Top 10 F/X Scenes in Movie History
01-03-07, 08:45 PM
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Top 10 F/X Scenes in Movie History
01-03-07, 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by MartinBlank
01-03-07, 09:11 PM
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Who, in their right mind, would put Cliffhanger above Jurassic Park?
01-04-07, 12:12 AM
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Yeah, not a list of actual scenes to be found there.
Yeah, not a list of actual scenes to be found there.
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01-04-07, 01:20 AM
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Why do we get such awful "Top" 10 lists lately?
The Polar Express is all well and good but to call the process they used to make the movie a special effect is a little out there. I wouldn't say A Scanner Darkly had great effects but I loved the style of the film. Cliffhanger and A Perfect Storm are also good movies but not at home in this list either.
The Matrix should of gotten some recognition for Bullet Time but after seeing soooo many movies use it I can see why it might of been ignored.
The Polar Express is all well and good but to call the process they used to make the movie a special effect is a little out there. I wouldn't say A Scanner Darkly had great effects but I loved the style of the film. Cliffhanger and A Perfect Storm are also good movies but not at home in this list either.
The Matrix should of gotten some recognition for Bullet Time but after seeing soooo many movies use it I can see why it might of been ignored.
01-04-07, 01:51 AM
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Originally Posted by MasterofDVD
The Matrix should of gotten some recognition for Bullet Time but after seeing soooo many movies use it I can see why it might of been ignored.
the Superman jet rescue scene in Superman Returns also came immediately to my mind.
01-04-07, 07:34 AM
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"Top 10 F/X Scenes in Movie History"
then they go on to say ...
"We asked industry insiders to pinpoint the biggest breakthroughs in digital F/X history."
Aren't those two different lists?
Either way ... it isn't a very good list, but I am an industry outsider.
then they go on to say ...
"We asked industry insiders to pinpoint the biggest breakthroughs in digital F/X history."
Aren't those two different lists?
Either way ... it isn't a very good list, but I am an industry outsider.
01-04-07, 08:52 AM
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Top 10 IMO in chron. order:
The Pan Am shuttle in 2001
The Devil's Tower scene in Close Encounters
The speeder bike/forest scene in Return of the Jedi
The Alien Queen vs. Loader fight in Aliens
The water tentacle in The Abyss
The "checkerboard floor turns into a Terminator" scene in T2
The T-Rex/ rain sequence in Jurassic Park
The ship sinking in Titanic
Dog Beach in Saving Private Ryan
The Uruk-Hai attck in Two Towers
The Pan Am shuttle in 2001
The Devil's Tower scene in Close Encounters
The speeder bike/forest scene in Return of the Jedi
The Alien Queen vs. Loader fight in Aliens
The water tentacle in The Abyss
The "checkerboard floor turns into a Terminator" scene in T2
The T-Rex/ rain sequence in Jurassic Park
The ship sinking in Titanic
Dog Beach in Saving Private Ryan
The Uruk-Hai attck in Two Towers
01-04-07, 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Ayre
"Top 10 F/X Scenes in Movie History"
then they go on to say ...
"We asked industry insiders to pinpoint the biggest breakthroughs in digital F/X history."
Aren't those two different lists?
Either way ... it isn't a very good list, but I am an industry outsider.
then they go on to say ...
"We asked industry insiders to pinpoint the biggest breakthroughs in digital F/X history."
Aren't those two different lists?
Either way ... it isn't a very good list, but I am an industry outsider.
01-04-07, 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Hiro11
Top 10 IMO in chron. order:
The Pan Am shuttle in 2001
The Devil's Tower scene in Close Encounters
The speeder bike/forest scene in Return of the Jedi
The Alien Queen vs. Loader fight in Aliens
The water tentacle in The Abyss
The "checkerboard floor turns into a Terminator" scene in T2
The T-Rex/ rain sequence in Jurassic Park
The ship sinking in Titanic
Dog Beach in Saving Private Ryan
The Uruk-Hai attck in Two Towers
The Pan Am shuttle in 2001
The Devil's Tower scene in Close Encounters
The speeder bike/forest scene in Return of the Jedi
The Alien Queen vs. Loader fight in Aliens
The water tentacle in The Abyss
The "checkerboard floor turns into a Terminator" scene in T2
The T-Rex/ rain sequence in Jurassic Park
The ship sinking in Titanic
Dog Beach in Saving Private Ryan
The Uruk-Hai attck in Two Towers
01-04-07, 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Giles
was there CGI added to this effect, I thought it was all in-camera and minature work combined?
01-04-07, 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Hiro11
My list is an attempt at a true "greatest F/X scenes" list regardless of CGI.
01-04-07, 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by devilshalo
Then any Harryhausen work greatly surpasses that scene.
That list seems to be milestones (or pioneering moments) in F/X history. If that's the case where's Harryhausen? and shouldn't Toy Story be there instead of The Polar Express?
01-04-07, 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by devilshalo
Then any Harryhausen work greatly surpasses that scene.
The scene used extremely basic and cheap technology including a wire-supported plastic alien with some simple animatronics, a bodybuilder in a plastic suit with an actress standing on his feet and a small amount of minature work. Despite that, the filmakers made a scene as unlikely as a fight between a 15 foot alien and a woman in a hydraulic suit look exciting and believable after 20 years. The scene is a landmark and a hell of a rebuttal to all of the lazy millon-dollar CGI I see these days.
01-04-07, 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by GoldenJCJ
Agreed.
That list seems to be milestones (or pioneering moments) in F/X history. If that's the case where's Harryhausen? and shouldn't Toy Story be there instead of The Polar Express?
That list seems to be milestones (or pioneering moments) in F/X history. If that's the case where's Harryhausen? and shouldn't Toy Story be there instead of The Polar Express?
"We asked industry insiders to pinpoint the biggest breakthroughs in digital F/X history"
and I also agree about Harryhausen, my fave scene is the Medusa scene in 'Clash of the Titans'.
01-04-07, 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by GoldenJCJ
Agreed.
That list seems to be milestones (or pioneering moments) in F/X history. If that's the case where's Harryhausen? and shouldn't Toy Story be there instead of The Polar Express?
That list seems to be milestones (or pioneering moments) in F/X history. If that's the case where's Harryhausen? and shouldn't Toy Story be there instead of The Polar Express?
And to omit the water tentacle from the Abyss (but to include T2 for morphing)? Blasphemy.
I can understand the CG water for the Perfect Storm, but what about fur and hair for the lil lemurs in Dinosaur? Or the tornadoes in Twister? I would have expected Popular Mechanics to have done a better job of research.
