Every Best Visual Effects Winner. Ever. (1929-2018 Oscars)

This year's Oscar nominees have been announced! So time to update our VFX award video from last year. We have added the winner from last year, this year's nominees, and a whole bunch of great updates throughout the video entirely. Enjoy!
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About the award:
For the 1927/28 Academy awards, the award was for engineering effects. There was no award again until 1938 where it was called a special award "for outstanding achievement in creating special photographic and sound effects. The very next year the award was combined with sound effects and called the Award for Special Effects. It wasn't until 1963 that the award became the Award for Best Visual Effects (which it is still called today). It was given every year from 1963 to present, with the exception of 1973.
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0:00 Introduction
0:18 WINGS (1927/1928)
0:21 SPAWN OF THE NORTH (1938)
0:27 THE RAINS CAME (1939)
0:32 THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1940)
0:39 I WANTED WINGS (1941)
0:45 REAP THE WILD WIND (1942)
0:51 CRASH DIVE (1943)
0:57 THIRTY SECONDS OVER TOKYO (1944)
1:01 WONDER MAN (1945)
1:04 BLITHE SPIRIT (1946)
1:07 GREEN DOLPHIN STREET (1947)
1:14 PORTRAIT OF JENNIE (1948)
1:23 MIGHTY JOE YOUNG (1949)
1:28 DESTINATION MOON (1950)
1:32 WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE (1951)
1:38 PLYMOUTH ADVENTURE (1952)
1:41 THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953)
1:48 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1954)
1:58 THE BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI (1955)
2:02 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1956)
2:08 THE ENEMY BELOW (1957)
2:16 TOM THUMB (1958)
2:23 BEN HUR (1959)
2:32 THE TIME MACHINE (1960)
2:44 THE GUNS OF NAVARONE (1961)
2:51 THE LONGEST DAY (1962)
2:58 CLEOPATRA (1963)
3:01 MARY POPPINS (1964)
3:06 THUNDERBALL (1965)
3:10 FANTASTIC VOYAGE (1966)
3:13 DOCTOR DOLITTLE (1967)
3:20 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
3:33 MAROONED (1969)
3:38 TORA! TORA! TORA! (1970)
3:44 BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS (1971)
3:53 THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (1972)
3:58 EARTHQUAKE (1974)
4:04 THE HINDENBURG (1975)
4:12 KING KONG (1976)
4:17 LOGAN'S RUN (1976)
4:23 STAR WARS (1977)
4:39 SUPERMAN (1978)
4:48 ALIEN (1979)
4:59 STAR WARS EPISODE V: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980)
5:16 RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
5:23 E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
5:27 STAR WARS EPISODE VI: RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983)
5:38 INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (1984)
5:43 COCOON (1985)
5:48 ALIENS (1986)
6:07 INNERSPACE (1987)
6:14 WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (1988)
6:27 THE ABYSS (1989)
6:36 TOTAL RECALL (1990)
6:47 TERMINATOR 21 JUDGEMENT DAY (1991)
6:57 DEATH BECOMES HER (1992)
7:02 JURASSIC PARK (1993)
7:13 FORREST GUMP (1994)
7:21 BABE (1995)
7:33 INDEPENDENCE DAY (1996)
7:42 TITANIC (1997)
7:47 WHAT DREAMS MAY COME (1998)
7:53 THE MATRIX (1999)
8:16 GLADIATOR (2000)
8:24 THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001)
8:37 THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (2002)
8:45 THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (2003)
8:53 SPIDER-MAN 2 (2004)
9:00 KING KONG (2005)
9:06 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST (2006)
9:13 THE GOLDEN COMPASS (2007)
9:20 THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (2008)
9:27 AVATAR (2009)
9:36 INCEPTION (2010)
9:50 HUGO (2011)
10:01 LIFE OF PI (2012)
10:09 GRAVITY (2013)
10:22 INTERSTELLAR (2014)
10:38 EX MACHINA (2015)
10:50 THE JUNGLE BOOK (2016)
11:05 BLADE RUNNER 2049 (2017)
11:14 WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES (2017)
11:23 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 (2017)
11:31 KONG SKULL ISLAND (2017)
11:39 STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI (2017)

[@BurgerFiction]

We have a pretty awesome lineup of nominations this year, who do you think should win?

[@kevinmcgurn9441]

Burger Fiction YOURE BACK

[@matenemeth9907]

Blade Runner 2049 And not just only in this category

[@DAVID__EXPO]

Burger Fiction Blade Runner 2049

[@anshmathur9347]

GOTG Vol. 2 hands down!

[@AdrianMendoza23]

War for the Planet of the Apes and ive not seen the movie I just don't want Blade Runner to win.

[@howveyouben]

Fun fact: the original Tron movie was disqualified for the best visual effects award because “using computers is cheating”

[@ArtemLokhovitskiy]

Lol

[@th9667]

wtf? Were they thinking that star wars was made without computers?

[@Skullbrothers]

@@th9667 actually yes. Even the 3D trench run is not made with CGI

[@girl-xk2db]

No, ESB and ROTJ had some CGI in them.

[@andritr9614]

@@girl-xk2db were you talking about the special editions?

[@alastair6320]

How to win an Oscar for visual effects: Cast Harrison Ford

[@josephhardwicke6344]

the kingdom of the crystal skull called.

[@headrockbeats]

Didn't work for Air Force One either.

[@itwontcomeout5678]

Holy Shit, as soon as they stabbed Han Solo through the chest and threw him into a pit, the next star wars movie gets nominated hahahaha

[@mihailazar2487]

Yeah, deepfake his ass all over Solo

[@thekornreeper]

Arnold too

[@SilvaaFabio]

LOR taking 3 years in a row is a testament to how good it was

[@Exekutioncro]

Fabio Silva also every one of the first star wars trilogy

[@waaargh2985]

My favorite from the trilogy is 2

[@Shahidkhan-qj5cy]

@@Exekutioncro just the first three

[@klausstock8020]

And man, was I surprised to see That Mordon was in the southern hemisphere! And in the next shot there were, suddenly, no discernible sharp shadows any more...and in the next shot, sharp shadows were back and Mordor was suddenly in the northern hemisphere! Was I the only one to notice that?

[@lucasng9617]

is*

[@Golami224]

Wow still can’t get over the fact how good the lord of the rings looks to this day

[@roejogan8683]

Best. Movie. Evah.

[@bladelazoe]

Everything about LOTR still blows my mind even to this day. There's very few trilogy of movies that can compare to what that trilogy accomplished.

[@nikolastojanovic1255]

Because when visual effects are used they are used to blend in with real enviroment and they used a lot of costumes and built real cities like helms deep and osgiliath and used cg to make it look bigger,thats why these movies are pleasant for eyes even today where most movies seem today from those years seem low budget

[@liljdm5374]

Lotr is awesome! Love all 3!

[@nano14102]

Even The Hobbit looks worst than The Lord of the Rings.

[@happy_camper]

2001: A Space Odyssey must have been mind blowing to see in theaters...

[@promerops]

It was - totally breathtaking and mind blowing.

[@ichaffee1]

yes it was .. I saw it twice

[@RyanRenteria]

i saw the original 70mm theatrical print last year and it looked unbelievable . cant even imagine the impression it made on a totally fresh audience in 1969

[@estebanposadaduque6415]

.... yes recently screened in a remasterd/anniversary version a couple of days ...in my hometown ... very amazing classic masterpiece ...

[@JohnDouille]

One of the best movie ever made. It really didn't age at all, even 50 years after.

[@gundamnmechas8518]

I love _ET,_ but no way in hell should it have won best vfx over _Blade Runner._

[@klunkymunkey9425]

Tron should have won

[@xanderepicswag]

The thing should have won, that shit was revolutionary, they made the prop dude of the guy who’s chest splits open so real everyone just thought there was a naked guy on set

[@АндрейЯщенко-щ7й]

@@klunkymunkey9425 "The Thing" must won.

[@variousvirals9139]

Et is extremely overrated

[@kamuelalee]

One word: Spielberg

[@Amy-J]

Here again to say the 1 year jump from Space Odyssey to Marooned is hilarious

[@benderb.r5041]

Yes, they should've just given it to 2001 again.

[@magnum3.14]

One other movie was nominated against Marooned. Krakatoa - East Of Java I have not seen it. But it looked nice in some short KZbin clips.

[@guyyouseewhenyoudie]

It’s like a joke

[@deum3568]

Holy shit its Dave-K!

[@meatyb4967]

Same with gravity and interstellar ,interstellar obviously being the superiour film

[@officialmaxrebo]

Imagine if people from the 20’s saw the types of special effects we were making now. They’d probably faint, to be honest.

[@AHHHHHHHHHHHHl]

True. In 1925, Phantom of the Opera had a scene where the phantom is unmasked, revealing the actor's self applied make up which reportedly caused some audiences to faint.

[@Yngvarfo]

Clearly you haven't seen Fritz Lang's Metropolis from 1927. It's a special effects masterpiece in its own right.

[@kv-2thekingofderp866]

And the original King Kong from 1933 too.

[@CantEscapeFlorida]

People would be jailed for making the devils work.

[@cwinowich]

Looking at your pofile pic made me faint tbh

[@dead2675]

We are in 2019 and We still think 2000 was yesterday, In fact its almost 20 years, and we still think 2000 was near and 2030 is Very far into future

[@MentalParadox]

The '80s will always be 20 years in the past to me.

[@cadenrolland5250]

True. I remember when the year 2000 was a mere 9 months away and all the media still made like it was some crazy distant future. Conan O'Brien even had a comedy bit based on how futuristic the year 2000 would be, in 1999!

[@dead2675]

@446714915461282676 thats a cool name where did you get it from

[@phutureproof]

I must disagree, it's 2018 when you wrote this and I am still in the 1980's

[@tsopmocful1958]

@@dead2675 I am from two days in the future. Wooooo!

[@adriansherlockdamondark.1094]

You can see clearly that 2001 A Space Odyssey was a massive step up in quality. Then it slips back to crappy green screen and models until Star Wars a decade later.

[@Davidzz137]

I'm a huge Star Wars fan, but 2001 is still far superior than any other academy awards winner

[@soproparmvfx6269]

i did not know what space odyssey was so i jumped to 2001 in the timeline to look for it. Shortly after i looked it up and realized it was 1968.

[@Davidzz137]

@@soproparmvfx6269 common misconception

[@dc110770]

Fury Senseyy I think 2001 really set the standard and still holds up very well today. I do however believe Star Wars improved on this and made the next step up. Empire has probably the best SPX I’ve seen.

[@Davidzz137]

@@dc110770 well George Lucas was inspired by Kubrick when he helped create the Star Wars look, he also made it more appealing to a more wider audience

[@ARTHURVANPAS]

I love how '76 to '97 is almost exclusively Spielberg, Lucas, Cameron or Zemeckis

[@QCteamkill]

Arthur Van Passel I was like, Speilberg, Speilberg, was it Speilberg? Speilberg

[@QCteamkill]

And apparently I can't write Spielberg lol

[@joejosephk1773]

*sigh* but no john carpenter

[@Sekei..]

The Thing would have really deserved an Oscar for special effects, those animatronics where just out of this world.

[@80sROCKKKKK]

It all started with Lucas in 1977... ahead of its time. ILM ruled the world back then

[@Abison07]

2001: A space odyssey aged like a fine wins Also can't believe the LOTR was released 17 years ago, I still feel like yesterday

[@JanMichael-Vincent]

I love that not only LoTR won all 3 years in a row, but Harrison Ford was apart of the winning film like 6 times in a row.

[@HipposHateWater]

Note to self: star in 6 Best Visual Effects winning titles to become famous. Simple enough, right?

[@thekornreeper]

Truth

[@thekornreeper]

jimmy e , that a good one too :)

[@SoulessDollSAC]

Is Harrison Ford a visual effect ?

[@professionalretard673]

Fuck Yeah.

[@Jarsia]

yeah he doesnt really exist. You didnt know?

[@timjones7336]

SoulessDollSAC more like a visual masterpiece!...

[@thekornreeper]

SoulessDollSAC of course

[@sharilshahed6106]

put HF in a motion capture CGI movie!

[@atebitnate]

3:21 The cut from the seamless floating spaceships of 2001 to the awfully chroma keyed astronauts from Marooned is completely laughable. Just proves that Kubrick was on an entirely different level from everyone else.

[@Shirokroete]

Effects in 2001 were the result of Douglas Trumbull's ingenuity and creativity. Kubrick didn't create the film all by himself.

[@Wired4Life2]

If only the Academy had allowed for an additional nominee for 2001 so Kubrick didn't have to be submitted as a severe compromise.

[@gp8189]

Makes me laugh every year

[@nemou4985]

Marooned was probably chosen for Cold War propaganda reasons.

[@kirkdarling4120]

The Soviets were good guys in Marooned.

[@dysnXO]

Matrix: Guns, lots of guns. John Wick: Guns, lots of guns.

[@zpwner383]

Legends say that Neo was given so many guns that his arsenal carried over into John Wick's.

[@thenachomagic8034]

Ironically John Wick was directed by Chad Stahelski, the stunt coordinator for the Matrix trilogy. He’s also known for stepping in to finish the stunts for the Crow after Brandon Lee died during shooting.

[@KeanuOR]

I think we need more guns.

[@tengkuadam1399]

At the end of Matrix Revolutions, Neo was transefered back in to matrix where he will live his life serving as an assassin killing members of the Resistance under the guise of killing "thugs"

[@lavaxdxx]

John Wick: and a sandwich, just in case I ran out of bullets

[@YourLoyalDeserter]

2001 was so ahead of its time. It still looks brilliant, and then look at Marooned.

[@racerhex2690]

I know and no CGI ! I just watched it on the big screen and I was like WoW...

[@novaqne]

tg72211 I know right! I saw the movie last week and it was incredible!!

[@the_emmo]

ikr, Marooned looked like crap lmao

[@richardvernon317]

Marooned shouldn't have won, The British "Doppelganger" had much better effects, however Marooned was a much better story and the experimental spacecraft used in Marooned was actually built full size.

[@BlenderUnreal]

exactly!! i was like WTF to see marooned after 2001

[@FreeD00M]

Someone took the time to add clips of all Best Visual Effects Winners in a short 12 min video with movie titles for you to enjoy for free. 1000 people disliked it. Gratitude is a human strength, practice it people, practice it.

[@manuelgm]

Those are most likely automatic bots

[@WrenFaithBridger]

@OldPossum ...and horribly, horribly addictive! (My daughter & I are now hooked on these crazy things!)

[@forti8209]

*misclick*

[@57yearoldjamesbond]

OldPossum Then why did you watch it?

[@oruvazhiyathrakaran9497]

For free?he's making money off it

[@HomeworkRadio]

The jump from Superman to Alien blew my mind!

[@capscaps04]

I think that alien was a revolutionary movie about visual effects.

[@nathancoffman3025]

The funny thing is the clip they showed was mostly practical effects.

[@rocketcon]

Homework Radio As much as I love Alien, what makes it so convincing is how it was directed, rather than the effects themselves. The VFX consist almost entirely of some spaceship shots and a couple of dimly lit glimpses of a guy in a creature suit, which are no more advanced than what ILM achieved with Star Wars. Superman was more of a technical achievement, since nobody was sure that it was possible to make a man fly in a convincing way, and was even more impressive considering that most of the shots of Superman flying are brightly lit.

[@yodalica]

What's outstanding about Alien is the picture quality really. It's still relevant these days, and matched only by a few other movies, mostly by Kubrick or Ridley Scott himself.

[@1ERCO]

actually i believe the alien was a puppet. I remember a behind the scenes cut where they talked about how they wanted to stay away from it being a suit because then it would look as real.

[@nilocblue]

Love how 2001-2003 was dominated by the Lord of the Rings, and rightly so. One of the best trilogies ever made. God I hope the Amazon Silmarillion series will be good!

[@Nequitvis]

When you think of it, fellowship of the ring, an 18 yo movie, still looks better than some new movies when the visuals are just too much. Lotr trilogy will be the best trilogy someone will ever make imo. There is not much you can add anymore to special effects.

[@GreenDragon1234]

Pkz kYzo That’s arguable. I think the original Star Wars Trilogy, The Before Trilogy, The three colors trilogy, and The Godfather trilogy are better but it’s definitely up there

[@Nequitvis]

@@GreenDragon1234 exactly! imo. Everyone has a favorite.

[@VGamesSiders]

Amazon's show won't be based on Silmarillion (not entirely at least), it'll tell us about the second age, and there is no much detailed info about info anywhere, just different described stories and the most important moments in history. But still, I believe in the project, they promised it'll be as canonical as possible.

[@thamara2130]

Well Amazon Silmarillion part aged like milk

[@aurelienmarchadier6737]

I love how from 2001-2003 no matter what category it‘s always tLotR😂

[@BurgerFiction]

Yes, the LotR trilogy is fantastic. The visual effects are excellent given how well Peter Jackson blended both the CG effects with absolutely wonderful practical effects. The forced perspective rigs built specially for scenes in those movies are quite amazing.

[@JonatasAdoM]

+Sarincrow That's a good thing. It's like art, you the masterpiece and other things. Almost like music. PJ set the stage

[@ScreaminGreenMachine]

Sarincrow Master and Commander is the only movie I can think of since then that can touch those. Sadly the competition was The Return of the King.

[@MisterCatMan]

Yes deserved, that trilogy is such a cinematic masterpiece. Even if you don't like fantasy the way it is shot the practical effects etc it is absolutly amazing. As a fan of the books it is very canon to the original lore as well. Only CGI thing that was weird was Legolas getting on that horse lol.

[@Amphy2k]

You can see the era of humanity in here. Pre-Great Depression is mostly happy and fun. Then WWII and Cold War era with nom stop realistic war movies. Then came the great space race in the late 60s early 70s. Then came a time of fiction and i,agination like Alien and Star Wars. Then the 2000s hit with it all being so modernistic and futuristic. Thats crazy!

[@gohamushu]

what are you gonna do after 8 years of trump huh??? ur "best timeline" will be over

[@amgadchile5537]

"Era of humanity" - thinking usa is all of humanity.

[@YellowTissueBox]

Man his comment had nothing to do with your shitty president. Why does everything have to polarizing with Americans, Enjoy the video and comment you hicks.

[@nickhueper2906]

Just doing with what they know

[@LordMalice6d9]

It is way too early to tell how much things will progress in the Trump ear. The economy is doing better so that is a good thing.

[@KnotJuly]

It's awesome to see the evolution over the years

[@KnotJuly]

Blade Runner 2049 this year!

[@eddiedutra3359]

The evolution downgraded in 2016.

[@xxxxx6622]

+eddie dutra well, warcraft had the best special effects in 2016 but it was not even nominated

[@ZulousOG]

the visual effects jump in 77 for star wars and for alien almost feels out of place with the movies either side of them

[@cookingservingeatingbroccoli]

Im ur 1000th liker

[@noeasys]

I'm glad 1917 won best VFX this year. I'm even studying VFX at university, and there's something really nice about seeing a movie with "invisible" vfx win over the "spectacle" of Avengers Endgame and Star Wars Episode IX. 1917 did exactly what it needed to in order to sell the atmosphere and the cinematography.

[@moritzstrohriegel8724]

exactly, when it won i was like: but why? then i found out how much cgi was used in this amazing movie.

[@boofboof666]

Surprised at how good some of the older ones look

[@My-nl6sg]

2001 is just a legend, NOTHING in it felt old, it's still the future I would imagine today, half a century later. both the concept of future and special effects held up, I think it still would look fresh ever in 2068, a hundred year from it's released

[@CausallyExplained]

its being released again thanks to nolan in 70mm cant wait see it 🤗

[@michaelmorales1475]

Same.

[@aidani4633]

The 2001 A Space Odyssey part looked like something that could be in a movie today, but it was in 1968, 50 freaking years ago! Just shows how much of a master Kubrick was.

[@FabledGentleman]

2001 is maybe the most influential movie of all time. It inspired countless directors that are working in the industry today. The influence that movie had on the industry is immense. A true masterpiece, a movie that took everything further. And is the reason Star Wars was made, and the reason James Cameron went into making movies and so on. We have just so much to thank Kubrick for, he showed us the way.

[@alexgreenough8695]

A Spacy Odyssey holds up so well

[@geralt9036]

2001: A space odyssey is the biggest irony ever for the people of 1968

[@RAF_Ai]

Saidi islam why ?

[@nathanbreen5535]

Because the moon landing was the next year

[@EddieMachetti]

JFK in the early 60s said, “by the end of this decade, we will go to the moon”, then Kubrick releases 2001 in 1968 and a year later, at the VERY end of the decade, we magically have footage of a moon landing, and during all of this, we’re at a race with the Russians to get to the moon. I’m not saying the moon landing was faked, but it’s all pretty FUCKIN ironic.

[@GBart]

I don't think you understand what "irony" means

[@vitkriklan2633]

@@EddieMachetti That comment of yours is one of the stupidiest things I've ever read. Ignoring your lack of knowledge about Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs, do you grasp the concept, that the year 1970 was the last one of the decade?

[@thefreelancequeen]

Roger Rabbit is so ahead of it’s time it’s mindblowing

[@realar]

It was a miracle of cinema and helped pave the way for awesome cartoons in the 90s on both the big screen and small.

[@AdityaWaghmare]

Definitely! If you watch it's making, the amount of intelligence, skills and hard work shown by the team is astounding. I doubt today anyone would have the patience to make such a movie again (maybe except Cameron).

[@ToMMyGuNN137]

That Matrix scene never gets old

[@FrankieHiltz]

It's crazy. As soon as the LOTR era begun, SFX have upped their game 1,000%. It's insane what computers have become capable of in such short time.

[@twanduvigneau5809]

Emi Lion CGI looks a bit wierd these days, they all have something cartoonish about them. I don't know if it's the animation or CGI itself but if you compare the battle of the five armies and the lord of the rings I would prefer the lord of the rings overall, although some parts from the battle of the five armies looked awesome. However Gollum, Smaug and the goblin king looked awesome, asog is awsome to, but he's just odd because he's a pale very differently looking ORK. They where originally going to do him without CGI and that looked awsome

[@KongFuzii]

the ghost army looks bad now

[@nashbueno]

yeah, some movies really changed the game. Star Wars, Aliens, Jurassic Park, LOTR...

[@rocketcon]

Kong Fuzi Nah, they still look awesome.

[@naharemet8284]

Lotor aged much better than avatar because Lotor was a mix of vfx and practical fx

[@evanmalcolm9353]

So glad LOTR got the recognition it deserves. God bless you Peter Jackson😭

[@johntrent018]

Forrest Gump scenes when you see both Forrest and JFK are amazing ! What a great insertion work !

[@cool3865]

guess there wasnt much going on in 1994, because they did all of that in B&W so its easier to do

[@god5620]

they also made the audience in the football scenes with cgi + many of the vietnam things. you don't notice it though. thats why it won. just look at the guy who lost his legs. all cgi and that in 1994

[@EminYorulmaz]

@@cool3865 maybe it is because the real jfk footage is B&W?

[@justicewarrior9187]

Jurassic Park and Alien are simply out of this world considering the time they were made!!!

[@Nrzpokrter]

And LotR. Lotr looks amazing to this day. It was 10 years ahead if its time.

[@RJW14]

And Star Wars, and 2001, and LOTR honestly, all of those really blew everyone away when they were made.

[@kal_bewe1837]

Avatar already 9 years ago

[@dierks67]

Kal_Bewe Stop that!

[@bruh8317]

dierks67 wut

[@grantzxin]

Were ooollld D: !!

[@WH250398]

NOT. THAT. OLD. SHUT UP.

[@zimsamhaim3686]

avatar was trash

[@flybeep1661]

Damn, what a drop down from 1968 to 1969. What a jump up from 1976 to 1977.

[@charlzofficial8244]

And what a drop from 99 to 2000

[@3l237]

@@charlzofficial8244 they recreated the whole Colosseum in a very accurate way what do u want more than this

[@jerryjacobsunny5574]

Aliens special effects looks so modern

[@TNTIGERX01]

They used animatronics

[@saintsaens21]

You can still see the (animated) original alien in a great little museum in Lyon.

[@MegaZidzid]

Whole movie kicks ass

[@seamuspink9098]

yeah, sometimes practical effects are better than CGI. Alien and LotR are a prove

[@MegaZidzid]

​@Baron Von Grijffenbourg no matter how good they are, CGI effects are somehow always visible and unnatural.

[@FabledGentleman]

That moment when you show CGI from Life of pi, and don't show the tiger... holy damn...

[@thetominator917]

You must admit, everything about that movie was beautifully done

[@FabledGentleman]

Well yes. But.. The tiger... holy damn! xD

[@ShadowLimited310]

the entire movie is cgi basically

[@ryanbarr2178]

The CGI is brilliant. So brilliant it sent the VFX company into bankruptcy.

[@yobaafett]

The tiger was real...

[@owiseone1]

Very cool category to watch a year by year evolution. Some great stuff in here i've never even heard of before.

[@BurgerFiction]

Hey Robert, good to see ya!

[@logicalhazard1990]

Robert Jones t

[@arthurwaring]

I know right? So fetch

[@allsystemsgootechaf9885]

Gravity- 2013 Me:interstellar has to be next

[@Rythmbot]

Interstellar was a much much better movie.

[@sammiches2555]

Gravity was a piece of shit.

[@mikaelnadal6661]

Sammiches25 gravity was GREAT but interstellar is INCREDIBLE and MAGNIFICENT

[@th9667]

interstellar had a better story but some animations were complete trash. Like ship docking scenes.

[@tomstonemale]

@@sammiches2555 Yeah but the award is for best VFX so...

[@G3org3z82]

...one thing is for sure...I am getting old

[@SgtSteel1]

Same here.

[@WrenFaithBridger]

Aren't we all? :)

[@calebhu6383]

another thing is for sure...it beats the alternative

[@zZrEtRiBuTiOnZz]

Join the club.

[@Carlos_Tacos]

Lol. Yall are just mere mortals

[@iSOBigD]

I feel bad for War For The Planet of The Apes and Blade Runner 2049 cause they look amazing but so does everything else these days. I find that War got to a point where improvements in CGI just wouldn't help it. Every shot of that movie looks amazing and I can't imagine it ever looking dated. It's hard to imagine that visuals will be even better in the future. After a while, I think it's just a matter of best art style and design because pretty much everything already looks realistic in any big movie.

[@kilianprietoperal2322]

Daniel Draghici while it is almost out of the uncanny valley, I do think there is room for minor improvement. Especially when it comes to faces and body motions.

[@028TuvaluanHero]

War for the planet apes was so realistic that I got scared of it!

[@imasepan]

Mrsmiley186 Blade Runner actually did CGI to recreate someone right, in fact Gosling and Ana de Armas was CGI in some parts, too.

[@theplanespotterguy]

Daniel Draghici I think visuals will become more surreal. Like everyone will have a oculus rift kinda thing on their heads in a theatre...

[@theplanespotterguy]

Zombiesize that would also be cool!

[@DodderingOldMan]

Some of the older films hold up surprisingly well. What they lacked in technology, they made up for with artistry, creativity and hard work.

[@nikostalk5730]

that's the point of knowledge and profession, not just hiring for making easy money

[@retrofilmwork]

*Ricardo Millos in 1940s be like* 0:36

[@septarap3901]

....but with a longer underwear!😂

[@kxnshiro5780]

Hahahahahhahahahahahah

[@kxnshiro5780]

I laughed so hard omg

[@kxnshiro5780]

😂😂😂😂😂🤤🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@julianmillione7498]

Hahahahahahahahahhahah

[@Rockyroadpool]

That classic jurrasic park theme song is beautiful

[@Keys879]

That and the Empire Strikes back action theme. They always bring back childhood nostalgia.

[@Rockyroadpool]

Keys879 yep

[@jfmchepe]

SMARTON FILMS John Williams ❤️

[@twanduvigneau5809]

Keys879 taaaaaaaa daa daa daa ta daaaaaaa daaaaaaa, taaaaaaa daa daa daa daa ta daaaaaa

[@eblalgen]

Don’t forget E.T. Also by John Williams. The composer of our childhood.

[@kiikat_]

2001: A Space Odyssey ages so well

[@xastielmuffinz3047]

wow. its so interesting to see some of these old vfx could still hold up. that friggin octopus from 1941 movie still looks quite creepy

[@SlimTony]

it certainly looked better than the pirates of the caribbean one

[@iampaulzy]

Well...IDTS

[@silversmurfer3958]

Kraken looked absoltely amazing in POTC

[@davidgreen5994]

I think it was a real octopus.

[@NightMedicine]

That hologram scene in Blade Runner: 2049 was definitely the most creative use of a special effect because it is integrated into the story in a manner that suits the narrative and characters. Plus I can honestly say I’ve never seen anything like that.

[@macdeep4039]

Terminator 2 and Jurassic park was really game changing

[@Chris-io2cs]

Agreed, the original 3 Jurassic park movies' effects are still pretty solid even by today's standards.

[@kilroy987]

And they were unique for their time, making them even better.

[@daniwind2598]

And matrix at that time

[@alemorichetti6368]

More like Star Wars it revolutionize the movie effects and it look good even 40 years later

[@RehanSawarn]

Mac Deep but 2001 is so f-ing great tho

[@Zeruyu]

Now I know why Titanic (1997) was so immensely popular: It showed off that photorealism earlier movies like Jurassic Park had still missed, making the late 1990s the birthplace of effect-driven cinema. Matrix from 1999 is also a good example of this.

[@briarwolverine9316]

1977 Star wars was a HUGE step!!!

[@last7509]

last jedi. what a waste of effects

[@YGOMaster97]

1986 2001.

[@_Killkor]

The hyperspace ram scene from Last Jedi is insanely good though. Pure eye candy.

[@thekornreeper]

Killkor , eye candy with no substance 🍭

[@danyosuna7276]

@kingmark210 Yea but dont blame the visual effects guys, they did their best

[@jonah5610]

These 1950s and 40s effects are very impressive! Looks better then Justice League (as a example)

[@argentinajacuzzi1176]

EES Phantom Yea the movie was bad , effects were fine .

[@georgevelis4651]

@@argentinajacuzzi1176 the effects were trash

[@jonah5610]

Justice league had spy kids level of cgi, everything looked really plastic

[@miguelcasero1657]

It's pathetic how people still bring up justice league, there are other movies that have worse effects than justice league lol

[@jonah5610]

@@miguelcasero1657I said in my comment "as a example." I know there are other movies like the Amazing Bulk or Birdemic, I'm just saying that it is really a trash movie.

[@aidenswag21]

*wHaT aBoUt ShArKbOy AnD lAvAgIRl*

[@musmansiddique8084]

Yeah and about Spy Kids... :p

[@arujofied]

I was laughing so hard when I read your username. Then I couldn't breathe when I saw your profile picture ahahahah

[@WilkoVFX]

oatmeal enthusiast Yeah!😋🐬💥

[@Kenoi_]

Thank God blade runner 2049 won. It was the best movie of the year

[@rorywhelan_]

Nathaniel Davila yeah it got snubbed for best picture

[@lizziehastings4792]

Yes it was! Even tho The Shape Of Wayer was a masterpiece too!

[@waszkreslem9306]

Lizzie Hastings wtf? Shape of water is bad

[@RJW14]

BR2049 and darkest hour, both really good movies that really deliver a story.

[@MGOFor3ver]

That doesn't mean it was bad. Just most of the people didn't want to watch it. It's a great movie, the best of that year.

[@Vaultboy101]

How the hell does Marooned win best visual effects the year after 2001 A Space Odyssey? The effects look decades apart. It seems ILM pretty much owned the 80s and 90s.

[@anthonybaker6057]

Vaultboy101 They did.😊

[@noneofyourbusiness4616]

The answer to your first sentence is because Kubrick was both ahead of his time conceptually and a perfectionist who spent ridiculous amounts of time coordinating teams working on small details. It was much more expensive to do it Kubrick's way, and therefore riskier, and therefore the people in control of the money usually wouldn't approve that level of perfectionism, and so it took awhile for others to catch up.

[@rugbynimbus]

Still remember the shear awe that went through the theater when that scene from Jurassic Park played. It was so far beyond the cartoonish CGI that had come before...and it still holds up, which is amazing.

[@EpicTeachingOfHistory]

1968 ≥ 1969

[@feeno1188]

RaAaK connait la vérité.

[@RacinZilla003]

The symbol you used signifies that 2001 is better than, or equal to, Marooned... 2001 is better than just about every other film on the list

[@majorcorn0526]

I hate Star Wars

[@racerhex2690]

+Weirdercorn820 , good for you😭

[@majorcorn0526]

Good for you lousy dipshit assfuck who stay in their mom basement watching anime and who is a weeboo and a furry that give people cancer stage 5

[@jordanneal576]

ET beat out The Thing, the movie with some of the best practical effects of all time? Come on.

[@DrMcMoist]

Yeah that was a joke. The practical effects in the Thing are incredible.

[@MacXpert74]

And ET also won from Blade Runner. Pretty ridiculous. I wonder what Spielberg payed to win. ;D

[@EdMan6623]

Critics at the time absolutely hated The Thing, I don't think it would've won either way.

[@cool3865]

it also beat Blade Runner somehow, i think it was rigged

[@alexcust3791]

politics, this year we have a netflix and a marvel movies. oscar trying to survive

[@ISeeYouOliver]

Wait, lotr was almost 20 years ago? No way!

[@modgal]

Mea Fabella ikr, feel so old

[@eng3d]

Yarly!

[@carl-os4603]

It never gets old!

[@reisuzuya2688]

Yes, hard to believe... They might think soon of the reboot.

[@michaelmartin9022]

I got Fellowship on VHS, even!

[@Calthecool]

1:28 What are these bois doing? They are 19 years early.

[@shiooorii]

Omg 😂

[@gherve222]

Guess that was a thing back then like it is for us with mars

[@zolikat4458]

I'm wondering if the movie Destination Moon has anything to do with the Tintin book of the same name.

[@Calthecool]

somercet1 Ok, cool, I didn’t know that.

[@OddOneOut665]

Say, have you guys considered an 'Every Best Makeup Winner' Oscar vid? I'd love to see y'all showcase that!

[@BurgerFiction]

That's a great idea!

[@guillermor.tinajero1338]

Was going to comment the same

[@OlafLesniak]

Academy Award winning Suicide Squad will be in there somewhere!

[@legallytk58]

Olaf Lesniak Gets me every time 😂

[@THEPELADOMASTER]

Olaf Lesniak what a ripoff that was

[@sydk3119]

The fact that so many of these movies' visuals still hold up today shows that they truly deserved to win!

[@ThePizza28]

We're all waiting for 1977.

[@1080TJ]

*1968

[@Commander_Shepard.]

Damn right! :D

[@Commander_Shepard.]

Though it's ironic that Star Wars never won after ROTJ

[@hfo9970]

Commander Shepard it wil hopefully win this year

[@Commander_Shepard.]

HFO No Star Wars doesn't deserve it now. Original Trilogy VFX was ahead of its time, but the new movies are the same old thing. Blade Runner or Apes should win.

[@m6596]

00:56 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) looks amazing! I need to watch that movie.

[@nopushbutton]

Reason the effects look so good is because it was actual war footage, of actual japanese people getting bombed. A shoe in, really

[@alexandersmith4731]

@@nopushbutton Isn't that cheating??

[@hlcepeda]

Might be worthwhile, although I'd imagine that the spectacular bombing effects last for only... THIRTY SECONDS!

[@Uncouth]

You can really *see* the times where people must have went "wtf is this, last years was a lot better".

[@AHHHHHHHHHHHHl]

I got caught off when I saw Marooned after 2001: A Space Odyssey.

[@Adamant_Adam]

'91 is still so convincing to me. Just the attention to detail- the way he peels away from the bars as he moves away... also, the gun bit makes for a great laugh.

[@Burtonesque413]

3:59 when the two people run through the window in Earthquake, as if they "fell out" xD

[@TTHEREALLWORLDD]

Andrew Boulier

[@jamesultron854]

Movies in 1940s still look better than bank surveillance cameras in 2019

[@kamuelalee]

Thief of Bagdad (1940) was and still is an amazing flick!

[@guitarmdpittsburgh7139]

The best visual effects are the ones ya' don't notice. The last thing a visual effects director wants to hear is, "WOW, what a great effect!"

[@nagoranerides3150]

Well, they might prefer that to "Wow, what a terrible effect!" which is what I said when that awful wooden Rachel stomped onto the screen in BR2049.

[@ginko2297]

You know....If you are working in a space opera you cant expect people dont notice your visual effects...

[@laughingoctopus8556]

Some of these movie don't deserve it.

[@henrymiller2930]

Laughing Octopus like Jungle book

[@shekhar7singh]

Some year u have to chose among the best,some year u have to chose among the worst.

[@slajfer9723]

Chuck Buskee doctor strange had far superior visual effects then the jungel book imo

[@hashaborgonja]

Chuck Buskee Well, look a second time at mowgli afrer Baghera downs him and you'll be reminded about Matrix Reloaded's CGI Neo.

[@jcdenton23]

The golden compass

[@3DSage]

It's so interesting to see all of these so thank you! I hope Blade Runner 2049 wins.

[@imrustyokay]

3DSage star wars animatronics

[@Titanic19127]

3DSage the last Jedi was amazing visuals

[@neoinuyashafight]

I also hope star wars wins but if blade runner won that would be good to

[@sorucha8249]

T A yep I agree Star wars and Blade Runner have amazing visuals but PotA really deserves it more

[@bobsagget823]

I hope it doesn't, because it's a shit movie.

[@kings-editings]

4:05 That moment when you accidentally pee your pants.

[@ranjnareeman]

Frick Frack Fro No, Not again!

[@TsunaXZ]

Me: 6:05

[@owenreynolds9599]

Lol I know it's obvious but 7:16

[@bammmsource8941]

How to win a vfx Oscar: a) do a movie set in space. b) do yet another King Kong remake.

[@royk7712]

FUCKING RIGHT

[@zac4924]

How to guarantee a vfx Oscar for the next 5 years: a king kong movie in space

[@therealpanse]

nahhh... just be George Lucas or some teeny tiny studio no one ever heard of competing against some studio they don't like. Academy is corrupt as hell.

[@nizar4070]

Zac Plebanski lol a king kong movie in space

[@awesometown1000]

I like how most of the movies in the vid are war movies

[@Poodleinacan]

I never realised that the Lord of the Rings trilogy was released in 3 years! Damn that's amazing!

[@jazzx251]

The actual filming was all three films in 18 months - but there was quite a bit of post-production and effects work inbetween movies (and occasional reshoots).

[@utopistmsoc]

What? How old are you?

[@Poodleinacan]

I'm 25. I just never cared to know that they were all filmed back-to-back. @Mai Nem Hm yes. It didn't really make sense that they were "released" over a period of 3 years. ... But still, it is rather impressive. The producers really believed that the franchise would be popular.

[@cilious670]

As far as i know they filmed all movies at once. I think it wasnt until post-production that they decided on 3 films and not 2.

[@leevine2929]

yes but took 10 years to make

[@geddyleesquire]

Blade Runner 2049 should win.

[@sswpp8908]

Agree. I'd say it deserves the Oscar even if only considering that effect from the sex scene where the hologram and Nexys merge.

[@bricknbrock6103]

Alonso Rojas i

[@raulio3440]

The part with the hologram girl and the real girl was breathtaking

[@HsienKoMeiLingFormerYANG]

Super Mario Bro. should’ve win.

[@swordchronicle]

But its 2018???

[@50shadesofgandalfthegrey]

Jesus! I completely forgot that The Lord of The rings was from 2001... truly the catalyst to set off growth in digital effects.

[@JPTQJR]

I love how 2001 blew everything out of the water in the 60s and arguably most of the movies here

[@roejogan8683]

It beats most things up until Lord Of The Rings, which is in 2001, oddly enough.

[@GreenDragon1234]

davidmichael Yeah But 2001 was in 1968 and LOTR was in 2001-2003 so you can’t really compare them

[@hazmanrostam2849]

long time no see burger..glad still alive!

[@retroinspect]

Must've been a terrible year for The Golden Compass to win.

[@57yearoldjamesbond]

Still better than Transformers

[@masterpenguin8472]

Nope, Transformers has much better visual effects.

[@RichardServello]

No way. Believable organics are much harder to achieve than believable trash heaps punching each other!

[@rawwad]

it was absolutly unfair, Academy is full of retards, Transformers should won in 2007, but the assholes dont like Michael Bay, because he represents the cheapest mainstream. Everyone was talking that time about transformers VFX, people from industry and audience was blown away, no one before achieve that realistic robots in such a scale. Golden compas was joke compare to that. The bear was nice, but rest was terrible.

[@WalterLiddy]

Why? The effects look excellent. The award isn't for being the best movie with effects, it's for having the best effects.

[@risraid9324]

I was worried about the list.. But when i finally saw the best movie VFX of 1993, i can't be more happier..

[@andrew.macdonald]

Ris Raid I mean, the winner of best VFX in 1993 has been a known fact for 26 years

[@exenemy3216]

Blade Runner 2049 looks stunning, perfect mix of vfx and cinematography. Other nominations look bland comparing to it.

[@Lord_ofcinder]

true blade runner 2049 was a visual and story masterpiece

[@eddygiron2390]

The Academy is not going to sell me that bloody ET won over Blade Runner, over my dead body!!!

[@edwardgiugliano4925]

Sentiment trumped quality.

[@currykingwurst6393]

Not just Blade Runner. ET also won over The Thing.

[@pepps779]

@@currykingwurst6393 That was a really good year. I would have given it to The Thing, but Blade Runner would be second.

[@relianttrout524]

I KNOW RIGHT

[@draskang]

Or The THING?

[@KISSklas]

Strangely enough the earliest films were the ones to impress me the most. Some truly great model sets and stop motion animation in there, as well as some crazy life size sets. Somehow it has a more realistic feel to it than a lot of the more recent contributions in this list.

[@lordcthulhu627]

Yeah, they were very impressive.. it's so sad that my friends in High School frown at the sight of Stop-motion or anything practical.. I guess that's what you get, when you grow up in our modern society.. I'm a bit of an animator myself with stop-motion but nobody seems to see that as "impressive".

[@pppianissimo]

@@lordcthulhu627 The reason why nobody finds that impressive is that, objectively speaking, it isn't impressive indeed. At the time it sure was, but compared to modern techniques, it looks okay at best and outright silly at worst. People don't find it impressive because they're used to higher quality. There's absolutely nothing sad about it - there was an era when people gasped at a 1 minute video showing a train arriving at a station, but nobody complains about them not doing so anymore. Why should we be sad here? Technology and therefore expectations progress steadily and that's wonderful.

[@goliathprojects7354]

In my opinion, when Titanic came around it became very hard to distinguish a good CGI effect from a good practical effect.

[@thechuckleshow2470]

True

[@LukeKetchum7003]

The Academy Award for best visual effects is my favorite one. They make anything and everything possible.

[@kimjongun3410]

I really hope War for the Planet of the Apes wins. I genuinely couldn't tell if it was CGI at most points.

[@JorgeTorres-tl7vo]

Can we all just take a second to appreciate how well edited this video!

[@jackdonohue7893]

If anyone doesn't understand how Forrest Gump used Visual Effects for that scene, it's because they used real footage from Nixon, and inserted Hanks into the footage.

[@BurgerFiction]

Yes that's accurate (well except that scene is JFK, not Nixon). There is a fair amount of CGI and practical visual effects in Forrest Gump. The most notable uses of CGI would be the altering of historic footage (JFK, LBJ, Nixon, John Lennon, etc etc) so that the character of Forrest Gump can interact with that archival footage. Other interesting uses of CGI that are notable in movie would be the napalm attacks in Vietnam, the crowd scenes in Washington D.C. and a pretty ground-breaking (at the time) digital removal of Gary Sinese's legs for his portrayal of Lt. Dan. Thanks for watching!

[@bigboygandalf4147]

I think you don't uderstand the term CGI, if they have real footage of Hanks and Kennedy and they put Hanks in the Kennedy footage its not CGI. Neither of those images were build from scratch. King Kong (2005) would be a exemple of CGI because they created the Gorilla with a computer therefore Computer Generated Imagery ,CGI. The Scene with Hanks and Kennedy is just some really good work of compositing. VFX dosen't equal CGI there is a difference if you alter a image its not CGI, if you create something out of nothing than it is(basically). Also Chroma Keying ( green screen) is not CGI, what you put instead of the background (like in Avenger 1 the New York Fight Scene) could be CGI there again the green screen process is compositing.

[@BurgerFiction]

Ya for sure! We know that visual effects span a spectrum (practical through digital with lots of variants). At the same time the term computer generated imagery has evolved over the years to be much more broad given how much is done with a computer and the blurring lines of what is generated and what is real. That said, those "historical" scenes in Forrest Gump do use quite a bit of CGI (in its strictest definition). To use the example of the JFK scene, it's archival footage of Kennedy and isolated chroma footage of Hanks, which was then digital composited together. Then they did digital removal of the original person who was shaking JFK's hand, did a rebuild of parts of his body and parts of the image (backround, etc), did a digital partial face swap (with digitally generated components) with digital tracking and compositing. There is a lot going on in these scenes beyond compositing with chroma keyed elements (when itself is very complex). Same with the Lt Dan leg scenes. There is a lot of generation of new elements once the matter of keying and compositing is taken care of.

[@spdzodzo]

2016 jungle book? bah the hallucinations in doctor strange are visually far more superior

[@thekornreeper]

spdzodzo ;)

[@freddyrichards878]

Jungle book won because the visuals were SO realistic!

[@zenka3018]

everything in the jungle book was animated except of mowgli, the animals looked so real and the surroundings, thats why it won

[@zenka3018]

KawaZrana Yeah, that won too. Although Jungle Book is of course much more work because there’s always a different location and in life of pi almost all the time a boat and just the ocean.

[@nicholasleclerc1583]

zldnsng nfjfkt Btw, how is an ocean so still it’s basically a mirror, like some rare lakes ? Proof Life of Pi exists in a separate dimension ! (; P) All for the sake of some “👼pwetty👼” visuals (: /)

[@michaeljohn1462]

Harrison Ford is in 5 of these.

[@heidl]

Michael John in 6 actually

[@user-ve9tu5rv6e]

Hopefully with Bladerunner it’ll be another one.

[@Despair505]

Fun fact, Harrison Ford is not a real person, he was made entirely of practical effects. He's CGI nowadays.

[@jazzx251]

It's amazing how far we've come - Harrison Ford was obviously just a man in a suit back in the 1970s, you can just about see the zip down the back. But - fun fact - Andy Serkis did the motion capture for Han Solo/Harrison Ford in The Force Awakens and it looks almost real - although they used the same voice actor that has dubbed Ford's lines since the 70s.

[@qlvinc]

No ads? C'mon man I'd watch the ads for you, you deserve the money plus you just earned a new subscriber. 😊😊

[@Mini-uh1ok]

They already have 100k subs. Doubt they give a single fuck about you

[@bloopdaddy]

@William Torpman APEL05a what's with the brainless dumbass comment?

[@hanthitsaing8091]

*Watch posts a supportive comment Replies: TRIGGERED

[@operatorjewski9450]

Yall guys have some problems, chill out lmao

[@silverstuddedsabertoothdream]

Inception has some of the most awesome and trippy effects I’ve seen

[@legallytk58]

Blade Runner deserves the win hands down.

[@d0ntreply]

does it really deserve the win? all i saw was big sets and bright colours. nothing ground-breaking whatsoever. a small boutique vfx house could've made those vfx in a few months. apes3 deserves it for sure. the artistry and the pushing of technology to make apes you can sympathize and empathize with, now that deserves some recognition.

[@legallytk58]

HughJass I guess Rampage is up for an Oscar nom then.

[@ryankramer]

On 2049 you must've missed the 3D printed hand painted model sets and giant sea wall designed wave pool set, among other things.

[@imasepan]

HughJass when the vfx is so good you dont realise almost the entire cast was at one point, cgi this is how good blade runner's cgi was

[@user-ok3zn6cv1g]

LOTR sticks out like a sore thumb. Utterly incredible VFX when compared to the shit around it

[@calfman3333]

Hugh Myron Same with 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). Jesus Christ that scene is so breathtaking!

[@blindguardian8599]

Agreed.

[@tannerin]

Hugh Myron imagine being this biased

[@Goldenmaster94]

specially when compared to the hobbit trilogy u.u

[@xthatwhiteguyx]

IMO Independence Day changed everything in the SFX department. After ID, advancement of SFX has been relatively slow, yet stable... many many many movies since 1996 have stood the test of time; however movies prior to ID often look cheesy by comparison.

[@intothewater1279]

The 50’s winners has some honestly baffling movie magic given that there were no computers

[@R19-b8s]

Yea, i think war of the worlds takes the cake

[@Max25670]

Blade Runner 2049 should definitely win, the majority of the effects were practical effects

[@cheesebusiness]

Nobody gives a fuck how the effects are made. The only thing that matters is the result.

[@ActiveSufi]

This is VFX not PRACTICAL EFFECTS Doesn’t matter if it’s practical or not

[@rocketcon]

Sufi Suhaimi I don't think the Academy knows the difference either.

[@user-wq9mw2xz3j]

rocketcon the difference doesnt matter. Good cgi is better than practical effects. The only bad thing is Bad cgi, which has given good cgi a bad name

[@Ghost-fp5cf]

That film is soooo lame😤

[@arsenaldailytransfernews]

Lord of the rings won 3 in a row! YES!

[@masterpenguin8472]

That's how amazing those films are.

[@madfire8403]

Ben Daly Why wouldn’t they?

[@yourhandlehere1]

Well...they could have cut out about 50 of those long slow "lookin' at the ring" scenes Frodo did and they could have fit Tom Bombadil in. They could have studied the description of Gandalf better. They played him like he was an old man (he was not). They completely left out his most prominent feature. It was a decent "based on" effort but it was a bit too "hollywooded". A love story thrown in the Hobbit, barely a few minutes of Smaug, Legolas prancing around in stories he doesn't belong in....c'mon. They can spend thousands on Bilbo's vest buttons but can't give Gandalf any damn eyebrows???????

[@carl-os4603]

IcantSignln, chill out, LOTR is masterpiece, and actually it wasnt hollywooded as you saying (Jakson have did attempt, but with one condition - make 2 short films, and he sure disagreed :)). Actualy Hobbit much more worst than LOTR :)

[@yourhandlehere1]

You are welcome to like it. It's probably the best "live" attempt. Masterpiece really just means the best that a person has done. Even a bad painter will have a "masterpiece".

[@eldritchemissary2161]

1:53 was legitimately blown away by how fluent and organic the movement is. Very ahead of its time

[@qasanoba]

me too; I felt like watching an alien

[@Davidzz137]

2001: A Space Odyssey, all time winner for me