+38 People are grossly spoiled by high quality movies, because being able to make a full length film with special effects with no advanced computers prior to 1980 is astounding. amirite?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Quality of a movie isn't based on the effects. There are pre 1970 movies that hold up fine. Poor effect age poorly but they don't make or break a movie

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Fair point. What makes or breaks a movie?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Quality of the story and writing

by Anonymous 1 week ago

That generates a further point: people have started discounting storytelling and writing because of poor effects.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

No they haven't poorly written movies typically have worse writing. If your not willing to pay for a well written story your not likely going to pay for CGI or effects.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Honestly, the OG Planet of the Apes movies were amazing. And I prefer the costumes to the CGI/AI generated apes in the remakes.

by Susanakirlin 1 week ago

I agree I generally really dislike CGI. I'll take a crappy homemade effect any day.

by alvina18 1 week ago

I tend to think quality is down because advanced tools have made people less skilled and lazier. But I also agree that it's probably pretty had to have any serious continuity in a project over 2 or 3 years. The best works have almost always been made under some duress. But I'm not gonna go out there and advocate for artists, engineers to work their hands to the bone for peanuts like they used to. I'd be cool with it if they were getting paid really well.

by Xhansen 1 week ago