I prefer the old style physical effects over CGI. I got nothing aganst CGI and no doubt its got plenty of advantages over physical effects, I'd just rather see Bottin's style of physical effects than CIG. Aesthetically its more fun to see how they pull some of those effects off than CGI, for me at least. The effects in films like The Thing, Phantasm, The Howling might not always be perfect, but its easier to identify with the creativity and way more entertaining.
Same goes for all the other aspects like blood and gore or pyrotechnics. I'd rather see physical over CGI. I guess its cheaper to do a CGI explosion, but I'd rather see the real thing.
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