The bridge scene wouldn't work today
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Sorcerer
Jimbo_BSD — 10 years ago(August 11, 2015 12:59 PM)
The bridge sequence in Sorcerer is fantastic. I still have no idea how they shot that. Watching the film last night I couldn't help but thinking that it wouldn't work in a modern film.
The reason I say that is because if it was shot today it would surely be CGI. The audience wouldn't be as invested in the drama because we'd all know in the back of our minds that we're just looking at pixels. We'd know that there is no truck and there is no bridge. They'd also probably ramp it up a bit and make it over the top. So the human drama of seeing an actual truck on an actual bridge over an actual river is gone. There would be no tension.
I'm not one of those people that hates CGI or hates Hollywood today. In fact I'm constantly amazed at the things they can do nowadays. However, when it comes to stunts. Sometimes the old way just works better. -
parknourie — 10 years ago(August 20, 2015 04:49 AM)
It's an amazing sequence. I was clenching my fist throughout that scene.
They just don't make 'em like this anymore
With obvious CG, no matter how good they are the CG is quite noticeable these days, the feeling of risk won't be there.
I was really believing that the actors were in danger during the scene.
Side note: Perhaps that's why I was thrilled with Cruise's own stunts with M:I 4 and M:I 5.
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In_The_Year_8837 — 9 years ago(June 02, 2016 07:29 AM)
My thoughts exactly. While watching the bridge scene, I kept asking myself,
how the heck did they do that?
An amazing scene of the likes we won't see again due to the fact that CGI would be used in similar situations, and it's usually not hard to spot that "CGI look."