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by Ygg2 146 days ago
> • why do directors and producers sign off effects that are just eye-bleeding bad?

It's a bit cheaper.

> • using a realtime engine to develop the effects, doesn't preclude using some real render-pass at the end to get a nice result instead of "game level graphics".

It's probably a bit expensive in terms of effort or processing-wise.

In both cases you aren't ruining a movie. You're just making it more mediocre. People rarely leave cinema because CGI is mediocre.