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Considering the Heavy involvement of CGI in today's action films, shouldn't we consider them to be just hyper realistic cartoon films ? (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I think the better question is what purpose is served by trying to categorize movies into "cartoon" movies and "not cartoon movies"?

Toy Story is a CG movie and has more nuance, character development, and purpose than say, the live action film Hackers, and so does Who Framed Roger Rabbit, which is a mix of live action, special effects, and traditional hand animation, so what purpose is served by chunking them up based on which one used film editing / splicing, which one used stop motion, which one was traditionally animated, which one used CG, and which one had some blend of the above?