alt Hacker News> A precondition is likely that one has mainly watched CGI-heavy movies for most of one's life.
Indeed, a great (if counterintuitive) example of this is The Wolf of Wall Street. I bet a lot of people would be surprised at just how much CGI is used in that just for set/location.
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sbarre • 12/10/2024
The OG film for that was Forrest Gump. It is often lauded as one of the first movies to use CGI heavily but in completely, and intentionally, unnoticeable ways...
cess11 • 12/10/2024
Sure, it's like a weird dream where sometimes shadows don't come from the sun and the scenery has this absurd, acutely unreal polish.
Wow, you were not kidding https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pocfRVAH9yU