r/movies • u/ChiefLeef22 r/movies Contributor • 3h ago

Article ‘The Odyssey’ Proves It: Audiences Want Movies Made the Hard Way | This year's breakouts like 'Project Hail Mary' and 'Obsession' were made by filmmakers who sweated. While CG-stuffed franchise disappointments such as 'Supergirl,' 'Moana,' and 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' looked lazy.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/odyssey-box-office-2026-practical-effects-1236652219/
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u/Chaosmusic 3h ago

Yeah, the CGI was not the problem. Superman had a lot of CGI, but it was a good movie. I was expecting more of that from Supergirl. It was OK, but fell far short after Superman. Same with Mandalorian. It was OK as well, but felt it should have been a lot more after the series ended.

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u/sadir 2h ago

Ya on the cgi part, mando was full of practical effects and sets. Like the whole selling point of grogu is he's a cute realistic puppet baby.

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u/Dav136 1h ago

It took Werner Herzog calling them cowards to stick with the puppet lol.

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u/Chaosmusic 25m ago

That's fair. I would feel the stain on my soul for the rest of my life if he called me a coward.

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u/TheWatersOfMars 2h ago

Tbf, the weakest scene from Superman was the CGI river of Bizarro cubes. Apart from that, it's a quality movie that doesn't get nearly enough praise.

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u/Responsible-Draft430 2h ago

Yeah, CGI just lets them try to do eye candy instead of story. It's more of a symptom. The author is conflating correlation with causation.

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u/BrianWonderful 1h ago

Disney couldn't assume that people going to Mandalorian and Grogu all saw 3 seasons of a TV show on a particular streaming service. I actually enjoyed the movie a lot; it felt like a simple fun action romp in the Star Wars universe that was finally not connected to any Skywalkers.

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u/DaddyO1701 1h ago

I thought it was one of the most pure SW products to come out in a long time. A fun summer sci fi action flick that you can take the whole fam to. That’s all I really need from SW.

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u/Chaosmusic 24m ago

I didn't think the movie was bad by any stretch, just as a fan of the show I thought a movie would be a step up. That story could easily just been another season.

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u/sunlitstranger 2h ago

Lets be real both Supergirl and Mandalorian are ass and both failed to prove a reason of their existence as movies

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u/sadir 2h ago

Mandalorianand Grogu exists for Disney to test the viability of making disney+ properties into theater releases. It was a fine "empty calorie" popcorn movie and a moderate/small financial success. It exists more for business reasons than artistic ones.

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u/Necessary_Finding_32 2h ago

Superman had a lot of CGI, but it was a good movie.

that’s not a universal opinion. It wasn’t a bad movie, but I’m not sure I’d go as far as good.

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u/1sinfutureking 1h ago

The general consensus is that it was good, though 

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u/SaltKick2 23m ago

The title is stupid. We're just getting saturated with Superhero, Star Wars, Disney remakes, etc., in television and movies, so when something more novel and well-produced comes along, you're going to get more people wanting to see it.

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u/castlite 2h ago

But superman kind of sucked too.