Favorite Movie With Practical Effects?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fall_(2006_film)
Singh stressed the importance of on-location filming and lack of special effects, as he found that modern techniques would not age well in comparison.
When shooting scenes of the blue city in Jodhpur, Tarsem provided locals with blue paint to refresh the paint on their houses. This alternative to post-production effects resulted in the vibrant blue of the city in the film.
This entire film is practically a love letter to early film practical special effects. Is it the best story? No, the story is flat in many respects. Yet the film to this day is visually stunning, and stands as one of my favorite films due to it's visually captivating presence. The film surely does have small amounts of modern special effects, but by and large Singh worked very hard at producing mostly practical effects.
It's one of my favorite movies, and I find the story beautiful. Incredible acting from a child, as well as Lee Pace.
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I recently rewatched Army of Darkness for the first time in forever and I was so charmed by all the practical effects. The eyeball in the shoulder still gets me lol. Practical effects aside, the whole movie was a lot of campy silly fun. It's just a gem of a movie.
What's your favorite movie that uses lots of practical effects?
Do you have a favorite practical effect of all time?
Any movies like Army of Darkness you'd recommend?
Does Mike Jittlov count? He did a lot of in-camera animation using single frame shots. Set up scene, click shutter, move stuff in the frame slightly, click, etc. He shot mostly 16mm short films but did a feature length "Wizard of Speed and Time" in 35mm.
Here's the original 3 minute 16mm version to get you started. The feature version is also on youtube it looks like. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XReeuhBeiIA
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Since 2001: Space Odyessy is above...
Im tempted to go with some Jackie Chan (?!) or Jet Li (Hero) or Tony Jaa (Ong Bak) or Donnie Yen (Ip Man) film — the one that's closest to my heart is Wo Hu Cang Long (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon).
Do not watch the trailer. It's garbage. The film is beautiful.
There are a few outstanding moments in film as well that are practical effects that just force my memory:
As mentioned: 2001, and the Fall.
The last arrow in Throne of Blood.
Several scenes in The Cell (dir: Tarsem, who also did the Fall)
I'll also highlight Hero.e: And all the crazy shit Tom Cruise does in Mission: Impossible. Those are some fun movies.
You had me at Jackie Chan, and lost me at Tom Cruise.
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I recently rewatched Army of Darkness for the first time in forever and I was so charmed by all the practical effects. The eyeball in the shoulder still gets me lol. Practical effects aside, the whole movie was a lot of campy silly fun. It's just a gem of a movie.
What's your favorite movie that uses lots of practical effects?
Do you have a favorite practical effect of all time?
Any movies like Army of Darkness you'd recommend?
Mad God and John Carpenter's The Thing.
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I recently rewatched Army of Darkness for the first time in forever and I was so charmed by all the practical effects. The eyeball in the shoulder still gets me lol. Practical effects aside, the whole movie was a lot of campy silly fun. It's just a gem of a movie.
What's your favorite movie that uses lots of practical effects?
Do you have a favorite practical effect of all time?
Any movies like Army of Darkness you'd recommend?
Aliens.
Still holds up in 4K nearly 40 years on. The drop ship, the mother alien, the armoured carrier, all incredible looking.
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I recently rewatched Army of Darkness for the first time in forever and I was so charmed by all the practical effects. The eyeball in the shoulder still gets me lol. Practical effects aside, the whole movie was a lot of campy silly fun. It's just a gem of a movie.
What's your favorite movie that uses lots of practical effects?
Do you have a favorite practical effect of all time?
Any movies like Army of Darkness you'd recommend?
For me, the peak of practical effects is Scanners.
https://www.slashfilm.com/1603402/scanners-head-explosion-why-shotgun-vfx/
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I feel like I've heard of this before but never did. Is this the 1990 or 1998 Dark City?
The 1998 one. If you do search it out, make sure to go for the Director's Cut. The theatrical release has a voiceover in the first few minutes that spoils the whole movie.
One of the few movies where the Director's Cut substantially changes things for the better.
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I recently rewatched Army of Darkness for the first time in forever and I was so charmed by all the practical effects. The eyeball in the shoulder still gets me lol. Practical effects aside, the whole movie was a lot of campy silly fun. It's just a gem of a movie.
What's your favorite movie that uses lots of practical effects?
Do you have a favorite practical effect of all time?
Any movies like Army of Darkness you'd recommend?
The Princess Bride
Hey, you said favorite, not most dramatic or best use of those effects.
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Aliens.
Still holds up in 4K nearly 40 years on. The drop ship, the mother alien, the armoured carrier, all incredible looking.
Good answer!!
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The 1998 one. If you do search it out, make sure to go for the Director's Cut. The theatrical release has a voiceover in the first few minutes that spoils the whole movie.
One of the few movies where the Director's Cut substantially changes things for the better.
Ty! I'll see if I can get my hands on it
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For me, the peak of practical effects is Scanners.
https://www.slashfilm.com/1603402/scanners-head-explosion-why-shotgun-vfx/
That does look pretty amazing lol
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Mad God and John Carpenter's The Thing.
Mad God the 2021 movie?
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Does Mike Jittlov count? He did a lot of in-camera animation using single frame shots. Set up scene, click shutter, move stuff in the frame slightly, click, etc. He shot mostly 16mm short films but did a feature length "Wizard of Speed and Time" in 35mm.
Here's the original 3 minute 16mm version to get you started. The feature version is also on youtube it looks like. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XReeuhBeiIA
Not exactly what I was looking for, but still very interesting! It's amazing the creative techniques people can create. I wonder if his work influenced stop motion movies that came after
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Mad God the 2021 movie?
Yes, the one by Phil Tippett. It's a stop motion movie. One of a kind.
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You had me at Jackie Chan, and lost me at Tom Cruise.
As you can see, I almost left him out. I don't think of him as an actor. More, a plug-and-play action man for Christopher MacQuarrie screenplays.
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Gotta go with The Thing. Seriously next level and gross special effects. One of John Carpenters best movies.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Rob Bottin, who was responsible for the effects, was only 21 when he did them! He also worked himself into hospital care with exhaustion, double pneumonia and a bleeding ulcer and was the one who came up with the idea of the Thing not having a definitive form.
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I recently rewatched Army of Darkness for the first time in forever and I was so charmed by all the practical effects. The eyeball in the shoulder still gets me lol. Practical effects aside, the whole movie was a lot of campy silly fun. It's just a gem of a movie.
What's your favorite movie that uses lots of practical effects?
Do you have a favorite practical effect of all time?
Any movies like Army of Darkness you'd recommend?
I don't know if I'd say favorite exactly, but I've always thought it was so cool how for the movie Independence Day they made the models of the Cities they blow up. That's just neat.
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Yeeesssssssss nothing has looked so good to me since. It's not that the effects look photorealistic to anatomy or something tangible, they do but that's not what sells it. it's that they're textured and made by someone who is inspired by things that are tangible.
Beth Cavener is a sculptor from Washington who's got a similar grasp on that vibe
Also stop motion animation moves creepy
Amazing artwork, thanks for sharing
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Amazing artwork, thanks for sharing
You're welcome CUNO
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Aliens.
Still holds up in 4K nearly 40 years on. The drop ship, the mother alien, the armoured carrier, all incredible looking.
Probably watched that movie 100 times. Last year I put it on for my wife, sat and really watched for the first time in ages. My god, came out when I was a child, still a perfect movie.
