I feel dirty getting up on the “CGI is worse than practical effects” soapbox, because I’ve seen amazing CGI and terrible practical effects, but this movie feels like it was made just for me to go on such a vapid rant. The first movie had some of the best practical effects I’ve ever seen, and still have nightmares about, but what happened here feels like a slap in the face. It was clear that the people making this movie had a lot of love for it and wanted it to be good, with fairly solid acting and a set design that perfectly matches what we see in the original. I heard that the original cut of this movie had amazing practical effects, and the people who made them were so upset at how the studio just slapped a bunch of CGI on top of their work went and made their own movie called Harbinger Down. I need to get myself a copy of that.
And now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to get another bucket. Thank goodness King Thorax wasn’t here for the original.
“Vincent deserved a happier life than the one I could
give him.” Jack sighed. “We both knew that I could never
put anything above my duty. Everything I fought for was to
protect people like him… That’s the sacrifice I made.”
“Relationships don’t work out so well for us, do they?”
Ana said, unconsciously running her thumb over where her
wedding ring used to be.
