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Why the cgi ghost? Out of place sadly

posted 8 years ago by filmfreakspicture
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Movie was good but why did they have to use the cgi clown ghost from the toy? It was strange and did not fit to the movies style

[–] Noicelad 8 years ago

Wasnt cgi check the trivia it was done with an actor

[–] filmfreakspicture 8 years ago

well it looked fake, it felt fake and it was totally out of place

why would you include this monster..for which reason? the focus was not on the toy, nor on the boy.....

[–] steveinstantnewman 8 years ago

I thought it was CGI as well. Regardless, it def clashed with the look of the movie.

[–] WideOpenSpace 8 years ago

ye it looked like poorly made CGI without textures on "surface"
like some plastic crap jumping around too

[–] kaskait 8 years ago

I agree this was a major misstep in the film. Luckily it was just a small part.

But the monster looked way fake and silly especially when it was obvious that Bill and the Nun were actual actors wearing practical make up effects.

[–] jrl2x 8 years ago

That was not CGI, it was played by Javier Botet.

[–] kaskait 8 years ago

It was Javier Botet in a tracking suit which they then covered over in post production with a CGI monster.

You can see the difference and it is the one big mistake of the film.

[–] aga235 8 years ago

No, it was 100% Javier. There's a video on youtube showing the making of

[–] smegmausa 8 years ago

No offence but I'm currently watching this film and that was 100% cgi. Behind the scenes or not, there is NO WAY what I just saw wasn't CGI. Even as it tripped the kid with its cane, and walked down the hall - that was definitely cgi. You need to rewatch the scene.

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