They have done a great job with creating a back to nature London with various UK Locations and CGI on the publicised £4m budget, puts many blockbusters to shame. Those FX houses deserve all the awards their industries offer.
Normally the CGI for these created worlds are done to the point where everything starts to look animated and no longer has a basis in reality
Wasn't much cgi in the film, those were matte paintings. Some thought they looked cheap but I thought they were one of the better parts of the movie.
shareIt was cool seeing London derelict - I liked the shots of the Barbican and BT Tower. But it did look a bit unreal and almost like an impressionist painting. Not in the same league as 28 days later where they did it for real - but as you say, budget constraints I suppose.
share28 days later didn't do it on the same scale, there were only a few minutes of empty London streets and not much in the way of aerial shots.
Both great films and both did well with small budgets and achieved what they were after I think.
"Don't you hear that horrible screaming all around you? That screaming men call silence."