Jurassic Park Series

[Ratchetcomand]

Lol, I loved the sloth. Though they could've put in a Smilodon for the scare effect.

Some pre-Trassic animals are pretty deadly.  Dimetrodon where pretty deadly from what I can remember. You also had early sea animals like Pterygotus, Dunkleosteus, and Jaekelopterus

[DoomRulz]

Dunkleosteus! I love me some placoderms.

[SiL]

Why is there no weight to the animals' movement when it comes to CG usage these days? Is it just a case of lazy filmmaking?

Lazy audiences.

Where dodgy, unconvincing effects would ruin effects pictures, they're perfectly fine these days so long as the spectacle itself is big enough. The CGI gets more and more technically accomplished -- better shaders, better movements, better textures, etc. -- but the people in control of them have become convinced (and the public financially backed up the idea) that "The only limit is your imagination!" is actually a good mantra to have.

The CGI in JW is beautiful, but it's not the least convincing. You still watch JP and feel like you're watching dinosaurs. You watch JW and feel you're watching CGI dinosaurs. Big difference.

[HuDaFuK]

The CGI in JW is beautiful, but it's not the least convincing. You still watch JP and feel like you're watching dinosaurs. You watch JW and feel you're watching CGI dinosaurs. Big difference.

Yeah, this. Somewhere along the way, something got lost.

[Alien³]

The CGI in JW is beautiful, but it's not the least convincing.

I guess that boils down to how invested you are in the storytelling.

I personally was convinced by them as living, breathing characters in the new movie.

[DoomRulz]

Why is there no weight to the animals' movement when it comes to CG usage these days? Is it just a case of lazy filmmaking?

Lazy audiences.

Where dodgy, unconvincing effects would ruin effects pictures, they're perfectly fine these days so long as the spectacle itself is big enough. The CGI gets more and more technically accomplished -- better shaders, better movements, better textures, etc. -- but the people in control of them have become convinced (and the public financially backed up the idea) that "The only limit is your imagination!" is actually a good mantra to have.

The CGI in JW is beautiful, but it's not the least convincing. You still watch JP and feel like you're watching dinosaurs. You watch JW and feel you're watching CGI dinosaurs. Big difference.

So what's the solution?

The CGI in JW is beautiful, but it's not the least convincing.

I guess that boils down to how invested you are in the storytelling.

I personally was convinced by them as living, breathing characters in the new movie.

I was and I wasn't. I bought that they were made to look that way but they didn't feel that way. I didn't feel as though I could reach out and touch them.

[Alien³]

I didn't feel as though I could reach out and touch them.

Man during these scenes I really felt like I could touch them.

[DoomRulz]

Even those moments didn't look that good. I know they were animatronics but they still looked fake. I can't recall which reviewer said it, but it's like CG effects were imposed onto them because the director wanted them to have more facial expressions.

[HuDaFuK]

Man during these scenes I really felt like I could touch them.

I didn't. I thought they looked noticeably artificial.

[Alien³]

Well of course they look artificial because they are.

They look no more real than this for example...



I really believe its down to how invested you are in everything that is at play, not just how real the effects are.

[HuDaFuK]

Well of course they look artificial because they are.

Yes, but it stood out how artificial they were. I was acutely aware that they were not real.

[Corporal Hicks]

I didn't feel as though I could reach out and touch them.

Man during these scenes I really felt like I could touch them.

I'm with you here. I thought these moments looked gorgeous.

[DoomRulz]

Well of course they look artificial because they are.

Yes, but it stood out how artificial they were. I was acutely aware that they were not real.

This. They looked plastic.

[Alien³]

This. They looked plastic.

Nowadays most people know the basics of how an effect is achieved before they even enter the theatre to watch the film they're seeing. This is why some say modern effects are not amazing (when what they are seeing are leaps and bounds ahead of what came before) because the mystery is gone.

[DoomRulz]

It may be leaps and bounds ahead on a technical level but that doesn't mean it's pleasing to the eye. The Hobbit was presented in 48 FPS in IMAX but it looked awful to me.