Quote Originally Posted by Chakobsa View Post
As to the CGI thing, well, used carefully it's fantastic; how cool was Gollum in Jackson's LOTR films? The CGI in those films was pretty damn good IMHO.
That said, pre-CGI films like The Exorcist, American Werewolf and John Carpenter's The Thing have jaw dropping effects that make the CGI stuff look
like, well, CGI.
I just started watching all 3 a couple days ago, I had never seen all of them before and it is really amazing. Those walking trees are nuts and golem is veru realistic.
American werewolf still looks great. Thing is greater than great. the 1931 King Kong looks great too. I find it way easier to dismioss flaws in old skool FX than in CGI.
What I hate is fake smoke CGI. seems like actors who dont want to smoke have it CGId in later. and it looks faker than fake.