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Originally posted by: Mavimao
I should have made myself clearer when I talked about CG.
I personally don't have a problem with CG in general. I think as well that it is definitely a helpful tool in the creation of movies and creatures that wouldn't have been possible with traditional methods. What I do have a problem with is directors thinking that they should use CG because they can and/or use it so much to the extent that it becomes style over content.
It's the overuse and misuse of CG that is a determining factor (not the sole one as you might have read :-) ) in my dislike of the prequels.
In the original trilogy there are many SFX shots and they have shown their age. However, unlike the new ones, 99.9% of the film is not a constent special effect. Had every background been a matte shot, every alien creature a "cartoon", had every piece of fruit been an animation, the film would appear to be very fragmented, dull and fake right? Imagine if the whole film looked like that scene when Luke and Han are talking on the barge on their way to the Scarlac? Wouldn't that have been...well, really cheesy? That's how I feel with the special effects in these new films. Everything is a special effect and because of that decision, the whole film will age...badly.
sry but wasnt that the case having a puppet is a special effect, running around with models are special effects. the OT had alot of Special effects too. your right the PT has way more but my point is that in some cases it unavoidable, give me some big CG shots that were in ep1 or 3, (not 2 cause that was an experiment that went wrong for lucas, shoting th whole film in digital) that would have been better done by puppet.
even spiderman 2 i can see places where it isnt perfect, there are lots of times, almost every CG shot in that movie with spiderman looked a little fake, but i am not complaining jsut pointing it out, all CG will look fake to some degree just as all models and puppets will look fake to some degree. you can make something look perfectly real unless it is. bt you can get close and both CG and Puppets do it, neither is better then the other, however one is more practical cause its alot cheaper.