r/movies • u/ChiefLeef22 r/movies Contributor • 4h ago

Article ‘The Odyssey’ Proves It: Audiences Want Movies Made the Hard Way | This year's breakouts like 'Project Hail Mary' and 'Obsession' were made by filmmakers who sweated. While CG-stuffed franchise disappointments such as 'Supergirl,' 'Moana,' and 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' looked lazy.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/odyssey-box-office-2026-practical-effects-1236652219/
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u/fascfoo 3h ago

Yup. This just pushes this CGI bad narrative when its BAD CGI thats bad. Great CGI is basically invisible. Now well just have more filmmakers essentially lying by saying they're doing everything "in camera" in promo material.

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u/f0xD3N 2h ago

Not to mention PHM and The Odyssey both feature tons of CGI

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u/pm_plz_im_lonely 1h ago edited 49m ago

The discussion surrounding CGI and oners is risible.

People google "oner" and "cgi" for 2 minutes, then larp this gatekeep is their personal standard while rejecting all the footnotes. Then, film promotion deliberately feeds into this amazing taste bar, as a form of collective industry gaslighting.

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u/Worthyness 58m ago

Great cgi can also be visible. The dinos in jurassic Park, Thanos and Davy Jones as performance capture entities. Godzilla and his modern takes. Everyone knows they're cgi, but that isn't a bad thing.