Are financial constraints ruining action movies that need to use CGI unlike in 90s/Early 2000s?

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

I think the 90s and early 2000s made such GOAT action films because their CGI was so shytty that they kept using actual props and set pieces and not graphics...

And the thing about CGI is that over time, it looks worse and worse BECAUSE CGI just gets better and better.

Theres no way to make physical props look better...they're just as good as you make them. CGI improvements just keep doing things you didn't imagine because you dont know any better until a few years later.




EDIT: found an article discussing this:

 

[NERO]

Can you put this in other words?

 

[Notorious 1 E.Y.E.]

Thought it was cheaper for practical effects
Idk

 

[be back in a bit]

You might be on to something but you need to elaborate, your post isn't that clear.

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

The problem is the over use of cgi. Everything from ground hogs, to rats to blood is cgi.

 

[Brandeezy]

Practical costs more and its even more when you mix the two. CGI is cheaper

 

[Apollo Creed]

I think CGI in horror movies is simply unacceptable.

 

[4North1Side2]

Basically anything with Arnold had the goat props. CGI is running action and horror movies. It looks so bad.

 

[FlyRy]

Im before @StraxStrax posts pro CGI youtube videos

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

I think CGI in horror movies is simply unacceptable.

And when you go back in 5 years it looks completely alien.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Can you put this in other words?

You might be on to something but you need to elaborate, your post isn't that clear.

Basically... Because CGI is always chasing reality, it has to make infinite improvements. And because of those improvements you'll never fall in into the complete picture of what is meant to be conveyed.

Physical props never have this problem because you're shooting real things.

CGI keeps trying to fool you in how physics works and makes things even more unrealistic in the process. That thread about why Die Hard is so respected made me ponder this. That time in movies is special because of it. There was no fukkery that looked cheap.

 

[y que]

i think the use of cgi technology kind of swept up film like use of the synthesizer swept music

musicians quickly adopted synthesizers to be hip with the times but overuse just made things corny.

unless the style of the film calls for it it really should be used minimally. especially in anything involving live action.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Oh, and don't get me started on digital shooting. Film is still goat.

 

[FlyRy]

I just watched the chase scenes from bad boys 2 and matrix reloaded to back to back on YouTube and it's pretty interesting to see how the CGI heavy one (reloaded) looks like ass now while the other one still holds up

 

[mastermind]

I just watched the chase scenes from bad boys 2 and matrix reloaded to back to back on YouTube and it's pretty interesting to see how the CGI heavy one (reloaded) looks like ass now while the other one still holds up

One of the reasons why a lot of people like the original Star Wars trilogy over the prequels is due to CGI use/non-use.

You can see the details of those handmade props in the originals while newer ones were kinda shytty and don't stand the test of time.