Best and Worst CGI Ever seen in a movie????

[Brian Braddock]

Sadly, I'd have to agree.

Every once in a while though, I good contempary horror movie gets made. I loved 30 Days of Night because it was like a throwback to the 80's era (elements of it reminded me so much of the Thing it's not even funny).

As Ace would say, I found it to be so 'visceral'; this would partly be down to the practical fx.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

My last post was directed at your post SuperB.

But yea, unfortunately there hasn't been many great horror films in recent years. They just seem to be gore fests, no real suspense or actual horro. Just blood, buckets and buckets of blood.

 

[Brian Braddock]

Yeah, don't forget the jump cuts to give cheap scares (that's my pet peeve).

Gore for gore's sake get's boring fast. Most modern horror filmakers should watch The Fog, Halloween etc and take a leaf out of Carpenters book - create a bit of atmosphere and suspense.

 

[Figs]

Yeah, don't forget the jump cuts to give cheap scares (that's my pet peeve).

Gore for gore's sake get's boring fast. Most modern horror filmakers should watch The Fog, Halloween etc and take a leaf out of Carpenters book - create a bit of atmosphere and suspense.

Although I'm a big fan of John Carpenter, another director who's work should really be studied and used as influence way more often is Hitchcock.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

Yea not many people have that knack of building suspense like Hitchcock. But to be honest, I think he had a sorta natural gift for it, I don't think it could be taught.

 

[dark_b]

i think a lot of people would hate if a new gremlins movie was made with CGI. but fact is that in the 80's if CGI was like today they would be CGI . you can bet youre ass.

they always try to use the best technology and the best tools. and back in the 80's it was puppets,animatronics,prothestic.

 

[Eggyman]

Although I'm a big fan of John Carpenter, another director who's work should really be studied and used as influence way more often is Hitchcock.

I'm with you on that one, bud. I love Hitchcock. I think I may watch Rear Window tonight. Thanks for reminding me!

 

[redhawk23]

Though the cgi in T2 is great and all, the hype it gets over shadows the work of Stan Winston. You watch it and go, hey the cg really holds up, like when robert partricks entire right shoulder and arm get split off, then you watch the speacial features and find out that it was a robotic shoulder rig and its just like wtf?

 

[dark_b]

Though the cgi in T2 is great and all, the hype it gets over shadows the work of Stan Winston. You watch it and go, hey the cg really holds up, like when robert partricks entire right shoulder and arm get split off, then you watch the speacial features and find out that it was a robotic shoulder rig and its just like wtf?

noone should ever forget stan winston.
he is the reason why jurasic park and T2 still look today so amazing

 

[Dark Victory]

^Yeah, he was an amazing guy. May he rest in peace.

 

[dark_b]

i also like that he wasnt afraid of computers and CGI. cameron talks about this on youtube.

 

[That-Guy]

Hey, it looks like we can add GI Joe to the list!

Actually, the first part of the trailer looked pretty cool (the Eiffel Tower falling over and such) but once it got to random shots of soldiers flipping through the air Matrix-style, I realized that Steven Sommers is still an idiot.

 

[dark_b]

watched POTC 2 and 3 again.
dear lord was davy jones perfection

 

[scifiwolf]

Yeah, ILM really nailed that effect. I can't imagine the processing and memory power required to render Davy Jones.

 

[dark_b]

interesting to read about davy jones. they raytraced the cornea. they used real settings how cornea reflects the enviorment and the iris behind. no suprise that they are the most realistic eyes in CGI history.

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=2&t=379460&highlight=davy+jones
john knoll is even in the thread

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=59&t=380890&highlight=davy+jones

 

[Mdizzle]

Anything that was depicted in The Ring 2...oh, the hilarity.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

I remember the first time I saw The Matrix and the bullet time effects blew me away. It was the first time I see gun fights like that. I love the slow mo bullets with the ripples.

 

[gwynplaine]

On the more subtle CGI effects, I really liked how Michelle Pfeiifer's face morphed into Amber Valetta's in "What lies beneath."

 

[Figs]

On the more subtle CGI effects, I really liked how Michelle Pfeiifer's face morphed into Amber Valetta's in "What lies beneath."

Speaking of CGI, I wish they could have used some CGI on Pfeiifer's toes.

As beautiful as she is...from what I remember in the bathtub scene she had some pretty gnarly looking feet.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

I hate all feet.

 

[dark_b]

forest gump.erasing Dan Taylors legs. now that was subtle.

 

[The Original Bamfer]

I'm sure I've mentioned it many times before, but given the technology of the time and the budget of the film, Spider-Man 3 had some of the worst CGI ever.

 

[Figs]

I'm sure I've mentioned it many times before, but given the technology of the time and the budget of the film, Spider-Man 3 had some of the worst CGI ever.

Even the birth of Sandman??

I thought that at least was the best part of the film let alone solid CGI.

 

[The Original Bamfer]

Even the birth of Sandman??

I thought that at least was the best part of the film let alone solid CGI.

That was decent. Some of the CGI worked well enough, but a lot didn't - particularly the CGI character fights featuring video game-like Spider-Man, New Goblin and Venom fighting.

 

[Sarge 2.0]

Although I'm a big fan of John Carpenter, another director who's work should really be studied and used as influence way more often is Hitchcock.

Er, Hitchcock is aped all over the ****ing place. Not replicated mind you, but countless filmmakers have been influenced by and studied Hitchcock.