How Avatar Changed Our Perceptions of CGI

Seriously, when was the last time you heard people complaining about “CGI ruining a movie”. Yea - okay the MCU has had some stumbles recently…

But its nothing like the hate and vitriol things like the Star Wars Prequels got back in the early 2000s - Despite all their technological achievements, the dodgy CGI did leave a bad taste in audiences' mouths for years to come - And People pretty quickly got sick of bad greenscreens or mediocre CGI replacing what would have once been a hand crafted practical set of model.

But then - In 2009… Avatar came out and was a massive blockbuster success. It was a huge milestone for CGI - with almost the entire film being completely computer generated -
And It’s groundbreaking VFX entranced audiences worldwide. - And since then VFX has just been consistent… amazing and it really just happened without us noticing and we all kinda just took it for granted…

So… why did this happen? What changes did Avatar cause to the filmmaking and VFX industry? And what does this mean for the future of VFX?

More VFX analysis here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyHySdvtQWIJzZ8H-UcC-pg

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