Special effects movies have taken over the universe. That and scary movies.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It's all about the special effects.
I'm not afraid of special effects, but I see them very much as a means to an end.
Today, everything has to be made by committee, and has to have special effects, but there's always room for good films.
If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.
Every other movie is one of those action things. I mean, 'Lost in Space'? A bunch of good actors running around shooting at special effects on a soundstage? I took my kids to see that and felt like I was on an acid trip.
I think audiences have hit the wall with CGI and special effects. They have seen so many over-the-top events that they can't suspend disbelief.
I'm done with effects movies for now. When you do a movie like 'Transformers', it can feel like you're doing three movies at once - which is tiring.
You are always hoping that movie audiences are interested in characters and interested in story values rather than just mindless special effects. But you never know.
The nature of the movies is different than it was five years ago, and they're all driven by the possibilities of CGI, which means you can make anything happen on screen that you can possibly desire.
Movies like that aren't about the visual effects and explosions. They're human stories about family, about life, about death.