The CGI is generally bad but it was cutting edge at the time (however, consider how good Jurassic Park looked six years prior -- the right mix of digital and practical effects). And while they certainly built a ton of practical sets, I'm willing to bet nearly 100% of them had sizable blue or green screen areas incorporated into them. And don't get me started on Lucas cutting and pasting different takes into one shot -- I remember watching one of the documentaries where George didn't like how Captain Panaka was framed in the cockpit in one shot so they lifted it from another take and literally pasted it in. The difference is subtle but I think it contributes to the overall disconnectedness of the performances.JuanHamm wrote:Watching this now and the most glaring problem (besides everything) is the ridiculously awful Cgi.
Did every fucking scene have to be 99% cgi? They didn't have practical effects in 1999?
Even if this was a good movie it would still be basically unwatchable.
What really hurts it (leaving aside the reprehensible dialogue and acting) is that the framing of shots just seems amateurish. Compare the composition with the other end of the spectrum in Rian Johnson's Last Jedi (regardless of where you come down on rating the plot decisions, the quality of filmmaking is outstanding).
