OK time for input...

I didnt see the trailer first, I saw the poster and knew instantly it was going to be utterly dire...

I then saw the trailer and knew my first thought to be correct, crud...

And this brings me to my next point (no offence Rage or anyone else doing VFX), when will people stop basing a movie on its standard of VFX... God I mean we are seeing the same trend in the games industry. "Ohh look, isn't it pretty!!", yeah it may be pretty, but is it any good? No...

More and more we seem to push the envelope on technology to acheive the impossible, and make everything look fantastic, and what suffers... The Storyline.

A prime example is Transformers. A leader in VFX (ILM), create the best VFX shots I have seen in many a year, they were outstanding, and I base this off of the 3D World article I read about the film also. ILM pushed and created a superb VFX movie, but take that all away and whats left? I pre-pubesant teenage boy who fancies a vain mindless girl (who is so far up her own arse, you would think it was Paris Hilton). And it becomes a short love story built on tragedy, lasting about 30 mins. :zzz:

Why do we not focus on the story anymore, is it because we have become so mindless that effects are reqired to slap us in the face and make us watch. I would like to see the storyline take front stage and the vfx to sit in the background. Infact to quote from 3D World, "The best vfx are one that do not get noticed". TBH the only studio out there producing gr8 stories is Pixar and Disney, the rest churn out the odd gr8 movie and then tonnes to dross that goes straight to DVD, because even the homeless wont want to sit and watch it, and its raining outside.

The Warschovski Brothers, theft, stealing ideas, ripping off each other its going on all the time. Hollywood is full of plagarism, they deal with it. So lets start making films that tell a story, and use VFX as they were intended, to highlight the storyline or plot. To add to a scene where normally it cant be done or is to dangerous or costly.

:headbang: OK I'm ranting on, but its sad to see people being brainwashed by what looks nice, rather than whats practical or entertaining. And anyone who pays in the cinema (and its not cheap) to see this plays right into the pocket of Hollywood. You leave ashamed and dissapointed and they are laughing all the way to the bank.

So dont intead this as a kick at the VFX boys, what these teams can do, is beyond belief. Lets just get the story right first.