Fake Dog
 

I don't believe it !! The new movie version of "Call of the Wild" uses a cgmi to create Buck--give me a break--why are we to paying good money to see video games. The last two movies I went to,were Ford vs Ferrari & 1917--not much cgmi--also, there are lots of unemployed dog actors--they need a break

Cecil b Demille must be spinning in his grave

Oh, I don't know about that


The scene of the parting of the Red Sea was achieved by using large dunk tanks flooded with Jello. The film was then shown in reverse to achieve the illusion of the sea being 'parted'. Gelatin was added to the tanks to give the water a sea-like consistency!
Directed by: Cecil B.DeMille

CGI isn’t limited by the laws of physics or the fragility of the human...or canine...body. When action and adventure are the goals, why would movie makers want to limit themselves. Get used to it. :)

Not to mention the trouble the movie A Dog's Purpose got into over the mishandling of a frightened dog... If it looks like a dog and is doing dangerous things, I'm okay with it not being a real dog.

That is the kind of dog i am looking for, no walking and no pick up.

Aren't movies pretend anyway? Actors are memorizing words and acting-out their character...yet we watch them. I'd have no issues "IF" I wanted to see this movie with the fake dog. LOTS of movies use props etc. What about Star Wars...???

Some of the actors lose themselves in their roles. Heath Ledger lost himself in playing the role of The Joker in The Dark Knight. And the most recent Joker actor lost 50 lbs to play that role.

Hollywood biggest sales con ever

It is fairly obvious from the trailers that this is not a real dog.

:icon_wink: Yeah! Not real like Godzilla! :1rotfl:

Mister Ed...My hero

This is not a valid gripe the movie was good although I would have liked a different ending for Harrison Ford.

Not sure if you go to movies much but the 20 most popular movies since Gone With The Wind are not real. I don’t go to the movies to see what I can see out my window. I go to visualize the what if, wouldn't it be nice, look into the future, experience visualizations and concepts that are outside my reality.

I watched the trailer and it was apparent that Buck is CGI animation and so I gave the film two stars.

One for convincing me to wait for the Netflix showing; two for prompting me to re-read the book, which has been a favorite of mine for over 50 years.

There’s a lot of fantasy in movies to begin with. Gotta accept it for what it is, entertainment. My wife and I really enjoyed the movie

I haven’t seen it yet, but if the cgi is well done and doesn’t distract from the movie then I don’t care.

"Buck" was not only CGI, but movements etc were done with a human actor playing the dog.
From a USA TODAY article>

The new screen adaptation of Jack London’s famed 1903 novel, set in the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, features an unusual screen pairing: Ford and "Planet of the Apes” motion-capture actor Terry Notary, who plays Buck.

Having the human actor, who was digitally transformed into the massive sled dog, helped Ford. “I had an emotional relationship with this consciousness that was Terry Notary. And he became the consciousness of Buck,” he says.

Question: In those scenes where you are patting Buck on the head, was it hard getting used to head-patting Terry Notary?

Harrison Ford: Petting him on the head wasn’t the weird part. Rubbing him on the belly was a little weird at first. We got over it real quick. It just becomes normal.

Next thing you'll know is that the direwolves in Game Of Thrones were CGI.

Are the Direwolves In 'Game of Thrones' Real?

Yes and no for the Game of Thrones direwolves.


All About the Wolves in Game of Thrones Some CGI was used to make the real dogs look more like the ancient and now extinct direwolves.

My thoughts exactly.

Hahaha

The whole process of CGI rendering and motion capture is quite fascinating and amazing technologies. I had read that the human actor portraying Buck was a Cirque Du Soleil alum, so obviously very athletic and flexible. I'm sure it made it easier for Ford to act opposite someone who can make eye contact than just a blank green screen. Just like animated movies, if it's a good story well done, one can totally be swept up into it emotionally, whether "realistic" or not.

I once was a movie that featured a real dog. I think Adam Fethe was the co-star. And it had that actress that used to be on that show that was once on channel 12.

At least it’s not a fake service dog😎

Good one.

:confused: I'm thinking it was on channel 14. :popcorn:

I thought Harrison Ford was CGI and the dog was real.

The Call of the Wild is quite good and has a lot of scenes which would have to be made using CGI or else they would be prohibitively expensive and next to impossible to create. Many feature animals of various kinds.

I just read yesterday that this movie is now projected to lose $50 million so it sounds like the reaction by potential movie goers who heard about the use of CGI was to not pay the money to see it. The article in Variety said the CGI was very expensive and drove the costs through the roof. It said they needed to gross between $250 and $275 million to break even. Sounds like the CGI decision was a costly error.

Harrison Ford’s ‘Call of the Wild’ to Lose $50 Million at Box Office – Variety

It seems to have lost money too due to the coronavirus due to closed theaters in Asia.

My neighbor tried to go last week to see Call of the Wild and he said it was sold out. I rented two movies at Redbox last week and I loved the first one. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. I had been standoffish on Quinton Tarantino movies because of his comments about cops a couple of years ago. I decided to watch this one because it had music of Paul Revere and the Raiders. The film I gave a 10. I graduated high school in 1968 and this film based on 1969 hit home with me on everything. I usually don't dig the long drawn-out dialogue that Tarantino films are known for, but this one, it was good. If you're looking for a flashback, go see this movie.

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The other film I saw, I didn't love, but liked and gave it an 8 out of 10. It's JoJo Rabbit, and has the most unusual story-line anyone could come up with. It's about a ten year boy who is in the Nazi Youth group and has an imaginary friend who pops up now and then, Adolph Hitler. He is being raised by a single mother, played by Scarlett Johansson. It's a dramedy. Hard to believe it would have humor, but it does, but it also has tragedy.

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I had a few hours to kill last week, and being a life long Jack London fan, thought I would see Call of the Wild. What a waste of ten bucks. The technology is good, but the ridiculous situations and the dog's near-human reactions to those situations simply made me grimace. They took a great story and made it into a typical Hollywood multi-cultural mess. I didn't stay for the end.

i lasted 15 minutes .. went across the street to City Fire and had a couple of drinks while my wife watched until the end .. we were both happy .. she didnt have to listen to me complain and I found a seat outside and enjoyed myself too

We all employ "suspension of disbelief", but are selective. I cannot accept six-shot revolvers that never run out of ammo or movies with military men with mullet haircuts but am OK with fire breathing dragons, unicorns, and talking teddy bears.