Lots of film fans like to look over the past 70 years or so and pine for the classics but even during those time periods there were terrible films and probably quite a few of them at that. I’m sure we’ll look back upon the mid-90’s to the 00’s in ten years with a little bit more love and respect.

My personal opinion is I like CGI. I like what it allows to create. I like when it turns out more realistic creatures. I like when it turns out cartoony worlds. It really allows for some fantastic things to be done. Speed Racer is a perfect example of this, I feel. We have more films then ever being made. A good 500 films a year are released now. Many of them not even containing CGI.

I like Docter Octopus.

CGI is fine.

CGI IS THE DOWNFALL OF ALL CREATIVITY IN HOLLYWOOD! fucking period.

Once filmmakers realized that could do ANYTHING, somewhere after jurassic park and the matrix, things went almost instantly down hill.

I might sound a little over the top, but when I watch “older” movies, pre-1993 and back, The effects have SO MUCH MORE INTEGRITY…people were trying, they were inventing, they were pushed to film and create in amazing ways, it was beautiful and visceral. PUPPETS, MODELS, MINIATURES, MATTE PAINTINGS, FRAME BY FRAME DRAWN ANIMATION…these things all feel real and give you the sense that film makers put effort and life in to things…CG is so hallow, sure it might looks “better” but in many ways it’s still just as fake looking as the “old ways” and with wayyyyyyy less heart!

proof that CGI is shit and PUPPETS and OLD EFFECTS rule:

A real phobia of puppets actually exists…Pupaphobia…look it up, it exists…human beings while watching poltergiest, fraggle rock, john carpenter’s the thing or even the labyrinth can nigh go into shock with intense debilitating fear…thats the kind of emotion and wieght that puppets hold…HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF A CGI PHOBIA? WILL YOU EVER? no!!! because even nerve racked psychos can see how fucking hallow, laughable, and lame it is. No cgi holds any emotional weight, and nothing is lamer then horror movies that try and scare you with a CGI creature…is there anything less affecting? it’s pathetic. CGI is just one of the many new proofs of how much this entire industry of shitty sequels and remakes is in the shitter….but go ahead, be indifferent, respond to this with “I kind of like some CGI” and “CGI is good when its used right!!!” but none of your justifications will cover up the fact that movies were better without it, filmmakers and effects teams used to struggle to create visions on screen…now they just sit there and tell the animator, with a slight hint of indifference, WHAT to do…instead of figuring out HOW to do it and putting in time, effort, thought, and most importantly CARE to make something real…not a fucking cartoon being passed off as real life!

and…breathe…sorry…i hate george lucas. aging film fanboy out…peace.

CG definitely has its place, but like Brett said, it’s so much better when it comes across seamlessly. Pan’s Labyrinth is a great example…and off the top of my head I keep going back to Christopher Nolan as well, I think he makes a point to minimize CGI whenever possible and I think it shows, in a good way.

Also, this new Hulk movie is loads better than Ang Lee’s. And I was one person who liked Ang Lee’s OK at the time. For me, the CG in this new one isn’t so crazy that it took me out of the action. And they tried to give Hulk some life and emotion that sort of worked. Very similar to King Kong that way.

I think comic book movies are the perfect place for CG. Because if it looks just a little off, it can be explained away as part of that world. CG in every single other movie better be seamlessly integrated or I end up being taken out mentally. King Kong did it pretty well. Indy 4 did it poorly.