Aren't Effects just Great? ( Blog # 25)

Which is Better?

. Practical effects are those created by hand with the use of special effects makeup, puppeteering and even man-made models that were used in films such as Jurassic Park.
CGI eventually made it's break and was used in movies like T2 and the box office sky rocketed from the sheer amount of people coming to view CGI as a great thing to come along and make the movie business a much more diverse and a large world. With the use of CGI superheroes were able to fly and scale huge buildings and aliens were able to be mad even more terrifying. The possibilities were endless.
Then the battle of the opinions began. What was better, practical effects or CGI?
People still fight over what's better and what's not. The argument over what werewolf transformation was better, An American Werewolf in Paris or An American Werewolf in London. The argument still stands.
An American Werewolf in Paris is done in CGI while the other, is a practical effect.
Many of our scenes in movies are done in practical effects when we don't even realize that they are. Most of Jurassic Park is puppets and suits that actors wear while like some of Alien was practical effects. X:Men First Class and the character Beast was practical effects makeup.

You Choose

. Personally for me, I just adore practical effects makeup and effects like the movie Labyrinth  and The Dark Crystal. It reflects on my childhood and everything that I really like in films, although, CGI is something I really like also because of the Marvel films and that's what I also grew up with.
An American Werewolf in London is still my favorite practical effect transformation as it show how well done man made things could be in film and it's much more realistic.