Special Effects & CGI in Film

the over use of CGI can totally kill the atmosphere a movie sets.The reason CGI is used so much isnt because it's more efficient, but because it is cheaper. When someone actually uses CGI to achieve somthing that they couldnt otherwise, and put forth the effort of going all out, then we get some spectacular results. The best example of this to date would have to be Lord of the rings, Jurrasic park wouldnt have been the same movie if not for CGI, however, Nothing can beat good ol fashion cotumes and animatronics. I think one of the worst examples of CGI in a film is Alien 3 ( i know there are far worse examples) The computer generated alien killed the tangible feel and lagitamcy that the franchise had set in previous films. The fakness of the alien was more than enough to kill the tone of the film, it even overshadowed the terrible script.

I think CGI can be a good thing, if balanced with realism, a total CGI movie, rarely ever works.

best Example of none- CGI use that I can think of s Laybirth, By Jim Hansen. Unlike JUrrassic park or any otehr modren day movie, it had almost non CGI and fully Puppets /animatronics.

This year alone we all have seen some outstanding computer graphics in many of our new movies. I really want to get some feedback from as many people as I can, and what I want to know is which movie this year, 2004 has had the best computer graphics.

The term u are looking for is C.G.I computer generated images, computer graphics would be what u get in a game 😛

Originally posted by thegreatrudini
The term u are looking for is C.G.I computer generated images, computer graphics would be what u get in a game 😛

lol

Spider-Man 2 had the best CGI this year.

Hahaha GORO ^

I was watching mortal kombat recently.

Plus i already started a thread like a year ago on this subject. The title was CGI in Movies (i think). So ha finally someones thread is going to merge into my thread, not mine into some elses. MUHAHAHAHAHAHA.

the big army in Hero. of course the arrows shooting all in sync made it look so fake. and I like Sky Captain and World Tomorrow's graphics. too bad the acting was sad.

Originally posted by Aku
Hahaha GORO ^

I was watching mortal kombat recently.

Yeah its a great film 😈

Well... we havent seen all the movies yet, there are a few that look promising, such as Blade III.

Originally posted by TheFilmProphet
Yeah its a great film 😈

The fate of billions will depend on you, hahaha. Sorry.

Originally posted by Aku
The fate of billions will depend on you, hahaha. Sorry.

Yeah thats a classic moment in the film.

My favorite is:

[Johnny Cage sees a shadow of Goro loom upon a stone wall]
Johnny Cage: (whispering) Sonya, you go on ahead... find out WHAT that was... Liu and I will stay here! 😂

O NO VAN HELSING 2!!!!! MY WORST NIGHTMARE HAS COME TRUE!!!!

Yes they did use CGI and anamatronics on starship troupers. And i think ull find they did use some anamtronics or "models" as AKU says lol and make up effects in van helsing. But i have to agree with u on the mr hyde CJI

i love dog soldiers

Dog soldiers is really cool!

Originally posted by Kes
CGI can be good. They have problems when its suppose to be human like. They never get the face right 😖
In Ven Helsing, Mr.Hyde, IMO, is the only special effect that looks crappy.

They are getting closer and closer to real human emotions when it comes to doing live like people and it is just a matter of time before it is perfected to the point where you won’t be able to see the difference.

The only people that understand the limitations of CGi are Pixar and Dreamworks.

They know that a truly convincing human isn't possible on todays technology, so they make better use of what they've got by just getting on with making those stunning movies.

In fact there's very few who know how to use CGI really well. Spielberg used to, but now I'm not so sure. George Lucas doesn't know when to stop. James Cameron has brilliant CGI integration in his movies though.

Anamatronics, Models, People in gay costumes, They all look good (not that im gay or anything). But CGI i mean how gay. Look at the CGI in MK discraceful but atleast the important bits (the fights) were all done by the use of TALENTED martial artists and stuntmen. I mean thats better than Neo just chilling while the computers do some stupid zoom around things while hes spinning a metal pole.