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My favorite CGI stuff was probably in T2. The technology was pretty new then so it was a bit more of a novelty to me (the 'wow did you see that' factor) and it had a good balance of CGI/traditional effects.
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Cant agree more. Back then T2 rocked the audiences with its dazzling effects, me included. I was all like "how the f*** did they manage that?!"
But yeah, now its part-and-parcel of almost many movies. Good CGI like in the Matrix series is pretty impressive, and I thought it was a welcome addition to the LOTR franchise, the Spider-Man and X-Men franchises etc. We have been treated to ample doses of it from Star Wars times anyways...it was just a matter of time before it became a dominant force in movie-making.
But a movie like
Beowulf makes me wonder, how the hell can you get a CGI-animated live-action character to show emotion? Making faces is one thing...getting the emotion out of a character is another.
Same goes for cheesily bad CGI effects. Pick up any Shark Attack-esque or The Hulk, Spawn etc. type of movies and they not only make the movie terrible, they take away a chunk of the effect on audiences.
Its all about maintaining a balance between CGI and live characters IMO. If you can get just about the perfect balance between the two, the movie clicks as a whole.