I thought this shot looked pretty good to start. How was the landscape generated (if it was real world, where was it shot?) and how was the house made?
The shot is real world except for the "Naboo-ish" domes and some flora. That was generated by ILM's digimatte department. The rest is a location shot from Lake Como, Italy.
Marvolo
Guess what, not everything is the same as earth.
Yes, but our eyes are used to seeing stuff from earth, including colours, atmospheric haze, etc. Anything else looks foreign and thus, a little disconcerting to the mind's eye.