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King Kong is currently the best CGI character I have ever seen, topping Gollum and Ep. 2-3 Yoda. I've never seen a more convincing piece of CGI ever in my life and it's actually the 1st time I couldn't really tell the difference between it being CGI and looking fake. It felt good. With Yoda and Gollum I found micro flaws but with the CGI Kong I saw none. I was as if he were 100% real down to Gorilla mannerisms, the hair, the skin it's shine, the way he convincingly handled Anne and how she so perfectly moved in sync with his movement. And Kong didn't look like the monster type, he looked like a genuine Gorilla unlike other Kong reflections where they make him look like a monster on 2 legs or the typical "Guy in a Kong suit" look. It's the feeling I've been looking for since Jurrasic Park. Convingcing looking computer graphic imagry. Peter has raised the bar on CGI once more this time flawlessly. At last.

Ya CGI Kong is great. But he DOES look like a monster, he has like sharp teeth and stuff, but yeah great motion capture by andy too. Spiderman 2 had great CGI too. Amazing cgi, like the one where he was just swinging (camera close to spidermans mask) just before he falls when he loses his powers...

Yes, King Kong is the best. Why? Because it's newer. Next year's movies will no doubt surpass that, and so on, and so on.

I haven't seen the movie yet but I've seen clips and I here by dub him the best CGI character so far.He really seems to show emotion and to Silverstein,a lot of gorillas in real life have sharp teeth like Kong.

Agree best cgi character, kong rules and that fight scene was amazing....

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The Fight scene between Kong and the 3 Rex's is absolutley amazing.

No doubt, but after he gets shot on the back he reminds me of Yoda having the face expression when losing his grip and falling. Immitation?

King Kong fights dirty kung fu

Originally posted by redcaped
No doubt, but after he gets shot on the back he reminds me of Yoda having the face expression when losing his grip and falling. Immitation?

ME TOO!

I wonder how Andy Serkis did all that roaring for Kong.......

Originally posted by Ultimate Hulk43
I wonder how Andy Serkis did all that roaring for Kong.......

Maybe because he didn't.

Originally posted by JKozzy
Yes, King Kong is the best. Why? Because it's newer. Next year's movies will no doubt surpass that, and so on, and so on. ya rite you are i still like Godzilla better than King KOng movie was amazing!!!!!!

Originally posted by DarkWizard
Maybe because he didn't.


Yes,he did.He was doing the roaring for Kong on TV one day just to shpow people.How could you not know that?

Yoda B betta

No,I don't think so.

yoda was great but he has like 7 months beneath kong, in another 16 months cgi will be flawless

**** King Kong. Seriously. There has yet to be a CGI character that has the HUMAN INTERACTION, that makes you TOTALLY FORGET HE'S CGI, other than Gollum/Smeagol.

in my opionon king kong does that

The CGI in King Kong is terrible. Even Hulk did a better job.

You should know that a movie done by Peter will be done perfect. Peter is like the best director.

Meh, I prefered the Balrog...

Originally posted by Wolfie
The CGI in King Kong is terrible. Even Hulk did a better job.

In what ways is it terrible?

Originally posted by Ultimate Hulk43
Yes,he did.He was doing the roaring for Kong on TV one day just to shpow people.How could you not know that?

My mistake. Of corse some voice modification was made to make it sound 'Less Human'.

I thought this thing is somehow related. Disney opened today a new attraction about the Snow Man...there is a possibility of a movie. I just saw it on TV and it looks like King Kong.

Originally posted by SnakeEyes
In what ways is it terrible? The CG in 'hulk' was disgusting. I was not impressed by any means. Star Wars Episode I did better.

Kong was fantastic.

Sephiroth is the best CGI character. Sure, he wasn't as real as Kong, but the way he moved, the lip synching, how he fit into his surrounding environment, and of course his badass attitude is why I think he deserves this award...

Originally posted by Jenova
Sephiroth is the best CGI character. Sure, he wasn't as real as Kong, but the way he moved, the lip synching, how he fit into his surrounding environment, and of course his badass attitude is why I think he deserves this award...

Who's Sephiroth?

Final Fantasy 7: Advent children

i thought Advent Children and Dead Man's Chest's Davey Jones were much better...

two pages and only one mention of davey jones! ive seen potc 2 four time three just for the cgi.

Davey Jones tops king kong in my book.

I mean just look at him

http://www.billnighy.info/img/2006/daveyjones4.jpg

Kong was the most incredible CGI character period. Amzingly well done.

Originally posted by Tallis
Davey Jones tops king kong in my book.

I mean just look at him

http://www.billnighy.info/img/2006/daveyjones4.jpg naw

I think gollam is the best caracter

Originally posted by maddani
two pages and only one mention of davey jones! ive seen potc 2 four time three just for the cgi.

That's because only the 3 posts before yours were posted after Dead Man's Chest came out. But anyway.. I thought King Kong was better than Davey Jones, even though Davey Jones was amazing. But King Kong's hair and the shine on his back and all that was just great. But there is still yet to be a CGI character that is so amazing that you'll actually believe it's real. I don't think that will be possible for a while.

No Sequel? OK, I know it was set in the late 30s no technology for the heart replacement, so all there is left are his bones and he had no son either. No possible way of building an android-ape like him by one of those Asian countries like Singapore to intimidate Godzilla due to previous visits? When they made Kong in 1935 they also built robotic parts you know.

Kong was the best, but I didn't forget he was CGI. With Golum I did because he was more human like.

But Kong FTW.

Originally posted by Hwoarang
Kong was the best, but I didn't forget he was CGI. With Golum I did because he was more human like.

But Kong FTW.

Yeah I think I forgot Gollum was CGI. Well I didn't forgot it's just he feels more like a person, and because of the way he interacts with the other characters and all that. So yeah I think I think Gollum is better now.. but Kong is just wooow too.

King Kong isn't the best CGI character ever. When he was holding the Ann it looked terrible. Plus his size seems to vary all the time.

Am I the only one that thinks Godzilla (1998) looked Amazing?

Originally posted by Ultraman Baltan
It looked very real. His size didn't vary. You're just trying to nitpick. Not even good nitpicking, either.

His size in comparison to Ann did vary throughout the film. It's all I concentrated on as the film was abysmal. Of course I'm going to nitpick an outlandish claim such as King Kong: Best CGI Character Ever. Golum is far better.

Originally posted by Spartan005
Am I the only one that thinks Godzilla (1998) looked Amazing?

Yes.

-AC

You can do anything to these creatures...it's completely legal!

Davy Jones, head from POTC 2 was...phenomenal! Originally posted by Spartan005
Am I the only one that thinks Godzilla (1998) looked Amazing?
I agree w/ ya

I watched Starship Troopers again last night and i was impressed at how impressive the bugs were in that movie.
Seeing as its nearly ten years old they are outstanding.
I hope they improve the Spidey fx this time round...theres no realism to him when hes doing his stuff.

Originally posted by FistOfThe North
King Kong is currently the best CGI character I have ever seen, topping Gollum and Ep. 2-3 Yoda. I've never seen a more convincing piece of CGI ever in my life and it's actually the 1st time I couldn't really tell the difference between it being CGI and looking fake. It felt good. With Yoda and Gollum I found micro flaws but with the CGI Kong I saw none. I was as if he were 100% real down to Gorilla mannerisms, the hair, the skin it's shine, the way he convincingly handled Anne and how she so perfectly moved in sync with his movement. And Kong didn't look like the monster type, he looked like a genuine Gorilla unlike other Kong reflections where they make him look like a monster on 2 legs or the typical "Guy in a Kong suit" look. It's the feeling I've been looking for since Jurrasic Park. Convingcing looking computer graphic imagry. Peter has raised the bar on CGI once more this time flawlessly. At last.

Nope. That doesn't float. Davey Jones in Pirates II gets my vote as the best CG ever.

I'll watch "Pirates 2" sometime today for the 1st time and see what the hoopla is with this "Davey Jones" guy everyone seems to be talking about alot on here.

I'll see how he fares against '05 "Kong"

I got a question did that black guy die when he fell to the ground on Kong island??

yeah hes still there pining for the kid out of Billy Elliot as we speak

Originally posted by trademark
I got a question did that black guy die when he fell to the ground on Kong island??

well, if the fall didn't kill him, I'm sure the giant creatures at the bottom did

So i finally saw "PotC II" and i will admit that the movie was good. In fact I liked it alot. I obviously thought it better than pt.1 and I'll definitely see pt. 3 "at worlds end" when it comes out in early 'o7.

The parts i liked alot that had astounding special effects:

-- When Capt. Jack fell off that cliff that he front flipped onto with that fruit-pole on his back. Excellent cgi occurred during that scene. That fall looked as if it was really him. It just about looked to real. Which is how I think CGI should look.

-- The pirate ship that was sucked under water in like 1 second by that Kraven, that looked surreal, once again, very convincing cgi. The splashy water effects after the attack didn't fool me much, though.

-- When that witch lady goes "The hands...........Of Destiny" and lays and spreads out small bones on some large table map then the scene just smoothly morphs right into the ocean with enormously exposed sea rocks, with the scattered bones on the table map precisely matching the huge sea rocks in the rainy scene with the pirate ship in it. The morbid tunes help too.

Now, Davey Jones. I thought his character looked real good. But since I cannot compare it to anything I've seen that looks like Davey Jones, in order to see the realism between the two, real and fake, like I can with King Kong (cgi Gorilla and real Gorilla), then it would be a bit more difficult saying Davy Jones looks real or looks better. He looks better than what. There obviously is no real version of him like there is with many other cgi characters, like King Kong for instance.

So ok, to me his face looked similar to a squid or an octopus/jellyfish hybrid. If the makers of Davey Jones' face were to create an actual squid/jellyfish hybrid using the Davey Jones cgi effects, i wouldn't be convinced that they were sea creatures. Or at least not as convinced as I was with Kong. Where as King Kong was just about real looking as real looking can get. And that's why cgi Kong dominates.

My cgi realism score is:

Davey Jones: 8

King Kong: 10

And to reiterate, King Kong is the best CGI character ever, even still after 1 year. And there's has been a ton of stuff that's come out this year, out of the cgi dept.

I think King Kong CGI is very good.
But the dinasour in it still have the CGI feeling and not so real.

They looked alright but they could've used just a bit more work.

Sorry for the resurrecting a dead topic, but I was bored and wanted to talk about something.

I don't think Kong is the best. The T-Rex in Jurassic Park looked absolutely real, it didn't look CG at all. And that movie was made 13 years before King Kong. IMO no movie tops Jurassic Park's CG.

King Kong looked almost real, but there were a couple things about him that looked CG, but nothing looked animated about the Rex in JP.

Others I think that looked perfectly (or almost...) authentic:

* Ironman
* Optimus Prime (+ Others, the physics was perfect)
* Yoda
* Venom
* Gollum
* Davy Jones
* Nightcrawler

Edit: And yes the T-Rex as stated above.

The Balrog from LotR.

Best CGI monster AND coolest giant monster design.

Originally posted by Placidity
Others I think that looked perfectly (or almost...) authentic:

* Ironman
* Optimus Prime (+ Others, the physics was perfect)
* Yoda
* Venom
* Gollum
* Davy Jones
* Nightcrawler

Edit: And yes the T-Rex as stated above. ...Nightcrawler wasn't CGI.

Originally posted by Darth Macabre
...Nightcrawler wasn't CGI.

Most of his opening scene was.

Originally posted by Spartan005
Am I the only one that thinks Godzilla (1998) looked Amazing?

Godzilla had pretty good CGI, it looked excellent when they had him running down New York at night being chased by helicopters, but during the day time it wasn't very good.

Originally posted by Placidity
Others I think that looked perfectly (or almost...) authentic:

* Ironman
* Optimus Prime (+ Others, the physics was perfect)
* Yoda
* Venom
* Gollum
* Davy Jones
* Nightcrawler

Edit: And yes the T-Rex as stated above.

lol, SM3 venom looked better than Kong? That was the worst venom i've ever seen. The skinny dude from that 70's show was Eddie Brock? And where was his infamous slasher tounge. He didn't even talk like Venom, or used "Venom-speak". He had a bedroom voice. He wasn't even musclebound and tall like comicbook venom is. And Optomus Prime didn't eve look metal.

Kong looked like a real-life, genuine Silver-back Gorilla. And this was more than a year before venom and OP came out on film.

Kong really is one of the best CGI characters to date. Just his emotions, actions, and look are almost unbelievable in quality.

I "Beowulf" had some pretty damn good animation.

Any CGI done by Peter Jackson/Weta, including King Kong, LotR, District 9, etc.
Davy Jones, Kraken, and other stuff from PotC
T-Rex and other dinosaurs from JP series
Yoda
Transformers
Iron Man

T-Rex from JP is probably the best
during the daytime scenes, Godzilla from the 1998 film were the worst

Originally posted by AttentionPlease
I got a question did that black guy die when he fell to the ground on Kong island??
Yes he did. Kong killing him was the reason I didn't feel so bad when he got clipped at the end. Racist gorilla

hmm

Kong is definitely the best CGI character to date, but some great works have been produced aside from Kong such as the dinosaurs from the Jurassic Park movies, Clover from Cloverfield, Godzilla from the 1998 film, Optimus Prime, Davy Jones, and many others.

And then there have been terrible works involving CGI but I'd rather not go into that.

Perhaps, but I still perfer 1933 stop motion Kong over the CGI Kong, I think the 1933 one look a bit more real.

Kong is one of the best CGI characters out there,another is Godzilla( I thought they all looked good).

Yeah, other than the Na' Vi. Kong remains as the best Cgi character. To bad the Brontosaraus stampede couldn't have looked as impressive as, Kong.

Na'vi facial expressions give kong's expression a run for the money.

but it's all good though. weta digital did both creatures. and things have only gotten better.

the king kong CGI animation is really excellent art work ever. I watched this tuff... and still like it.

Wow. is King Kong still the best cgi looking character more that half a decade after i posted this thread..

my answer is : yes.

he looks the realest to the realest thing..

Jar Jar Binks was the best CGI, because people actually hated him. A CGI character!

nice sharing

No doubt King Kong - Best CGI character ever but every character have it's own and different animation, and style. So the transformer and wall-e have also fantstic CGI character animation.

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