The article discusses how modern audiences have become desensitized to advanced visual effects (VFX), particularly CGI, which has become ubiquitous in blockbuster films. It traces the evolution of CGI back to Y2K, highlighting its rise has made earlier effects feel less special. A focus is placed on "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow," an indie film that, despite its poor box office performance, pioneered the use of extensive green-screen technology and advanced VFX techniques that would influence future cinema, largely crediting its visionary filmmaker Kerry Conran as the catalyst for this transformation.
The technical theatrics that once dazzled us are now so commonplace that we barely bat an eyelid at their spectacle.
In the grand scheme of cinematic history, this is a relatively new development, having only unfolded over the past two decades or so.
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow was the dreamchild of Kerry Conran, a filmmaker from Ireland.
A group of almost 100 digital artists worked to create the 2D and 3D backgrounds that the actors could not see during production.
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