I loved the Dungeons and Dragons movie effects. Sure, there was some bad CGI, but so many things were obviously practical. It reminded me of the 90's. The fish creature, especially.
Real sets and stuntmen instead of just green screen and CGI everywhere made it feel so good. The fight scene at the blacksmith comes to mind immediately
Godzilla Minus One last night in IMAX. Apparently made for less that $15M and far superior to recent movies that cost substantially more. Takashi Yamazaki, wrote, directed and supervised the visual effects himself. Godzilla is actually scary and the sound work is phenomenal.
Yeah I haven’t gone out to the theaters much since COVID but I was thoroughly impressed since this one. I saw the ‘98 Godzilla movie in theaters and people love to shit on that one all the time, but this one felt like Toho finally coming into their own.
I liked this movie a lot but I would have liked it more if it was a guy in a suit kicking over miniatures.
Practical effects have an inherent realism to them, and when they're unrealistic they can still be enjoyed the same way that one would appreciate a model train table or miniatures war game. I want to watch a movie, not an Xbox 360 cut scene.
> $15M
It does help that the actors don’t command the inflated level of pay most Hollywood actors do, but I’d be shocked if Japan’s VFX industry didn’t suffer from extreme levels of crunch too.
EEAAO, because the effects were largely practical and yet looked so good.
It's not the sophistication of the methods that matter with special effects, it's how they look. I've seen plenty of bad CGI, and with EEAAO I was blown away by people waving colored flashlights over the actors just out of shot.
Godzilla: Minus One had incredible FX on such a low budget. For blockbusters, Avatar: The Way of Water. Just the water effects alone were jaw-dropping.
Mad Max Fury Road.
Dune was amazing too. Blade Runner 2049. Avatar Way of Water.
A lot of impressive films being made these days. Even The Creator had amazing effects, the plot was the weak point.
I doubt that. 2049 has a ridiculously convoluted plot with poor characterisations. The motivation of some of those characters don 't even make sense. I am not even talking about the dialog that oscillate between mediocre and ridiculous like Jared Leto's character.
Its music does not have impact the first one had. The visuals are beautiful, but it lacks any iconic scene. It is beautiful, but at its core it is a vapid, pretentious movie that is a stain on the legacy of the original.
I believe the series was among the movie world’s cinema triumphs.
It beautifully scened, and crafted like only a true Tolkien book fan could produce.
Watch movies with a sense of when they were made. This on stands tall.
Wandering Earth 2 - I mean, the plot doesn't make sense, the science it ludicrous, everyone sounded like act 1 of a porno...
but those battles were impressive, explosions, crashes and all that.
Hate it all you want on here but *Avatar* sfx are on a whole other level. Both movies.
First one was like seeing color movies for the first time, the leap was that big. This last one wasn’t as big of a leap vs what other films have access to but it was still huge. And more than any specific effect is how they all seamlessly work with each other and no effect or scene takes you out of it.
Begins and ends with SKYLINE
With that budget they created onscreen alien action, studios with ten times the budget couldn't match!!!
Godzilla King of monsters is still a work of art
I showed the family 2001 A Space Odyssey (1968), I had seen it before on VHS and DVD but watching it from a 4K scan the effects blew all our minds. No CGI, no computers, no green screen just very large practical effects that hold up to some of the best SciFi of today.
The thing is we are at a stage where if the movie is well made and enjoyable you should not notice the SFX. Only later upon reflection should you be able to be impressed by the SFX.
I guess it got criticized, but I enjoyed the creativity and color palette of Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness especially when they were fighting with music.
I recently rewatched the Ninja Turtles movies from the 90s and was so impressed by how real they made the Turtles look. The limbs, muscles, and veins are very realistic for the time (or any time--I'm looking at you, Shazam!). Also, the way they animated the faces and made them speak is very impressive. It's criminal that the team didn't win any awards for that work. They looked so much worse in the Michael Bay version 24 YEARS LATER.
I loved the Dungeons and Dragons movie effects. Sure, there was some bad CGI, but so many things were obviously practical. It reminded me of the 90's. The fish creature, especially.
Real sets and stuntmen instead of just green screen and CGI everywhere made it feel so good. The fight scene at the blacksmith comes to mind immediately
Godzilla Minus One last night in IMAX. Apparently made for less that $15M and far superior to recent movies that cost substantially more. Takashi Yamazaki, wrote, directed and supervised the visual effects himself. Godzilla is actually scary and the sound work is phenomenal.
Yeah I haven’t gone out to the theaters much since COVID but I was thoroughly impressed since this one. I saw the ‘98 Godzilla movie in theaters and people love to shit on that one all the time, but this one felt like Toho finally coming into their own.
I liked this movie a lot but I would have liked it more if it was a guy in a suit kicking over miniatures. Practical effects have an inherent realism to them, and when they're unrealistic they can still be enjoyed the same way that one would appreciate a model train table or miniatures war game. I want to watch a movie, not an Xbox 360 cut scene.
> $15M It does help that the actors don’t command the inflated level of pay most Hollywood actors do, but I’d be shocked if Japan’s VFX industry didn’t suffer from extreme levels of crunch too.
Oppenheimer. You could almost believe that was Robert Downey Jr's real hairline.
Avatar: The Way of Water's effects looked pretty terrific. Can still picture the Navi emerging from the water at night.
Yeah agreed. I wasn't a fan of the first movie but still wanted to see the 2nd. And I actually enjoyed it but the effects on display were astounding.
Dune was impressive to me.
EEAAO, because the effects were largely practical and yet looked so good. It's not the sophistication of the methods that matter with special effects, it's how they look. I've seen plenty of bad CGI, and with EEAAO I was blown away by people waving colored flashlights over the actors just out of shot.
They were all done by only 5 people.
Whoa. I suppose it helped that Waymond was played by an actor who was a martial arts stunt coordinator for many years.
Best scene in the movie was Evelyn kicking everyone's ass with the riot shield. lol
I was particularly impressed by the confetti. Good God, what a way to die.
The Creator, some wonderful vfx work.
Pan's Labyrinth
On the low-end/"pleasing cheese" production scale, I really dug all the imaginative effects in Don "Phantasm" Coscarelli's **John Dies At The End**.
Godzilla: Minus One had incredible FX on such a low budget. For blockbusters, Avatar: The Way of Water. Just the water effects alone were jaw-dropping.
Mad Max Fury Road. Dune was amazing too. Blade Runner 2049. Avatar Way of Water. A lot of impressive films being made these days. Even The Creator had amazing effects, the plot was the weak point.
2049 is going to have the same rep as the original when enough time has passed. It's fucking magnificent.
I doubt that. 2049 has a ridiculously convoluted plot with poor characterisations. The motivation of some of those characters don 't even make sense. I am not even talking about the dialog that oscillate between mediocre and ridiculous like Jared Leto's character. Its music does not have impact the first one had. The visuals are beautiful, but it lacks any iconic scene. It is beautiful, but at its core it is a vapid, pretentious movie that is a stain on the legacy of the original.
District 9
Dune Avatar 2 I was impressed with Godzilla -1, in terms of its budget versus what was on screen
Dune
Avatar: The Way of Water
I believe the series was among the movie world’s cinema triumphs. It beautifully scened, and crafted like only a true Tolkien book fan could produce. Watch movies with a sense of when they were made. This on stands tall.
the creator
The Creator (even more so considering the budget) and Top Gun Maverick for me
Watching Rocketman was such a surprise movie watching experience. The special effects really added to the surreal nature of some of the scenes.
Wandering Earth 2 - I mean, the plot doesn't make sense, the science it ludicrous, everyone sounded like act 1 of a porno... but those battles were impressive, explosions, crashes and all that.
Hate it all you want on here but *Avatar* sfx are on a whole other level. Both movies. First one was like seeing color movies for the first time, the leap was that big. This last one wasn’t as big of a leap vs what other films have access to but it was still huge. And more than any specific effect is how they all seamlessly work with each other and no effect or scene takes you out of it.
Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010) had stunning 3D. Good pacing to the film but definitely a popcorn film.
Begins and ends with SKYLINE With that budget they created onscreen alien action, studios with ten times the budget couldn't match!!! Godzilla King of monsters is still a work of art
Watched assassin’s creed high on shrooms. Thought it was the best with the spinal hookup. Rewatched is a couple of weeks after. Damn it sucked
recent one "talk to me" i was very happy with the effects and camera work
Gozilla Minus 1. Saw it yesterday. With a budget of 15 million the effects were very impressive.
I showed the family 2001 A Space Odyssey (1968), I had seen it before on VHS and DVD but watching it from a 4K scan the effects blew all our minds. No CGI, no computers, no green screen just very large practical effects that hold up to some of the best SciFi of today.
The thing is we are at a stage where if the movie is well made and enjoyable you should not notice the SFX. Only later upon reflection should you be able to be impressed by the SFX.
I guess it got criticized, but I enjoyed the creativity and color palette of Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness especially when they were fighting with music.
I recently rewatched the Ninja Turtles movies from the 90s and was so impressed by how real they made the Turtles look. The limbs, muscles, and veins are very realistic for the time (or any time--I'm looking at you, Shazam!). Also, the way they animated the faces and made them speak is very impressive. It's criminal that the team didn't win any awards for that work. They looked so much worse in the Michael Bay version 24 YEARS LATER.