There are some pretty big contenders... Hitchhiker's Guide to Galaxy, Chronicles of Narnia, War of the Worlds, Harry Potter 4, King Kong... The Academy douches may not even nominate Revenge of the Sith
THANK YOU!! All films have their ups and downs in the effects department, but, as someone posted the phrasing earlier, the academy also considers the CONTRIBUTION TO THE FIELD as a whole, and the Star Wars films have killed in that department.
what are you jealous or something? the clones looked awesome, and had they been actors, they wouldn't have been all the same size, they would have cost a lot more, and the CG clones look bad ass!!! I can't believe I'm hearing such complete crap on a movie board, on a star wars forum maybe, but this place is supposed to be filled with film fanatics that actually understand the process...its just amazing some of the things I'm hearing here.
I don't think anyone has more control over their effects department than Lucas, he's there all the time, he owns it, he's their boss, and he's obsessive about his finished product.
but I stand my my statements, the CG clone troopers look crap! I mean as far as CG work goes, definitely they're pretty damn good. But compared to the real thing they suck... you can totally tell they're CG by both the way the look and the the way they move, it's just so unnatural.
As for my comment on Lucas's control on VFX I mis-spoke... what I meant was Jackson seems to do as much as he can with real practical effects (miniatures etc...). Lucas sees any opportunity to use CG and takes it.
I'm not exactly saying the CG work on the PT is terrible (ok, I may have said that, but I take it back). Most of it is okay, some of it is great and some is just awful. As far as CG goes the PT is way up there, but definitely not at the top of the field.
I just don't think the technology has come far enough to be able to use is in a substantial amount in a live action film... at least not as much as Lucas uses it.
again, you have to see them in motion to really get my point... the CG clones movements are just horrid. But even from just the pictures I think it's clear.. at least to me
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i never try looking into the Special Effects too deeply. The effects in all 6 movies look stunning to me. In a movie i focus on the character interaction and the storyline, i dont look closely in the background looking for shadows and footprints, i mean who cares?
And LOTR isnt so SPECIAL afterall. The film had many mistakes in certain fight scenes where people were incomplete with missing limbs and everything, or so ive heard, since ive never seen LOTR and i dont intend to
Well, I think Episode II had INCREDIBLE visual effects. The ENTIRE Geonosis sequence was breathtaking. You've been putting down AOTC through the whole thread, and until now I haven't said anything. But that's just ludacris, saying the Clone Troopers animated badly.
I appologize for getting the name wrong. I was really tired when I wrote that. However, WETA is NOT doing the visual effects. I haven't checked IMDB's page, but IMDB has never been a very reliable source. The visual effects on Narnia are being done by Sony Imageworks and Rhythm & Hues. It's really not uncommon for multiple effects companies to work on a film.
I agree, the things I'm comlpaining about are not in the backgound though, they're front center stage...
Nope, LOTR had some terrible effects too: Legolas slaying the Elephant was horrible!
hmm, well you're allowed your opinion and I respect that even though I don't agree with it.
The Geonosis battle is probably my least favourite scenes because of it's use of CG... I mean, there looked to be entire shots composed entirely of CGI! and I could tell.
And the clonetroopers are terrible as far as I'm concerned. Like I said, in terms of CGI they're great (on par with legolas and the elephant *cringe*), but I just wont be happy until I see a real photorealistic trooper on the screen.. real or CG.
That's not what I'm saying at all... there are probably hundreds of effects in these films I didn't even know were CG. All I'm saying is that there are some really bad shots...
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