Orcs then and now

You dont dislike CGI, you dislike bad CGI. You just never notice it wehen its good

yea but Smaug was decent af.

I agree, but complaining about the use of CGI in The Hobbit is like complaining that the Taliban doesn't support paid maternity leave. There's a fuckton of far more serious shit to criticize.

Thats why Lotr got oscars and Hobbit ought to have gotten raspberries..

I hate CGI when it is not needed (like above)

It's interesting that you bring this up with shots from LOTR. You're absolutely right. Real acting, and thus better enemies, can also carry over to the heros in the same movie and spawn from genuine reaction. In this same trilogy, in a scene where Aragorn (Vigo Mortenson) kicks a helmet and then screams in anger was actually a real reaction and scream because he actually broke his toe when he kicked the helmet.

How to become a virgin pro + : start a debat about a movie released in 2012.

I really liked the Goblin King

Here you go. Just to make sure everyone gets your unbiased point