The Incredible Hulk CGI Thread

[CGHulk]

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[millennium movies]

Who's doing the CGI for this film?

 

[Spade]

Who's doing the CGI for this film?

Rhythm & Hues. They did the CGI for The Golden Compass.

 

[millennium movies]

Rhythm & Hues. They did the CGI for The Golden Compass.

Ah crap...no wonder it looks strange. Oh and that TGC win was a total fake, we all know TF deserved that win, ILM did an astonishing job. Oh well, dumb old opinionated men who make up the academy and their grudges/criterias.

 

[Mercurius]

There you go.

Ouch! They should fix that!

 

[TNC9852002]

Ah crap...no wonder it looks strange. Oh and that TGC win was a total fake, we all know TF deserved that win, ILM did an astonishing job. Oh well, dumb old opinionated men who make up the academy and their grudges/criterias.

It's easy to recall some of the worst effects in a movie, but The Golden Compass had really good effects in most of the case. The effects used are much different than those used in Transformers and Bourne, but I think they were all worth being nominated as they were.

-TNC

 

[Electrofarce]

There you go.

Wow, this still has great cgi. The lighting is perfect, but the Hulks face looks a little weird. Love the green blood on his chest!

 

[Kirmit]

Wow, this still has great cgi. The lighting is perfect, but the Hulks face looks a little weird. Love the green blood on his chest!

I would say everything about that shot cgi wise looks great but yeah the face does look a little odd for some reason, can't pinpoint why.

 

[Mercurius]

It looks fake because his face has features of cartoon, and not realistic. His ear, for instance, is way too little for his height.

But it's not only that: his muscles look like a bunch of oily boat ropes. His hair is too chunky black.

And Liv Tyler is aiming above his head. It's really awkward.

 

[GreenKToo]

I think it looks odd because of the distance from his ears to the front of his face. too far.
Plus, the top of his head is not high enough.( if that makes sense)
Other than that, it still looks good though.

 

[xwolverine2]

the ironman cgi wasnt any better than this....
so obviously it wont effect the movie much at all....

 

[Electrofarce]

It looks fake because his face has features of cartoon, and not realistic. His ear, for instance, is way too little for his height.

But it's not only that: his muscles look like a bunch of oily boat ropes. His hair is too chunky black.

And Liv Tyler is aiming above his head. It's really awkward.

It really depends on the lighting to determin whether or not cgi looks fake. The aspects your pointing out are elements of the Hulk's design and have nothing to do with the cgi quality.

Plus, Bruce's anatomy drastically changes when he becomes the Hulk.

 

[Kirmit]

The 'ropey arms' are simply what your arms would look like if all your muscles were trying to burst through skin because of being so enormous.

 

[El Payaso]

There you go.

Thanks.

This has to be my absolute favouroite picture of this film so far. Somehow it says a lot about a great Hulk movie.

 

[GreenKToo]

I think its going to be great.

 

[Mercurius]

The 'ropey arms' are simply what your arms would look like if all your muscles were trying to burst through skin because of being so enormous.

In fact, they're just a designer's choice to suggest that quality you mentioned.

IMO, a bad choice, that again, for its exaggeration, looks fake.

 

[Mercurius]

the ironman cgi wasnt any better than this....
so obviously it wont effect the movie much at all....

Are you nuts?

Iron Man is, probably, the very best movie with the Marvel trademark so far.

Everything is its exact place there. This Hulk is open to debate, the shots and clips still making some happy, some asking for improvement.

 

[Kirmit]

In fact, they're just a designer's choice to suggest that quality you mentioned.

IMO, a bad choice, that again, for its exaggeration, looks fake.

Looks fake on a 9 foot tall green creature who can lift 100 tons plus?

 

[Mercurius]

Looks fake on a 9 foot tall green creature who can lift 100 tons plus?

That's exactly my point, Kirmit.

The challenge in this kind of movie is making Hulk look like he is alive amongst us, not a fake cgi effort.

 

[Kirmit]

That's exactly my point, Kirmit.

The challenge in this kind of movie is making Hulk look like he is alive amongst us, not a fake cgi effort.

He does look like he's alive though and doesn't look fake, when we have a creature that strong, with 100% muscle and 0% fat imo we should expect him to have muscles popping out left, right and center.

 

[Nivek]

Looks fake on a 9 foot tall green creature who can lift 100 tons plus?

Hey now, lets not point out this is a Superhero movie and not a Merchant Ivory production, Froggy!

 

[Mercurius]

He does look like he's alive though and doesn't look fake, when we have a creature that strong imo we should expect him to have muscles popping out left, right and center.

But you surely know that many artists have drawn The Hulk since its beginning without these ropey muscles, don't you?

The point is: it doesn't HAVE to be this way in order to give you the image of his brutal strenght. Lee's version wasn't like that and conveyed the same idea of brutal force.

The scene in which Hulk smashes the tanks in the 03 version shows you that.

My opinion is: this ropey design, along with the other extreme details, is what gives this Hulk all the problems being discussed here concerning its depiction.

Too much detail, and the cartoonish design are the problem with this version.

 

[Nivek]

Too much detail, and the cartoonish design are the problem with this version.

Not sure if you noticed, but alot of us prefer this "cartoonish" version. And too much detail? Are you kidding me? Too MUCH detail? Get out. Get out while you still have time.

 

[Kirmit]

But you surely know that many artists have drawn The Hulk since its beginning without these ropey muscles, don't you?

The point is: it doesn't HAVE to be this way in order to give you the image of his brutal strenght. Lee's version wasn't like that and conveyed the same idea of brutal force.

The scene in which Hulk smashes the tanks in the 03 version shows you that.

My opinion is: this ropey design, along with the other extreme details, is what gives this Hulk all the problems being discussed here concerning its depiction.


Too much detail, and the cartoonish design are the problem with this version.

Many complained Ang's Hulk looks too fat, with not enough definition.

Hulk has been drawn alot of different ways, this is our real world hulk, this is what he should look like, 100% muscle bursting out of his skin, 0% fat, there's nothing cartoonish about the design, it is a realistic interpretation of someone pumping with that much muscle would look like.

 

[wobbly]

That's exactly my point, Kirmit.

The challenge in this kind of movie is making Hulk look like he is alive amongst us, not a fake cgi effort.

And in the end it will be entirely subjective as to whether they have succeeded in that or not.
Bottom line: Just because you are picking the bones out of a particular shot doesn't mean everyone is going to agree with you. For instance, the night shot with Betty you apparently find painful looks just fine to me. I've read your specific complaints about the shot but I simply do not agree with you.

Now some of the daylight campus shots we have seen I would agree do merit concern and I hope they do/have received some attention, but most of the nights shots I've seen, like the above with Betty, are marvelous (imo).