deRPling42

Im not OP but almost everyone I've talked to didn't know that the entirity of New York was digitally reconstructed in The Avengers for the outside battle. It would be hard to find a part of the city thats not CGI.

Edit: For those of you who doubt me, here is a video outlining the process they took to reconstruct New York.

I'm curious, is the technique for reconstructing the scenery behind the obvious cgi used because it helps create the realism for the main subject in the shot? I know 5-10 years ago it was blatantly obvious that there was CGI on top of a live action shot. Was it easier to make the live action shot look less 'live' so that it created a better backdrop for the heavy action in the foreground?