I'll have miniature in my films please

Yes where are we going in films...Is the direction of our current films good or bad.

I don't know really as it's been downhill since the 70's really but now and again a film will come out that makes me a little more optimistic and think to myself Thats a serious step forward for film

Even Transformers I think that to myself (yes really) that the visual effects in that film are breathtaking and is a huge jump forward...and not much else mind. Which makes me think to myself Is the progression of visual effects a real step forward for films

I think before more effort was put in the story and characters because blowing up a building in a film in the 70's would be time consuming to build (and time is something that filmmakers/studios have little) requiring a small studio or doing detailed miniature sets. Now it's almost a flick of a button for films now and tends to be a rule in Blockbuster film Every ten minutes something has to blow up.

Luckily some people like to put effort in their films as quite recently seen in Moon and Batman Begins. I also feel that miniature offers more of a realistic texture than the current digital effects that as times can look like a FMV scene from a video game.

                                                                     Just stunning


I mean when Sam Rockwell goes in his Moon buggy on the Moon's surface and The Narrows in Batman Begins...Just blows me away and can fool me for a few brief seconds unlike Transformers.

C'mon let's be honest Krypton in Superman is just fantastic and we all know the current technology would look no where as good as this.


So I still think that CGI should support practical effects...For now anyway.

But character and story...Always should be the center of the attention