10 Movies Ruined By Creepy CGI
6. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Digital de-aging is all the rage in blockbuster movies these days, but Rogue One: A Star Wars Story opted to take the practise one dubious step further by using cutting edge CGI to resurrect the late, great Peter Cushing for one final "performance" as Grand Moff Tarkin.
Despite having the sign-off from Cushing's estate and finding an impressively believable double for Tarkin's distinctive voice, the VFX presentation of the character just wasn't good enough to make it work.
The VFX certainly aren't bad, but they do demonstrate just how difficult it is to convincingly replicate the subtle facial musculature and nebulous "human essence" digitally.
It didn't help that director Gareth Edwards shot most of Tarkin's scenes in well-lit conditions with surprisingly close camera coverage, in turn allowing audiences a wide remit to scrutinise the effects.
As a result, every time Tarkin shows up he draws attention to the film's own artifice and reduces its overall sense of immersion.
The digitally de-aged Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) at the end of the movie was also a tad iffy, though at least mercifully brief, unlike Tarkin's appearance.