Strange's 3rd eye literally looks like it was edited on in a high school premiere class.

It’s recently been told that CGI companies don’t want to work with Marvel due to the amount of last minute requests on projects and too many projects all at once with tight deadlines.

I’ve read that one of the reasons why Marvel has been moving from practical effects and focused more on CGI is because practical effect workers are usually unionized, which makes it harder to push unreasonable deadlines and make workers work under a time crunch. CGI/VFX aren’t unionized, so it’s easier for Marvel to cut costs.

One of the biggest problems with CGI is the weightlessness of objects and people. Completely takes you out of a movie.

The fact that iron man look so beautiful and it was the first MCU movie compared to modern MCU movies baffles me

Disney is the definition of quantity over quality

I'm glad you mentioned the Amazing Spider-Man 2. I've always loved the way Peter's suit looked in the film. It actually has wrinkles and looks like it's actual cloth being worn by a real person. Most of Tom's suits don't look bad per se, but they don't feel like genuine SUITS, more like perfectly skin-tight costumes.

There is something special about a creative non-CGI effects team that cares about the movie. Just like what you said about Lion King, I remember how appalling and ugly the CGI was in Cats and comparing that to behind the scenes footage of the team who worked on the theatre stage show in the 90s is crazy. It’s hard to believe we went backwards, and on top of that everything has to have stupid celebrity appearances.

The Batman practical effects made the highway chase scene a mindblowing piece of art. It looks so real and with CGI it wouldn't feel the same.

Meanwhile, over at FOX, Deadpool, a character that is known for going on unrealistic, absurd, weird and wacky adventures actually had a good amount of practical effects in his movies.

Practical effects + Computer Generated effects is still the best combo. Fusion of those is so realistic and awesome that it traumatized my childhood when alien/ body horror films is the shit.

"Disney owns Marvel" Yes, but Marvel controls their movies almost entirely. Disney just owns the rights but part of the agreement is to not interfere with the MCU. So Disney isn't the problem (for once), it's really just Marvel overworking their VFX artists and trying to get things out as quick as possible, and NOT in a timely manner. By the time some people have read this comment, I bet Marvel's CGI will look worse than Cavill's removed mustache

Being a huuuge fan of MCU, I agree. They are overusing CGI nowadays. They are using 3d models for basic stunts like jumping from 2 ft to the ground. And because there's sooo much CGI to be implemented, CGI companies are getting under huge pressure of completing a lot of work in under a tight timeline, which in turn hurts a lot of cg artists. Please Marvel, use some practical atleast.

A problem I have is that marvel movies are getting less and less cinematographic each time, they look like a SNL skit with famous actors telling jokes with a still frame and no actual cinematography, all the same shots, and ocationally a cameo to the next movie. And although building a life size t rex must be expensive, who else to do it but marvel, probably the top 1 multi million dollar company that clearly could do better

I’ve always thought the final fight between T’Challa and Killmonger should’ve been in the throne room and relied on minimal cgi and good old fashioned stunt work and dynamic fight choreography. It would’ve told a better story and saved the production a lot of money instead of the garish and rushed mess we got.

James Cameron saying "fine I'll shoot it myself" is the kind of madlad, get things done attitude Hollywood needs a lot more of.

I've also noticed the cgi getting worse, or atleast more inconsistent. Like that one scene in the doctor strange 2 trailer where Wong jumps threw the portal the perspective looked off or that one scene in black widow with the explosions, it literally looked like a school project. I honestly didn't want to beleive marvel was getting worse but this She Hulk trailer really cemented it. Great video btw, keep it up

The best usage of CGI in movies will be Davy Jones in Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest. He still holds up more than 16 years ago from the movie's release.

Wow great video. I am surprised you didnt show the original spider man films too, the CG in that was great. Mix of practical and CG.

Honestly practical effects are one of the reasons why the lotr trilogy and jurassic Park are some of my favourite movies of all time. For lotr, they had around 20,000 orc masks made up, they never used or needed all those but it shows that even in scenes where orcs are in the background for a second, they still look like unique orcs

Just look at the new Top Gun, they shot the flight scenes in ACTUAL FIGHTER JETS with the actors in the back, and it looks amazing! It would be so much easier to build a fake cockpit and green screen the background, but they actually went and did it for real. And here’s Marvel green screening an actor into a fake bar. Great video btw!

They’re cheaping out because of the amount of content in my opinion. Phase 4 has been probably the worst cgi (probably due to the amount) but at the same time you can still make do without so much of it

Apparently in Tenet they actually drove a real plane into a building and blew it up. Meanwhile Marvel can't do a bar scene...

The point on iron man was a fantastic example. With the suit-up scenes, you see each and every part being put together, and the combination of the sound effects, the sound of the gears clicking and churning as he rotates or twists his body. Even Robert does a fantastic expression on the weight that tony carries when wearing it, as when parts are missing you get to see the actual thickness and size of it in comparison to the average human. It felt completely real.

Crazy how Daredevil had better hand-to-hand combat scenes than the films on a budget of about $60 million, which was mostly spent filming in New York. Why I bring this up is because Shang Chi even used CGI assisted Martial Arts on a budget of $200 million and other Marvel films just use shaky cam and quick cuts.

Nice video, it says exactly the problem: Marvel doesn't balance practical with CGI, for God's sake they are using CGI on normal scenes where there is NO NEED AT ALL for it

I think that the biggest problem is the issue with the roadmap. They announce the release date of the movies long before some are even in pre-production, so they have to make movies in fictional cg worlds instead of doing the more difficult planning, asking for permissions from the local government to shoot some scenes in a limited time, making practical props or effects, shooting in-site, etc.

I agree. I’ve been saying the same thing for years. Iron Man’s best suits were the old bulky ones from Iron Man 1 to Avengers 2. They felt more real. Great video.

"They're sacrificing the quality of their movies, because they know people will come to see them anyways." Yup, but more and more people are noticing, and there may just come a point where they face a gradual decline in popularity if they don't do any better.

CG artist here. One thing to consider is location scouting and scheduling. Its much easier and cheaper to blue screen these complex scenes and set them up with equipment and all if you have a dedicated space where all production members can get to easily. You dont have to fight with cities like nyc to set up times to block traffic for a shoot expecially mid day. Also with marvel continually wanting massive interconnected stuff they need to be able to easily shoot and reshoot shots to fit in the the over arching plan. They (executives not the artist) are not making a movie they making a multi year scheme to get you to consume everything from the movies to the toys to your plans. Cgi needs time and proper set up to archive the right look. Most of the big production houses that work on the films bounce between each other different teams across a globalized network each handling small specialized task. Asia for example has alot of roto artist that do the green screen grunt work and than gets kicked back to the western companies for compositing. Hell some software such as something called yeti ( used to create cg hair and fur) for a long time was not legal to use in the US so they would outsource to europe to work with yeti and kick it back to us here. Work gets split up with teams that have very little team coordination let alone the time allowed to work on them. With the scale marvel uses its inconceivable to dedicate the work to it. cgi is everywhere but most times we don't notice it if done right. And it sucks cause we are using some of the most advanced software ive ever had my hands on and theres so much that goes into it. With the most expensive being any kind of simulation (fabrics, muscles, fluids, explosions) leaving little room for the stuff that makes them look good which is the material and lighting work. Its sad to continually see the medium ive spent over a decade learning get more and more dragged through the dirt. And the problem is the the money people not the artist who have been dreaming on working on these things since they were kids, are thrown on these insane workloads and we do it cause we love what we do. Theres alot more I could say but yea hopefully that rant/passion dump was coherent enough to make sense 😄 Edit: for those who are interested i am on the cg side primarily in modeling textures and materials and rigging some of the more under noticed aspects of the production process as most time its not the final product and people don't tend to notice the amount of work without context of the final shot. Even tho litterly no aspects of the final product can be made without those core foundational assets. This industry is filled with some of the most passionate intelligent and creative people due to all the random aspects of reality we gotta break down and understand to recreate reality using essentially math on a fundamental level. This is definitely a transitional phase of the industry from games to movies theres so much new shit coming out that we won't see the full implementation of till a few years and its exciting as hell. And theres a general growth in interest so hopefully things will work out for the better and we get over this stagnation in creative imaginative works soon

I remember me and my dad had an absolutely awful experience with Eternals in theatres. The CGI was obviously bad, the story is so bad and confusing to the point you have to keep track of a million important plot points, and to add to that, the speakers were slightly broken, causing partially static audio, it was so bad my dad was disoriented for the rest of the day

I agree on the over usage, it’s also that they build these scenes with no real weight to them, yes it’s a superhero universe and CGI is needed to express some of the storytelling but a lot of their scenes look and feel so empty and that’s part of the problem tbh

While I agree that Marvel CGI has been rather lackluster lately, it's not the only factor that explains why their recent movies look so lackluster. There are other elements such as Marvel constantly amping the contrast and image sharpening between the actors and background so even if they film on the live set the film will still look fake, there is barely any "realistic" lighting casted upon the actors' face (except for some key scenes), lack of dust, dirt and wind effect (again except for some key scenes). Compared that to 2021 Dune where most of these major issues are "fixed" and the film looks amazing

This reminds me how G** DAMN GOOD the first Jurasic Park film is. Wow.

Ah yes, overusing CGI is almost like that thing every artist goes through where you're doing some shading, but you just don't know when to stop and that masterpiece of an artwork turns into a hot mess.

Speaking of Iron Man, I love the suit up sequences in 1 and 2, the details of each nuts and bolt, the animation of each parts attached and move together are just amazing and its shows how much time and efforts its take to made a very short scenes, but its made the movie unique. I personally not a fan of the Infinity War suit not only because the design looks weird, but also the suit up animation is a straight downgrade (now it just NANOMACHINE SON!!!!!).

A few reasons why Marvel is abusing CG 1. It’s more expensive to film big name actors on location especially if it’s a short scene because it simply takes longer. Instead I would be much faster to shoot them in front of a green screen, therefore not having to pay the actors as much, and then they would just leave the problem to underpaid VFX artists. 2. Their films are made under extremely tight schedules so they often don’t even have everything figured out until after shooting, and they have fully accepted this issue as part of their pipeline 3. Most important point, VFX artists are non unionized and can be paid less than most people who have to show up and work on set, so by pushing all the problems and responsibilities onto the VFX artists, they actually save money. Not great for the VFX artists, great for Marvel’s bottom line. Overall it’s because Marvel realized that VFX artists can be made to work more for less money than other people in the film pipeline that they decided to simply use VFX everywhere. And now having pushed VFX artists to their absolute limit, they have no choice but to half ass their shots in order to stay sane and meet the impossible deadlines set by Marvel

It's a simple matter of Marvel/Disney wanting to churn out more product with a shorter turnaround. These artists are worked to the bone and given impossible deadlines. Therefore, the quality is sacrificed. Quality is directly related to the time given.

This is why Terminator 2 is still my favourite sci-fi movie of all time. They really used cgi when certain scene or effects seemed impossible to get, and when they do it comes out clean and amazing for its time (even until now), notice how sleek T1000 looked there. Also for the nuclear explosion scene, they even recreate a miniature town with everything else in it, just for them to destroy it later. Now, here we see a multibillion company used said technology to recreate a dimly lit bar.

the best thing about tasm 2 cgi is the lighting and the weight you can feel in a lot of the shots , they actually filmed in new york entirely therefore it had the new york feel and the physics during spiderman swinging through buildings looked really convincing.

I actually thought that Iron Man's suit in Infinity War visually made sense as far as the nanotechnology aspect of it, but compared to his suits from the Iron Man trilogy and The Avengers . . . I mean there really isn't a lot to say. Those suits looked badass, grounded in reality. Phases I and II of the MCU were where everything seemed to be at its peak, but now with Phase IV it's . . . unfortunately underwhelming.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed the bad CGI in Marvel movies these days. The first time I noticed was in Black Panther, and it really pulled me out of the film. I think the CGI is only going to get worse from here on. They have so many projects in the works that there is no way for the FX teams to properly create good and believable CGI for all those shows and movies. I noticed the writing for Marvel has taken a sharp nose dive too. I don't think there is anything in Phase 4 that can pass as even ok in terms of writting, and it makes sense because the writters don't have time to redraft the script. They begin filming even before the scripts are finished, or the script is hugely rushed. Like how the script of Balck Widow was made in only 11 days, which is terribly little time (for example LotR trilogy took 14 months to write), and it shows. But all of Phase 4 is like this. Rushed in every department. The death of the MCU will be slow and painful.

This was one simple and smart video. Stephanie, you said a lot of what we already thought but presented and narrated it with class while adding new angels or perspectives most overlook. Thank you for making my UKposts time worth ever second.

can I just make a note on the video editing? I wish the sound of your voice wasn't so low compared to the sound of the scenes. I kept having to change it because it was either too high or too low. but the video is great and I 100% agree! I wish someone from the MCU production sees this

I agree. I love movies that take time to make. One could really appreciate the art that goes through it. An example is Mad Max Fury Road, it was a long time in the making but it was so great and worth every moment they spent on it. They also heavily used practical effects and for stunts. They also used CGI but to an extent that is only needed.

I agree with all of these points, though I will point out that WandaVision did a good job balancing CGI and live effects. The first episode of the series was filmed like a play with a live studio audience (the way a 70s show would be filmed), and after watching the BTS I think they didn’t use CGI unless it was necessary. I still think some of the scenes with CGI were weak compared to the original avengers film or Iron Man 2008, but it was MUCH better than the other phase 4 shows/movies.

The Iron Man point though. I decided to jump into the MCU this past week. I already watched some of it, but nothing really past Captain America: Civil War. When it came out. So starting back at Iron Man, which I hadn't seen since 2012, was a TRIP. I met up with my family and expressed how impressed I was with the first Iron Man and how I couldn't believe it was released in 2008 because "the computer graphics looked so real, I thought they would be so dated!" I was especially worried because I had seen the coming attractions for their new projects. But was surprised that my memory held up well, even though I hadn't seen the movie in 10 years. I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed. The first set of movies were great, because they knew what they were doing. They got too big though. I mean you can express your anger about the story and how they suck now and everything, but even the graphics have gone to shit. This is just depressing.

This was such an easy video to watch and understand, it never goes too in-depth with the technical side of the VFX and it's actually nice to not have background music for once. Loved it.

That Thor CGI be hitting different 💀

I am actually a CG Artist and would like to quickly comment on a few things. There are some common misunderstandings here that I also see in the comments. Unnecessary CGI isn't really the problem, and regarding some of your examples: 2:31: This effect is chroma-keying and is used much more than people realise. Look at VFX reels/breakdowns involving compositing and you would be surprised at how much it is used. But why do movies use them when it isn't necessary?: 1) Moving cast, the crew, and extras across locations is a pain in the ass and expensive - just moving and setting up equipment alone can take hours, often just to get a few minutes of screen time. Having everything in one place saves a lot of time and money. 2) Shooting in a studio also enables complete control over the camera, lighting and, importantly, sound. Shooting on an actual NYC street means there's no control over background noise during takes which makes continuity a huge issue when cutting them together. 2:56: Doing the gun digitally was most likely due to having no prop. This can be because the actual concept for the gun was still a work in progress, not fully fleshed out, hadn't been constructed, etc. 7:32: Another reason a director might opt for greenscreen is artistic control. In this shot, a director might want the rowboat in the background, travelling with the actors - but if you do it practically and want to redo a take, the boat must be pushed back, everything reset in place, and done again. This would be done for every take, so the director instead opts to do it in post. Another reason might be because behind the actors, there might not be a picturesque bridge and background but just a brick wall or a visible crowd watching the shoot. 7:43: The movie does look cloudy and ugly, but that's not due to VFX but rather bad art direction. I won't get super technical, but marvel movies are purposefully shot with very flat, even lighting, making it very easy to change things in post-production, e.g. certain elements of the lighting. This is the result of poor planning and lacklustre art direction - the scene shouldn't be lit from every angle since the final look hasn't been decided on. The VFX in Marvel Movies has been so bad recently because Marvel is pushing out a mind-boggling amount of movies and Disney+ shows - their resources are spread thin. In post-production, they change the brief with little notice, give unreasonable timeframes and demand such speed and output that leads to bad results. Directors can also be inexperienced with VFX and not have enough time to plan things out or learn how to smooth out the process. I was told that the directors of Captain Marvel were so inexperienced that they would generally make the worst decisions, negatively impacting the VFX.

The CGI in Justice League Snyder cut was amazing

The editor in me feels like some background music would have made this even better of a video, but at the same time you explained yourself and explain everything so well that while watching the video I didn't even think about that.

Off topic: To me, Micheal Bay's Transformers franchise is the easiest place to nitpick on CGI. And that franchise has the greatest effects. How I do it is just depend on the transformations. If that transformation shows parts moving side to side, back to front, or some instances where that moving part is hiding back for the new moving part to cover for it, that's good CGI, but if they just let characters flip their body and just make it up by moving parts here on there, that's lazy CGI.

You said it best, it needs to be a balancing act. A movie should have both practical and CGI put together in such a way you can’t tell which is which. That’s how it should always be, really keeps the viewer immersed, and like you said the effects will hold up for years to come.

An other big problem is that they release so many movies and shows in such a sort time, that the entire project doesn't have enought time to be made. Visual Effects artists that worked on Marvel movies said that Marvel has the worse Visual Effects pipeline cos they have never really sedeled on how things are supposed to look like or what is gonna be there. the VFX Artists then have to replace so many stupid things or have to creat CGi background for scenes that could've been shot practicly. Yes there are always seperate teams working on each mocie, but when the ''finished'' script is delivered the pre-production ''finished'' and production starts all the way to the post-production, then there is not that much time. All of these thing and the things you said make the Visual Effects and a all of the CGi terrible.

Wow, amazing video. I was recently watching some Iron man clips and noticed that the newest suits in endgame and infinity war look almost rubbery compared to the sharp cold metallic look from Iron man 1-3. When I watched Infinity war, I was always wondering why Iron mans suit didn't really reflect any kind of light or look properly matte finished.

It's definitely a combination of the effects getting worse AND the effects being overused, for example, spider-man's suit in Far From Home was actual made for the production of the movie and looks great, but for the movie they completely CGI'd his suit and it sticks out so much, they should have used the actual suit and used CG for touch ups, like his eyes and mouth moving, like the scene from Homecoming when he was interrogating Aaron Davis

To me, the real problem is that they don't have any consistency. Like you said at the end, "sometimes it's getting better, sometimes it's getting worse".

Just because cinema is the art of illusion doesn't mean everything literally has to be an illusion.

Even though the video editing isn't on the level of other youtube videos out there, but I loved how you dedicated to make it so good; I highly respect and admire that. Good content, simple and constructive. Hope that one day your channel will have more than million subscribers. Wish you all the best ❤.

Thank you Stephanie. Top Gun: Maverick speaks volume!!! It's the solid prove for your argument. A middle-aged man (Maverick) single-handedly beat 10+ years of Marvel Universe up to Infinity War in the box office ($681 million > $678 million).

3:08 they edited out his moustache because he was filming another movie at the same time and was legally obligated by contract to keep it. Not because they could, but because they had to. 3:35 the t-rex wasn’t just practical it was also cgi, and it was easier to animate because there was only one source of light and rain. They didn’t have to add a lot of detail on the t-Rex for the cgi because the shadows could be pitch black. It’s harder to make cgi look good when you have to take into consideration light scattering and reflection.

3:02 theory: they had a model of the gun made, probably for 3D printing or machining, then some genius executive thought thought they could save money by skipping a step and directly using it in the film. Afterall, after a model's been made, CGI is free and plastic cents a gram... ignoring how the former is only because VFX artists are underpaid, and keeping an animated scene consistent even after you have a model can still be a chore. Maybe they played too many videogames with in-engine cutscenes, not realising there's a difference between "stunning videogame graphics and clipping models kept to a minimum" and "photorealistic digital effects without janky physics".

For the first ever video this was great! My only recommendation would be to cut some silence when you are reading the script, it feels awkward sometimes, but your tone and writing was on point!

Great video, its nice to know I’m not the only one who feels that the mcu’s cgi has gradually been on the decline as far as it’s believability

Man of steel still holds up in the CGI department. Zod's suit is completely CGI and yet it looks like its practical effect.

Marvel is becoming too complacent with their success, not only is CGI becoming poor, the scripts for the movies are becoming just as bad and every hero and their posse are comedians all of a sudden. Iron man - End game was an amazing run of movies, i really dont want the next run of movies to not even meet the quality a quarter of the success the first one had.

you have a point and i enjoyed the video, one thing to consider though is practical shooting. when actors voice their lines its important that no other audio is present to get the crisp voice lines. which is probably why theres a lot of blue/green screen for scenes that really dont need it. great vid!

I agree with you the Jurassic park animatronics were so much better than just cgi for unnecessary stuff like there was a part were marvel paid over 13,000$ to add eye effects for 12 minutes which just sounds ridiculous same things for some terrible scripts anyways Thank you for your opinion and documentary!

Fun fact . The truck flip in dark Knight used cgi to remove a piston that was situated at the back of the truck that when activated by the driver caused the truck to flip. This is a great example of cgi being used sparingly to complement practical effects not replace them. And while I whole heartedly agree with you about practical effects, the reality is that as long as it is cheaper it will be used. Especially by studios such as Disney and Warner bros who's main goal is making money. With dark knight being the exception I guess.

Great video. I think it's become a real hit or miss regarding MCU cgi; sometimes it's fantastic, sometimes it isn't. This has become especially apparent in their newer material. I think the "rumour" of artists working for Marvel being put under severe time constraints is likely true.

I'm praying that someday directors and/or companies use CGI in the exact same way as David Fincher. I assume you people have watched kaptainkristian's video on David Fincher, if not, please do, it's a good companion piece to this video. Also, enjoyed your video, Stephanie. Good job!

I still remember the iron man suit ups in ironman 1,2 and Infinity war(endgame too).It's a damn shame how the cg of mcu films fell off hard

I've noticed the same things, and the worst part is this is not the artists fault, but the company with your limited (deshuman) time for work, resulting in something half done. It was more visible in NWH not just in the silly things like the party at Flash's or the Spidermen masks, but with the actors of Lizard and Sandman too.

Subbed- amazing video! Very thoughtful and without flashy CGI 😉!

First video I've seen of yours you did a great job i enjoyed it 👊🙌 i also agree i wish we had more practical effects

They are too relient on cgi Cgi is great and i hate when people say it is bad... BUT it shouldnt be used for everything. This is not an animated movie Pratical effects should be used more frequentely not only does it save money but it also looks more natual on some cases

I'm seeing a lot of positive feedback to this video, but having talked to a lot of people in the industry and knowing about vfx, this is a bit misguided in my opinion. As an example, when you talk about the original Iron Man looking better, at 6:37, all of the shots we see are the CG suit The real suit was mainly used for lighting reference. The difference is art direction, not vfx itself. But no one criticizes art direction or the designs, just the cgi. This is why I think this is a bit misguided. Also, vfx is amazing these days, but people only focus on the bad cg. The opposite happens for practical effects. Only the best of the best practical effects are remembered, while the lackluster ones are forgotten. And there is amazing vfx nowadays, just look at Tanos for example, or the whole Dune movie. One of the reasons why the Black panther's vfx look so bad, is that most of the vfx people were already working on Endgame or Infinity war, I don't remember which one. There is a big sortage of VFX artists, that's another thing to consider. Anyway, not sure what my point was, these are just some thoughts. And thanks for reading the comment!

Nice Stephanie, I thought it was a meme at first but actually u got a lot of points and I eventually watch till enz

I definitely think its time. Ive heard sooo many horror stories about sudden changes being requested within weeks of the premiere for work that took months to do. I feel like its simply that they dont lockdown a particular look before shooting or post begins maybe? I know with the Venice scene there were a lot of constraints they had to consider leading them to film mostly on a set.

Finally, someone said it! I've been thinking about the CGI overload in modern movies, and totally agree with your point. That was a great video, btw, congrats!

yea lately i´ve started seeing the cgi getting worse, black widows yelena explosion, spider mans no way home portals and andrews save, doctor strange MOM had quite a few bad scenes, and now she hulk looks awful, completly awful

7:48 that shot in particular looks like that they should’ve used an animatronic with some cgi enhancement (head opening) for the hulkbuster with Bruce’s head sticking out

Great video, dude! You articulate these issues very well, thanks for the work and keep it up! The Iron Man point hit me so hard because you articulated exactly what I'd been thinking as the suit has progressed through the movies, in-universe it grows more advanced but out of universe the effects look worse and worse.

The problem is the examples you showed are all from a time when making good films was more important than making money because the only way to make money was by making good films. Now we have this mass produced Disney+ and the rest streaming world full of garbage that would never get past test screening but nowadays gets 8 seasons of reboots. It feels like CGI like in LoTR used to be SO much more expensive and difficult to get right so they used it well. Now it's somehow become the cheaper option when that should never be the case and it should only be used for the impossible such as showing spaceships or giant battles etc but it's used for everything as you demonstrated making it less of a rare but justified resource and more of a given to overwork people to animate instead of flying to italy or something.

I’m glad you have constructive criticism than some other people it refreshing. It’s honestly sad that I liked the first Iron Man suit more than the newer ones. The newer ones are fine but I prefer the older ones.

Good video Stephanie! Probably a cost saving move by Marvel. It would good to know what was spent before and now with the lousy graphics. I’m guessing they’re close in costs and if proper CGi was done, the cost would be double . ✌🏽

Ngl im surprised at the view count compared to the sub good for you fam hope you keep doing good shit you can only get better 👏 👏 👏

I love how Marvel's CGI isn't getting any better it's getting worse

For things like Nick Fury's gun, it had to be a situation where they didn't know what they wanted the gun to look like at the time... "we'll fix it in post"

Remember the Monaco Grand Prix scene from Iron Man 2? Most of that scenery was VFX. There were only like 3 shots that were actually in Monaco, and it was just body doubles that were shot there. Timing and budget definitely was the reason most was VFX. You're not gonna close down an entire race track just to shoot a sequence. Similarly the reason for Avengers NYC. It just made sense to make the scene entirely VFX. But I do agree, that it is stupid to just do greenscreen just for the sake of it being greenscreen.

The fight scenes in most superhero movies are usually when I check out and start browsing on my phone. I probably only see one of these movies each year and they just keep going downhill. It's sad when all of the buildup throughout the movie just doesn't pay off at all. Also, you used the reference to the truck flip in Dark Knight. I just want to point out all the practical effects they used in Fury Road as well. That movie has only a select few CG cars. They literally built every single car for that movie. Immortan Joe's car, The Gigahorse, with two v8 engines, basically making it a v16. The behind the scenes for Fury Road is crazy to watch if you haven't seen it

I think as someone who's not a marvel fan this is a bit more obvious to me. I got a new display and I thought what better way to test it out with a marvel movie... because they have good visuals right? After not having watched any of their movies for a few years I chose Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and it was truly truly disappointing. Specially the first half/third of the movie. The rest seemed to get a bit better but the scene where America takes them to the rooftop.. the Dr's corpse looking like ps3 games and the whole rooftop looking like a blender hobbyist put it together in a few hours really ruined it for me. Dr's third eye didn't help either....

Spider-Man 2 came out in 2004 and still has better CGI than any of Marvels Films post Phase 2

What you said is very true. Adding to what you said, one big factor for why CGI is declining is due to all the CGI employees being underpaid. These CGI artists are bing EXTREMELY overlooked in the Marvel industry. Marvel relies so heavily on CGI now that it puts the CGI artists on overload. Artists in general whether you are a 2D animator, 3D animator, CGI, VFX, comic artist, manga artist, game artist, or any artist, they are always underpaid. For a group of people that make such a difference in the entertainment field, they are so neglected. Marvel CGI and VFX artist are being underpaid to the point where their motivivation for what they do best is gone. I hope big companies realize how much work goes into the VFX, CGI, and animation industry. Its not just a few button clicks and its over. Its months of working on a clip that may only be a few seconds long. 10/10 video Stephanie, you are killing it!

civil war started the trend of iron man taking off his helmet and showing a stupid floating head on top of a suit.

not just cgi getting worse, stories are getting worse as well. plot holes seem to be multiplying with each new movies being released.

Marvels cgi has gotten pretty lazy, in the newest dr strange movie, i could easily tell there were green screens in the scene when bolt kills strange.Titans moon/planet looked so fake,like if the characters dont blend in with the planet(yes ik green screens are used alot, but isnt the point to not be able to tell they are there). Also the monsters in not just marvel but also other movies (fantastic beasts) look so "rubberish" like if i am watching a videogame trailer.

I just watched Thor Love and Thunder and all throughout the movie, I was cringing at how bad the VFX was. It was like done in a single computer with a 10 year-old GPU and dialed down settings to rush the render time. It's just mind-bogglingly bad considering it came from Marvel.

Pretty simple explanation with a really great text and sound. You got a new sub.