The Golden Age Or The Dark Age Of Movie Production., Has the time past with all this CGI? Options

[Trinity54]

Well I shall try and debate this to the best of my ability the movie's of today are begining to feel lacking in my opinion.

Get this today with our ability to use CGI we are pushing that to the extremes within the movie bizz we want real life like explosions and crisp and clear creature's from another world.

But at what price most big hit movie's use most of there budget on CGI therefore they must cut down other parts of the movie such as fight scene's or dialouge shot's.

When they do such thing's like this the movie seems lacking at best the plot watered down to only a shadow of its once known glory.

An example of this is spider man 3 sure you had the huge building scene and the crisp visuals but I feel like there was no action that made me jump out of my seat such as in part one.

But instead a watered down plot, plot holes and of course random out of character scene's.

I say we should cut down on CGI before it is too late use that budget for better writer's,bigger action scenes and an all together better story.

My opinion is that the movie bizz is sinking themselves with CGI so I say the movies are nearing a dark age.

If you think movies of today useing CGI are improveing movies of today please post here I would love to see the light of this matter because I just can not see it.

[superstitious]

I wouldn't blame the downfall of current cinema on CGI alone. You can find trite storylines and horrible casting choices anywhere.

I think part of the problem is a lack of individuality and creativity in scripts that are being greenlit, for one. I also think that people tend to stick to a formulaic way of casting (TV execs and what not call them "ratings machines"). They're your Scarlett Johanssons, your Tom Cruises, etc. Celebrities who seem to be money makers but offer nothing in the way of complexity.

Also, there's this whole "take me away from the nastiness of life" type sentiment. People (GENERALLY) don't want to think when they go to a movie. That's totally fine and dandy. I love a good Harry Potter movie, for example. But it's not going to make me think a whole lot. In fact, my favorite genre of film is scifi/fantasy and most of the films within that genre are not particularly thought provoking, at least not in a terribly profound way. There is, of course, always exceptions to that. I'm sure there are scifi/fantasy films that do offer up something more than a "fun ride."

My point,as hollow as it may seem, is that movie productions need an audience to sustain. If there isn't much of an audience, there isn't going to be much in the way of substance, other than that which is simulated using a green skin.

We're not in a Golden Age or a Dark Age. We're in the age of choice (even if those choices seem pretty bleak at times). We make the choice to see CGI. I'm not saying that we should ban or boycott the fun romp films. We should try to expand upon our existing horizons and see films that aren't so big budget, that do rely more on content than on knee jerk reactive ooooo's and aaaaa's.

[Trinity54]

Hmmmm yes I agree the movie bizz should take a chance with some new material.

But even with the items you listed we need to start fresh with the bizz what we got now in todays time is what I call the sequel and prequel phase.

Meaning most logos are just extending an overkilled product to the masses only for profit and not to truly get to know the audience and see what they wish to see.

As you said the actor's play a huge part but also the budget as well and as I eariler stated the producer's and director's if you can call them that are spending all this money towards CGI instead of hireing better material for the overall product.

I say if they get there shit together and take a chance the movies stand a chance but if you charge me $9.00 a ticket for the same damn thing then I will pass.

I agree with you on some levels but not all., I still say cut down CGI and we will see an increase in better movies.

[NoSex]

the producer's and director's if you can call them that are spending all this money towards CGI instead of hireing better material for the overall product.

This is not a convincing argument to me. Poor writing, casting, acting, cinematography, etc. etc. is not necessarily a result of funding that is being tunneled towards the creation of CGI. In fact, I would argue that this is rarely, if ever, the case. Most Hollywood productions have a large enough budget that nothing really truly has to be sacrificed in order to secure the quality of another. And, further, poorly written dialogue isn't exactly something you can fix by throwing money at it.

I think our problems are an unimaginative, highly capitalistic, and boring film industry - a film industry ruled by the box office and DVD sales. The problem isn't CGI it's people who keep going to see bad movies. Why would you take a chance if you knew that if you kept doing the same thing you've always done that you'd make a shit-load of money?