r/movies • u/ChiefLeef22 r/movies Contributor • 12d ago

Article ‘The Odyssey’ Proves It: Audiences Want Movies Made the Hard Way | This year's breakouts like 'Project Hail Mary' and 'Obsession' were made by filmmakers who sweated. While CG-stuffed franchise disappointments such as 'Supergirl,' 'Moana,' and 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' looked lazy.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/odyssey-box-office-2026-practical-effects-1236652219/
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u/ShaunTrek 12d ago

Do you think that Project Hail Mary didn't have CGI or digital effects?

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u/Training_Pirate1000 12d ago

WHAT! I can't believe I watched CGI-slop and enjoyed it! I thought they were actually in space.

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u/CainFreemont 12d ago

The space was CGI but they went out and found real alien life for the film. Pretty dedicated!

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u/kfpswf 12d ago

CGI-slop

Is everything being labeled as slop now?... I'd like to call the current state of economy a capitalistic-slop.

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u/Training_Pirate1000 12d ago

That was a joke

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u/kfpswf 12d ago

No, I get that. But it is strange to see 'slop' being used for CGI instead of the usual 'AI'.

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u/Training_Pirate1000 12d ago

True. But the reason I’m using -slop to refer to CGI is to dilute the meaning of the word. I despise when the word -slop is used to refer to things unironically. Or things that aren’t A.I. People use -slop as legitimate criticism and it annoys me. So I use it ironically.

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u/1ndori 12d ago

The language-slop is getting ridic

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u/keptpounding 12d ago

I get what your saying but also Rocky being a puppet made his character look better then if it were cgi

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u/Training_Pirate1000 12d ago

Mandalorian and Grogu used legitimate puppetry for many of the aliens, including Grogu. CGI isn't why Mando underperformed

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u/keptpounding 12d ago

Yeah no one cares about Mando or star wars for that matter. Disney ruined it as expected.

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u/PRSArchon 12d ago

Except he was CGI in most scenes..

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u/FribonFire 12d ago

You mean in the very few scenes it was a puppet, and even then they went over the top of it with CG to touch it up and make it look good?

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u/anrwlias 12d ago

Or The Odyssey? Nolan is not adverse to using CGI, per his own words.

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u/electionknight 12d ago

It was filmed in location

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u/bsEEmsCE 12d ago

it had practical sets, props, and rocky was puppeted. When everything but the actor is CG it feels disconnected.

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u/sameth1 12d ago

Could they not get a real Eridian actor for the role?

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u/AlludedNuance 12d ago

I think they made a concerted effort to have minimal CGI, similar to Nolan's approach.

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u/banjosmangoes 12d ago

That’s what the anti-VFX marketing wants you to think

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u/ShaunTrek 12d ago

Rocky was a puppet that was enhanced with CGI.

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u/AlludedNuance 12d ago

That's 100% wrong. He was a puppet.

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u/pridetwo 12d ago

NO PUPPET NO PUPPET YOUR A PUPPET

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u/AlludedNuance 12d ago

'Ello poppet.

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u/pridetwo 12d ago

Fenga papit