"CGI did, in fact, ruin movies." "If you go back in filmmaking prior to somewhere around 2000, give or take a decade depending on the title and genre, almost all films look so much realer."

"Consider director Denis Villenueve's 2021 Dune, which was released to critical and public acclaim. It was lauded for its special effects, the supposed realness of its world, and Villenueve admirably went to actual deserts, like the United Arab Emirates, to film a number of scenes. Yet despite his best efforts, I cannot help but notice that digital post-processing seems to have ruined Villeuneve's more realistic vision. Lawrence of Arabia from 1962 looks so much more real than Dune."

"So why? Why don't movies look like reality anymore? Is my conspiracy theory of a sinister cabal of cost-cutters true? Not quite. Because the new digital cinema doesn't save any money. In fact, it's more expensive."

CGI did, in fact, ruin movies

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