Whoa! SFX scenes in films

[Brandon]

I don't know if anything will ever top the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park for "wow" moments (especially the first time you see that herd running, and the brontosaurus, etc.) just because of the sheer novelty of it. We've become so used to amazing special effects since then that it's harder to amaze us. Avatar looks like it could be the next one to do that though...

[swordfishblue]

Minority Report: the spiders looking for John Anderton.

Dark Knight: Batpod Eject. The sonar vision or whatever that was when he was Kicking the bad guys and swat team ( I felt like a kid in a parK).

Total recall: 3 boobs ( lol i was about 9 when i saw this movie. oh i giggled a lot)

300: The whole Movie

Spiderman 3: Sandman Birth

[Suntory_Times]

Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

"Wanted" had a lot of scenes that blew me away, but one that really sticks out is the part where the guy (I forgot his name) runs down the hallway and flies out the window, shooting assassins as he's flying. I love the way the glass shards are plastered to his face. It's awesome.

Agreed, although its the actual idea that makes it work, the sfx aren't all that great.

I agree that Sunshine is the most recent film where the SFX truly wowed me (quite possibly as I wasn't expecting it).

[Neil_Luv's_BLU]

Originally Posted by swordfishblue

Spiderman 3: Sandman Birth

In spite of how much I hate Spiderman 3 (it killed my enjoyment of the first two films stone dead!) That scene is fantastic! Particualrly on Blu-ray where every minute grain of sand is so well defined

[Neil_Luv's_BLU]

Originally Posted by kolibri

The city scapes in Blade Runner...still looks amazing to this day.

Would love to see all those scenes that were remastered in 8K on a Super Hi-Vis TV set!

But in 1080p they still look amazing

[TheZoof]

I know I will get flamed for this but...

Matrix Reloaded:

- Neo fight/Highway
- Saving Trinity

Matrix Revolutions:

- Neo vs Mr. Smith (in my opinion one of the best scenes on film as far as EFFECTS)

[GIHAADWARTS]

Originally Posted by TheZoof

I know I will get flamed for this but...

Matrix Reloaded:

- Neo fight/Highway
- Saving Trinity

Matrix Revolutions:

- Neo vs Mr. Smith (in my opinion one of the best scenes on film as far as EFFECTS)

Only until they started fighting up in the air. Now that looked very fake.

[Al_The_Strange]

Originally Posted by TheZoof

I know I will get flamed for this but...

Matrix Reloaded:

- Neo fight/Highway
- Saving Trinity

Matrix Revolutions:

- Neo vs Mr. Smith (in my opinion one of the best scenes on film as far as EFFECTS)

I thought all of these scenes were awesome too! I also loved the battle of Zion; I thought it was pretty big and intense.

[Kryptonic]

Revolutions has some of the most flawless CG work I've ever seen, IMO.

[GhOsTGrEgG]

The Rock- When the F-18's Pull up at the last second and the lead plane deploys the bomb at the same time. When the planes are climbing and the bomb is exploding!

[Indyjones]

I agree with pretty much what everyone else has stated already, but one I haven't seen mentioned yet is the first werewolf transformation scene done in An American Werewolf in London. It's still one of the best sfx shots, well, as far as monster movies go anyway and it was done all on camera without cutaways and without computers.