Was it the terrible
CGI fight sequence that opened the film?
«Big
CGI fight scene,» Wade warns us at one point.
Okay, okay, Wonder Woman ends in a chaotic and somewhat disappointing
CGI fight.
There are some incredible sans -
CGI fight sequences early on in the film featuring Parkour - style movements that will absolutely blow your mind.
Even he admits, «There's a big
CGI fight coming up.»
I was hoping for a powerful story of redemption and a search for identity, but all I got was a forgettable excuse for
some CGI fighting.
Pacific Rim Uprising's trailer does not show much apart from lots of
CGI fights in the fashion of Transformers, but let us hope the film is more than that.
Not exact matches
But sequels must always be bigger, faster, louder, whatever - er, and so of course director Jon Favreau (Elf) has crammed in more actionier stuff: more
CGI guys - in - armored - suits
fighting more
CGI robot warriors in incoherently staged battles that range over air and ground.
The Van Dammes and Willises and Schwarzeneggers put up their dukes in the»80s and»90s, but in the 21st century robots and other
CGI mammoths mostly
fight our battles for us — and the LaBeoufs mostly cheer and look on.
The
fight choreography is awesome, whether it's Boseman and Jordan or Boseman and Jordan's
CGI doubles or an actual huge battle scene with Gurira commanding troops.
yep we get lots of cars everywhere... silly stunts,
CGI stunts explosions... utterly impossible feats, Dwayne «my t - shirts are really tight» Johnson
fighting an even bigger meathead, more girl
fights, heroic deaths and the longest damn take off in the world.
This film was chock full of massive
CGI effects, in your face effects, lots of gun
fights, lots of fisticuffs, big
CGI alien creatures, big
CGI ships and stunt men flying all over the place.
Between the Yoda puppet voiced by Frank Oz was far superior to the
CGI Yoda in the prequels imo (except for the Yoda
fight scene was great which would have been difficult to do with the puppet).
i only wish those thousands went to work on movies of more substance than
fighting robots... and you don't have to apologize to me, i can in fact compare «Real Steel» to «The Fast and the Frivolous» films because in essence they are one - in - the - same, simply just the flavor of the week kind of flicks that have no real pull behind them other than big name actors,
CGI and a promise of action.
The
CGI is finally worthy of the character, he
fights with the best of them and Nicholas Hoult is much more confident in the role.
With all three elements in place, the film unravels as the expected
CGI - laden mess the trailer promises, rendering dialogue, story and mis - cast star Worthington secondary to
fight sequences.
And the actors playing the Avengers (as well as some of their non-super helpmates, including Gwyneth Paltrow as Iron Man's lady friend Pepper Potts and Clark Gregg as the loyal Agent Coulson) are such charismatic company that it comes as something of a disappointment each time the kibitzing gives way to crime -
fighting, with long breaks for spectacular (and often spectacularly dull)
CGI - enhanced action set pieces, including the climactic invasion of New York City by semi-organic robot reptiles.
«Rhino
Fight» is a sequence that was planned but never filmed; we see storyboards and a
CGI rhino test.
Spider - Man
fights bad guys; jumps around as an amazingly - poor - at - times
CGI puppet; climbs the Washington Monument in a scene that reminds me of a dream Miles had on «Murphy Brown» about being a dolphin erupting from the tip; and tries to hold the Staten Island Ferry together in a scene that recalls - without - surpassing the runaway - train sequence from Spider - Man 2.
Shaky cam and jolting cuts dominate the
fights that feature
CGI doubles for Thanos» Black Order or army of Outriders.
To be totally overwhelmed by flashy, but ultimately pointless and mind - numbing explosions, robotic
fights and a serious epidemic of a
CGI overdose that lapses the audience into a deep stupor (or even worse, seizures)?
It has the «usual» Marvel
cgi /
fights / car chases etc..
We had heroes
fighting each other, we had fantastic
CGI work, we had a decent story line, and I felt like he made the Hulk scary in that first scene when he transforms.
These
fights are rather claustrophobic and sloppily shot, alternating between obvious stunt doubles, obvious wire - fu, and obvious
CGI.
It's very odd to watch the
CGI 1984 Arnold
fighting the now - much older 2015 Arnold.
Viewers might recall that the scene showcases a brilliant display of
CGI effects that illustrate how hard both Hulk and Banner are
fighting for control of the body they share.
For all that Michael Bay clearly loves action sequences, the
fighting between giant
CGI robots becomes routine far too quickly to sustain an experience of this length.
Tekken 7's story mode seamlessly blended
CGI scenes into in - game
fights, giving a certain flourish far above and beyond what I had come to expect from the
fighting game genre.
Captain A's Nazi - socking exploits are dispensed with in brief, breezy montages, and the fisticuffs are varnished with so much
CGI that we never feel as if we're seeing real stunts performed by real people, let alone real
fights between real superhumans.
The «men»
fighting were so obviously
CGI'd that the stakes seemed lowered, and the train's loops, threatening their combat, seemed made for the benefit of a Black Panther video game more than anything else.
Its motion - capture
CGI renders the characters in rubbery, apple - cheeked versions that sometimes slide queasily into the uncanny valley; its script (written by the dream team of Doctor Who show - runner Steven Moffat, Hot Fuzz writer - director Edgar Wright, and Attack The Block writer - director Joe Cornish) is an of - the - moment action movie, little more than a lengthy series of big setpieces, crammed with
fights and chases.
If I never had to watch another dreary - looking,
CGI - heavy third - act
fight scene in which a major world city is threatened, or even seriously damaged, but saved from annihilation at the last minute — or at least, if I could get a two - year break — I would be immensely happy.
Marshall knows how to work with a star studded casts, and his handle on action cinema is impressive, opting for choreography over shaky cam theatrics or
CGI heavy
fight sequences (as many first time action directors tend to do).
While that version added Tsui's Blues — movie style sexual complications, gender - ambiguity and a healthy dose of cannibalism while minimizing the
fighting, this one ramps up the action and throws the whole thing into a 3D -
CGI blender.
The producers wanted to have some supernatural, Gothic
fighting, where they could have
CGI gargoyles tearing into hordes of demons.
Frank Oz defends George Lucas» decision to employ a
CGI Yoda during his
fight scenes in the Star Wars prequel movie trilogy.
The style, pacing and conventions of both genres will leave Western fans annoyed by the noise,
CGI and fast - paced cuts of horrific action once the alien plot begins to take over, while those sci - fi fans looking for some good
fights and explosions will be bored by the more leisurely pace and character - driven storylines that are the bread and butter of any good Western tale.
The story of Tomb Raider begins with an amazing
CGI cinematic that has Lara
fighting for her life as the Endurance, the ship that she is travelling on crashes during a violent storm in the Dragon's Triangle.
The
fight scenes between the real - life actors and wholly
CGI villains are the one truly magnificent aspect though, as the vile creatures pounce, grab and wrestle in seamless fashion with the actual environs.
The major
fight that the trailer put emphasis into is a massive mess of
CGI rock monsters smashing faceless crowds of people.
With an amusing array of slapstick sequences and supporting characters up its
CGI sleeve, Ferdinand boasts a vibrant voice - cast, with John Cena surprisingly fine as Ferdinand — the bull who, faced with a future as a meal or a matador's opponent, refuses to
fight.
Most of these include optional audio commentary by Ridley Scott, and some also include accompanying featurettes or other contextualizing material («Rhino
Fight,» for example, includes
CGI test footage of the rhino).
Kung Fu Panda: Audio Commentary by Co-Directors John Stevenson and Mark Osborne; Meet the Cast; Pushing the Boundaries [improvements in
CGI]; Sound Design; Kung fu
Fighting Music Video by Cee - Lo; Mr. Ping's Noodle House [watch a master make noodles from a simple ball of dough]; How to Use Chopsticks [this time for sure!]
Other topics arising: costumes (which included
CGI armor), linguistics,
fighting styles, production design, visual effects (from the unsettling depiction of X-ray vision), set pieces (the tornado sequence, Lois Lane's complicated single shot work escape), underwater filming, and filming locations.
Combining wire acrobatics and
CGI can be used together seamlessly to create memorable stunts and
fight sequences.
Did you know the airport
fight scene in Civil War was almost all
CGI?
Wyatt is clever enough to know that the pitfall we were most worried about for the prequel was too much
CGI monkey -
fighting.
We've seen Avengers: Infinity War teaser trailer and while we share concerns over the idea of Avengers battling more faceless, nameless
CGI drones (the 6 - legged, unarmed, attackers in Wakanda) the idea of all Marvel heroes coming together to
fight their greatest villain Thanos (who they still need to prove is their greatest villain) is potentially the most epic thing we'll see all year.
There's a horse - stampede
fight, a burning bridge and a train, grotesque misuse of slow - motion and
CGI, and nary a naked Angelina Jolie anywhere to leaven the stew.
There are a couple of
CGI shots that look a little plasticky, the director's TV background is noticeable in his occasionally mundane choice of camera angles and the action might be undercut with humour a little too often, but these minor niggles are more than countered with some first - rate
fight dynamics, effortlessly pithy badinage and top - drawer performances.