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Just got back from seeing Iron Man
May. 9th, 2008 08:05 pmI did enjoy it quite a bit. But I'm finding that the part of superhero movies which I'm LEAST interested in is the superhero battles. They're, y'know, boring. Fight scenes which are done by stuntmen and martial artists -- those are cool. But fight scenes done by CGI? Well, if they've got good dialogue and one-liners, they're fine.
But CGI has gotten good enough that it's boring. I mean, I think I actually preferred the CGI in Babylon Five -- because they were always pushing the envelope and trying new things. Now, people can do the CGI well -- and it's boring.
So I find myself just sort of vaguely watching the battles, and waiting for them to get back to the bits where the people are talking to each other.
The bits where Tony is building and testing his suit, though -- those are CGI-heavy, AND fun. So it CAN be done -- CGI is hardly a scene-killer. It's just -- we're past the point where CGI is cool.
But CGI has gotten good enough that it's boring. I mean, I think I actually preferred the CGI in Babylon Five -- because they were always pushing the envelope and trying new things. Now, people can do the CGI well -- and it's boring.
So I find myself just sort of vaguely watching the battles, and waiting for them to get back to the bits where the people are talking to each other.
The bits where Tony is building and testing his suit, though -- those are CGI-heavy, AND fun. So it CAN be done -- CGI is hardly a scene-killer. It's just -- we're past the point where CGI is cool.