what percent of any of them is/are computer generated imagery ?

although 5 of my favorite 10 have "special effects" none of my top ten utilize c.g.i.

0%

My top ten movies have no CGI whatsoever

None. Mine are all from before the era of computer cheating.

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Originally posted by bendable:
what percent of any of them is/are computer generated imagery ? although 5 of my favorite 10 have "special effects" none of my top ten utilize c.g.i.

Originally posted by arfmel:
None. Mine are all from before the era of computer cheating.

I was going to ask if that just means that you don't care for modern movies, or at least movies filmed post 1990s. I say this because really well done CGI blends in so well you can't tell it's there. RocketJump Film School made an interesting short of "good" vs "bad" CGI a few years ago.

it seems to me that we are inundated with all the visual "magic"

I liked film a lot better when movies were 40% writing/story, 30% acting and 30% direction

What I see a lot now is 10% story writing, 65% visual effects and 25% direction

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Originally posted by bendable:
What I see a lot now is 10% story writing, 65% visual effects and 25% direction.

Right, just like the guy said in the video.

There is a lot of decent modern stuff out there, but you have to dig harder for it. It tends not to be promoted and shoved in your face as much as the more popular flashier expensive stuff.

CGI in itself wouldn't make a good movie bad. If Spielberg had CGI when making Raiders, it could've been great. If Lucas had it when making A New Hope and could restrain himself, it could've been great.

It is a technique and it has its place, just like shaky cam, black and white, split screens, long continuous takes, etc.

I dont think The Revenant is in my top 10, but it makes great use of CGI. Same with the Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Dark Knight, which probably are on a lot of people's top 10.

I don't mind CGI for special effects that might not be otherwise possible, but I can't stand it as replacement for good old-fashioned animation.

Many of my favorites use CGI, but my number 1 favorite doesn't because it was released in 1956.

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Originally posted by Orguss:
Many of my favorites use CGI, but my number 1 favorite doesn't because it was released in 1956.

Godzilla?!

I am fine with CGI movies but my top three do not use it.

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Originally posted by Orguss:
Forbidden Planet

Whoa! Cool film, but your choice does actually use a considerable amount of visual effects! They just weren't computer generated. Interesting!

zero.

I cannot stand the use of cgi blood. It is so fake so as to be lazy in it's (over)useage - e.g. True Grit (2010) (Coen Brothers remake), Calvary (2014), The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003), etc., etc., etc.

All it takes is Akira Kurosawa to show us how it should be done:



Just rewatched Brian De Palma's Dressed to Kill, and that's another great example.

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Midgets in the background here. Does that count?

Don't look to movies anymore for good storytelling and acting as those things are few and far between. The big screen is now mostly about the audio visual experience. Also, the rate at which we consume movies is much greater than in years past, so studios believe they have to churn them out like sausages to keep up a steady flow of income.

Television has IMO more than replaced film as the medium for good storytelling and acting. You can now get up to 50 or 60 hours of quality entertainment with super-long story arcs from one great show such as Deadwood, The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, etc.

None.

My biggest complaint against CGI, something that short clip seemed to pass over, is that it allows movie makers to do things they never should have done in the first place. Sometimes it's an effect, sometimes it's a scene, sometimes a whole movie.

really great c.g.i. ( I am told )is not any kind of cheap, and there is a time and place for it.

The monsters inc movies are very fun