ElTerprise: But Jurassic Park was many dinosaurs were animatronic - which isn't CG. But yes the movies you mentioned still look good today. I wonder if ILM was responsible for the effects in all of those movies.
But wasn't only referring to big blockbuster movies. Even nowadays model-based effects or the aforementioned animatronic can look more convincing than CG.
For example compare Escape from New York with Escape from L.A.....(aside from the second one being a subpar sequel) the CG in that one looks really weak while Escape from New York still looks quite good.
Yeah, much of JP was animatronic, but still some CG - like the T-Rex chasing the jeep - obviously that part had to be CG, but it still looks pretty real to me ê__ê
ILM did the effects for Jurassic Park, Twister, and Terminator 2 - I have no idea about Independence Day. (I used to be quite a nerd on this subject, back before
every movie used CGI :-p)
Great point about Escape. Same could be said for Star Wars (old movies vs. the prequels). On the other hand, Terminator 2 looked
significantly better than Terminator 1 when it came to effects, in my opinion.
I guess my whole point is that
some movies got CGI right back then. I think when movie makers
had to use CGI, as opposed to using it just because they could and it was easy, it looked better. If that makes any sense :-p
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ddickinson: I often prefer the older Don Bluth movies over Disney when it comes to the American animation studios. I guess some of my faviorite Disney movies would be Robin Hood, Sword in the Stone, and The Black Cauldron. I think Disney are very overrated compared to some of the lesser know studios such as Don Bluth or Studio Ghibli. Not to mention how many of their films, especially newer ones and the live action ones, are just terrible. Of course, that is just my opinion, so don't get mad if you do like them. :-)
Good evening, everyone!
I hope you are all doing well?
I agree! The Land Before Time, An American Tail, All Dogs Go to Heaven, and Titan AE are some of my all-time favourite movies. Only Disney's Robin Hood ranks as high as those for me.
Good evening :-)