At the end of the day it makes a difference what format you shoot in.

As digital as the movie looks, it would look even more like that if they’d gone with Alexa.

When JJ made his first two movies, the best alternative to film was RED. It’s a much different story now just a few years later, but the best digital camera is obviously still not good enough for him and numerous other filmmakers.

We should be thankful that they’re at least finishing it at 4K. I think they might even be rendering the vfx at that res but I might be jumping the gun there.

I’ll be curious to see what percentage of the finished movie is comprised of entirely cgi-free in-camera shots.