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Old 03-25-2008, 05:52 AM
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Excluding "total" cg animated films here.

It depends on the film IMO...

With certain movies, liberal use of CG can be fun/funny or further throw you into the world of the unbelievable, eg - Pans Labyrinth, Starship troopers, and from what I've seen the cgi in the last AVP film seemed right at home, Sin City, Kung Fu Hustle, Cloverfield, there's more but that's what comes to mind.

But in some cases it's either not needed quite so much - Rambo IV...I mean c'mon, not EVERY gunshot/explosion/maiming had to be done like that...or just plain dodgy, eg - bloodrayne, and/or other $2 bargain bin crap - eg - low budget in CGI it would seem, is pretty hard to work with, and in some cases just looks like some stupid shit...with the occasional appearance of those films that have cg that just doesn't seem to work (lets talk x-men 3 de-aging), you just look and think...ok...weird, Blade 2 had this in spades as well, with the action-figure style fighting scenes - again, where not needed.

So...I'm either way, I like it in some films, in some I do not...and it seems largely about the type/tone of film, how seriously it takes itself, and also budget to an extent.
That said, I prefer a more subtle approach, especially when it comes to horror...at least until cg can look a lot better than it currently does.
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