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blurofserenity

11-02-2003, 06:01 PM

Since we're all focusing on the negative CGI that has been put out, what has been some of the best cases of it? How about the first Lord of the Rings?

Could Be Worse

11-02-2003, 06:30 PM

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers...that orc fight was amazing.

SuperSoulMan

11-02-2003, 06:48 PM

Hey nice tread asshole......

Just kidding ;)

Good uses of CGI would have to be.....
POTC
Bad Boys II
Lord of the Rings

VicVega

11-02-2003, 06:49 PM

Well, as much as I DIDNT like Lord Of The Rings: FOTR, I thought it displayed some of the best visuals I've ever seen.

Scarface98.9

11-02-2003, 07:17 PM

Originally posted by SuperSoulMan

Bad Boys II

To my knowledge, there wasn't any CG except maybe the slow motion bullets in the KKK scene.

Good uses of CGI

Jurassic Park
Lord of the Rings 1 and 2
Terminator 2

SuperSoulMan

11-02-2003, 07:47 PM

What do you mean no cgi! Did you even see the movie. Some other uses was the car chase witht he cars flipping all over the place. Also the shootout right before that had tons of cgi crap flying all over the place to make it look dangerous.

outsyder

11-02-2003, 09:10 PM

The Matrix Reloaded.

But the Burly Brawl was just a total CGI crapfest. The rest was pretty good.

EvilDeadGirl

11-02-2003, 09:12 PM

LOTR: 1 and 2 as well as POTC.

ColinM

11-02-2003, 09:58 PM

Jurassic Park, easily.

Unicron

11-02-2003, 10:03 PM

Jurassic Park for sure, For a 1993 film it still stacks up well today.

And all of the Lord of the Rings.

mreeez

11-02-2003, 10:13 PM

T2 still holds up even though they could only do short CG clips. I think like 5 seconds or so from what I have heard.

Hannibal21

11-03-2003, 03:38 AM

Jurassic Park

daddiefatsacks

11-03-2003, 11:26 AM

The Two Towers
Jurrasic Park/Lost World
Independence Day

TheGodSon

11-03-2003, 11:28 AM

Pearl Harbor anyone?

zeppelin

11-03-2003, 02:50 PM

Jurassic Park. Followed by T2. Then I guess the LOTR movies.

Scarface98.9

11-03-2003, 06:59 PM

Originally posted by SuperSoulMan
What do you mean no cgi! Did you even see the movie. Some other uses was the car chase witht he cars flipping all over the place. Also the shootout right before that had tons of cgi crap flying all over the place to make it look dangerous.
I admit not having seen it since July, but I've seen various making of specials about the freeway chase, and the cars flipping and such were real. They experimented with various speeds and conditions to get an idea of how certain cars would react in the same conditions in the chase. Cameras were implemented on the sides of cars and drove right by them for many great shots

Golden Ghost

11-03-2003, 07:01 PM

Originally posted by zeppelin
Jurassic Park. Followed by T2. Then I guess the LOTR movies.

Aye. Ditto. Ditto indeed.

HeavyK

11-03-2003, 07:29 PM

Jurassic Park
Terminator 2
Lord of the Rings: FOTR and TTT
Original Matrix

Worst CGI:

Any CGI Gore. I despise CGI gore. Only old school makeup effects and tricks for me.

Guy Strong

11-03-2003, 07:54 PM

Terminator 2: Judgment Day
The Abyss
Jurassic Park
Forrest Gump

therealjohng

11-04-2003, 11:27 AM

In my opinion the best CGI ever was in Minority Report. The whole thing looked so real.

ANavissi500

11-04-2003, 01:16 PM

Jurassic Park, Forrest Gump, and Minority Report are tops for CGI. Lord of the Rings does a pretty good job too.

Luke-Abbott

11-04-2003, 03:37 PM

Reign of Fire's CGI-Dragon's weren't half bad really, they blended in the background quite well.

meccajay

11-04-2003, 04:20 PM

Yes Minority Report is a good one.

I'd say also Starhip Troopers. Specifically the bugs.

Jon Lyrik

11-04-2003, 04:25 PM

Forrest Gump, T2, The Abyss, and Minority Report used CGI amazingly well.

Runner-Ups: Lord of the Rings, Jurassic Park

ERIN_LoJ

11-06-2003, 12:42 AM

Jurrassic park and the terminator series

edit

11-10-2003, 10:45 AM

Gotta hate Dreamcatcher but ILM's CGI were awesome.

Droog989

11-10-2003, 01:10 PM

Terminator 2
Jurassic Park
and Lord of the Rings for seamlessly blending CGI, miniatures, and blue screen/matté backgrounds.

rushmore beauty

11-10-2003, 02:49 PM

LOTR Trilogy
Moulin Rouge!
Minority Report
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
The Matrix Trilogy
Sleepy Hollow
Pirates of the Caribbean
Forrest Gump
The Cell
Vanilla Sky

IMO, those are best examples of nearly flawless or flawless uses of CGI.

Avid_Fan

11-10-2003, 05:52 PM

Blade 2
Lord of the Rings films
Matrix trilogy
The Cell
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Pirates of the Carribean

sleekproductions

11-10-2003, 05:59 PM

The Matrix Trilogy
Jurassic Park
Minority Report
T2/T3
Lord of the Rings 1/2
A.I.
Pearl Harbor
Pirates of the Caribbean

robk

11-10-2003, 06:20 PM

The best extensive use of CGI is, hands down, Jurassic Park.

Avid_Fan

11-10-2003, 08:40 PM

Originally posted by robk
The best extensive use of CGI is, hands down, Jurassic Park.

Yeah. . .I think I'm gonna have to agree with you there. And everyone else who said that.

dh1989

11-10-2003, 08:44 PM

05. Minority Report

04. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

03. The Matrix

02. The Matrix Revolutions

01. The Matrix Reloaded

Jon Lyrik

11-10-2003, 09:01 PM

I'm amazed at the lack of love for Forrest Gump. To tell you the truth, I first thought the special effects were clever editing techniques.

the odyssey

11-14-2003, 05:53 AM

gollum and the fell beasts from lord of the rings two towers.
but those will be beat by shelob from return of the king, that thing looks real.

all the rest pale in comparison. :D

Tagia_Romero

11-14-2003, 08:22 AM

To be precise, in "POTC" when Jack Sparrow and Barbossa were duelling in and out of the moonlight in the cave. Beautiful. Simply beautiful work.

As one of my favourite movies, "Jurassic Park" also has this honor when the Rex breaks out of it's enclosure. Everything around it moves with it's movements, even the water puddles.

syxxpac

11-14-2003, 08:40 AM

Originally posted by Tagia_Romero
As one of my favourite movies, "Jurassic Park" also has this honor when the Rex breaks out of it's enclosure. Everything around it moves with it's movements, even the water puddles.

I agree. That one scene by itself is more realistic than every CGI "attempt" in JP3.

The best CGI to me though is in T2. Forrest Gump was impressive to be sure, but when you think of all the complicated sequences they had to create in T2 next to that one major thing in Gump, then I think T2 is the CGI centerpiece of the two.

I should give special mention to The Matrix Reloaded. Sure, the CGI was very noticeable at times, but you also have to take into consideration that the special FX crew was trying things that nobody has ever tried before. Not many movies have a fight with one person versus 50 Hugo Weavings in the same shot, an agent jumping from car to car while both are on the move, or a flip-crazy fight atop a moving tractor trailer. The end result on the effects probably weren't as good as they could've been, but for what they were trying to accomplish, they get an enthusiastic "Whoa" from me.

APzombie

11-15-2003, 01:36 PM

john Getta and his team on the Matrix Trilogy has the best work out there. They have the best human doubles (the burley brawl was fucking fantastic) and by far the most seamless cgi i have ever seen.

Gollum was pretty rad too.

ILM needs to catch up with the Jonses that is the Getta team and Weta.

adamjohnson

11-15-2003, 02:34 PM

Ill have to go with Gollum. He gave the best performance of the year, and he wasnt even real.

syxxpac

11-17-2003, 08:39 AM

I should also give mention to the end of T3 where half of Arnie's living tissue is burnt off. Now that's good CGI.