My Rant about CGI

My Rant about CGI 

Man, O man, you have no idea how much CGI annoys me in movies. CGI has plagued movies over the years; this is something we see all the time. Two movies that made Studios overuse CGI and they are T2 and Jurassic Park. Don’t get me wrong, those films are good; however, what filmmakers fail to realize is that those films use CGI when it’s needed. In T2, that movie uses CGI for the T-1000. The T-1000 is made of liquid metal; it’s not possible to do a practical effect of a liquid metal Terminator. Originally in Jurassic Park, the Dinosaurs were suppose to be stop motion, but Mr. Spielberg changed his mind after seeing CGI footage of the Dinosaurs.

Now movie studios are stuffing their movies with CGI. I’m tired of Hollywood doing this, I mean, when someone does something new, they milk the crap out of it. What’s the point of dumping CGI in movies? All you're doing is making my eyes bloodshot! Heck, CGI is not going to hold up in a few years. Look at CGI Yoda, for example; he looks bad then, and he still looks bad now. I feel bad for saying that because I know how hard they worked to make him look like the puppet it's based on. ( plus, he looks better the second time around.) 

Then again, the CGI in District 9 looks good despite its low budget. So is this a money problem or a talent problem? I was watching Tron with a bunch of kids, and they were complaining that the CGI looks bad; of course, it looks bad; this movie was from the 1980s. You know what, kids, thirty years from now, people are going to think that the CGI in Tron Legacy looks bad. This is an issue I have with CGI; it’s affecting the minds of kids. Kids don’t appreciate a movie without CGI. Heck, they don’t appreciate black-and-white films. 

Also, when using CG1, you have to consider the lighting a color palette of the scene or character. 
That's another thing that bothers me about CGI is the CGI characters don’t look believable. Here’s an example, the 2003 Hulk film, the Hulk moves and jumps around in that movie like he’s weightless. The bottom line is CGI should be used as a last resort, not as a band-aid, just because you don't like how the movie looks in post-production. Yes! Mr. Lucas, I'm talking to you.

Now I understand that directors would rather use green or blue screens instead of filming at a location because of the weather and filming permits. However, when you do that, you take away the authenticity of the film. I’m not saying ban CGI, but use it if it’s necessary; 90% of a movie shouldn’t be CGI. The only movie genre that should be allowed to use CGI is sci-fi films. It's possible to do Avatar without CGI. We need to go back to using Practical effects, Set pieces, animatronics, and stop motion. It would be nice to see Pixar release a 2D animated movie.