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Eden Kutschker is an undergraduate Professional Writing and Editing student at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Melbourne. She is a huge fan of anything nerdy, from Star Wars to Harry Potter ...

The Lord of the Rings trilogy marked a before and after in VFX in the industry, but fantasy movies like Avatar: Fire and Ash have surpassed it since.