Fake vs. Fake

It's been a decade since Jurassic Park. Why, then, does Spielberg's original Tyrannosaur look more realistic than Peter Jackson's?

Not to pick a nit here, but there comes a time when you just have to ask yourself if CGI is really the way to go. Still, though, I do appreciate what Jackson and co. have done with the Lord of the Rings. The Battle of Pelennor Fields, for example, is awesome despite the fact that it is largely CGI. But sometimes, well, I guess a good ol' puppet just gets the job done (see: Yoda in Episode IV). Many of the dinos in Jurassic Park were puppets, with only a scant six minutes of CGI in the whole film. Nearly the entire "Ford Explorer" scene was done with massive puppets, and a CGI dino only in the wide-angle shots such as when it is eating the tire off an overturned vehicle.

All this, and I still really want to see War of the Worlds. And yes, Episode III is awesome. :-)