VFX: Terminator: Judgement Day vs. Jurassic Park

[lime]

OK, these two movie both won the Oscar for VFX using top class practical effects and groundbreaking CGI effects.

But what movie had the better VFX?

Please when voting try to vote purely for the VFX work and not take to account your personal feelings for the two films (love or hate).

Terminator: Judgement Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xyLVKV9020

Jurassic Park
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgixhKfH1w4

 

[Drizzle]

Both are excellent, but I would go with Jurassic Park because it improved upon what T2 started with CGI effects. The dinosaurs look more realistic to me than the liquid form T-1000.

 

[Mandon Knight]

Talk about Sophie's Choice !!!

Both have The Abyss to thank (as does everything since) by way of CGI development.

I would say T2 in terms of the baton it picked up and took onto the level for Jurassic to benefit from.

 

[lime]

Jurassic Park's visuals holds up amazingly today. Fantastic and for me more realistic than the ones in Jurassic World.

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

Tough but I rewatched T2 not that long ago and was still blown away by the T-1000 effects. I vote T2.

 

[The Joker]

I'd have to give it to Jurassic Park. There are some vfx in T2 that look a little fake now. But JP's still hold up amazingly.

 

[OutOfBoose]

JP is simply more advanced. Complex textures, more lifelike animations. 2 year gap surely helped to develop the technology further from T2.

 

[Alien Anal]

Its a tough one, JP has more visual effects than compared to T2. The brachio?bronto? scenes looks pretty rough now but I think in T2 the only real bad CGI is the liquid metal bullet holes closing up.

Does VFX include animatronics or just digital because the T1000 getting blown open at the end I think is a better effect than anything in JP.

 

[Brother Jack]

T2 is close, but Jurassic Park is arguably the greatest special effects movie ever.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

The dinosaurs in Jurassic Park still look more 'real' than most modern CGI. They feel tangible and have weight to them. I'm still trying to figure out why. I think it's either because a) they were used very sparingly, b) the effects shots were all planned to be done practically so that knowledge helped somehow, or c) it's just magic.

 

[Johnny-Oh]

Well it's hard to compare because T2 only uses CG with one character and it looks fantastic. Jurassic Park's CG looks more dated because they used more of it, the textures of the dinosaurs during daylight scenes don't look that good now and the only scene that still holds up incredibly well is the T-Rex and it's because it's during the night and in the rain. Because of this I don't think there's a fair way to compare them.

That being said, if we include practical effects in the discussion I'll have to give it to T2. That scene of the helicopter flying underneath the bridge is one of the most impressive stunts I've ever seen, JP can't compete with that.

 

[Greens]

Jurassic Park

 

[HKpowerup]

T2 Judgement Day. It still holds up when watched today, whereas I don't think you can really say that with JP.

 

[Boom]

Jurassic Park.

 

[lime]

T2 Judgement Day. It still holds up when watched today, whereas I don't think you can really say that with JP.

That's the most untrie thing I have ever read. Jurassic Park in THE movie that has ages incredibly well in terms of CGI. THE movie.

 

[Iceman]

2 movies that really pushed effects work onwards. I'd give the edge to Jurassic Park.

 

[wampa1]

It's ridiculous that Jurassic Park has better CG effects than some movies made today.

 

[Galactus123]

Jurassic Park looks amazing even today

 

[lime]

Some HQ shots of both films:

Terminator 2

Jurassic Park

 

[redhawk23]

There are things in Terminator that are so easy to just assume are impressive CGI that are actually just seamingly impossible practical effects. I know Jurassic Park has that element as well but Terminator 2 blows my mind with everyhthing with the T-100 getting blown in half.

 

[Schlosser85]

It's ridiculous that Jurassic Park has better CG effects than some movies made today.

Including Jurassic World.