I would have to say, even that I like the original CGI dinosaurs (to be totally honest, I really like the old Harryhausen, O'Brien dinosaurs, but...) in the original Jurassic Park MORE than I do in the subsequent movies (altho, the stories of these movies really suck). Somehow, CGI went from some pretty good potential to being cartoony and unbelieveable. I like the original Tremors worms over the CGI bullcrap that cropped up in the sequels.
I know even the old movies have levels of "smoke and mirrors" but why does it seem more believeable, my disbelief is actually suspended? I don't think my tastes in movies have changed in my older age, so it has to be something on the other end, right?
I think I now know why the Prequels don't work for me. It is like a cartoon. It's like an artist who has painted in oil for so long, making it real and colorful and wonderful, and all of a sudden he switches to watercolors and completely changes the feel and weight of his paintings!
It's like when you have a big hit movie and then they do a Saturday Morning Cartoon version of it---it's...just...not...the...same!
This is the problem! Lucas needs to embrace the technology which made SW so great... but my criticism is unfounded. It will NEVER happen! He has too much pride. He's invested too much time, too much money.
I'm only hoping in twenty years someone else will have the rights to these films and make the PTs as they were meant to be. Yeah... well.. We'll see how I feel about SW after Ep. III. Maybe I'd wait.
This post has been edited by CowboyCurtis: 16 May 2004 - 11:08 PM