One of the main things I
hate about new movies is the over-reliance on special effects. For example, the first and second Matrix movies. First one - awesome special effects, with ingenious new camera techniques and green-screen stuff. Second one -
purely CG-ed fight scenes (eg the Neo vs. Smiths scene), with no actual people in them at all. What's the point? You can
tell it's not real. Even if the film has a completely daft plot, I still want it to look convincing.
And the LOTR movies as well - they CG-ed characters rather than shooting them with green-screen.
I think it's just producers being lazy. Rather than set up tricky or large-scale scenes, they'll just stick it all through a computer 'cos it's cheaper or easier, even though it looks patently stupid (go and watch the trailer for the Mask sequel - you'll see what I mean). Can't stand it.
Having said all that, I've seen neither the S2 trailer or the first film, so I can't really comment on it.
