Movies with the worst special effects? - Blu-ray Forum

The Lion King · 06-04-2008, 11:31 AM

For me, it'd have to be the 2001 horror film produced by Brian Yuzna, Dagon. While it's a really great film, there's one scene in particular where a snake flies out of a girls mouth, and it just looked so incredibly artificial and plastic.

inuyashalover21 · 06-04-2008, 11:39 AM

The ending of MK 2 where the dude turned into the dragon.

Crème Blu-ray · 06-04-2008, 11:58 AM

Anaconda - my vote for worst fake snake

Neil_Luv's_BLU · 06-04-2008, 12:08 PM

Ah Man I've got a few... Bare with me:

The Golden Compass: Not "bad" Special Effects, but not great, and certainly not worthy of the oscar!!!

Blade 2: Awful CG rendering!

Matrix Reloaded: Same as above + the waxy looking CG Neo pisses me off every time I see the burly brawl or whenever he's flying.

Fantastic Four: Some of the worst CG work i've ever seen. The practical stuff is no better!

camper · 06-04-2008, 12:19 PM

Xanadu. Even in it's time, it still sucked by 80's standards.

~Camper

Neil_Luv's_BLU · 06-04-2008, 12:24 PM

Oh I forgot.

Most films that go through SPI (Sony Pictures Imageworks).

They're not a bad company but most of there work is downright shameful and lazy!

Spider-Man 2 and Superman Returns are two shining lights in the dirt that come to mind. Neither have perfect VFX all the way thorugh, but for the most part they contain some of their best work.

If anybody knows of any other SPI work that was good please correct me on my statement!

Secretagentnumber6 · 06-04-2008, 12:29 PM

I am gonna go with ULTRAVIOLET, the special effects (if you can call them that) were part of the reason the movie was so very horrible. Also I AM LEGEND, this was a big time movie with a huge budget and the monsters in it looked so fake, I liked the movie but the CGI was dissapointing to say the least.

Marine Mike · 06-04-2008, 12:33 PM

I would have to say Army of Darkness.

Remember the scene when he is getting dropped out of the time warp in the beginning of the movie and you see the ground he is about to land on?

If you look close enough those are cusioned mats.

I do realize that the special effects were meant to look cheesy and this is one of my favorite movies of all times, but needless to say the effects are horrible, lol!

SS316SRV · 06-04-2008, 12:40 PM

The Last Star Fighter...that movie has not aged well.

Neil_Luv's_BLU · 06-04-2008, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Secretagentnumber6

I am gonna go with ULTRAVIOLET, the special effects (if you can call them that) were part of the reason the movie was so very horrible. Also I AM LEGEND, this was a big time movie with a huge budget and the monsters in it looked so fake, I liked the movie but the CGI was dissapointing to say the least.

Yeah the Monsters in I Am Legend looked awful. Again that's an SPI film I believe.

It's the same complaint I've got with Matrix 2 & 3. Waxy looking CG just isn't convincing!

statikcat · 06-04-2008, 01:02 PM

Recently: Hands down I Am Legend. The CGI was simply atrocious and kind of insulting to the whole audience who had to witness such a horrible sight on a blockbuster.

The biggest CGI blurp of all time? Goes to the Matrix 2..
The Matrix 2 had really horrible CGI scene when Neo is fighting copies of that one guy.. and even Neo is fully CGI for much of the fight and the movie suddenly looks like Toy Story! Hah.. oh man. I don't even know what to say thinking about that scene. It is like half live action half Animatrix.

The Lion King · 06-04-2008, 01:09 PM

I agree on I Am Legend. Some of those ghost things look like they could've been deleted scenes from Poltergeist. Yet it still goes on to gross 583 million dollars worldwide. Just atrocious.

GCW2216 · 06-04-2008, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by statikcat

Recently: Hands down I Am Legend. The CGI was simply atrocious and kind of insulting to the whole audience who had to witness such a horrible sight on a blockbuster.

The biggest CGI blurp of all time? Goes to the Matrix 2..
The Matrix 2 had really horrible CGI scene when Neo is fighting copies of that one guy.. and even Neo is fully CGI for much of the fight and the movie suddenly looks like Toy Story! Hah.. oh man. I don't even know what to say thinking about that scene. It is like half live action half Animatrix.

I agree. Part 1 had amazing CGI. Not sure what went wrong. They tried to do too much. I am Legend was extremely disappointing. Spidey 2 and 3 were bad too.

The SFX in Army of Darkness were horrible but that was intentional. In one of the scenes you can clearly see a suspension cable holding him up. There is no way they missed that, I believe it was left in on purpose.

bartlettphoto · 06-04-2008, 01:29 PM

Exorcist: The Beginning, the effects were like something off of Charmed! +1 on I am legend, good movie/bad CG.

tron3 · 06-04-2008, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by SS316SRV

The Last Star Fighter...that movie has not aged well.

I happen to like that movie. But I agree, the CGI ship didn't always match the model. But this was 1984, on the heels of TRON (1982). In those days, any CGI looked like it came from a computer no matter how realistic it appeared. In the case of the TRON movie it worked. But for The Last Star Fighter, it was out of its element.

The graphics used in the arcade video game wasn't even possible at the time, so it was rendered in. Back then you looked in awe and wished you could play THAT game. Same with "Space Paranoids" in TRON. It's all too common today.

Get a recreation of "Space Paranoids" here.
http://www.tron-sector.com/games/paranoids/

xander · 06-04-2008, 02:49 PM

You guys need to watch more Sci Fi Channel originals if I am Legend and The Matrix movies are the most common responses here. Anything from the current Maneater series would be my vote (Croc, Eye Of The Beast, Ice Spiders, etc.) or last year's Fire Serpent. Now those are some bad effects. Even the practicals are atrocious, and not in a campy, intentional kind of way.

inuyashalover21 · 06-04-2008, 02:53 PM

the sci-fi ones are bad. I cant remember the name of the movie with the killer ants but they looked like clay models. My mom bought hammerhead which is a sci-fi original and wow did it suck.

Doobiewah · 06-04-2008, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by xander

You guys need to watch more Sci Fi Channel originals if I am Legend and The Matrix movies are the most common responses here. Anything from the current Maneater series would be my vote (Croc, Eye Of The Beast, Ice Spiders, etc.) or last year's Fire Serpent. Now those are some bad effects. Even the practicals are atrocious, and not in a campy, intentional kind of way.

Agreed...just watched Heatwave, or Heatstroke, or something...starred Danica McKellar (taking whatever work she can get, obviously!).....and the 'aliens' were quite the hoot as a CGI rendering.

That said, isn't that the 'charm' of the sci-fi movies?

Heart&Soul · 06-04-2008, 03:03 PM

CGI still hasn't been able to create realistic humans.

xander · 06-04-2008, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Doobiewah

Agreed...just watched Heatwave, or Heatstroke, or something...starred Danica McKellar (taking whatever work she can get, obviously!).....and the 'aliens' were quite the hoot as a CGI rendering.

That said, isn't that the 'charm' of the sci-fi movies?

No, that is part of it, I just dont think it's intentional.

Winnie Cooper really has popped up ini some odd things as of late, agreed.

06-04-2008, 11:31 AM	#1
The Lion King Special Member Member since:Mar 2008 Location:Somewhere you aren't. Blu-ray collection:48 Blu-ray reviews:20	Movies with the worst special effects? For me, it'd have to be the 2001 horror film produced by Brian Yuzna, Dagon. While it's a really great film, there's one scene in particular where a snake flies out of a girls mouth, and it just looked so incredibly artificial and plastic.

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06-04-2008, 11:39 AM	#2
inuyashalover21 Active Member Member since:May 2008 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:2	The ending of MK 2 where the dude turned into the dragon.

06-04-2008, 11:58 AM	#3
Crème Blu-ray Expert Member Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Silicon Valley Home Theater Gallery:1 Blu-ray collection:323 Blu-ray reviews: 11 Trading Score:3	Anaconda - my vote for worst fake snake

06-04-2008, 12:08 PM	#4
Neil_Luv's_BLU Special Member Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Berkshire, England Blu-ray collection:149	Ah Man I've got a few... Bare with me: The Golden Compass: Not "bad" Special Effects, but not great, and certainly not worthy of the oscar!!! Blade 2: Awful CG rendering! Matrix Reloaded: Same as above + the waxy looking CG Neo pisses me off every time I see the burly brawl or whenever he's flying. Fantastic Four: Some of the worst CG work i've ever seen. The practical stuff is no better!

06-04-2008, 12:19 PM	#5
camper Blu-ray Guru Member since:Dec 2007 Blu-ray collection:367 DVD collection:445 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:1	Xanadu. Even in it's time, it still sucked by 80's standards. ~Camper

06-04-2008, 12:24 PM	#6
Neil_Luv's_BLU Special Member Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Berkshire, England Blu-ray collection:149	Oh I forgot. Most films that go through SPI (Sony Pictures Imageworks). They're not a bad company but most of there work is downright shameful and lazy! Spider-Man 2 and Superman Returns are two shining lights in the dirt that come to mind. Neither have perfect VFX all the way thorugh, but for the most part they contain some of their best work. If anybody knows of any other SPI work that was good please correct me on my statement!

06-04-2008, 12:29 PM	#7
Secretagentnumber6 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Mar 2008 Location:St Louis Area Home Theater Gallery:15 Blu-ray collection:212 Trading Score:4	I am gonna go with ULTRAVIOLET, the special effects (if you can call them that) were part of the reason the movie was so very horrible. Also I AM LEGEND, this was a big time movie with a huge budget and the monsters in it looked so fake, I liked the movie but the CGI was dissapointing to say the least.

06-04-2008, 12:33 PM	#8
Marine Mike The Busey Member since:Apr 2008 Location:Ohio Home Theater Gallery:10 Blu-ray collection:120 Blu-ray reviews:4 Trading Score:4	I would have to say Army of Darkness. Remember the scene when he is getting dropped out of the time warp in the beginning of the movie and you see the ground he is about to land on? If you look close enough those are cusioned mats. I do realize that the special effects were meant to look cheesy and this is one of my favorite movies of all times, but needless to say the effects are horrible, lol!

06-04-2008, 12:40 PM	#9
SS316SRV Blu-ray Guru Member since:Sep 2007 Location:Appleton, WI Blu-ray collection:74	The Last Star Fighter...that movie has not aged well.

06-04-2008, 01:02 PM	#11
statikcat Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Washington, DC Blu-ray collection:67	Recently: Hands down I Am Legend. The CGI was simply atrocious and kind of insulting to the whole audience who had to witness such a horrible sight on a blockbuster. The biggest CGI blurp of all time? Goes to the Matrix 2.. The Matrix 2 had really horrible CGI scene when Neo is fighting copies of that one guy.. and even Neo is fully CGI for much of the fight and the movie suddenly looks like Toy Story! Hah.. oh man. I don't even know what to say thinking about that scene. It is like half live action half Animatrix.

06-04-2008, 01:09 PM	#12
The Lion King Special Member Member since:Mar 2008 Location:Somewhere you aren't. Blu-ray collection:48 Blu-ray reviews:20	I agree on I Am Legend. Some of those ghost things look like they could've been deleted scenes from Poltergeist. Yet it still goes on to gross 583 million dollars worldwide. Just atrocious.

06-04-2008, 01:29 PM	#14
bartlettphoto Active Member Top contributor Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Richmond, VA Trading Score:1	Exorcist: The Beginning, the effects were like something off of Charmed! +1 on I am legend, good movie/bad CG.

06-04-2008, 02:49 PM	#16
xander Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:May 2008 Location:Just Outside of the Alliance's Reach 4K collection:1 Blu-ray collection:720 iTunes collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:4 Trading Score:4	You guys need to watch more Sci Fi Channel originals if I am Legend and The Matrix movies are the most common responses here. Anything from the current Maneater series would be my vote (Croc, Eye Of The Beast, Ice Spiders, etc.) or last year's Fire Serpent. Now those are some bad effects. Even the practicals are atrocious, and not in a campy, intentional kind of way.

06-04-2008, 02:53 PM	#17
inuyashalover21 Active Member Member since:May 2008 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:2	the sci-fi ones are bad. I cant remember the name of the movie with the killer ants but they looked like clay models. My mom bought hammerhead which is a sci-fi original and wow did it suck.

06-04-2008, 03:03 PM	#19
Heart&Soul Senior Member Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Oregon 4K collection:167 Blu-ray collection:725 Blu-ray reviews:50	CGI still hasn't been able to create realistic humans.

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