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I first feel in love with digital effects after seeing the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park.
The CG in Jurassic park was ok. The raptors did look pretty realistic. But my favorite part of the movie, which scared me the most, was when Dr. Grant and the kids are attacked by the T-Rex outside of the jeep. This T-Rex was a full-sized motorized model that was so convincing because what we saw on camera actually existed in reality. It was tangible. If you watch near the end of the movie when the raptors are attacking the T-Rex, you will notice that the dinosaurs don't look as real because they were all drawn on the computer.
For me, CG objects still look too plastic-like to fit into live action scenes. Yes, CG gives a movie storyteller much more freedom in what scenes can be included and what type of characters can exist, but in a live action film, is it worth the sacrifice of realism?
I think watching a movie like the CG final fantasy movie is an awesome experience because it is amazing to see the amount of detail the artists were able to add to their drawings. But, for me, CG animation and live action film still exist as two separate artforms in two different realities.