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Originally posted by: Samatar
Personally I think CGI generally belongs in computer games, not movies; but if it is done right, it can work. I think the difference between AOTC and LOTR is that LOTR used cgi when it was necessary (to complement the story); AOTC used it whenever possible (to -be- the story).
Couldn't agree more. Perhaps part of the reason the acting in the prequels hasn't been as good as it should be is the fact that most of the movies have been filmed in front of green screens before the finished concepts of the scenery have been completed.
On the subject of CGI characters, Gollum IS incredible in virtually every detail. Puppet Yoda is, and always will be, my favorite incarnation of Yoda (even with all of the lightsaber action in Ep. II taken into account).