Hellboy, glorious Hellboy!

[wuggles451]

It isn't the use of CGI I'm complaining about. My complaint is that is seems a decent genre flick can't be made without taking the method to the extreme. I think there are ways to subtly incorperate special F/X so people will say "How'd they do that?" rather than "That's computer effects and that's make up effects."

[Gerry]

wuggles451 wrote:

> It isn't the use of CGI I'm complaining about. My complaint is
> that is seems a decent genre flick can't be made without taking
> the method to the extreme.

An excellent example of superlative use of CGI can be seen in another Guillermo del Toro film, THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE, that barely makes use of it at all, and when it does it is absolutely perfect IMO.

As far as action films goes I have to pretty much agree with you about taking it to the extreme.  HELLBOY didn't bother me a bit though in that respect.

[Ash]

Taking CGI to the extreme would be the "Licker" monster at the end of the "Resident Evil" movie.

I like that film but that monster was done terribly.