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@JoeMomma29 - I couldn't disagree more. CGI is just a tool, the exact same as something like a camera or a boom mike. When used right, you don't even know that it's there. What if I told you movies like Mad Max Fury Road or the recent Planet of the Apes movies or Avengers or Man of Steel or ANY comic-book movie for that matter wouldn't have been possible if not for CGI? Hell, even movies where you might have thought the entire thing is practical has had heavy doses of CGI to help elevate it...case in point, Deadpool, The Social Network, Zodiac, Gone Girl, Forrest Gump and so much more.

Old-school Movie Making Magic, while great to reminisce about realistically has no place in todays blockbusters quite simply because resorting to it is overtly expensive when the same level of fidelity, if not more, can be achieved through Digital imagery. I know people love to shower praise upon practical effects but they forget that most practical effects in the 70s and 80s were thoroughly awful and we tend to focus only on the few among them that actually managed to do it right. Hell, even the ones that looked great for the time (The Yoda puppet) looks awful by today's standards.

CGI is essential today and I feel that the tool gets a bad rap when in reality, whatever fault you may have with it actually lies with the Filmmakers, who most often than not, don't really have an idea on how to incorporate CG properly.

@JoeMomma29 -

Nolan still uses practical effects and shoots his movies on film. Movie magic is still around. It's just not being utilized as much today. CGI is just another tool that filmmakers can use to Tell their story. It's just that most rely too much on it.