The Movie with the Best Special Efects so Far

[Tony_samo]

make a list with your top 5 movies with the best Special Efects Ever, well, to date

ok, here is my list:

1.- LOTR, Two Towers

2.- Matrix Reloaded

3.- Star Wars Episode 2: AOTC

4.- Titanic

5.- Saving Private Ryan


Those Movies so far, are the best special effects I have ever watch, they are my top 5 ever

[The Insider]

IMO, "The Two Towers" had some unbelievably bad CGI shots.

In no particular order:

- Jurassic Park (the original from 1993, it still impresses me how real these dinosaurs actually look)
- The Matrix
- Hero
- Armageddon
- Any Star Wars movie

[Rocketboy]

Attack of the Clones.

[OzzMosiz]

Althought the last 2 star wars movies were nowhere near as good as the originals. I'd say Episode 1 and 2

[Boods]

all star wars movies
lotr: fotr and ttt
jurassic park
armageddon
matrix and matrix reloaded
hulk
harry potter 1 and 2
xmen 2

[Rizor]

Jurassic Park still holds up.

The Fellowship of the Ring was near perfect, TTT was slightly worse but still incredible.

The two Star Wars flicks were great, with a few flaws.

HULK was great with only one scene that looked bad.

And A.I. artificial Intelligence, looked absolutley wonderful IMHO. FX were used pretty sparsely but with great effect.

[adt100]

LOTR: The Two Towers
Juassic Park 1 & 3
LOTR: FOTR
Titanic
Gladiator

The last 2 Star Wars films have been really poor IMO, more like animated features there's that much CGI, and not even well blended.

[Mat]

Minority Report
Jurassic Park
Both Lord of the Rings
Hulk
Blade Runner

[Slroul]

Hmmm your missing probaly the biggest one. Terminater 2.

[spiderman_2k]

I would agree with that usually, but Yes it had some of the Greatest effects ever back in the 90's but now we have better effects, they still stand the test of time very well though.

[Steve from Indy]

I'd have to say:

1. Jurassic Park
1. T2
2. ID4
3. AotC (although some shots looked kind of "cartoonish")
4. Matrix
5. Titanic

[QUINNtheESKIMO]

save for the Madison Square Garden convention/rally, Citizen Kane has some awesome effects that still hold up today.

Jurasic Park is great too

[QUINNtheESKIMO]

I think Jaws still holds up pretty well

[Citizen Kane]

Many of Hitchcock's films had great special effects, especially with the way he manipulated the cinematography.

[necronon99]

t2
vertigo
and blade runner hands down

oh yeah and those sexy ilm dinos

[Marvin]

Spidey?

This list is bogus unless you gauge the relative time they came out. Otherwise with every new movie anotherone gets wipped out.

Jurassic Park, might be the best for it's time?

Maybe T2?

Maybe The Matrix?

Maybe Blade I ?

Maybe Spawn?

Maybe Ghost Busters?

[Halofan1]

1. Citizen Kane
2. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
3. The Matrix
4. Jurassic Park
5. Any Star Wars Film

[dr_evil]

i dont think any of the new star wars films have anythign really good because i liked with the originals had pupetry instead of CGI it made them look more real

The Matrix
Jurrasic Park
the origanal Star Wars (not the enhanced version of the originals)

[Godzilla]

Inspector Gadget. :o

[JimmyDean]

A.I. Artificial Intelligence
T2: Judgement Day
2001: A Space Odyssey
Jurassic Park

[Heavenllee]

- Jurassic Park
- Twister
- AI
- Titanic
- Independence Day
- Armageddon
- Time Machine (had some great special effects)

[Parrish]

The Matric And Minority Report

[Parrish]

Sorry I Mean The Matrix

[Philm]

Jurassic Park and Lord Of The Rings made my jaw drop when I first saw them. I was also surprised with The Fifth Element and The Terminator movies

[ip_guru]

Just to throw a question in the mix, by effects are we talking big explosions action sequences, etc... Because there are many other movies that use effects that are so outstanding that you dont even think of them to discuss.

For example, in the Truman Show, none of the buildings they made for the sets had more than a one-story facade. Yet in the movies many were multi-story buildings. So, those effects were so good, that no one knew they were even effects.

If for action type, then definately: Jurrasic Park, The Matrix, Terminator 2, Hollow Man, ID4. Recently I watched Dinasour, the Disney flick, those visuals were great, the combination of live action and animation was done perfectly.

[Heavenllee]

I thought of another one ..........''What Dreams May Come'' had the most beautiful visuals/special effects.

[spiderman_2k]

With Robin Williams and Cuba Gooding Jr right???
Yeah the effects with the paintings colors and stuff were brilliant.

[Chodaboy]

Jurrasic Park
T2 and T3 - both were saweet!
LOTR - both movies
Matrix

[Hitman]

1. The Matrix Reloaded
2. The Matrix
3. Terminator 2: Judegement Day
4. SW Episode II: Attack Of The Clones
5. Starship Troopers

[Spidey_Freak]

Spidey:o:o

[Fanible]

It seems obvious that if you want some effects that will look good for years to come, go with Stan Winston.

He created the effects for Terminator 2 and Jurrasic Park.... both of which look plenty good still today. It's not like watching Star Wars Episode 1 and you're like "wtf". You can still watch T-2 and Jurrasic Park today and not even think about the effects looking bad or anything.... it's been so many years since they're release, and they still look perfectly fine.

This is mainly because he knows when to use CGI, and when not to. He still used makeup, and still does when needed.

Other films hes done is Aliens, Predator, A.I.(I can't believe it didn't win an award), Instinct, Galaxy Quest, Pearl Harbor, all of which still have some of the best makeup and digital effects today.

Don't get me wrong, he's done a TON of stuff some people probably don't even realise he did, and some isn't that great, mainly due to the film and what it's about. But for the most part, I'd say he is one of the best effects artists of our time.

But yeah other films I will include. Matrix Reloaded, Lord of the Rings Two Towers, Star Wars Episode 2.

The only problem with these, just like Star Wars Episode 1, is that in 3-5 years time we will go back and see them and they won't look nearly as impressive as the first time we saw them. That's not an accomplishment to me.... it is for that year, but it usually starts looking hoaky quick (the cgi characters) after more movies come out and the effects are driven even further to look even more realistic.

Without a doubt Episode 3 is going to look even more realistic than Episode 2.... and when it does hit, you'll go back and watch Episode 2 and you'll think "wtf". =P

[ILOVEKATIE]

Originally posted by Steve from Indy
I'd have to say:
3. AotC (although some shots looked kind of "cartoonish")

Some shots? The whole film looked more like a video game than a motion picture.

Best Special Effects:
T2: Judgement Day
Jurrasic Park
T3: Rise of the Machines
Titanic
The Two Towers
The Fellowship of the Ring
ID4
Gladiator
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
The Matrix
Pearl Harbor
Armaggeddon

[Laterose]

Fellowship of the Ring
after recently watching it, I must admit X-Men was extremely well done
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Independence Day
Titantic

[ILOVEKATIE]

Now that you've mention X-Men, X2 had great special effects.

[obsessedwithsnl]

When I fisrt saw spiderman in theaters I thought the special FX were awesome, but now whenever I watch spiderman I notice that some of the FX look really bad.
I just got Jurassic Park on DVD and that looks awesome. The FX are really good.

[Tony_samo]

Another movie with great special efects is Pleasantville, great admosphere, and great visuals

[Tony_samo]

bump

[dustindame]

TTT

[Gomamon]

AI
Aliens
Armageddon
Bichunmoo
Finding Nemo
Gremlins
Jurassic Park
Monsters Inc.
Moulin Rouge
Poltergeist
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Secret Of NIMH
Spider Man
Spirit - Stallion Of Cimarron
Spirited Away
The first two Star Wars movies
T2
Twister
What Lies Beneath

[cerealkiller182]

Jurassic Park, Spider man, and Terminator were the best, but Return of the King was good to.

[Brock Landers]

The Fellowship of the Ring
Jurassic Park

[Xander]

AI: Artificial Intelligence is the top so far.
The ending aside, you couldent really tell what was CGI and what wasen't.

All of you are pointing out movies with the most special effects, wasent the topic about "The Movie with the Best Special Efects so Far?" Star Wars 1 and 2's cgi was poor, it look cartoonish, and many moments in LOTR that the cgi looked poor, maybe its just because so much CGI, you expect everything to be CGI.

I can't belive some of you say Spider-Man has the best special effects, they sucked! If you say Spider-Man 2, then its closer.

[Boro]

surf ninjas

[Queen Arwen]

ROTK - Come on! Awesome SFX!!!
Star Wars Ep. 4-6
The Matrix

Good ones this year:
- I, Robot (I thought its futuristic world was pretty cool because it integrated so many familiar and, frankly, old buildings and objects into their definition of modern...good use of SFX)
- Spider-Man 2 (I love the shots of him flying through NYC...really fantastic.)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (The shots of the flowers freezing as the dementors flew over them are still incredible, viewing after viewing.)
- Shrek 2 (Obviously...)

[BigMike1963]

i'd have to say,
Lotr: rotk
Lotr: ttt
Star Wars: attack of the clones
T-2- the first use of CGI on the big screen

[Sora Kahn]

Lord of the Rings Trilogy and Star Wars Original Trilogy had some great special effects. But I think the movie with the best special effects has to be Jason And The Argonauts. The effects with Talos and the skeleton warriors were absolutely incredible.

[thammias]

IMO I-robot is up there with the best SFX movies. Except for a few shots with mass robots the effects for Sonny were practically seamless. I was floored, the effects were so good that it didn't really hit me till after the movie when I fully realized man Holy crap, that was all CG.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

tough one but i would say...

Blackhawk Down (the cg was so well done imo that u dont even notice its there)

Nightmare before christmas (gotta respect the fact that each shot would take months to pose)

The Matrix (it developed a whole new way to shoot action shots)

and of course Lord of the Rings triolgy, all the starwars all had great fx aswell

[Xander]

Originally posted by Dr.Zoidberg
tough one but i would say...

Blackhawk Down (the cg was so well done imo that u dont even notice its there)


I was just gonna say the same thing! -Watches other half of Black Hawk Down-

PS: You people need to stop putting names of Animated movies, they don't count. Right? ;)

[ephratafiction]

Lord of the Rings Trilogy (greatest movies ever)

Jurassic Park (still looks as good as it did the first I saw it in 93)

The Wizard of Oz ( Hay, for 1939 they were great effects and still hold up today).

[Angelixx]

I wouls say Jurassic Park and PearlHarbor....the attak scene was intense

but i can vote for the worst special efects too cant I?? Cus that would definately go to catwoman