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In Reply to: Does it *really* matter if the special effects are photographic process or CG? posted by Tom §. on May 05, 2002 at 05:33:54:
Poor SFX will be noticed and distract the viewer whether it's CG, miniatures, or photographic effect. I have no argument against that point.However, I seem to be noticing a trend in published movie reviewers and barstool movie reviewers that CG is inherently bad no matter what the quality (the cheesy comment below). It's not that spiderman has "too much" CG, it should be noted that it has relatively *poor* quality CG. CG can be very good at times (the opening sequence of Contact immediately comes to mind) and it can enable visual expression in film that was previously too resource-intensive or practically impossible to achieve via previous methods. A wholesale dismissal of any process is ignorance in action.
Tom §.
Follow Ups:
Sorry I wasn't more explicit in my post. It does matter. It matters because digital effects are inherrently inferior for certain applications. To create special effects that don't get in the way of the suspension of disbelief one must begin with good decision making on technique. These days digital imaging is often chosen over other techniques because it is digital not because it is the better choice.
but it's Spider-man. :) I enjoyed the movie a whole lot. The CG enhanced the surrealism of what the comics convey and left realism aside, to let the audience focus on larger issues such as Parker's personal development and general themes on humanity. Such CG effects complement movies like this, The Matrix for example or LOTR. But for say, the Gladiator, it's just unworthy for second viewing. I hope the producers in Hollywood get this point and not f#cking make another action flick with CG and have John Travolta jumping across a green screen.
Though I was going to say something similar.Suspension of disbelief is the key point. Show me a '50s or '60s
monster movie with a claymation dinosaur (or heck, give me Wallace
and Grommit!) and I am sucked in. Spend $50 million on similar digital effects, and my brain will often say something just isn't right.
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