Same. I told my sci-fi interested 13 y.o. that he's coming with me when I go to see it, and I recommended that he didn't watch any trailers due to spoilers. If the movie is anything like the book, we'll both love it.
Some do, some look fucking awful. I notice it most when the lighting on the actor doesn't match the environment they're supposed to be in. Other times the CGI background is too in focus so they can show off their work but it makes the scene look flat.
That and Corridor Crew going behind the scenes showing how much work the artist out into the movies, just for the directors to talk about how everything was in frame and that.
Hell, Godzilla (2014) and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) had a similar amount of CGI shots, it was just hidden so well.
Can’t wait for this film to wind up nominated for Best Visual Effects after everyone in the film goes on and on about how the use of CGI or greenscreen makes a film feel fake and THEIR film feels real because they built their own set. As if other films have never used a physical set in conjunction with greenscreen and visual effects to make successful films.
There is no doubt a team of very talented visual effects artists on this film who are being underpaid and overworked. Why are these filmmakers then stigmatising the work they depend on to make their generic popcorn flick?
The book has been sitting on my shelf for a few years. I've finally started to read it and in 2 days I'm already 120ish pages in. I can't wait for the movie now.
Cue “behind the scenes” documentary showing all the amazing green screen shots the effects team pulled together, including ones you assumed were just in a room on Earth, as rooms on Earth are pretty easy.
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TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id · 63 pts · 152d
All blue screen, was it?
Kraiden@piefed.social · 58 pts · 152d
My guess is those new massive screens that they use instead
LED volumes
triptrapper@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 152d
I was wondering about this exact thing. I know Greig Fraser used them extensively in the Dune movies and The Batman.
cyrano@piefed.social · 7 pts · 152d
Thx for sharing
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org · 3 pts · 152d
Also known as "virtual set"
Broken@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 152d
Technically having more than one green screen shot would make "not a single green screen shot" true as well.
9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 152d
Really excited for this movie
cubism_pitta@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 152d
Same. I have everyone in my circle gassed up to see this one.
I am not much of a movie person but the book is probably one of my favorite things I have read in the last few years.
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de · 13 pts · 152d
bought a ticket for the preview on the 14th.
Excite. excite. excite
Thorry@feddit.org · 10 pts · 152d
Amaze
Gargantuanthud@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 152d
Fist my bump!
neidu3@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 152d
Same. I told my sci-fi interested 13 y.o. that he's coming with me when I go to see it, and I recommended that he didn't watch any trailers due to spoilers. If the movie is anything like the book, we'll both love it.
zaphod@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 152d
It will probably be the only film for whch I will go to the cinema this year.
KeenFlame@feddit.nu · 1 pts · 151d
Pleeeease don't fuck up the >!alien speech!<
FishFace@piefed.social · 20 pts · 152d
Who gives a shit? Green screen films look absolutely fine.
IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.wtf · 11 pts · 152d
Some do, some look fucking awful. I notice it most when the lighting on the actor doesn't match the environment they're supposed to be in. Other times the CGI background is too in focus so they can show off their work but it makes the scene look flat.
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 152d
Surely you don’t mean the latest Captain America film that looked like a Command & Conquer cutscene throughout?!
nonfuinoncuro@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 151d
aww i loved those cut scenes
reddig33@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 152d
It’s the hype machine. I think I must be the only person on earth who was underwhelmed by this book. Artemis was a lot more fun.
snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 152d
Yeah it was fun but the ending was just eh. Artemis was better.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 3 pts · 152d
We found them, ladies and gentlemen, the two people who liked Artemis more than Hail Mary.
They'll never be able to hurt people again with their reviews.
MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 152d
There's a great channel with a series "No CGI is really just Invisable CGI" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB6ZABC2cArGjau4AyBMqVg Talks about how movies are trying to advertise with no CGI, but still use it everywhere.
That and Corridor Crew going behind the scenes showing how much work the artist out into the movies, just for the directors to talk about how everything was in frame and that.
Hell, Godzilla (2014) and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) had a similar amount of CGI shots, it was just hidden so well.
Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 152d
They never said "No CGI", they said there "No green screen"
Liketearsinrain@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 152d
hkspowers@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 152d
Read that sentence again, you missed the point being made.
Liketearsinrain@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 152d
kossa@feddit.org · 1 pts · 151d
I'll only ever watch Hail Mary if they flew out to a real star and met an alien there. Everything else would be fake.
fox2263@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 152d
Taking the Nolan method and making a practical spacecraft and a mission to space
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de · 22 pts · 152d
The hard part was discovering an alien species that looked like rocky
Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 152d
Amaze Amaze Amaze
KaChilde@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 152d
Can’t wait for this film to wind up nominated for Best Visual Effects after everyone in the film goes on and on about how the use of CGI or greenscreen makes a film feel fake and THEIR film feels real because they built their own set. As if other films have never used a physical set in conjunction with greenscreen and visual effects to make successful films.
There is no doubt a team of very talented visual effects artists on this film who are being underpaid and overworked. Why are these filmmakers then stigmatising the work they depend on to make their generic popcorn flick?
ohulancutash@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 151d
They aren’t. They’re saying that of the 2010 VFX shots in the film, none are green screen.
BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 152d
Ah it's Ryan Gosling, I was thinking "That can't be Seth Green?"
Soulg@ani.social · 3 pts · 152d
After reading your comment it really does look like him yeah
JakoJakoJako13@piefed.social · 7 pts · 152d
The book has been sitting on my shelf for a few years. I've finally started to read it and in 2 days I'm already 120ish pages in. I can't wait for the movie now.
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 152d
Cue “behind the scenes” documentary showing all the amazing green screen shots the effects team pulled together, including ones you assumed were just in a room on Earth, as rooms on Earth are pretty easy.