What bothers me the most about the usage of CGI is that it is usually done on big budget movies without any discretion whatsoever. If it does not fit, it irritates. Bad usage of CGI is cheap, granted, but there are plenty of
examples of good special effects done on
small budgets. Even if we are talking about plastic, clay etc. Golden rule is, the effects must
fit the mood and world of the movie. Then
nobody gives a toss how they are made.
Darkman - the low budget effects that Sam Raimi used
always hit the mark
Sky Captain.. wasn't even trying to imitate concretelythe real world. Everything was blended into something morebeautiful "comics-esque" world.
Last, Raising the bar for future productions.
I agree with you on this subject. With modern day technology you would assume that CGI would look real and blend in smoothly to the real deal.
ReplyDeleteBut for some reason the efects in Raimi's earlier work look more realistic than those in the latest Spiderman...
All those visible edges are soooo 80s. Though sometimes the 80s efects look better than in current films. Oh so wrong!