Calgarypuck Forums - The Unofficial Calgary Flames Fan Community - View Single Post - AVATAR - See it in 3D if you haven't! #1 Movie All-Time Domestic & Worldwide!

pylon · 11-27-2009, 01:38 PM

I love my action / sci-fi movies, and when CGI is a component to enhance the effects I am OK with it. Like T2 and The Abyss where it was used a little more sparingly. But full on CGI movies I cant get into. They have no organic feel to them, and I can't get pulled into the story since it look so fake. The characters just don't move or interact right.

One of the best examples of a non CGI flick that the effects were just incredible, and kept the feel realism in the film was John Carpenters The Thing. If there ever was an argument for latex and puppetry for special effects, that movie was one of them. Also 'Aliens' to this day still looks awesome because the CGI was minimal in it.

11-27-2009, 01:38 PM	#116
pylon Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Jul 2007 Exp:	I love my action / sci-fi movies, and when CGI is a component to enhance the effects I am OK with it. Like T2 and The Abyss where it was used a little more sparingly. But full on CGI movies I cant get into. They have no organic feel to them, and I can't get pulled into the story since it look so fake. The characters just don't move or interact right. One of the best examples of a non CGI flick that the effects were just incredible, and kept the feel realism in the film was John Carpenters The Thing. If there ever was an argument for latex and puppetry for special effects, that movie was one of them. Also 'Aliens' to this day still looks awesome because the CGI was minimal in it.