probably Jurassic Park for me
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endofthefork — 17 years ago(December 04, 2008 02:24 PM)
Empire Strikes Back, if I had to pick one the walkers are absolutely awesome, and the sheer intensity of the chase in the asteroid field always get me.
With the Battle of Hoth, there are so many great touches to the AT-AT's movements- it is not 'just' the spectacle, the FX really work hard to propel and enforce what's going on in the story. The slow, thudding approach of the nigh-invulnerable walkers is captured perfectly, and you catch the same feeling of creeping dread the rebels must be feeling.
Good stuff!
'The original Kong seems quicker.'
'Yes, but my Kong won't tire.' -
ironjade — 17 years ago(December 07, 2008 06:31 AM)
Superman: the Movie. Superman flies off as the camera pans to Clark Kent entering Lois Lane's apartment. A brilliant split screen sequence that almost no one notices until it's pointed out.
"Black and white cat . . . black and white cake." - Charles Chazen. -
ladisneyprincesse — 17 years ago(December 23, 2008 01:26 PM)
Dragonheart(1996) Draco is still the most realistic dragon up to date
All of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and At World's End(2006 & 2007)Davy Jones and his crew. The Maelstrom battle -
Ddhandarah — 17 years ago(January 02, 2009 05:09 PM)
Total Recall
Starship Troopers
Terminator 2
The Fly (1986)
Then some oldies:
Metropolis (1927)
King Kong (1933)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Most Harryhausen features, but particularly First Men in the Moon (1964)
I've got to be missing something. -
bradford-5 — 17 years ago(January 17, 2009 12:35 AM)
Citizen Kane
2001
Brokeback Mountain
Steven Bradford
Seattle WA
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surround_sound — 17 years ago(February 24, 2009 05:51 PM)
the baby in the bath in A Beautiful Mind. I didn't realize it was an effect until I watched some of the extra features on the DVD. I admire Forrest Gump, that would have taken an immense amount of work, Apollo 13 is another fine example. Jarhead has some good ones.
I prefer movies which use special effects to enhance or complement the story, rather than being the actual story, if you get my drift. -
Fiend-Without-a-Face — 11 years ago(February 09, 2015 06:14 PM)
For some reason, I have always been obsessed with the "Walking Through Walls" effects ever since
4D Man
http://www.imdb.com/board/10052530/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
.
I will search endlessly for movies with this effect. I just love the look of a well done wall walk!
Scott, there may be side effects of this we don't know anything about -
kgwrote-854-104240 — 10 years ago(February 15, 2016 05:44 PM)
Jurassic Park had the most impressive realistic effect for me (the T-rex leaving the fence).
But the ones that I consider the most exciting in the story would be the skeleton fight in Jason and the Argonautsor anything King Kong did in the 1933 film.
The effect that gave me the biggest wow as a kid was when Clark Kent kicked the football into the sky in Superman the Movie.
The Asteroid chase in ESB was also amazing.
Before JP, the water creature in the Abyss was the most amazing spfx technical jump where it could make human faces. -
gottaluvafriend — 9 years ago(October 01, 2016 09:16 AM)
I recently watched
The Revenant
. I assume that the bear attack scene was created using CGI. In any event, however it was accomplished, the initial bear attack is currently my all-time favorite special visual effects scene. I couldn't take my eyes off the screen; I couldn't believe my eyes. I've watched the scene a couple of times since and find it more difficult to watch than the first time, which is a curious phenomenon because usually a person becomes desensitized to the sight of violence.