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If it was made today, the bear would be CGI

posted 10 years ago by Consumerproduct1
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And this film just wouldn't be the same. IE The Grey

[–] enriquesinghjr 10 years ago

Luckily it was made in 1997.

[–] kinsayder 10 years ago

Yeah, the guy in the bear suit did a great job.

[–] duckofprey 10 years ago

Yeah, the guy in the bear suit did a great job.

Was he Andy Serkis? ;-)

[–] Petrolieguest 10 years ago

I'm sure they would use a real bear if they could

[–] tidalwaves1 10 years ago

That's exactly what I said to my brother as we were watching it the other day, that I was glad it was a real bear and not a CGI bear. CGI can really help to ruin certain movies if it's not done right. And plus, with CGI it just doesn't feel as real. But with this movie it feels real since there's a real animal on the screen.

On a separate note, I really disliked 'The Grey'. Not just because the CGI wolves looked totally fake, but the movie as a whole I thought was boring and majorly bleak & depressing. Really didn't understand the point of the film, either.

You remind me of a white crayon... totally useless.

[–] puirt-a-beul 10 years ago

On a separate note, I really disliked 'The Grey'. Not just because the CGI wolves looked totally fake, but the movie as a whole I thought was boring and majorly bleak & depressing. Really didn't understand the point of the film, either.

I felt the same, ImaginarenLicht. The short story the film was based on, Ghost Walker by Ian MacKenzie Jeffers, is worth searching out. It makes better sense of the original ideas, and you can see how they had to pad and drag it out to make a full-length film. Jeffers also wrote an expanded version of the story as a novella, this time called The Grey, to explain the film better.

You might very well think that. I couldn't possibly comment.

[–] TheArgentinian (7072) 2 years ago

Cocaine Bear