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[-] phailhaus@piefed.social 4 points 4 weeks ago

LOTR has tons of green screen and CGI. The Hobbit didn't have the prep time that LOTR did, which meant they were figuring out what things looked like after shooting instead of before.

Basically every great effect film had tons of pre-production. You can't figure it out in post and have it land.

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