Special Effects films that changed Hollywood forever
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scotbpens — 16 years ago(August 08, 2009 01:30 AM)
King Kong (1933). It may look like simple claymation today, but back in the early days of "talkies" (the first film with dialogue was just 6 years before), it was absolutely groundbreaking.
King Kong
most certainly did not use "claymation"! Claymation means stop-motion animation with figures made of non-hardening modeling clay, like Gumby or the characters in
Chicken Run
. The stop-motion work of animators like Willis O'Brien, Ray Harryhausen and Jim Danforth used highly detailed, articulated models. It may seem like nitpicking, but would you call the miniature warships in
Tora! Tora! Tora!
"bathtub toys"?
All the universe . . . or nothingness. Which shall it be, Passworthy? Which shall it be? -
jstrangeworld-1 — 16 years ago(August 22, 2009 06:12 AM)
Hmm tough one but I would say the following.
KING KONG
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
2001
STAR WARS
SUPERMAN
TRON
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (GOOD GHOAST EFFECTS)
AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON
JURASIC PARK
TITANIC -
pete-1087 — 16 years ago(October 03, 2009 11:28 AM)
I think well worth a mention here is 'American Werewolf in London' - at the time of its release, it was long before CGI and the effects were puppet like and make up. This took real skill and craftsmanship to pull off and look almost realistic. Testament to the fine work of Rick Baker.
http://frontrowreviews.co.uk/all_genres/horror/american-werewolf-in-lo ndon-1981/
Director John Landis then went on to make the epic video Thriller for the late great MJ on the success of this film.
Worth mentioning also is Terminator 2 - until that film people had generally steered clear of CGI because it was looking pretty lame. It was only after the amazing results achieved in T2 that people began to invest time into it again so i disagree with Jurassic Park taking a title. Its T2 all the way that is responsible for that particular leap. -
Mousuke — 16 years ago(October 14, 2009 07:38 AM)
This 'Visual Effects: 100 Years of Inspiration' video is quite interesting:
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davidslicer — 15 years ago(April 18, 2010 07:34 PM)
"2001:A Space Odyssey" April,1968
"Star Wars" May 25,1977
"The Exorcist" December 26,1973
"Terminator 2:Judgment Day" July 3,1991
"Metropolis" 1927
"The Matrix" March 31,1999
"Who Framed Roger Rabbit" June,1988
"King Kong" 1933
"King Kong" December,2005
"Blade Runner" 1982
"Tron" 1982