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- 15 Jurassic Park (1993) Changes The Game
- 14 X-Men: Days of Future Past Has Some of The Best Superpowers in Cinema
- 13 Rogue One (2016) Achieves Photorealism
- 12 2001: A Space Odyssey Remains Iconic
- 11 Blade Runner 2049 Is Simply Breathtaking
- 10 Titanic Recreates An Infamous & Epic Disaster
- 9 The Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers Introduces Gollum
- 8 Avengers: Infinity War & Avengers: Endgame Create A Very Real Thanos
- 7 Aliens Brings Sci-Fi Horror to Life
- 6 Ex Machina Shines Despite Its Measly Budget
Steven Spielberg'sJurassic Park brought prehistoric beasts back from extinction. The film makes use of a combination of computer-generated imagery and animatronic puppets. It seamlessly blends digital artistry with practical alternatives. The Tyrannosaurus paddock sequence is easily one of the most iconic scenes in cinematic history. Spielberg's ma...
Superhero films often make heavy use of visual effects. The X-Men films are noted for their inconsistent quality. Early films like X-Men and X2: X-Men United struggle with the limited technology of the time. Other films like X-Men Origins: Wolverinesimply look poor by the standards of their time. RELATED: The 10 Best Marvel Movies Ever Made, Ranked...
Star Wars has always been at the forefront of visual effects. A New Hope's incredible sci-fi effects put the film on the map. Industrial Lights & Magic, one of the premiere visual effects companies in the world, has its origins in that film's production. Rogue One: A Star Wars Storycontinues this trend. Rogue Onecontains almost 1,700 visual effects...
2001: A Space Odysseyis one of the most iconic films ever made. Its visuals are one of the many reasons for this. They're impressive by the standards of today. By the standards of 1968, when the film was made, they're revolutionary. A Space Odyssey simulates spaceflight and more without a single frame of CGI. Everything in the film is done practica...
Blade Runner 2049 has a proud heritage in visual effects. Blade Runner's depiction of a dystopian Los Angeles is one of the most iconic and imitated aesthetics in cinema history. Blade Runnertells a gritty, realistic-looking sci-fi story that redefines grim and gritty. RELATED: 10 Oscar Season Movies That Should Have Been Hits But Had Impossible Co...
Titanic stands apart from other films based on the same subject matter. It primarily does this from the strength of its visual effects. Titanic managesto capture the horrific nature of the titular ship's sinking. It shows the audience the panic, chaos, and sheer carnage of an enormous cruise liner breaking and sinking. Titanicuses plenty of CGI, bu...
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is the second film in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy. All three films are noted for their breathtaking visuals. They have huge battles, horrifying monsters, and fantasy kingdoms all rendered in a realistic and beautiful fashion. However, The Two Towersstands out for another reason. Gollum is a si...
Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame are the 19th and 22nd chapters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, directed by Joe and Anthony Russo. Employing the use of new camera technology forwarded by The Arri Group, they are the first feature films to be shot entirely in digital IMAX. RELATED: 10 Ways Avengers: Infinity War Is The Best MCU Movie Infinity Wa...
Aliens builds on the award-winning special effects of Alienand outdoes them. The film creates a dingy, unpleasant future and makes it look real. The dank colony on LV-426 looks like a real place the actors are shooting in, as do the many spaceships in the film. However, it's the creatures that are Aliens'crowning glory. Its horde of xenomorphs are ...
Ex Machina centers itself around a humanoid robot. Despite the film's small budget, it manages to make Ava a convincing character. In an even more challenging feat, it makes her sympathetic despite her inhuman appearance for much of the film. DNEG served as the main visual effects studio for Ex Machina. All scenes with Alicia Vikander's Ava were sh...
- Ex Machina. A story about artificial and non-artificial intelligence, love and trust, sincerity and parenthood, ethics of surveillance, and most importantly, beer.
- Inception. When it comes to VFX, there is a name known to turn images into the most natural form of reality, Paul Franklin. He has brought several other outstanding films like Batman Begins and Dark Knight Rises.
- Avatar. When you think of a movie with heavy visual effects treatment, it is natural to assume it will lose a bit of its emotional touch. While being a VFX game-changer, Avatar was an incredibly emotionally immersive experience.
- Gravity. Gravity is regarded as the 2001 Space Odyssey of the 21 Century, and rightly so. The visual effects to pull this film off were monumental. This film revolutionized VFX in a whole different way.
- Avatar. Back in 1996, James Cameron announced that he would be creating a science-fiction film called Avatar that would feature photorealistic computer-generated characters.
- Jurassic Park. Why is Jurassic Park remembered so fondly for its visual effects? No-one knows the answer to that question better than Dennis Muren at Industrial Light & Magic, who won one of his eight visual effects Oscars for the film.
- Terminator 2: Judgement Day. "I think Terminator 2 was more groundbreaking than Jurassic Park," says Dennis Muren, visual effects supervisor on – and VFX Oscar winner for – the classic sci-fi movie.
- Inception. With Inception, director Christopher Nolan did the unthinkable: produced a blockbuster movie with an arthouse aesthetic. While the visuals are on a scale equal to his Batman movies, at its heart, the story is as tricksy as his celebrated low-budget debut Memento.
Mar 27, 2024 · It's beyond astonishing to compare how movies looked a few decades ago, relying mostly on practical effects on an impressive scale, to how they look today thanks to cutting-edge CGI technology.
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Dec 3, 2023 · In this article, we’ll take you on a cinematic journey through the full list of Academy Award winners for Best VFX and highlight the top 10 films that have left an indelible mark on the history of cinema with their astonishing visual effects.
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