Re: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Looking better. What most directors (especially Lucas) don't realize is that CGI is too fake-looking to create a true sense of wonder. For eg. Jurassic Park (1993) made me feel like I was at a real dinosaur park. But John Carter made me feel like I was sitting in a hot movie theatre watching a video game set in a desert.
The very best will find ways to blend the real and the virtual to teleport you to those distant lands -- Cameron, Spielberg, Nolan -- and make you "feel like you're actually there."
Of course, having a coherent plot will drastically increase the sense of realism and wonder.
Looking better. What most directors (especially Lucas) don't realize is that CGI is too fake-looking to create a true sense of wonder. For eg. Jurassic Park (1993) made me feel like I was at a real dinosaur park. But John Carter made me feel like I was sitting in a hot movie theatre watching a video game set in a desert.
The very best will find ways to blend the real and the virtual to teleport you to those distant lands -- Cameron, Spielberg, Nolan -- and make you "feel like you're actually there."
Of course, having a coherent plot will drastically increase the sense of realism and wonder.
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