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<blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 9454761" data-attributes="member: 4534">At this point, Alien is a 45 year old movie, so I'm going to concede that it's dated.&nbsp; Everything from the special effects, to acting style, pacing, costumes, haircuts, etc., etc. mark it as a product of the 1970s.&nbsp; Other movies that are dated include Casablanca, Rosemary's Baby, and Clash of the Titans.&nbsp; I remember in the 1990s talking to a friend about Star Wars and he argued the special effects still held up today (then around 1992-1993).&nbsp; I argued they didn't.&nbsp; They looked dated just 15 years after the first movie was released.&nbsp; I could still enjoy Star Wars, it still looked good, but even by 1992 special effects had improved.&nbsp; The Empire Strikes Back looks dated to me but it's a product of the 1970s so it doesn't bother me.&nbsp; (I know it was released in 1980.)&nbsp; You like what you like and that's cool.&nbsp; I thought Covenant was a bad movie and I'd rather not watch it ever again.&nbsp; Very often CGI looks cartoonish because it feels like nothing has any weight behind it.&nbsp; i.e.&nbsp; Everything looks like its operating outside the bounds of normal physical laws like gravity and momentum.&nbsp; Compare the tank chase scene in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade to the awful CGI Jeep(?) chasing scene in the jungle of Crystal Skull.&nbsp; When used correctly you can get great results with CGI though.&nbsp; No shade on the use of CGI in general.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MGibster, post: 9454761, member: 4534"] At this point, [I]Alien [/I]is a 45 year old movie, so I'm going to concede that it's dated. Everything from the special effects, to acting style, pacing, costumes, haircuts, etc., etc. mark it as a product of the 1970s. Other movies that are dated include [I]Casablanca[/I], [I]Rosemary's Baby, and Clash of the Titans. [/I] I remember in the 1990s talking to a friend about Star Wars and he argued the special effects still held up today (then around 1992-1993). I argued they didn't. They looked dated just 15 years after the first movie was released. I could still enjoy Star Wars, it still looked good, but even by 1992 special effects had improved. The Empire Strikes Back looks dated to me but it's a product of the 1970s so it doesn't bother me. (I know it was released in 1980.) You like what you like and that's cool. I thought Covenant was a bad movie and I'd rather not watch it ever again. Very often CGI looks cartoonish because it feels like nothing has any weight behind it. i.e. Everything looks like its operating outside the bounds of normal physical laws like gravity and momentum. Compare the tank chase scene in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade to the awful CGI Jeep(?) chasing scene in the jungle of Crystal Skull. When used correctly you can get great results with CGI though. No shade on the use of CGI in general. [/QUOTE]

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