Originally posted by: Windexed
I agree 100% with Tiptup. When watching the new "Kingdom of Heaven" DVD (which is excellent) Ridley Scott, to this day, believes that if there is anyway possible to create a scene NOT using CGI, then it should be done that way. Yet good old George feels the need to CGI a floor. A fucking floor for crying out loud.
I agree 100% with Tiptup. When watching the new "Kingdom of Heaven" DVD (which is excellent) Ridley Scott, to this day, believes that if there is anyway possible to create a scene NOT using CGI, then it should be done that way. Yet good old George feels the need to CGI a floor. A fucking floor for crying out loud.
Well, mverta was arguing for the limiting of cgi more than I was, but I did agree wholeheartedly with him and you that unless cgi is needed, it shouldn't be used. Same goes for effect shots in general. Too many movies use them to death lately. My point was that I attribute that tendency more to crappy directors over any inherent element preventing special effects from being seen as a unique artform on their own.