re: #239 Jimmah

I always thought lotr was a bit ‘stagey’ looking - like a very expensive theatre production. But the cgi elements were excellent - especially gollum.

Great quote in the comments on the article Kragar linked to:

“we are removed from the feeling that this is real on screen- the characters and effects are 100% CGI, the backgrounds are 100% CGI (even things like frickin SUNSETS…does a sunset REALLY NEED TO BE CGI…Do SUNSETS NO LONGER EXIST IN OUR WORLD? Is there NO QUALIFIED CINEMATOGRAPHER in Hollywood that can have actors stand there while a REAL sunset is being filmed? …… This is where the overuse of CGI has gotten us…things that COULD BE FILMED IN THE REAL WORLD- ARENT- because it is more “convenient” for the director to have things he SHOULD have filmed just “fixed in post using CGI”“