I (26M) had been dating my girlfriend (25F) for about two months. Everything was going well, but I recently found out that her family worships a particular baba and keeps his photos in their family temple. Her family follows this baba very seriously.
My girlfriend, however, isn't obsessed with him or anything. She doesn't constantly watch his videos or visit his ashram. She just considers him a spiritual figure and prays to him occasionally.
I don't really believe in babas and found the whole thing uncomfortable. I get very bad vibes from families that worship a living person. I told her how I felt, and she said she respected my beliefs and didn't expect me to worship him.
Still, I couldn't get past the fact that my girlfriend worships a baba, so I ended things.
My friends think I'm being ridiculous and that I broke up with her over what they consider a harmless religious belief.
It's only been two months, so I figured it was better to leave if I already knew I wasn't comfortable with it.
AITK?
Visual effects should be used to enhance real visuals, not replace them. A fully VFX-rendered shot rarely looks convincing, it looks animated. I think movies with real actors are supposed to feel real. If we wanted everything to be animated, we would simply watch an animated movie.
If you're making a live-action film and creating every shot with VFX, it will feel artificial, no matter how realistic the effects are. Just because you can create something with VFX doesn't mean you should replace shots that can easily be filmed on real locations.
What's the point of creating a VFX forest? Instead, that money could be put to much better use.
VFX shouldn't draw attention to itself. The best visual effects are the ones you don't even notice they're invisible. Their purpose is to support the story, not to show off the technology. If you want to see how VFX can be used to enhance storytelling, watch District 9.