Does anyone else feel like I do that special effects killed movies? Special effects just suck the life out of a great plot or story line.
It’s nothing new. I heard a discussion on the James Bond franchise years ago. There’s an inverse relationship between the quality of the script/plot/story, and the amount of special effects.
From what I’ve seen of these modern fx-oriented action films, they no longer even seem to be movies at all anymore. More like hyperkinetic, animated video-games. Indeed, when I observe them, I can’t even mentally process them like real “movies.” They just seem like a cartoonish barrage, best left ignored.
SE’s are for movies that have little to no stories and zero interesting characters.
There was just a story out last week about Viggo Mortensen complaining about Peter Jackson and his growing reliance on special effects through the making of the LOTRs trilogy. The first pic, good experience; then, all CG all the time. Mortensen seems to think it hurt the storyline and film.
Yep, that's why I like old movies, especially 40's. Lots of wonderful dialogue.
These days, if you've seen the trailer - you've seen the movie.