mediocre CGI. Why? Because it’s faster to create lots of computer effects than to come up with a great story. It’s also a lot easier to create an assembly line for CGI than it is to create one for great stories

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        7 months ago

        True, what people want is seamless VFX.

        I watched Argylle and everything looks so fake. Most of it was shot on a green screen. Half the charm of an extravagant spy movie is taking us to exotic locales.

      • Pips@lemmy.sdf.org
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        7 months ago

        But also a ton of practical effects. The CGI was mostly there to help the practical effects, the movie wasn’t full on CGI like Avatar.

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        7 months ago

        I thought I was going to hate it. It seemed like a cash grab. I’m not a huge fan on Tom cruise. It was just a damn good movie. Movies have forgot they’re supposed to be entertaining. It was entertaining.