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The people who are like "actually there's a ton of CG you don't notice!". They mean simple compositing, CG backdrops, painting in props,

No, it's everything. Modern big budget movies could have 800-1200 vfx shots. You aren't able to guess at what is photography in every shot in a few seconds 800 times during a movie. You can make that claim, but even people who have been doing vfx for decades can't do it. People say these things because they want to believe it and they know they won't be tested to prove it.

I mean, if we're counting that, and trying to compare the two, then just about every single time a location shoot was used where CG might have been today, classic "effects" win. That part's silly to compare.

The best of the best just really do hold up better. It's a shame we didn't get more time with that style before CG took over

You say this but again, you don't know how every shot was done and every shot is different. This mostly comes from people wanting to think they are never 'fooled' and 'old ways are better'. This has been going on and repeated since the 90s.

The truth is that you aren't in a position to judge what is 'best' because you don't know how every shot was done in the first place.





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