Originally Posted by
Astarte
There is a little blog called alienprequelnews which has a comic-con video on it, in which Ridley states that he is doing as much as possible 'in-camera' i.e no cgi because its a lot cheaper. Personally, I think a lot of things look slightly better using models rather than cgi anyway (although cgi is pretty detailed these days). The reason a lot of films cost so much is probably because of directors like Michael Bay (and the studio system in general) relying on sensationalism and over the top cg fight scenes and such.
I hope this trend will end soon and the story telling in film will come back to the fore in the industry. The art of film making is an important part of our culture these days and we really need to be more conscientious about the quality of what we watch, and thus send the message to the studios that this is what we want to see on the big screen.
I understand this is just my opinion but I think we have a duty to protect our own culture for the future generations. There is a place for 'badly written' B-Movies in our culture aswell but lets remember the quality of story telling not just the fight sequences.