Director Gore Verbinski says Unreal Engine is 'the greatest slip backwards' for movie CGI

Do visual effects look worse than they used to? The director of Pirates of the Caribbean says Unreal is the culprit.

Epic responds to director Gore Verbinski's claims that Unreal Engine is making movie CGI worse: 'aesthetic and craft comes from artists, not software'

"It’s inaccurate for anyone in the industry to claim that one tool is to blame," said Patrick Tubach, VFX supervisor at Epic ...
GameSpot

Unreal Engine Makes Films Look Too Much Like Games, Pirates Of The Caribbean Director Says

As Verbinski explained, Unreal Engine 5's approach to light and its application in scenes doesn't work with films aiming for a photorealistic presentation. The filmmaker says that this tends to create ...
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Unreal Engine VFX backlash explained, as Epic Games addresses filmmaker criticism

Epic Games says artists matter more than tools.
Rock Paper Shotgun

Pirates director Gore Verbinski is iffy on Unreal Engine in movies: "I think it doesn’t work from a strictly photo-real standpoint"

The director of Pirates of the Caribbean and Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die has spoken at length about the presence of a ...

Pirates of the Caribbean director knows exactly why movie CGI is getting worse – Unreal Engine: "You have this sort of gaming aesthetic entering the world of cinema"

It's no secret that CGI has seemingly gotten worse over the years, and no one knows this more than Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski, who says that the decline in effects quality comes ...

As Amazon embraces Unreal Engine for Fallout, one legendary director says it's filmmaking's "greatest slip backwards"

Unreal Engine has infiltrated the world of film over the past few years, including Amazon's Fallout, but Gore Verbinski isn't ...
Tech Times

Unreal Engine vs Unity: Game Engine Performance and Visual Quality Explained

Explore how game engine performance shapes graphics, with an objective Unreal Engine vs Unity game engine comparison to help developers balance visual quality, optimization, and platforms.