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I'm surprised there was no mention of Spielberg's challenges in making Jaws (longer story here - https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/31105/how-steven-spielbergs
by pedalpete 5y ago
I'm surprised there was no mention of Spielberg's challenges in making Jaws (longer story here - https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/31105/how-steven-spielbergs-malfunctioning-sharks-transformed-movie-business https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/31105/how-steven-spielbe...). For those not familiar with the story, in the 70s, they couldn't make a "realistic" mechanical shark for the film which Spielberg had been relying on. The shark didn't work most of the time, it looked weird, so he couldn't show it. Which meant he used the lack of being able to see the shark as a tool which improved the movie.
There is currently an over-reliance of CGI, it's a cheap trick that the industry is getting used to. They'll eventually learn to use it properly AND the quality of the CGI will improve. These two factors together give me hope that movies will become good again.
Of course, getting excellent writers creating new unique content and getting that content produced instead of more Marvel/DC/rehashes is a bigger issue I think.