| Posted by: Dog Welder at June 17, 2008, 6:07 am | | Topic: Your Least Favourite/Favourite Moments of Movie CGI Forum: Film Hobbit | | Best CGI: 1) Transformers. The movie was not the greatest, but bits of this movie were jawdropping (something increasingly harder and harder to do with CGI). 2) Lake Placid -- alligator eats bear. We had to rewind several times when we first saw that. 3) Sin City -- supported with some ingenious filming techniques, this film looked great. 4) Terminator 2 -- revolutionized CGI in movies. 5) Jurassic Park -- this was the next evolutionary step above Terminator 2. Flawless dinosaurs chasing people around. Awesome! Worst CGI -- 1) Twister -- just because you can make a digital tornado, it doesn't mean you should. (Evil tornado chasers? What. The. Hell.) 2) The Ghost and the Darkness -- the digital lion running through the fire at the end was laughable and nearly as silly looking as the digital Michael Douglas. (Oh...Douglas was real? Never mind.) 3) The Mummy 2 -- overdone, overdone, overdone. 4) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull -- except, this movie never happened. Let's just move on. 5) Van H... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Into at June 16, 2008, 11:40 pm | | Topic: Your Least Favourite/Favourite Moments of Movie CGI Forum: Film Hobbit | | Quote: Originally Posted by Josh) Combination of practical and CGI effects though. Cameron actually built a lot of that and filmed it. It wasn't all CG. Skills PJ has taken over, to an extent. That ship scene was pretty jaw dropping at the time the movie was released, CGI or not. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Josh at June 16, 2008, 11:34 pm | | Topic: Your Least Favourite/Favourite Moments of Movie CGI Forum: Film Hobbit | | Quote: Originally Posted by Beatrix Kiddo) Some of the CGI effects in Titanic were pretty darn amazing. The part when the ship splits and falls into the ocean, the ariel shots of the people on the ship. I thought it was done rather well. Combination of practical and CGI effects though. Cameron actually built a lot of that and filmed it. It wasn't all CG. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: kayhasty at June 16, 2008, 1:45 pm | | Topic: Your Least Favourite/Favourite Moments of Movie CGI Forum: Film Hobbit | | Quote: Originally Posted by Volante) Moreso considering that's a prosthetic (CG was used to make the see-thru part, though, if that's what you're referring to. Good ol' bluescreen...) Yeah, and the see-through was what really made it. With prosthetics and creative close-ups and all they could have faked it OK, but that little bit of bluescreen made them able to do that long, unbroken shot, and made the whole thing so excruciating. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Beatrix Kiddo at June 16, 2008, 11:41 am | | Topic: Your Least Favourite/Favourite Moments of Movie CGI Forum: Film Hobbit | | Quote: Originally Posted by kayhasty) Those of you who have seen The Happening will probably also never forget the guy getting his arm ripped off by the lion, and how horrendous that was. Yes, it was a terrible scene. That one arm that was held out towards the lion looked so extremely fake. I found it so bad that it was funny. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Volante at June 16, 2008, 11:17 am | | Topic: Your Least Favourite/Favourite Moments of Movie CGI Forum: Film Hobbit | | Quote: Someone already mentioned Pan's Labyrinth, but specifically the scene where he sews his cheek... amazing. Really simple CGI used really effectively. Moreso considering that's a prosthetic (CG was used to make the see-thru part, though, if that's what you're referring to. Good ol' bluescreen...) | | Static Link |
| Posted by: kayhasty at June 16, 2008, 11:10 am | | Topic: Your Least Favourite/Favourite Moments of Movie CGI Forum: Film Hobbit | | Someone already mentioned Pan's Labyrinth, but specifically the scene where he sews his cheek... amazing. Really simple CGI used really effectively. Those of you who have seen The Happening will probably also never forget the guy getting his arm ripped off by the lion, and how horrendous that was. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Son of Siskel at June 16, 2008, 9:09 am | | Topic: Your Least Favourite/Favourite Moments of Movie CGI Forum: Film Hobbit | | Best of coarse was Jurassic Park and in particular that moment in the jeep with the T-Rex and the flashlight and the eye. I remember thinking at the time"wow there is now nothing they cant do in movies" Unfortunately nothing meant Ang Lee's Hulk. It was so bad my son and I left the movie before it was over. Not only worst CGI but one of my top ten worst films of all time. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Ricky Roma at June 16, 2008, 4:09 am | | Topic: Your Least Favourite/Favourite Moments of Movie CGI Forum: Film Hobbit | | Fight Club has some excellent CGI, as does Zodiac. But I think Fincher went a bit too far in Panic Room, flying through every single object he could think of. Danny Boyle's Sunshine also has some great CGI. Apollo 13, too. And I also love Master and Commander's effects work. As for bad CGI, the worst has to be the surfing in Escape from LA. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Volante at June 15, 2008, 11:47 pm | | Topic: Your Least Favourite/Favourite Moments of Movie CGI Forum: Film Hobbit | Quote: Originally Posted by crappertay) Jurassic Park is probably the only movie I've seen where the CGI stands up, even 15 years (jebus!) later. So it gets my best vote. Worst will take some thought because there's so much. Jurassic Park and Terminator 2 are just flawless with CGI, IMO.
Most of LotR applies as well. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Beatrix Kiddo at June 15, 2008, 10:47 pm | | Topic: Your Least Favourite/Favourite Moments of Movie CGI Forum: Film Hobbit | | I thought the monkeys in Indy 4 were ghastly. In the movie Silver Surfer, Reed does this dancing in a club with 2 girls. He's stretching his arms and it's just a really lame scene. In The Golden Compass, there is a distant shot of Lyra riding Iorek across the snow. It's just a terrible scene. It's very sloppy CGI effects. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Binkleywalker at December 20, 2007, 6:30 pm | | Topic: Your Least Favourite/Favourite Moments of Movie CGI Forum: Film Hobbit | | Sin City is probably one of my favorite uses of CGI because its not supposed to be too real. Its more of an exaggerated style that also suited the comics it came from. Probably my favorite comic book movies done in a time that was being inundated with them simply because its one of the few that stuck to its roots adaptation wise. Agreed on the CG in the LoTR trilogy being darn good as well. As for the stuff that's bad, I'm generally forgetful of cause they are usually forgetful films. I did however recently catch the latest Die Hard movie. While the CG looked ok, I just think something was lost by things not being done practically and in camera like the first as much as could be. But then I suppose its not just a question of topping the other flicks, but a question of what can and can't be safely done practically. I give it a little slack there, but its not a movie I'd particularly care to watch again. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: crappertay at December 20, 2007, 1:12 am | | Topic: Your Least Favourite/Favourite Moments of Movie CGI Forum: Film Hobbit | | Quote: Originally Posted by Volante) When was that again? I don't think I have my copy of that WotW any more... (And are we sure it wasn't a real van? ) When they're escaping the city in the MPV. The camera starts inside the van as it's racing down the highway, we get a snippet of Tom trying to control his kids, the camera then swings outside the van, does a wide 360 of the entire car showing the devastation going on around it, back inside the van for another Tom & kids moment, repeat about 4 times in a single continuous take. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Bordick at December 19, 2007, 6:49 pm | | Topic: Your Least Favourite/Favourite Moments of Movie CGI Forum: Film Hobbit | | The Good: Forrest Gump. All about the subtlety.....and it all still holds up The Bad: Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie. 'nuff said. The Ugly: Hollow Man. The first time Kevin Bacon slowly begins to dissolve into invisibillity, what do we get.....skinless CG penis. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Cup of Jabba at December 19, 2007, 11:28 am | | Topic: Your Least Favourite/Favourite Moments of Movie CGI Forum: Film Hobbit | Die Another Day + CGI Effects = Bad. Yeah, the CGI on Die Another Day not only looked bad.... but the use of some of those CGI effects were completely and utterly ridiculous within their context, too. 1. Bond riding a snow sking rocket as a big giant laser follows right behind him. 2. Bond para sails away from a tidal wave after he just jumped away from a crumbling ice cliff. 3. Bond is threatened by a villain with a Return of the Jedi fetish. Apparently an arm glove that produces shock bolts of electricity is somehow useful when fighting. 4. Bond escapes off a plane by riding a car out the back while a big giant laser powered by the sun is destroying the big jumbo plane that they are in.
Uh, yeah...if that laser even got within a half a mile of that aircraft...it would have been in trouble just from the heat of it. Very dumb. However, I still enjoyed this movie a lot despite the ridiculous things going on in it. I guess I am starting to understand why everyone likes D4 now. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: phenotype31 at December 19, 2007, 12:31 am | | Topic: Your Least Favourite/Favourite Moments of Movie CGI Forum: Film Hobbit | Quote: Originally Posted by zanarkand) Of course it was intentional. But it was one of the stupidest things I ever saw. It was beneath even animation. That would have been acceptable only in a comic book.
Yes I know it was not water, hence the slowness. But you do realize that adds to the stupidity right? It means he was in there for an even longer time...and no reaction at all. Total crock. An amazing effort those films, and what a laughable ending. The rings' power is a pretty important aspect in both the books and movie. Otherwise Gandalf would have just taken it when offered by Bilbo, and ruled as a benevolent and wonderful king for a long time. Gollum didn't react because of the ring, not because someone forgot to press the "animate writhing" button. I'm also not sure how it's a bad CGI moment. You're saying that the scene was "stupid," but if it was an intentional choice for the story then Gollum not writhing around isn't a reason to think the CGI work by WETA is somehow subpar. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: zanarkand at December 19, 2007, 12:06 am | | Topic: Your Least Favourite/Favourite Moments of Movie CGI Forum: Film Hobbit | | Of course it was intentional. But it was one of the stupidest things I ever saw. It was beneath even animation. That would have been acceptable only in a comic book. Yes I know it was not water, hence the slowness. But you do realize that adds to the stupidity right? It means he was in there for an even longer time...and no reaction at all. Total crock. An amazing effort those films, and what a laughable ending. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Cup of Jabba at December 19, 2007, 12:04 am | | Topic: Your Least Favourite/Favourite Moments of Movie CGI Forum: Film Hobbit | | Quote: Originally Posted by Volante) CGI in Potter is not exactly reference to begin with...there was some pretty bad stuff in the quiddich matches pre-Azkaban, or at least on brooms in general. Yeah... I usually let CGI looking stuff slide in magical realms like Potter & Narnia. However, I cannot control my artistic eye. It seems to have a mind of it's own. | | Static Link |
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