My complaint isn't so much with C.G. itself but with the over use of it. I do realize that it starts with the script writers, as I've penned a few INDIE film shorts and even partook in a few Underground projects back in the late 90's. A shitty story is a shitty story. But the REAL question is, is do people actually want a good story anymore? *On the note of THE HULK, I didn't have a problem with the talky stuff, my problem was that having Lou painted in green stomping through walls looked more believable than the GG version of what we saw of Eric Banna's alter ego. I'm sorry but "The Hulk" himself was not properly done. He just looked Fake, and even this generations complacent kid who plays PS2 all day could tell it was BAD C.G. *I've seen Final Fantasy C.G. cut scenes that were done better than the "look" of THE HULK himself, thus to me that's why it's bad. If it's done right and there's a good script I have no problem with it. But I have yet to see it come together right, save maybe the original MATRIX film. I say that because the SFX in MATRIX was complementing type of film it was... by the time "Reloaded" came out it was just about: Look at all the new cool things we can do... Neo can fly now! Thus any intergrity John Gata and the other SFX C.G. artists had laid down in THE MATRIX went straight down the toilet bowl and fed the aligator that lives in the sewer.
***Back on Good Stories. *When a film does come out with something to say as well has with something to show it usually means it's going to be at least 2 1/2 hours, and will take the viewer into the psychosis of the characters, and make their detritus your own. This however, usually turns people away or they say the movie sucked. The best example I can think of is my obessession with the Panzer Cops works of Mamoru Oshii and more to the point the anime film JIN-ROH. *Most who saw the movie told me "The Armored Special Unit dudes are cool, but there's not enough action. It's too talky. I mean WTF? And what was up with the whole Red Riding Hood Thing?" The answer to that was simple. The film is not just about the alternate reality that the medium ultimately is, but it's about holding up a mirror to mankind in general, and figuring out which one of us is represented by which faction and/or character of the rivalvaries within the two police organizations. The "Kerberos Panzer Cops" are considered too dangerous to continue, and are viewed as no longer needed, where they will go the route of the Samurai. *But they were considered useful when it suited others though right? **Hence what leads to the "Kerberos Uprising" in his eariler live action films.** But other members saw the writings on the wall, and was already doing Counter-Intelligence work. They trapped those who would trap them and took em' out. Who was that the Public Security unit wanted to sacrifice? A man who they thought was a push over, only he was the WOLF that ate them alive in the end. But to get to the finale we had to live within the depths of his mind... experience the "Head Games" that two sides played him a chess piece at through a girl.
...Now THAT is complex and rewarding when you watch it for what it is and see there's more to it than just some animated film... but most dismiss that. *Thus C.G. is indeed destroying the movie industry piece by piece because the filmmakers have become dependent on it too much instead of "Working".
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