ELI5- why can movies make CGI human faces and movements that look 100% real and normal but video games always look fake even with large budgets?

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ELI5- why can movies make CGI human faces and movements that look 100% real and normal but video games always look fake even with large budgets?

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Because the movie can spend hours or days making a couple frames, whereas your computer needs to crank out 60-120 frames per second.