A lot of stuff is done because they want to show only Hollywood can do it. Sort of like all the people in movies like Ben Hur. It's expensive and Indies can't do it. Then Star Wars proved a smallish budget could make a great film, so they went all in for expensive FX. Now FX are cheap and fairly easy to do, while big time physical effects are too expensive. They can't right the ship without going broke, and the indie guys can do it cheaper anyway.
A lot of stuff is done because they want to show only Hollywood can do it. Sort of like all the people in movies like Ben Hur. It's expensive and Indies can't do it. Then Star Wars proved a smallish budget could make a great film, so they went all in for expensive FX. Now FX are cheap and fairly easy to do, while big time physical effects are too expensive. They can't right the ship without going broke, and the indie guys can do it cheaper anyway.
Godzilla Minus One was proof of this.