Comments on: Fantastic Zodiac CGI Work

By: Kid::Ginger

Kid::Ginger — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:59:52 +0000

To be quite honest with you, while watching Zodiac, my brother and I found that one of its major drawbacks was the use of background CGI. There were tmes when we were taken so far out of the movie by the usage of blatantly fake backgrounds. My brother has noticed it first and then after that it just bothered me throughout.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:39:33 +0000

Wow. That was impressive. What CG should be used for. To enhance the story not overshadow it. Someone tell Stephen Sommers to watch that.

By: headcheese

headcheese — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 01:51:43 +0000

How cool is that video? And I thought I was paying very close attention since Zodiac had me glued for the most part!! Honestly, I was clueless!!!

By: Kopetkai

Kopetkai — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:18:08 +0000

” most critics really liked the film and I’m in the minority here”
Technically you guys are film reviewers not film critics.

By: thegoodfella

thegoodfella — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:49:08 +0000

I loved Zodiac personally; I haven’t been that engrossed in a movie for a long time.

That’s a pretty impressive video, although there were a lot of shots in there that looked like they could have just as easily been done practically. Does it not just push the budget up unnecessarily?

By: Björn Lindström

Björn Lindström — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:16:53 +0000

For a similar aha experience concerning CGI, take a look at the directors commentary for Amelie from Montmartre by Jeunet.

There’s of course some obvious CGI work in that film, but the amazing stuff is the things you don’t see.