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hlthe2b

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9. You know what, equating use of CGI, miniatures, animation to actual special effects

Tue May 31, 2022, 12:11 PM

May 2022

and not appreciating the difference (to the tune of over $150million in the case of this film) is going to leave us all with nothing but the crap we've been saturated with the past decade--superhero crap, teen angst crap, animation (fine for the kids, but) and the CGI-fantasy, like the never-ending Jurassic World series. If that's your thing, have at it. Since it appears that many don't want anything but this and don't appreciate the difference, it seems to be a pre-ordained conclusion. This movie will more than recoup its massive costs but the die is cast, I guess. I get escapist fantasy, but the failure to appreciate the work of real human beings performing at the top of their ability is just sad to me. sigh...

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I can't believe none of the reviewers caught this one: my Top Gun 2 review [View all] jmowreader May 2022 OP

The canyon attack sequence in Star Wars is itself not original VMA131Marine May 2022 #1

Sorry I see no reason to see whistler162 May 2022 #2

The flight sequences were incredible. I stayed to see the almost endless credits of military hlthe2b May 2022 #3

I enjoyed your review, however... hlthe2b May 2022 #4

Star Wars: A New Hope contains no CGI jmowreader May 2022 #5

Okay, Conflating/comparing actual flight scenes with film of miniatures?!!! hlthe2b May 2022 #6

Actually there was no Star Wars-like canyon run in Norway localroger May 2022 #8

You know what, equating use of CGI, miniatures, animation to actual special effects hlthe2b May 2022 #9

You're not making your beef very clear localroger May 2022 #10

Your continuing to compare miniturization and CGI techniques to actual military pilots hlthe2b May 2022 #12

I am comparing them because they are means to get an image on the screen localroger May 2022 #13

... and this attack did not stop Germany from making a bomb ... TomWilm May 2022 #15

And at the time we knew this, but we got the plant destroyed anyway "just in case." localroger May 2022 #16

They didn't miss telling his crews to trust the Force localroger May 2022 #7

That also ties back to the 1986 film jmowreader May 2022 #11

Now that you mention it that may have been what goosed the scriptwriters localroger May 2022 #14