The Princess Bride
The flames are real flames! The R.O.U.S. is a tiny guy in a suit! The giant is... Andre the Giant!
The Princess Bride
The flames are real flames! The R.O.U.S. is a tiny guy in a suit! The giant is... Andre the Giant!
The original Jurassic Park. Crazy to think that movie came out in 1993, over 32 years ago.
I recently watched through the Corridor Crew "VFX Artists React" series, and they often praise this film for understanding the limitations of CGI at the time and setting up the scenes to actually use those limitations in their favor.
Episodes involving the film:
Current catalog of what was covered in each episode. They have talked about most of the films that I see mentioned in this thread.
https://old.reddit.com/r/Corridor/wiki/index
Huge list
VFX Artists React #1: Clint, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React #2: Clint, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React - Marvel: Clint, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React - Resurrected Actors: Clint, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React #3: Clint, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React - The Star Wars Prequels: Clint, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React #4: Niko, Wren, and guest Andrew Kramer
VFX Artists React #5: Clint, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React #6: Clint, Niko, and Sam
VFX Artists React #7: Clint, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React #8: Clint, Niko, and guest Andrew Price ("The Blender Guru")
VFX Artists React #9: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #10: Clint, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React - Corridor Crew's Own CGI: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React - Magic: Niko, Wren, and guest Zach King
VFX Artists React #11: Clint, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React #12: Clint, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React #13: Niko, Wren, and guest Mike Diva
VFX Artists React #14: Clint, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React #15: Clint, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React #16: Clint, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React #17: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React - Star Wars: Clint, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React - Lord of the Rings #1: Clint, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React - Lord of the Rings #2: Clint, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React #18: Clint, Niko, and Sam
VFX Artists React - Avengers: Endgame: Niko, Wren, and guest Matt Aitken
VFX Artists React #19: Niko, Wren, and guest Matt Aitken
VFX Artists React #20: Niko, Wren, and guest David F. Sandberg
VFX Artists React #21: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #22: Niko, Wren, and guest Allan McKay
VFX Artists React #23: Clint, Niko, and Sam
VFX Artists React #24: Clint, Niko, and Sam
VFX Artists React #25: Clint, Niko, and Sam
VFX Artists React #26: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #27 - Russian: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #28: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #29: Clint, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #30: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #31: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #32: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #33: Clint, Niko, and Sam
VFX Artists React - TRON: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #34: Clint, Niko, and Sam
VFX Artists React #35: Clint, Niko, and Sam
VFX Artists React - Halloween: Clint, Niko, and Sam
VFX Artists React #36: Niko, Sam, and guest Freddie Wong
VFX Artists React - The Boys: Niko, Wren, and guest Stephan Fleet
VFX Artists React #37: Niko, Sam, and guest Freddie Wong
VFX Artists React #38: Clint, Niko, and guest Andrew Kramer
VFX Artists React - The Mandalorian: Clint, Niko, and Sam
VFX Artists React #39: Clint, Niko, and guest Andrew Kramer
VFX Artists React - Harry Potter: Clint, Niko, and Sam
VFX Artists React #40: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React - Featuring BEEPLE: Clint, Niko, and guest Mike Winkelmann ("BEEPLE")
VFX Artists React #41: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React - Moon Landing: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React - Zack Snyder's Justice League: Niko, Wren, and guest Freddie Wong
VFX Artists React #42: Niko, Wren, and guest Freddie Wong
VFX Artists React #43: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #44: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #45: Sam, Wren, and guest Felix Jorge
VFX Artists React #46: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #47: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React - The Mummy: Niko, Wren, and guest Alex Laurant
VFX Artists React #48: Niko, Wren, and guest Alex Laurant
VFX Artists React #49: Clint, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React #50: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #51: Niko, Wren, and guest Alex Laurant
VFX Artists React #52: Niko, Wren, and guest Seth Rogen
VFX Artists React #53: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React - Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: Clint, Niko, and guest Joe Farrell
VFX Artists React #54: Niko, Wren, and guest Seth Rogen
VFX Artists React #55: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #56: Niko, Sam, and guest Bryan Grill
VFX Artists React - Dune: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #57: Niko, Sam, and guest Alan Melikdjanian ("Captain Disillusion")
VFX Artists React - Spider-Man 2's: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #58: Sam, Wren, and guest Adam Savage
VFX Artists React #59: Clint, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #60: Jordan, Wren, and guest Josée Chapdelaine
VFX Artists React #61: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #62: Sam, Wren, and guest Adam Savage
VFX Artists React #63: Clint, Niko, and guest Joe Farrell
VFX Artists React #64: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #65: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #66: Niko, Wren, and guest Robyn Luckham
VFX Artists React #67: Niko, Wren, and guest Robyn Luckham
VFX Artists React #68: Niko, Wren, and guest Sean Walker
VFX Artists React #69: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React - Spider-Man: No Way Home: Niko, Wren, and guest Kelly Port
VFX Artists React #70: Niko, Wren, and guest Sean Walker
VFX Artists React #71: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #72: Clint, Wren, and guest Joe Farrell
VFX Artists React #73: Niko, Wren, and guest Kelly Port
VFX Artists React #74: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #75: Niko, Sam, Wren, and guest Ian Hubert
VFX Artists React #76: Clint, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #77: Clint, Wren, and guest Joe Farrell
VFX Artists React #78: Niko, Wren, and guest John Berton, Jr.
VFX Artists React - The Boys #2: Niko, Wren, and guest Stephan Fleet
VFX Artists React #79: Niko, Wren, and guest John Berton, Jr.
VFX Artists React #80: Clint, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #81: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React - The Boys #3: Niko, Wren, and guest Stephan Fleet
VFX Artists React #82: Niko, Wren, and Mathieu Dimuro
VFX Artists React #83: Jordan, Niko, and Sam
VFX Artists React #84: Niko, Wren, and guest Tim Miller
VFX Artists React #85: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React - Video Game Cinematics #1: Niko, Sam, and guest Jerome Denjean
VFX Artists React #86: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #87: Niko, Wren, and guest Julien Héry
VFX Artists React #88: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React - Video Game Cinematics #2: Niko, Sam, and guest Jerome Denjean
VFX Artists React #89: Niko, Wren, and guest Mathieu Dimuro
VFX Artists React #90: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #91: Niko, Wren, and guest Tim Miller
VFX Artists React #92: Fenner, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React #93: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React - Avatar 2: Niko, Wren, and guest Eric Saindon
VFX Artists React #94: Clint, Niko, and Sam
VFX Artists React #95: Jordan, Niko, and guest Aaron Estrada
VFX Artists React #96: Jordan, Niko, and Sam
VFX Artists React #97: Niko, Wren, and guest Eric Saindon
VFX Artists React #98: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #99: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #100: Jordan, Niko, and Sam
VFX Artists React #101: Niko, Sam, and guest Ara Khanikian
VFX Artists React #102: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #103: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #104: Niko, Wren, and guest Tim Webber
VFX Artists React #105: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #106: Niko, Wren, Sam (food poisoning), and Jordan
VFX Artists React #107: Niko, Wren, and guest Paul Debevec
VFX Artists React #108: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #109: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #110: Niko and guests David Goyer and Chris MacLean
VFX Artists React #111: Jordan, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React #112: Niko, Wren, and guest Todd Vaziri
VFX Artists React #113: Jordan, Wren, and guest Guy Williams
VFX Artists React - The Flash: Jordan, Wren, and guest Guy Williams
VFX Artists React #114: Jordan, Wren, and guest Guy Williams
VFX Artists React #115: Jordan, Niko, and Sam
VFX Artists React #116: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #117: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #118: Jordan, Niko, and Sam
VFX Artists React #119: Jordan, Niko, and Sam
VFX Artists React #120: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #121: Jordan, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React #122: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React - Godzilla: Niko, Peter, and Wren
VFX Artists React #123: Niko, Wren, and guest James Willingham
VFX Artists React #124: Jordan, Niko, and Sam
VFX Artists React - Barbenheimer: Jordan, Niko, and Sam
VFX Artists React - Indiana Jones: Clint, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React #125: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #126: Sam, Wren, and guest Gareth Edwards
VFX Artists React - Ghostbusters: Jordan, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #127: Sam, Wren, and guest Gareth Edwards
VFX Artists React #128: Jordan, Niko, and Sam
VFX Artists React #129: Jordan, Niko, and Sam
VFX Artists React - More Magic: Niko, Wren, and guest Zach King
VFX Artists React - James Bond: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #130: Jordan, Niko, and Sam
VFX Artists React #131: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #132: Niko, Wren, and guest Robert Legato
VFX Artists React - Magic 2 (#133): Niko, Wren, and guest Zach King
VFX Artists React - Planet of the Apes (#134): Jordan, Wren, and guest Erik Winquist
VFX Artists React #135: Nico, Peter, and Wren
VFX Artists React #136: Jordan, Nico, and Wren
VFX Artists React #137: Jordan, Nico, and Wren
VFX Artists React #138: Jordan, Nico, and Sam
VFX Artists React #139: Niko, Wren, and guest Robert Legato
VFX Artists React #140: Niko, Sam, Wren, and special guest spiders
VFX Artists React #141: Jordan, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React #142: Jordan, Niko, and Sam
VFX Artists React #143: Niko, Wren, and guest William Mesa
VFX Artists React #144: Jordan, Wren, and guest Erik Winquist
VFX Artists React #145: Jordan, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React #146: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #147: Jordan, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #148: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #149: Jordan, Niko, and Sam
VFX Artists React #150: Clint, Jordan, and Niko
VFX Artists React #151: Jordan, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #152: Jordan, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #153: Jordan, Niko, and Sam
VFX Artists React #154: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #155: Jordan, Sam, and guest Stephen Fleet
VFX Artists React #156: Jordan, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #157: Jordan, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #158: Jordan, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React #159: Jordan, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #160: Jordan, Niko, and Wren [episode alternatively labeled as ["Alien Romulus"]
VFX Artists React #160: Jordan, Niko, and Wren [duplicate labeling of #160 on the website]
VFX Artists React #161: Jordan, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React #162: Jordan, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React - Megalopolis: Jordan, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React #163: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #164: Niko, Sam, and guest Freddie Wong
VFX Artists React #165: Jordan, Wren, and guest Luke Millar
VFX Artists React - 2024 Oscar-Nominated Movies: Jordan, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React #166: Jordan, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React #167: Jordan, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #168: Jordan, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React #169: Jordan, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React #170: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #171: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #172: Jordan, Niko, and Sam
VFX Artists React #173: Jordan, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React #174: Jordan, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #175: Niko, Wren, and guest Adam Savage
VFX Artists React #176: Clint, Jordan, and Wren
VFX Artists React #177: Jordan, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React #178: Niko, Wren, and guest Adam Savage
VFX Artists React #179: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #180: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React - Independence Day: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #181: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #182: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #183: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #184: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #185: Sam, Wren, and guest Tim Miller
VFX Artists React #186: Jordan, Wren, and guest Seth Worley
VFX Artists React #187: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #188: Sam, Wren, and guest Tim Miller
VFX Artists React #189: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #190: Jordan, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React #191: Jordan, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #192: Jordan, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React #193: Jordan, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #194: Jordan, Niko, and Sam
VFX Artists React #195: Jordan, Niko, and Sam
VFX Artists React #196: Jordan, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React #197: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React #198: Jordan, Niko, and Sam
VFX Artists React #199: Jordan, Niko, and Sam
VFX Artists React #200: Jordan, Niko, and Wren
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. VFX Artists React - Bad and Worse
VFX Artists React - Bad and Worse #1: Jordan, Sam, and Wren
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. VFX Artists React - Bollywood
VFX Artists React - Bollywood #1: with Clint, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React - Bollywood #2:: Clint, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React - Bollywood #3: Clint, Niko, and Wren
VFX Artists React - Bollywood #4: Clint, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React - Bollywood #5: Clint, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React - Bollywood #6: Clint, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React - Bollywood #7: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React - Bollywood #8: Niko, Sam, and Wren
VFX Artists React - Bollywood #9: Niko, Sam, and Wren
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. VFX Artists React - Tollywood
VFX Artists React - Tollywood: Niko, Sam, and guest Freddie Wong
Stuntmen React #1: Clint, Niko, and guest Eric Linden
Stuntmen React #2: Clint, Niko, and guest Eric Linden
Stuntmen React #3: Clint, Niko, and guest Eric Linden
Stuntmen React #4: Clint, Niko, and guest Gui DaSilva-Greene
Stuntmen React - Marvel: Clint, Niko, and guest Gui DaSilva-Greene
Stuntmen React #5: Clint, Niko, and guest Eric Linden
Stuntmen React #6: Clint, Niko, and guest Eric Linden
Stuntmen React #7: Sam, Niko, and guest Chris Cowan
Stuntmen React #8: Clint, Niko, and guest Gui DaSilva-Greene
Stuntmen React #9: Clint, Niko, and guest Ilram Choi
Stuntmen React #10: Clint, Niko, and guest Gui DaSilva-Greene
Stuntmen React #11: Clint, Niko, and guest Jesse La Flair
Stuntmen React #12: Clint, Niko, and guest Jesse La Flair
Stuntmen React #13: Clint, Niko, and guest Gui DaSilva-Greene
Stuntmen React #14: Clint, Niko, and guest Gui DaSilva-Greene
Stuntmen React #15: Clint, Niko, and guest Aaron Toney
Stuntmen React #16: Clint, Niko, and guest Eric Linden
Stuntmen React - Sword Fights #1: Clint, Niko, and guest Luke LaFontaine
Stuntmen React - Driving: Clint, Niko, and guest David Patterson
Stuntmen React #17: Clint, Niko, and guest Eric Linden
Stuntmen React #18: Clint, Niko, and guest Aaron Toney
Stuntmen React #19: Clint, Niko, and guest Gui DaSilva-Greene
Stuntmen React #20: Clint, Niko, and guest Eric Linden
Stuntmen React #21: Clint, Niko, and guest Gui DaSilva-Greene
Stuntmen React #22: Clint, Niko, and guest Gui DaSilva-Greene
Stuntmen React #23: Niko and guests Aaron Toney and Gui DaSilva-Greene
Stuntmen React #24: Niko and guests Aaron Toney and Gui DaSilva-Greene
Stuntmen React #25: Niko and guests Malay Kim and Gui DaSilva-Greene
Stuntmen React #26: Niko and guests Freddie Wong and Scott Adkins
Stuntmen React - Sword Fights #2: Niko and guests Luke LaFontaine and Jessica Medina
Stuntmen React #27: Niko and guests Freddie Wong and Scott Adkins
Stuntmen React #28: Clint, Niko, and guest Jesse La Flair
Stuntmen React, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: Niko and guests Chris Cowan and Yung Lee
Stuntmen React #29: Niko and guests Travis Wong and Gui DaSilva-Greene
Stuntmen React #30: Niko and guests Chris Cowan and Yung Lee
Stuntmen React #31: Niko and guests Travis Wong and Gui DaSilva-Greene
Stuntmen React - Marvel #2: Niko and guest Gui DaSilva-Greene and James Young
Stuntmen React #32: Niko and guests James Young and Gui DaSilva-Greene
Stuntmen React #33: Clint, Gui DaSilva-Greene, and guest Andy Cheng
Stuntmen React #34: Clint, Gui DaSilva-Greene, and guest Andy Cheng
Stuntmen React #35: Niko, Gui DaSilva-Greene, and guest Mark Wagner
Stuntmen React #36: Niko, Gui DaSilva-Greene, and guest Daniel Stevens
Stuntmen React #37: Niko, Gui DaSilva-Greene, and guest Eric Linden
Stuntmen React #38: Niko, Gui DaSilva-Greene, and guest Eric Linden
Stuntmen React #39: Niko, Gui DaSilva-Greene, and guest J.J. Perry
Stuntmen React #40: Niko, Gui DaSilva-Greene, and guest J.J. Perry
Stuntmen React #41: Niko and guests Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou (RackaRacka)
Stuntmen React #42: Niko, Gui DaSilva-Greene, and guest J.J. Perry
Stuntmen React #43: Niko, Gui DaSilva-Greene, and guest David Leitch
Stuntmen React #44: Niko and guests Eric Linden and Taran Butler
Stuntmen React #45: Niko, Gui DaSilva-Greene, and guest Anis Cheurfa
Stuntmen React - Helicopter Stunts: Niko, Wren, and guest Fred North
Stuntmen React - The Karate Kid: Niko, Gui DaSilva-Greene, and guest Ben Wang
Stuntwomen React #1: Clint, Niko, and guest Amy Johnston
Stuntwomen React #2: Clint, Niko, and guest Amy Johnston
Stuntwomen React #3: Clint, Niko, and guest Lauren Mary Kim
Stuntwomen React #4: Clint, Niko, and guest Amy Johnston
Stuntwomen React #5: Clint, Niko, and guest Lauren Mary Kim
Stuntwomen React #6: Clint, Niko, and guest Amy Johnston
Stuntwomen React #7: Clint, Niko, and guest Lauren Mary Kim
Stuntwomen React #8: Clint, Niko, and guest Lauren Mary Kim
Stuntwomen React #9: Clint, Niko, and guest Amy Johnston
Stuntwomen React #10: Niko and guests Cassandra Ebner and Gui DaSilva-Greene
Stuntwomen React #11: Niko and guests Amy Johnston and Kimberly Shannon Murphy
Stuntwomen React #12: Niko and guests Amy Johnston and Kimberly Shannon Murphy
Animators React - Cartoons #1: Clint, Niko, and guest Eric Koenig
Animators React - Cartoons #2: Clint, Niko, and guest Eric Koenig
Animators React - CGI #1: Clint, Niko, and guest Alexander Snow
Animators React - CGI #2: Clint, Niko, and guest Alexander Snow
Animators React - Cartoons #3: Niko, Wren, and guest Alexander Snow
Animators React - Anime #1: Niko, Wren, and guest Alexander Snow
Animators React - Cartoons #4: Niko, Wren, and guest Eric Koenig
Animators React - Cartoons #5: Niko, Wren, and guest Eric Koenig
Animators React - Cartoons #6: Niko, Wren, and guest Eric Koenig
Animators React - Arcane: Niko, Wren, and guest Alexander Snow
Animators React - Cartoons #7: Niko, Wren, and guest Alexander Snow
Animators React - Love Death + Robots: Niko and guests Alexander Snow and Patrick Osborne
Animators React - Cartoons #8: Sam, Wren, and guest Arin Hanson
Animators React - Cartoons #9: Niko and guests Alexander Snow and Patrick Osborne
Animators React - Cartoons #10: Fenner, Niko, and guest Tom Bancroft
Animators React - Cartoons #11: Niko and guests Tom Bancroft and Tony Bancroft
Animators React - Anime #2: Niko, Wren, and guest Alex Snow
Animators React - Cartoons #12: Niko, Wren, and guest Ted Ty
Animators React - Cartoons #13: Niko, Wren, and guest Alex Snow
Animators React - Cartoons #14: Niko, Wren, and guest Tom Bancroft
Animators React - Cartoons #15: Niko, Peter, and guest Aaron Blaise
Animators React - Cartoons #16: Niko, Peter, and guest Aaron Blaise
Animators React - The Simpsons: Niko, Wren, and David Silverman
Animators React - Wallace and Gromit: Niko and guests Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham
Directors React #1: Nick, Niko, and guest David Lowery
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a masterpiece of clever tricks, superb acting, and professional animation.
The Thing still has the best practical movie monster effects I have ever seen. And the most upsetting.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a breathtaking film that uses wirework choreography to transport you into a storybook fantasy.
During COVID lockdowns, my husband and I started coming up with movie anthologies or themes we could watch so we would A) always know what to watch next and B) further educate ourselves in film. My favorite anthology to date has been John Carpenter. I had never seen a John Carpenter movie before and we went through all of them and it was a blast. But out of all of his films, The Thing was by far the most impactful. My husband and I both grew up on the Internet and are highly desensitized to gross and scary things. But we were both on the edge of our seats while also appreciating the masterful prosthetics and puppetry that went into that movie. I always have to warn people, that I can't recommend it enough but it's not for the faint of heart. Definitely one of the Great horror films ever made.
Lord of the Rings effects still hold up, in my opinion at least. The Balrog uses a lot of "hidden" information with the use of blackness to cover up bad cgi. Horse charges are zoomed out far enough to disguise how few horses are actually there. Most of the movies use practical effects though.
There is an enormous amount of CGI in Lord of the Rings that you don’t really notice. Yes they used lots of miniatures and other practical effects, but that only takes you so far. The extended DVDs are full of some of the really cool ways they combined digital and practical. They show PJ “filming” at one point with a block of wood with a mocap ball on it.
They invented an entire new software just to make the huge battle scenes good. That software, Massive, is still used today to simulate giant crowds.
Gollum hasn’t aged perfectly, but pretty well for an entirely CGI character from the early 2000s.
old movies
Lord of the Rings
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Especially when you compare the effects in Lord of the Rings to the Hobbit. You can really see when the studio is overworked and underpaid, even when it's a studio as good as weta.
I can usually turn a blind eye to bad CGI, but The Hobbit was next-level awful. It wasn't so much bad as unfinished. I felt I was watching a pirated movie before post production was complete.
Mary Poppins. The (as it possibly happens) one of a kind lense that perfectly matched the frequency of light produced by sodium vapor lamps. It produced a green screen like effect that was better than anything else for decades to come.

Look at the above image above and notice how perfectly you can see the background through the diaphanous fabric of the hat.
The wild part about it is that this technique required a very specific prism in the camera in order to work properly, and the tech behind it was completely lost to time and nobody else knew how to make that work, which is why we've primarily had blue/green screens with chunky matte lines ever since. The guys at Corridor Digital managed to recreate the effect pretty authentically, and it's awesome to see the results of their work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQuIVsNzqDk
Alien,
the original 1979 one.
Imo it really aged well,
recently rewatched it and was amazed by how good the special effects looked, especially for that time.
It's also a really good movie,
scores 8.5/10 on IMDB,
kept me on the tip of my chair for the full 2 houra.
2001 a space odyssey's effects are completely practical, which make sense since it came out before the first moon landing. it's all physical models and cut-out photographs being moved in stop-motion, or huge rotating sets to simulate centrifugal gravity, or colored film being spun over a set of rollers.
personally i think it's worth it to watch it for the effects alone, which is just as well because its influence is such that it has been eclipsed story-wise by things that came after it and so feels a bit shallow.
Kubrick was in charge of faking the moon landing, but he insisted on shooting it on location.
Gotta agree with this. The only effect that doesn't look 100% real is when the space stewardess walks up the walls to deliver food to the cockpit of Aries moon lander. Everything else looks amazing.
And don't watch it in 480p on a phone screen. If you can, get yourself the 4K Blu-Ray version (the copy I ripped is 72 gigabytes. Yes it's worth it).
She’s walking funny on purpose. Those are meant to be some kind of velcro or magnetic slippers she’s wearing. She’s walking carefully because she doesn’t want to go drifting around in microgravity while carrying a tray of food.
That’s my interpretation, anyway.
This film is my go-to whenever anyone mentions visual effects. If I were a director, this would be my gold standard for absolutely timeless effects.
Don't forget they lost Best Costume to Planet Of The Apes because the mimes they hired to play the monkeys were so convincing they were assumed by many to be real.
Reading through I see no one has yet mentioned dark crystal which I think is hensens magnus opus.
I watched the Netflix series and then the Making Of show about it. Apparently they tried CGI gelflings to cut costs and just couldn't live up to the puppetry, so eventually Netflix relented and gave them enough budget to match Henson's original quality.
I can't believe no one has said The Thing yet.
The creature effects are so good, it holds up today.
Not sure if they are just not federated to your instance, but your comment is the third time I see that film mentioned.
Star wars, with models and miniatures.
Most great old movies, where cheesy effects were irrelevant next to the story.
Gravity Falls Little Gift Shop of Horrors, where the characters watch an 'incredibly expensive' stop motion scene that we (the audience) only see as reflected shadows.
And matte paintings. Never forget the legendary artists who turned paintings into scenery, or the camera workers who managed to blend in the actors to them.
How about most of the storm troopers standing at attention for the arrival of Vader? Matte painting.
The bottomless chasm in Bespin, matte painting.
Just gave the special editions a rewatch. The cgi inserted scenes have aged incredibly poorly, especially compared to the rest of the 1977 effects
The "Despecialized" editions are the best right now. I appreciate what Lucas wanted to do in the 90s but I wish he'd just left the originals alone.
Blade Runner (1982) still looks incredible. The miniatures and attention to detail in design effectively set the tone for subsequent cyberpunk.
You want old movies? How about Royal Wedding (1951). It has a scene where Fred Astaire dances on the walls and ceiling. There's no cgi or special effects, it was just done with a simple camera trick.
Royal Wedding (1951)
Here's the scene. When he sets the picture on the desk, they cut to a wide shot before the room starts spinning. Everything he touched had to be "nailed down", including the cigarette, the hat and coats, the chair and the picture.
Modern movies need more random tap dance breaks.
I can’t believe I haven’t seen a mention for The Thief of Bagdad.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0033152/
When you watch it you won’t believe it was made 85 years ago.
Roger Ebert reviewed it stunningly. https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-thief-of-bagdad-1940
Tron.
Even now the CGI looks pretty dope and that shit was done on computers from the 80s!
The Thing and the Aliens trilogy
Some of the best practical monster effects ever in film, and Aliens especially had awesome sets.
Star Trek (original series)
The teleportation effect is so fucking simple (literally just beads swirled around in water) and yet looks so damn cool.
Star Trek NGT era.
They did a lot practical, with prostetics and models and it's beautiful.
Evil Dead 2
Gremlins. My brother and I were just discussing this because we heard that the new Gremlins movie will be using analog effects.
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What a strange question. "What older movies made a good use of side stepping special effects?" Do you mean any of the stories which do not need such effects in the first place?
Also, special effects "holding up today" is in no way necessary for a good picture... There are many great films with dated effects.
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