Which Film/S Had The Best Special Effects.

[cressida]

I'm watching a Harry Potter film atm (Goblet of Fire,  4th JK Rowling film)  and in awe of the special

effects - hence the question.

Edited August 5, 2023 by cressida

[HeHasRisen]

Probably difficult to say. Terminator 2:Judgement Day had, at the time, jaw dropping special effects and they spent a bomb on them, but 30 years later it doesn't look so good now. 

[Guest]

7 hours ago, HeHasRisen said:

Probably difficult to say. Terminator 2:Judgement Day had, at the time, jaw dropping special effects and they spent a bomb on them, but 30 years later it doesn't look so good now. 

It was astonishing at the time.  And the Cameron film from a couple of years earlier, The Abyss:

 

 

The liquid metal effects for the T1000 really were jaw-dropping, especially when you have a look at some of the behind the scenes videos and realise that a lot of it was done with traditional model making.

 

Another one from that era that kept the model shops busy: Total Recall.

[hauxwell]

The Lord Of The Rings films has some brilliant special effects.

 

 

 

 

[leviathan13]

Jason and the Argonauts - absolutely groundbreaking at the time and i still love them to this day

[*Wallace*]

I’ve been watching Fireball XL5 on Talking Pictures the special effects in that are crap.

[Mister M]

Some films of the early 1980s such as The Thing or American Werewolf in London still look amazing to this day.

Conversely I remember the James Bond film Die Another Day whose special effects were just awful - it was really shoddy CGI. 

[cressida]

52 minutes ago, Mister M said:

Some films of the early 1980s such as The Thing or American Werewolf in London still look amazing to this day.

Conversely I remember the James Bond film Die Another Day whose special effects were just awful - it was really shoddy CGI. 

....and the worst ever Bond theme tune imo

Edited August 6, 2023 by cressida

[Anna B]

 

 

'Close encounters of the third kind.'

 

Made an astonishing 45 years ago, (1978) but IMO most of the special effects still  hold up well.

[PRESLEY]

Its a Toss up for me, which was the funniest, the Rubber Shark in Jaws or the Original Star Trek Set.