The Flying Legolas - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

doug*platypus · 01-18-2003, 08:49 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> so obviously CG <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Exactly. I think the use and application of CG images in the movies is not very well thought-out in some cases. They could render everything perfectly, use a million hours of motion capture, or whatever, and this still wouldn't look realistic, because the action itself is not realistic.I have been 50/50 about it both times I have seen it. I like that they're trying to show him as nimble, and I think it's a pretty cool idea, but they just don't pull it off well enough. There's many, many trick riders out there who could jump onto the back of a moving horse. Why on earth did they make CGolas swing up around its chest? From general experience, that's just the kind of stupid trick that will go wrong and leave you bruised and embarrassed, lying on the ground.Great idea, awful execution.

01-18-2003, 08:49 PM	#9
doug*platypus Delver in the Deep Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Aotearoa Posts: 960	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> so obviously CG <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Exactly. I think the use and application of CG images in the movies is not very well thought-out in some cases. They could render everything perfectly, use a million hours of motion capture, or whatever, and this <B>still</B> wouldn't look realistic, because the action itself is not realistic.<P>I have been 50/50 about it both times I have seen it. I like that they're trying to show him as nimble, and I think it's a pretty cool idea, but they just don't pull it off well enough. There's many, many trick riders out there who could jump onto the back of a moving horse. Why on earth did they make CGolas swing up around its chest? From general experience, that's just the kind of stupid trick that will go wrong and leave you bruised and embarrassed, lying on the ground.<P>Great idea, awful execution. __________________ But Gwindor answered: 'The doom lies in yourself, not in your name'.