Movies Where Practical Effects Beat Modern CGI CGI can build entire planets now, but bigger does not always mean better. Some ...

The superhero movies of the MCU, the DCU, and other franchises occasionally make perfect use of CGI visuals. Ever since the movies of the MCU helped catapult the genre to the peak of the box office, ...

Bad CGI ages fast. Great CGI tends to survive because filmmakers know when to use it, when to hide it, and when to let practical effects do the heavy lifting. These 10 older movies did not rely on ...

Superhero movies are one of the most dominant forces in modern cinema, with their huge big-screen spectacles consistently drawing impressive box office earnings. As the popularity of superhero movies ...

Shots that could have been practical (meaning, not CGI) were done with pixels for no apparent reason, with often ghastly and comical results. This is the first movie that comes to mind when we think ...

Sometimes technological advancements take us backwards. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When we say that VFX were better in the ...

Computer Generated Imagery dates all the way back to Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo where the visionary director utilized abstract graphics and imagery for the title's opening credits sequence. In the ...

Director Duncan Jones has defended the use of CGI in modern films. The Warcraft filmmaker took to Twitter to say that computer graphics are a "tool like any other" and "can be done well". Ian West/PA ...

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James Fisher-Clegg is a freelance writer from Vancouver, Washington. He graduated from Eastern Washington University where he earned a degree in Film. In high school, he discovered his love of ...