![]() ![]() Films like MirrorMask, however, use the unique elements of CGI to create a wholly new type of art. Though the modern take on digital special effects can create truly fantastical dreamscapes, it's mostly used to make superheroes fly or fake objects explode. The classic digital backlot concept has been made unlikable by films like The Phantom Menace. ![]() Fully CGI characters are common to modern blockbusters, as are entirely CG animated movies, but their use in any given project typically stands as a target of criticism. Seventeen years after the release of Dave McKean and Neil Gaiman's MirrorMask, it remains one of those films, and it only takes a frame or two to see why.ĬGI has a generally negative cultural context, typically only regarded positively when it isn't noticeable at all. Some films are so striking, so imaginative, so magically unusual that it becomes shocking that people aren't always talking about them. ![]()
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