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I am exceptionally annoyed by computer graphics that are not lifelike. Movies are ruined for me when I notice the CG. Examples:
1. K-Pax - The blue jay scene. When did blue jays become endangered or too difficult to film? That's ridiculous.
2) Harry Potter - The centaur, troll and broom stadium game were painful to watch.
An entirely CG movie such as Monsters, Inc. is fine because you don't expect reality. But when you mix real humans with fake humans (or human-like faces) it's just crap. Film real things and save CG for the impossible. When rendering a human-like face make sure it's top-notch. Harry Potter's monster faces were lousy.
Posted by JS @ 11/18/2001 12:37 PM EST
JS, I agree. Mixed media movies involving CGI with anything else is still imperfect... and for that reason, distracting enough to be annoying, especially in classical/CGI animated films. Off the top of my head, other mixed media failures include Titan AE and Heavy Metal 2000.
Iron Giant was pulled off superbly. I should also note that the anime Blood: The Last Vampire sets the new standard for classical/CGI animation, just as Akira set the new standard for classical animation in 1988.
From what I've seen so far of Lord of the Rings, I expect the CGI to be absolutely exquisite.
Posted by Francis @ 11/19/2001 02:02 PM EST
not only is amelia a wonderful movie, the few spots where they use cgi are seamless.
Posted by bk @ 11/19/2001 04:27 PM EST