Over-reliance on CGI in movies

Re:Over-reliance on CGI in movies by js2 on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @05:39PM (#30185117)

I recently re-watched Spider-Man (2002), not having seen it in over a decade. I watched it in 4K on a 100" screen from my JVC DLA-RS400 projector.

I was pleasantly surprised that the movie was as good as I remembered, and that the special effects held up remarkably well.

I enjoyed its first major fight scene than the one you linked:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiaTyUcu5VM

The frozen people effect in Amazing Spiderman 2 reminded me this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OANHfaJW3IM

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Re:Over-reliance on CGI in movies by spywaregorilla on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @08:37PM (#30187221)

This scene does the same thing well in that the danger and excitement is not about spiderman being harmed, it's the civilians.

I don't know that the special effects here held up especially well though. The machine gun and rocket are dorky. There's some irrelevant punching as well, but not too much. It could be argued just enough to establish GG as physically strong. The fight conclusion feels a bit weak though. I'd say it's a pretty solid scene despite this stuff.

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