Stop Blaming CGI and VFX for Everything, Says One Film Critic

Scott Beggs of Film School Rejects has had it with fans who make CGI and VFX the scapegoat for all the ills of big-budget Hollywood movies. Sparked by an inane fanboy comment about the upcoming Warcraft film, Beggs writes that knee-jerk criticism of computer animation hinders any serious discussion about the craft:

Attacking something purely because it’s CGI is lazy. Crying “CGI!” at something that’s CGI is like crying “Movie!” at a movie theater. It tells us nothing about whether the CGI works or not, or why it works or not…[T]he “Ugh, CGI?” complaint is one I see all too often these days without any qualifiers. As if the shorthand is enough for us to nod our heads in agreement. It’s easy, lazy and hollow. Especially so when you’re scoffing because a mythical being “doesn’t look realistic.”

Read Beggs’ entire editorial: “The Lazy Backlash Against CGI Needs to End.”

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