Author Topic: Most Influential Movies: Special Effects (Read 1393 times)

Gay Boy · « **Reply #1 on:** August 10, 2007, 10:27:05 PM »

2001: A Space Odyssey
Star Wars

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #2 on:** August 10, 2007, 10:27:47 PM »

Blade Runner
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T2 is still a high-watermark, though I don't know if it would be "influencial." It sort of presaged a lot of CG possibilities. Possibilities that have been squandered by Hollywood!

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #3 on:** August 10, 2007, 11:02:20 PM »

2001
Star Wars
Blade Runner
T2
Jurassic Park

Two Towers
POTC2

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #4 on:** August 10, 2007, 11:11:56 PM »

The Matrix

Ichirou · « **Reply #5 on:** August 10, 2007, 11:25:39 PM »

Metropolis
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
A Trip to the Moon

I win.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #6 on:** August 10, 2007, 11:29:09 PM »

The obvious ones have already been mentioned.

The Ten Commandments
Tron

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #7 on:** August 10, 2007, 11:31:54 PM »

Quote from: Malek: King of Kings on August 10, 2007, 11:29:09 PM

The obvious ones have already been mentioned.
The Ten Commandments

Am I the only person who lost interest in the movie after Moses bolted from Egypt. Damn....I would have stayed $:-\$

Ichirou · « **Reply #8 on:** August 10, 2007, 11:32:37 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on August 10, 2007, 11:31:54 PM

Quote from: Malek: King of Kings on August 10, 2007, 11:29:09 PM
The obvious ones have already been mentioned.
The Ten Commandments

Am I the only person who lost interest in the movie after Moses bolted from Egypt. Damn....I would have stayed $:-\$

You would've let your people remain slaves, huh? Wow.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #9 on:** August 10, 2007, 11:34:59 PM »

And I would have layed the pipe down on his step mom. DAMMMN

Solo · « **Reply #10 on:** August 11, 2007, 11:10:31 AM »

2001 is the true answer. Still looks phenomenal today, almost 40 years on.

Rman · « **Reply #11 on:** August 11, 2007, 11:54:40 AM »

Willow-for its time some pretty rad effects

And the obvious
Star Wars: Original Trilogy
E.T.
Jurassic Park
T2
2001
The Fifth Element
The Matrix (bullet time) Man, did that effect get old.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #12 on:** August 11, 2007, 01:36:35 PM »

Quote from: Solo on August 11, 2007, 11:10:31 AM

2001 is the true answer. Still looks phenomenal today, almost 40 years on.

It really does. Best cinematography I've ever seen.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #13 on:** August 11, 2007, 01:59:59 PM »

Rashomon was the first film to shoot directly into the sun.

FlameOfCallandor · « **Reply #14 on:** August 11, 2007, 02:03:07 PM »

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on August 10, 2007, 10:27:47 PM

Blade Runner
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What? That movie didnt do anything for special effects.

2001 and Star wars did a shitload. Then Jurrasic Park in the Early 90s along with The Abyss and T2. The matrix introduced bullet time and not Sin City/ Sky Captain did the whole CGI Background.

FlameOfCallandor · « **Reply #15 on:** August 11, 2007, 02:05:05 PM »

Quote from: Ichirou on August 10, 2007, 11:25:39 PM

Metropolis
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
A Trip to the Moon

Georges Méliès is like the father of movie special effects so he gets some props there. The Cabinet is really known for its effects but more for it's style of ultra german expressionism.

Solo · « **Reply #16 on:** August 11, 2007, 02:07:47 PM »

Quote from: FlameOfCallandor on August 11, 2007, 02:03:07 PM

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on August 10, 2007, 10:27:47 PM
Blade Runner
/thread

What? That movie didnt do anything for special effects.

2001 and Star wars did a shitload. Then Jurrasic Park in the Early 90s along with The Abyss and T2. The matrix introduced bullet time and not Sin City/ Sky Captain did the whole CGI Background.

I agree about Blade Runner. It was all set design, lighting, cinematography, etc. But there is a school of thought, which I dont agree with, that feels that pretty much anything visual, including sets, are effects. So maybe thats where Patel is coming from.

FlameOfCallandor · « **Reply #17 on:** August 11, 2007, 02:08:43 PM »

Practical effects are littel different than Special effects.

Robo · « **Reply #18 on:** August 11, 2007, 03:09:48 PM »

King Kong (1933)
Jason and the Argonauts

FlameOfCallandor · « **Reply #19 on:** August 11, 2007, 03:25:36 PM »

Those are some good choices too. I really like the models in Jason and the Argonauts and I wish more movies would use models instead of shitty CGI.

Ichirou · « **Reply #20 on:** August 13, 2007, 04:51:56 AM »

From your lips (or keyboard, lol) to God's ear. Practical models look way better than CGI in a lot of cases. The ships in the Star Wars OT and the early Trek films look a lot more solid and "real" than any of the CGI ships in recent sci-fi films.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #21 on:** August 13, 2007, 05:00:16 AM »

Pretty much, and that's why Jurassic Park still looks amazing. They mixed CGI with the animatronics to create a very compelling visual presentation. It looked as if you could reach into the television and actually touch the creatures, something that very few movies pull off imo; TTT (Gollum) and POTC2 (Davey) come to mind but outside of that I'd have to think hard lol

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Author Topic: Most Influential Movies: Special Effects (Read 1393 times)