Top 20 Worst CGI Movie Effects of All Time

[@WatchMojo]

What is the worst instance of CGI that you’ve ever seen? Be sure to let us know in the comments below!

[@carterheitman7492]

Hey hey hey

[@matthewmusa5764]

Every single Asylum Film

[@MetxsightseerRailfan]

@@matthewmusa5764 agreed

[@Grace_3274]

Sharknado movies

[@nabyryous]

Halloween H20 CGI Mask

[@brodykopp5703]

Honestly, Nicolas Cage’s Ghost Rider is not terrible CGI.

[@framds4802]

Hands down best scene in the movie.

[@brodykopp5703]

@@framds4802 And...Quite good acting. That is for Nicolas Cage.

[@Jrweerong]

Agreed. It was nowhere near terrible. At least it's way better than Black Panther vs Kilmonger final fight scene.

[@brodykopp5703]

@@Jrweerong Yeah, great movie, but disappointing and hastened ending.

[@rileyhymer8707]

Underrated movie overall.

[@milartmedia1184]

"Simple human faces..." I'm sorry but as a filmmaker, this is really infuriating for me! Human faces are like the hardest thing to pull off, far from simple

[@benherreid1679]

Exactly. And maybe I’m crazy, but I think the only thing about the Scorpion King that puts it on this list is the mistake of trying to CGI The Rock’s face, at least in relative close-up. I haven’t seen the movie, but other than the face the animation in this clip actually looks good, especially for 20 years ago.

[@nekozimo]

True

[@rainbowcritter3904]

True, human faces are very hard to get right without falling into uncanny valley especially.

[@Tonatheos]

Right? CGI Leia in Rogue One was pretty good, but the lifeless eyes always give it away. But the Tron one was particularly bad because the lighting was so poorly matched that it was comparable to the Lost In Space monkey

[@unicornsupreme225]

Yeah, right? Its literally the one thing every cgi artist will say is the most difficult.

[@stephaniethesing5359]

It's kinda hard to fault the CGI in Scooby Doo when the main character is literally a cartoon..

[@nekozimo]

True

[@tripi7906]

If it’s a movie like that, I give it a slide

[@tobiasmouton3179]

The thumbnail of this video gave me nightmares lol

[@FrenchFryCheese04]

Is the girl a monster?

[@subarunatsuki4145]

Imagine... The girl you had crush on is just a mere beautiful skin with monster underneath.

[@ofox716]

To be fair though Most of these movies were made before CGI actually made a lot of progress. The movies before around 2005 shouldn't have been considered for the list in my opinion.

[@omalley5196]

Don't make excuses for their horrible mistakes there's plenty of great examples pre 05. The Matrix came out in 99. Men in black 1997. Jurassic park in 93. Terminator 2 in 91. And star wars in 02, 99, 83, 80, and 77. And literally 1000's of other. With some of these giant budgets they could've done far better post or pre your 2005 line of CGI demarcation. Your right that there were advances in 05, just like 86, 94, 09, 16, and 22. We all know technologies advance daily. Our new smart phones are outdated by the time we leave the store. Maybe your aware of some actually advance in 05 that changed the industry, and your proud that you're aware of this knowledge and want the rest of us to know how smart you are. You could have that knowledge but that doesn't change the fact that some CGI is crap and some is great no matter the time.

[@1derfullBeast]

@@omalley5196 your great reply derserves much more likes!!

[@BIG_SKIPPER]

@@omalley5196 but men in black cgi is as bad as scooby doo and spy kids

[@BubbasToyReviews]

@@omalley5196 especially jurassic park. For 1993 the gallimimus herd and the t rex attacking one was amazing.

[@yk68]

@@BIG_SKIPPER no.

[@drsallymanderchoi]

So we really not gonna talk about the nightmare-inducing CGI baby Renesme in Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn.

[@ms.artichokecheesepizzawst3239]

Totally agree

[@bencb0537]

She looked fake asf

[@eyob.t1389]

I still don't even understand why tf they used cgi. Why not use a real baby for a scene half a minute long?

[@COYG94]

Watchmojo made couple more videos on this and cgi baby was mentioned in those

[@HollywoodWhore17]

EEYEE did you see the doll they were supposed to use before they went with cg? Literal nightmare fuel 😂

[@tundrasome9409]

The cheesy cgi effects in the Scooby Doo movie actually fit the franchise to a tee, and are practically iconic at this point

[@tripi7906]

That’s what it is!

[@YourFateG]

But my eyes bleed

[@percfiend69206]

Yup I watched it high af last week and that part had me dead

[@marcowl5680]

I was surprised too, like Scoobys cgi is already purposely bad, why expect it to be good for her

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Carlsberg Go Italians

[@Top_Nepper]

I disagree...Nicholas Cage's transformation into Ghost Rider for the first time looked good and was pretty badass.

[@expo.productions1676]

Agreed

[@ArmaTomicx]

Nah Nicole’s cage is was weird and it was silly. I don’t see how that was badass at all

[@expo.productions1676]

@@ArmaTomicx many of us appreciate the small things (mediocre cgi) and maybe your not one of them. It’s definitely not bad CGI.

[@MuRpHyKn0t]

I thought the skull and flames were ok, it was the inconsistent proportions of the character after the transformation that looked bad. It was a skeleton with too much depth under the clothes.

[@Superpatriotism]

Yup!

[@infamoustimes2927]

Should be based on what was actually capable for their time during the judgement on CGI. Basing something that was created in 97 to today's technology is just so lopsided. Spawn was awesome when it came out so as Ghostrider.

[@jasontomlinson1602]

Spawn had horrible CGI back in 97 also.

[@pryingeyes1551]

@@jasontomlinson1602 I'm surprised they pointed out the cape rather than the scene with the sermon in Hell. That was atrocious.

[@jasontomlinson1602]

@@pryingeyes1551 Fully agree, the cape is the only good CGI in that movie. Malboga (sp?) looked like a cutscene from a playstation 1 game, he was absolutely awful.

[@jelly3374]

depends. if CGI at the time wasn't advanced enough for an idea, you as filmmaker should find another method instead of saying "oh well. it ain't that good. what can I do?". that doesn't change the fact that it looks awful. CGI maybe wasn't that capable at the time, but other methods sure were - e.g. 2001: a space odyssey that came out in 1968, or 1979's Alien

[@puropulkkinen1580]

@@jelly3374 Have you considered that they probably had neither the time, money or just resources to use other, better looking ways? You can't just say "they should have tried something else" if they only had weeks to get it done, and a limited budget. Practical effects take a lot more time and money.

[@MrsCutieeCake]

I am going to defend Tron and Scooby-Doo with all my might.

[@chykim1]

Clearly the signs of a wasted life🤦

[@MrsCutieeCake]

@@chykim1 And why so?

[@tarry7304]

Kim don’t come at people like that, that’s just rude

[@Radman1889]

Then you will die braver than most :3

[@ilovemwadforever]

I'm also defending Scooby Doo

[@equilibriumculture-everyth4000]

No cats ? Seriously? Tron and ghost rider were more than fine cgi wise.

[@scaleythedino49]

Agree

[@jah9125]

Facts I’m shocked at how terrible they thought Tron was and didn’t even mention Cats

[@seantaggart7382]

@@jah9125 well Eh Its not bad cgi Its just wrong use for me

[@kantofilms9167]

Cats looks good, just creepy

[@CorneliusCob]

Wait... 10 years ago????

[@olliesmith2890]

Whinging about older CGI, but no mention of a 2019 movie called Cats, which puts most of these to shame for terrible CGI.

[@veganmilk4325]

I thought we agreed to never talk about that movie..

[@Jayshiver]

They said “respectable attempts”

[@lucyicanel]

The thing about CATS is that the designs are awful, CGI isn't that bad.

[@veganmilk4325]

@@lucyicanel the cgi sucked what are you talking about?

[@lucyicanel]

@@veganmilk4325 I'm not saying the CGI was good, I'm just saying the designs were worse.

[@graveng2762]

I actually remember being a kid and thinking the ghost rider CGI was really cool looking. even now I don't think its that bad really to be honest, they did their best for what they had at the time.

[@Isaac-zm6fi]

the bird one literally looks like one of those short films u make in 6th grade😂

[@nekozimo]

More like a garbage low budget commercial for cereal

[@michaeltheoret8913]

Indeed, when the product of supposedly professional directors /producers look less convincing than what Middle School Students with a "shoe string budget " can do ,there's problems . Not that Middle Schoolers are bad at creating films or acting ( working at a School, I am definitely impressed with the quality of the set designs and acting for School Plays ) ,but Adults who are supposedly professional special effects engineers can ruin a production if the effects are horribly done .

[@mctom613]

“Hey those people on that bus are being attack by those birds” *caw* *caw*

[@annaofcleves364]

That’s actually quite insulting😡 ....For sixth graders😂😂🤣🤣

[@inatehiggers7551]

@@nekozimo ay atleast its better than your gacha videos

[@Cryhai]

Bad CGI is only bad if it takes you out of the story. Scooby Doo was a fun, silly kids movie, so the “janky” CGI perfectly adds to the cartoony absurdity of the rest of the film. Can’t say the same about more serious action films for older audiences.

[@laraduff4949]

Good point

[@Kit.E.Katz45]

Perfect! I'm glad I found your comment!👍🏽

[@blackphilipalvarez1305]

Yea Scooby Doo was meant to be silly

[@mlpartclub412]

Raggy! Rary Rane is a ran in a rask!

[@ironmania2003]

Everything about the Scoopy Doo movie was shitty

[@newphilmz3605]

I think the Scooby Doo one, while doesn't look great, fits the cartoony feel of the movie. Plus you don't want it to look too real and scare the kids. And I completely forgot about the Mummy's Scorpion King until it popped up. I saw it in theaters. At the time those mummys looked really good. But then The Rock's digital face popped up and everyone was like What is that?.

[@stopshyguy1403]

Agree 100% nobody was expecting 100% real in scooby doo the cartoony is what made this movie for us audience growing up with scooby doo

[@cinematicaddict6863]

I agree and scooby do even looks fake but it works for the film

[@nataliejones8642]

I agree tho but I thought that the scooby doo CGI should be real but I was wrong. It could scare the kids and yes I watched too many Fear Street lately xDD

[@scruffd0g193]

Agree those 2 Scooby-doo movies were like apart of my childhood.

[@justsomenoob1882]

I always thought unrealistic cgi was scarier

[@Simonporter89]

You chose a scene from Spawn and it WASN'T the CGI devil? That thing is the stuff of legends

[@catmomof2261]

Yes! I could forgive much of the cgi but the movie comes to a dead stop at the devil stuff. It would be great if someone could revise the movie with modern cgi.

[@ghostdoomkilla]

that alone ruins this video - unforgivable NOT mentioning the devil scene lol

[@lenathompson1733]

What is the CGI?

[@chaydonfite6006]

Is it just me or does anyone else think the ghost rider skull wasn’t so bad

[@anthonywick6890]

It wasn't at all

[@maurer3d]

It wasn't and even by today's standard it is still pretty great. Granted We do have the technology today to simulate fire in CGI a little better. Most of the movies on this list for when they were made were pretty good CGI, and the ones that weren't (for the most part) it was intentional. Like the blue screen wave ride for James Bond was a nod to the old school effects of the older movies.

[@spike4773]

Watch mojo sucks

[@sevestriana2382]

@@spike4773 yeah they really don’t know what they’re on about, it’s probably the best CG on this list

[@ratedasmr7811]

It was convincing enough as a kid and honestly still is. They’re probably used to hyper realistic 4K cgi.

[@MrHootiedean]

In Spawn's defense in 1997 that cape effect was considered state of the art!

[@Kurtsg10]

The Malbogia effect is worse anyway.

[@christianromero6604]

I thought the cape looked dope...still does

[@christianromero6604]

The devil is the worst in spawn

[@Anthony_Stockton09]

Yeah technology was stunning back then

[@simonyoes6249]

I totally disagree with the ghost rider transformation scene

[@Evil_Vincenzo]

I would love to see the woman from watchmojo make a film using cgi.

[@catvalentine2706]

Same

[@TaikhoomOP786]

Timestamp?

[@nathanwakeford8710]

An the wolverine claws

[@corrijackson]

Same

[@trekkiejunk]

There was no CGI in Jaws 3D. There was no use of digital effects at that time, outside of things like Tron and Wrath of Khan which only did incredibly simple blocky effects. The objectionable scene in Jaws 3D was optical effects, not digital.

[@SDfan2002]

That scene from Scooby-Doo scared the shit out of me as a kid. I still love that movie to this day.

[@despacitospider1559]

Same

[@Isley6628]

And I can forgive it, because honestly it's based off of scooby doo, it's supposed to be a little ridiculous

[@Yerinjibbang]

same

[@Miyanoai14]

Idk about that scene in particular, but the monsters scared the shit out of me, especially the first time Scooby sees one. That movie came out on my birthday too and ruined it. Now I look back and wonder how bc of how ridiculous they look.

[@SDfan2002]

@@Miyanoai14 That movie came out the year I was born. I still love them both, but I oddly prefer the first one.

[@silverstarlightproductions1292]

I'm surprised Cats 2019 didn't make this list.

[@CashelOConnolly]

@roisin culler it really was trash

[@DavidRay_40]

The Cats movie does not exist.

[@KislayC]

That movie already topped the list even before it was made

[@roberthayes6222]

I haven't seen that movie but I heard it is terrible

[@braydenfitzsimmons6824]

The CGI in Cats isn’t even bad

[@SteamCrack-kj3wx]

Ok you’re wrong about Ghost Rider, it actually looks good

[@kingeatking]

It still to this day looks awesome. People just got to hate I suppose.

[@diamondidisart5566]

I was just thinking that xD it could've been A LOT worse lol

[@annagillett9131]

I agree

[@jacobgasser377]

yeah, people can shit on that movie for a lot but not for that

[@angeloguerzon2679]

I liked ghost rider tbh

[@NeptuneNoire]

I like how Green Lantern was the last time Ryan Reynolds tried to be serious whenever he played a character. Now he's just himself.

[@jeuryrabassa4724]

But atleast that helped him returned at playing Deadpool again. And as the way it should be.

[@crashfan9997]

Watch Life (2017)

[@VuMinhThuFPLHN]

That's showed how bad his acting skill. Chris Evans played the most serious character that opposite to his real personality

[@PedroHenrique-mz3we]

I wouldn't even consider Tron: Legacy for this list

[@davidjsaul]

I was thinking this myself. At the time the film was released those effects were state of the art. Look at the CGI in the Matrix sequels, that looks atrocious these days.

[@FaheemProductions]

Yes. Tron was fine.

[@dementedfurbie.]

Same. Love Tron and Clu was badass.

[@logantotman]

I completely disagree. It looks so unnatural and too clean. And don't say "it was good for the time because like bitch Transformers came out before that

[@davidjsaul]

@@logantotman Far easier to CGI fighting robots than human faces, always been the same. Still is, in fact, the faces don't quite move the way they should do. Looks unnatural.

[@quantavinmoore3006]

That CGI with Mary Jane in Scooby Doo scared me a little

[@maycipher4161]

Honestly I'm surprised that they didn't mention monster Scrappy Also I love the Scooby Doo movie and the monsters were pretty scary when I first saw it😂

[@ThatHorrorGuy99]

I was just about to comment about that lol, it just plain freaked me out as a kid

[@doctorpope_]

YES

[@melom7359]

It was scary as a child, but it's just weird now

[@Disney65Fan]

Yup the mask looked weird.

[@greenleaf37]

It's funny you keep comparing a lot of scenes to things "taken out of videogames" when some videogames look more realistic than some of the examples shown here.

[@micharosa6201]

I mean they said in Video games it could looked better, so yeah.

[@greenleaf37]

@@micharosa6201 Yeah, but I mean, in some they say "the scene looks taken straight out of a videogame" as if that means games look bad when, well, no.

[@micharosa6201]

@@greenleaf37 And at the same time they didn't said that games graphics are bad.

[@bassicallyraul5256]

@@greenleaf37 it looks like a cinematic ps4 cutscene sometimes

[@Asperkid22]

The Bird one feels like a joke. There's no way it's real.

[@HazeyCazeyTv]

The Social Network breath scene was flawless. Never noticed it was CGI.

[@kobimansaray]

im guessing Sharkboy and Lavagirl has “intentionally horrible” CGI

[@blackguyofthesouth2161]

Kids movie

[@IAmNMFlores]

You would've had to put all of Robert Rodriguez's kid's films

[@keanuorange690]

@@blackguyofthesouth2161 Scooby-Doo is a kids movie too. They just forgot about Sharkboy and LavaGirl.

[@stephenbrown2512]

@Preston Whisler it was easily some of the worst cgi ever made, they just forgot about it

[@IsaacLiz]

Well, it was an old film.

[@arrolate]

I don't know what "The Social Network" is doing here, I was never bothered by that scene and also I never knew that the breath was CGI

[@Pieceoreece]

I'm sure the researcher for this video had no idea it was CGI until they watched someone else on YT comment on it...

[@arrolate]

@@Pieceoreece for real

[@Simonporter89]

It looks bad and it was unnecessary

[@arrolate]

@@Simonporter89 nah

[@Simonporter89]

@@arrolate Agree to disagree

[@ladypool1404]

Honestly, the CGI for Mary Jane and Ghost rider aren't that bad. For MJ, it looks silly and a bit scary which goes with the goofy design of the monsters. For Nick cage, his ghost rider form is just amazing! It can be better BUT it's not ugly. I like it :)

[@Prince_Benevolence]

I’m surprised Jaws 3D wasn’t rated higher, that was atrocious

[@nekozimo]

Lmao agreed

[@hudsonruff9208]

That shark is just... suicide-inducing in its fakeness

[@vapoet]

It shouldn't have been on here at all, since that wasn't CGI. It was made in 1983. That was a practical effect.

[@m.sankaritm.sankarit2836]

Shark in jaws 3D is not CGI at all, than how it can rate higher ?

[@markgallagher1621]

@@vapoet Yep not CGI. Just made for 3d so only looked ok for that, and that wasn't a great 3D effect for that time either.. Normal 2D and it looks terrible.

[@dylanbob0492]

How about "Top 10 things watchmojo has said is wrong but everyone disagrees"

[@sigridmflclfmd1662]

Good idea

[@thedude8457]

Yeah. The Social Network breath effect doesn’t look bad. It looks like breath

[@JohannesWiberg]

@@thedude8457 I thought it looked atrocious and it completely took me out of the scene. YMMV, but it was not a strange thing to include on this list, unlike Birdemic which was clearly bad on purpose, just like the acting.

[@rokiv7163]

@@JohannesWiberg yeahh.. it's true. Especially the birds.. it's like you take a template from the movie editor and add the birds on the scene. It's worst.. it should take as a number one on this video

[@danielmiller3845]

@@JohannesWiberg I honestly don't want to know what movies you find interesting, not one person agrees with this video

[@DJGamingSmash]

Tron: Legacy should be lower. It isn't THAT bad, all things considered.

[@patrickrevels8631]

Totally agree.

[@kalimaxine]

It's only a bit distracting and it fits with the theme of the movie.

[@Unstoppable_Ducky]

@@patrickrevels8631 Ok good, I was really hoping I wasn't the only one that thought Tron: Legacy CGI wasn't that bad.

[@bruc3mdnaX]

I believe at 10 years later it is now considered bad cgi. Even tho at release there were no complaints about it

[@Unstoppable_Ducky]

@@bruc3mdnaX Yeah you have a good point. I mean I don't think it looks that bad, and especially for the 2010s, AND especially when compared to Birdemic: Shock and Terror, which came out at 2010.

[@KhaosT100]

1. Ghost Rider was good. For the time, what we had and what was soon to come, it was done well. The transformation scene wasn't impressive. Comparing to it now, yeah it looks bad but that's just over critical thinking. 2. Yes, spawns keep seeing look kind of bad. But everything else, especially considering we hadn't had the matrix yet, was done pretty well. In fact it was a lot better than other movies we had at the time. 3. Anaconda 3? Seriously? It was a maid for TV movie, they don't have the technology or the money to make it look movie theater quality. 4. The langoliers was mid-90s made for TV CGI. You're criticizing something that was never intended to be spectacular. This list seems to be comprised of failed attempts from a system or era that was never ment to be spectacular.

[@drippyog3935]

Your parents had you as a failed attempt to have a good kid

[@EclipsedEquinox]

No, Scooby-Doo is a masterpiece with no faults at all. Best not let Shaggy hear about this or you'll experience 1.1% of his true power.

[@gokublack9724]

He won't even need to go Ultra instinct

[@mitchelllion6052]

What year is it!?

[@richardmarr2161]

Please that is worst the Shaggy, you dirty the true Shaggy with your lies.

[@pinkkrystalz7610]

@J. C It's still kinda funny. Why do have to be a buzzkill?

[@allyssamullins6248]

You just unlocked so many memories that I forgot I had

[@snipe4402]

Terminator 2 was released in 1991 and it's special effects still look good to this day.

[@Morgan-yl3ou]

This film was the turning point of filmmaking and CGI.

[@puropulkkinen1580]

Because the lighting is generally dark, concealing flaws?

[@BikeStuffPDX]

@@puropulkkinen1580 The daytime scenes also look good though

[@Killerneon64]

Same with the matrix

[@Somanous]

Tron Legacy's de-ageing effects were very impressive for it's time. It needs more love.

[@the_kombinator]

I was gonna say, I didn't notice anything absurd there.

[@n_coder]

@@the_kombinator same. I've seen way worse things in CGI

[@mikemathis7528]

yea, it got improved in later Marvel movies

[@ZoobiethePopplio]

And also, Tron literally takes place in a video game.

[@hyliadreamer]

"For it is time"?

[@jaxonplayz_yt8042]

OBJECTION: although Jabba the Hutt was bad cgi, it’s very good for it’s time

[@hyliadreamer]

"It is time"? But I agree with you; 1997-era CGI was relatively primitive, so it's impressive work.

[@Personnoname114]

Tom hopper’s Cats was not included but Tron: Legacy does. How unfair

[@AdderTude]

This is one list where the WatchMojo community truly are idiots. After all, they're the ones that make and vote on the lists, and the editors make the videos accordingly.

[@cookscreativecorner]

I think they also just got already-recorded videos (from other lists) for some of these, because some of them sound very similar to what came before it.

[@margaridagrilo5188]

The concept of the humanoid cats is what makes Cats visually awful, not the execution of the CGI.

[@CaloobianMongoose]

I don't care how bad the Deep Blue Sea effect was, we ALL jumped the hell out of our skin when that happened!!

[@Logan-lz5gu]

that is a guilty pleasure movie for me.

[@_XR40_]

People didn't laugh because it was bad CGI - They laughed because it was funny. The same way Indiana Jones shooting a swordsman was funny...

[@onetallpheeesh]

You missed Cats and Twilight. Why? Those are literally the worst CGI of the last 10 years. Remove Tron and Scooby-Doo and replace them with these two and this list would have been perfect.

[@spiritsslide]

You're completely right

[@Miyanoai14]

omg I repressed the baby in Twilight but you right.

[@gabbygabs8271]

Bet the CGI in Twilight and Cats was so horrible, that WatchMojo were too afraid to include it on their list.

[@friedporkrinds]

Ugh... Cats, let us not speak of that monstrosity

[@chickenlittle4563]

Also sharknado

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

They can't POSSIBLY have taken "Birdemic" seriously and it's NOT a major film..

[@THE_IRS0]

Watch mojo: what’s the worst CGI that you’ve ever seen Me: ALL OF SPY KIDS!

[@ahlethescout8404]

I believe It is on purpose

[@edgeceooffujin3074]

SharkBoy and LavaGirl although that movie is a legend it still has bad cgi but thats what makes it good lol

[@megtheegg5357]

I loved spy kids🥺

[@voltaric1908]

that movie is older than you

[@kaledoublescope]

Shark boy and lava girl

[@christophermerlot3366]

The best part of that Jaws 3 clip is that it roars. Quite a feat considering sharks don't have vocal chords.

[@woomeebly]

They actually do, though. Particularly Great whites. The roaring sound is them burping! Strange but true.😂😂

[@tripi7906]

*burps* that one tasted like pizz-*explodes

[@davisking8939]

Dude, Ghost Rider was fine stop picking on Nicolas Cage he gets enough hate lol

[@MasterAnakinSkyWalker]

Rumor has it that wasn't CGI. Cage actually burst into flames on the set, because he's able to do that if the script calls for it.

[@alisalard]

Why he is so hated? He is a good guy tho, he caused Johnny Depp became an actor

[@ellnats]

IKR, his bad movies are so much fun, like face off, or wicker man, they arent meant to be good, just really fucking stupid good times

[@DragonKitty666]

I like him and I love the GR movie

[@leexiaoloong4414]

I'm looking forward to his new movie Jiu-jitsu with Tony Jaa, he looks like he's acting crazy in it lol

[@unofficialspider-man465]

The bad cgi in Scooby-Doo actually made it scarier, that scene traumatized me as a child.

[@calamitas3454]

Those Birds look like a Snapchat Filter

[@dotwarner7812]

They look like those stupid TikTok filters ik

[@hudsonruff9208]

They should've been #1. The scorpion king wasn't too bad.

[@alexandrarobichaud]

Oh boy, let me tell you, that scooby doo scene scared me plenty as a kid😂

[@mirofarrakis]

me too!

[@angryboi595]

Same

[@lovingit4450]

I see NOTHING WRONG WITH THE MOVIE TRON. ACTUALLY LOOKED AMAZING

[@AMS-KungPao]

I was actually impressed how good it was for a 2010 movie. Clue was great!

[@jackandrews4739]

tron was literally one of a kind, not the bad or worst kind, it was a classic remake that stayed in our childhoods forever

[@พงศกรฉ่ําพึ่ง]

It is not fair to compare 20 years old cgi to today’s standard.

[@annescholey6546]

Cos it was just coming into existence?

[@johnsensebe3153]

I think it's fair when another technique could have done it better. Not sure what they could have done with Spawn's cape, though.

[@Kate-fn4zu]

Even today's CGI is bad

[@Lavender_dazed]

Preach!!!

[@teeveeparty]

@Buchi Chu JP used a lot of animatronics

[@daniellarsson4418]

Omg the birds literally killed me with laughing

[@feralart]

Watch the Rifftrax version: Mike, Bill, and Kevin's commentary make it worth it.

[@the_kombinator]

" those people on that channel are getting attacked by the downvotes."

[@briankorth6763]

It would be worth watching

[@1derfullBeast]

Yes...this was bad beyond the beyond.."unfassbar", as we would say in german speaking countries...;-)

[@1derfullBeast]

@@briankorth6763 never!

[@JamesDavy2009]

"The shark still looks fake." -Marty McFly

[@annescholey6546]

Michael J Fox looks brave with his worsening Parkinson's in that interview. Hold it together old buddy.

[@scaleythedino49]

XD

[@thacow7603]

6:23 dumb people: the moon landing is full cgi not real Cgi effects back in the olden days:

[@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy]

Cocoon 2: The Return (1988) when Art jumps way into the air during the basketball game and slam dunks the ball.

[@theflalalalolopopo1574]

ghost rider is actually a good movie and one of my favorite anti heroes.

[@Jerrremy]

Can't wait to see him in the MCU

[@ssjichigo666]

@@Jerrremy and cage needs to reprise his role

[@cookiesnugglez7318]

@@Jerrremy he's already in the mcu, Robby is but Johnny isn't, although I heard they tried to get Nicholas cage for a cameo

[@waheedabdullah6371]

The worst CGI movie was Spongebob's version of the, "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy", movie

[@samanderson4024]

EVIL!!! M.H.R.I.P.

[@annafowdy]

Which one? The one with actors or the one with all the booms?

[@samanderson4024]

Both if you mean both the death of Ernest Borgnine, and the literal sponge-milking of a perfect cartoon that others are mostly destroying, and i just want it to pass on with at LEAST SOMETHING that EVERYONE will love, instead of hate due to those dipshits that fucked with Spongebob to begin with, sigh....."life's not fair." (Scar).

[@emilymckinney7202]

LEMONS

[@samanderson4024]

(E)very! (V)illain! (I)s! (L)emons!

[@lucaspajek9613]

well, to be fair, I really think Mary Jane's monster face was actually supposed to be bad

[@andrewpayne5093]

I didn’t even notice it was bad watching as a kid though. Watching this list now I can see it’s ruined one of my favourite childhood movies

[@regalcartoon5932]

The Birds one! Lmao! I can’t stop laughing!

[@rogueguardian]

Other than creepy cgi Jeff bridges, TRON Legacy is a kick ass movie, who's with me?

[@bman8366]

Agreed!!

[@emberpowertcg7692]

yep

[@Orkoski]

Yeah tron is one of my favorite movie

[@yourfatboy5359]

True

[@bullrun2772]

Yep

[@kickinwinghotboi883]

Yes, Mary Janes CGI face was the most unbelievable CGI in the Scooby-Doo live adaptation.... yes...

[@qasemrimawi568]

What was?

[@kickinwinghotboi883]

@@qasemrimawi568 Um... Scooby-Doo himself lol

[@diogamas]

Exactly hahaha but it's a kid's movie so why pick anything up.

[@kickinwinghotboi883]

@@diogamas lol yes I understand, I just HAD to point that out though, ya know

[@diogamas]

@Candra Nugraha or any movie of the spy kids sequel haha

[@pressedinproductions]

Hey, those people on that bus are being attacked by those birds.

[@philipkilmartin2312]

are you talking about that movie that has them birds that attack those people in it ?

[@pressedinproductions]

@@philipkilmartin2312 yes

[@wantaspritecranberry2]

@@pressedinproductions you mentioned the right movie. Looking at the birds makes me laugh so hard.

[@pressedinproductions]

@@wantaspritecranberry2 what

[@wantaspritecranberry2]

@@pressedinproductions You mentioned number 2 on the worst cgi movie effects. It's called Birdemic.

[@michaelfisher7170]

The cgi in The Scorpion King actually made me laugh first and only time I saw it.

[@gsomv]

The irony of criticising tron for looking computer generated is kinda hilarious. Edit. I think the matrix scene where Neo hits the Smith clones with an iron bar looks way worse, but you could justify it saying that the matrix was just lowering the graphics to keep the framerate stable.

[@robertherrick6703]

That Matrix Reloaded scene should've been on this list. I watched that movie back when it came out and it looked fucking terrible. I haven't seen Tron Legacy, The Social Network, or Ghost Rider but those CGI scenes don't look that bad. I haven't seen the Bird movie but that's too much of an easy target. $10,000 budget. What the fuck do you expect?

[@Jay.Harry.WhiteHall]

Those eagles flapping lifelessly in synchronization like dashboard toys when a car bumps low in a ditch.

[@AdderTude]

How Dwayne Johnson's Scorpion King is voted worse than those friggin' birds in Birdemic only proves that the WM community knows almost nothing about CGI. Birdemic should've been number one for being so low effort.

[@carlesmr1835]

Justice League: “Basically Everything”. Me: okay I am out. The moustache and Steppenwolf, alright they are horrible. But there are some redeeming scenes that should not be added to the “everything”.

[@rmgelite3967]

Moustache and Steppenwolf, yes. But the rest of the movie? I thought it was an okay movie that is re-watchable from time to time but looks like Watch-Mojo didn't really know how to talk about CGI. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@trufflebu]

its really bad considering it had a big of a budget

[@aworthlessnobody1859]

Let's not forget that after Sydner left, they had to reshoot the entire movie

[@BerserkerGoji9973]

Imo it’s really the lighting and color grading that stink up the look of the movie rather than much of the cgi.

[@bauloprete3905]

No. Sorry All GCI is bad

[@Chrysler133]

I personally totaly disagree with this list. Some of the movies on here for sure we can say they don't have the best cgi but i would not put them among the worst. they'r still decently enjoyable and watchable, but that's my humble opinion

[@postalmad]

They chose Spawn’s cape over the devil. I think that Spawn’s devil is worse.

[@Acidrain82]

All the CGI in this film was bad. Even by the standards at the time of release. Have to agree the devil was worse

[@mauriciochacon]

yes this is dumb, they did not even saw the movie

[@mauriciochacon]

to be fair the cape looks kinda cool,

[@Pataplumz]

I disagree with almost everything in this vid. This is the watch mojo I like.

[@shashwatrathore9897]

Ryan Reynolds mocking his own old superhero appearence makes it the coolest dialogue ever.

[@paulh4943]

I believe in deadpool 1 there is also a post credit scene where deadpool travels back in time and shoots ryan reynolds in the head when he's reading and accepting the script for TGL.

[@bedebop3904]

@@paulh4943 Or when he traveled universes to the old Xmen movie

[@giancarloiustini6456]

@@paulh4943 that was deadpool 2’s ending

[@jackpatyt6809]

Why not he's ryan Reynolds

[@coleknight1977]

I just didn't think it could get worse than those Birds.... lmao. I cannot stop laughing...

[@mikeg5397]

I seriously doubt Jaws 3D had computer-generated effects. Those are all practical effects

[@mrcydonia]

Yeah, the blue screen work on the shark was obviously done with an optical printer, and done very badly.

[@parisgreen4600]

Yes, I'm pretty sure the shark was a painting on cardboard, mounted on a popsicle stick.

[@darthstarkiller1912]

OK so the CGI in "Scooby-Doo" has aged not that well. Could've been worse.

[@pinkkrystalz7610]

Even if it's true, it's still better than Scooby-Doo; The Mystery Begins and Scooby-Doo; Curse of the Lake Monster.

[@medafan53]

@@pinkkrystalz7610 To be fair, the 2002 film and monsters unleashed was made for theatrical release, while Mystery Begins and Lake Monster were made for TV, so lower budget. But yeah, when I was younger the 2002 film really freaked me out (I think it might have been the fact that in all but names it was demons possessing human bodies after extracting the soul) but now I just find the creatures funny, not that that's necessarily a bad thing.

[@pinkkrystalz7610]

@@medafan53 I mean fair, but I was still disappointed with The Mystery Begins because I was actually interested in the movie at first because I was curious about the backstory. After watching it the day it came out I didn't hate it, but I also didn't love it either. I still love the first 2 live action Scooby-Doo movies to this day even if I now see the flaws while the ones from Cartoon Network on the other hand didn't exactly make the best impression on me, especially now.

[@medafan53]

@@pinkkrystalz7610 Personally I enjoy Mystery Begins, It may not be as good as the earlier films but I did enjoy it. I enjoy both the earlier films, though my favorite is Monsters Unleashed, because of the classic monsters.

[@pinkkrystalz7610]

@@medafan53 I can respect that, I just thinks it's incredibly annoying that Watchmojo keeps trashing on the first two live action Scooby-Doo movies along with Tron: Legacy and Ghost Rider without being fair. In fact I think there other movies that deserve to replace these spots on the list such Son of the Mask.

[@GiveMeThatLetter]

Ghost Rider's CGI honestly wasn't that bad. 🤷‍♂️

[@grimdirewolf6119]

The bird one was just humiliating they didn't even try but there is a saying the more realistic u try to make it the more unrealistic it becomes

[@DocSparks_216]

For the time it was shot, the Ghost Rider CGI was fantastic. And I will continue to defend it. It's hard to say that seeing the flaming skull ruins the scene and the movie when that's literally the only way they could have achieved the character's look short of committing several crimes and taking Nic Cage's face off for the second time in cinema history

[@MrMrjack18]

Here with you to defend it together ! Ghost Rider is underrated movie with also great CGI !!!

[@tommiejonsson8952]

The birds in "The birds" looks more convincing than the birds in "Birdemic"

[@cinematicaddict6863]

Most of them were real birds that’s probably why but yea they should have just not even made the birdemic

[@Andy-wx4wx]

The Birdemic CGI is even worse than The Langoliers. Cardboard birds would have been more convincing...

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

@@Andy-wx4wx I've never animated anything in my life and i could do better

[@weasley2o13]

Birdemic CGI is the best thing I've ever seen in my life.

[@z-o-v-o5915]

@@nataliejones8642 Wooooooosh

[@lancemanalo6334]

@@nataliejones8642 bruh

[@avadblaiddyd3221]

@@nataliejones8642 It was literally a joke -_-

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

To whoever didn't get the joke, i don't normally say this. But this time it was incredibly obvious

[@TheW1sest]

Number 1. Thor love and thunder floating head

[@catjudo1]

When my wife and I went to see Deep Blue Sea, neither of us were concerned in any way about the CGI when Samuel L. Jackson got eaten by the shark at the end of the motivational speech. We were too busy laughing ourselves silly at the shock and genius of the scene. It remains one of my favorite shark movies.

[@AtWordsPoetic]

The entirety of CATS

[@notactive349]

Haha!

[@diogamas]

That's a stage play! There are no cinematographic adaptations of it whatsoever!

[@AtWordsPoetic]

@@diogamasThere was a much-reviled film adaptation released last year. Look up the trailer

[@lincolnduke]

"Black Panther was the first Marvel superhero film with a black lead!" *Waves at Spawn... Blade?

[@Jayage5d]

No Black Panther is the first black lead of MCU not marvel, the Blade movies are not apart of the MCU and Spawn is not even part of MCU or Marvel.

[@travisbickle4360]

Yeah, They should say MCU

[@ironmania2003]

Spawn is owned by Image comics

So who was the first black lead actor of a superhero movie?

[@rShakeford]

The Angry Video Game Nerd had a really good observation about why the original trilogy Star Wars and the first two Aliens movies arguably look better than the newer CGI orgy sequels. He said that while the animatronic puppets were obviously that, the puppets were still tangible and real. That’s what made the Xenomorphs in Aliens so much more terrifying than the cartoon monsters in the Prometheus line of movies; there was actually an 8 foot tall thing barreling down at the actors.

[@oogyboof]

The Scooby doo movies is a masterpiece and does not need good CGI when Fred goes " hey dog" to Shaggy and then looked to scooby and said "and...dog". Best writing.

[@nekozimo]

I honestly hated scooby Doo movies with real people but it was ok tbh for a cartoon based movie

[@2160michael]

I never even noticed the breath in The Social Network, and I’ve seen it so many times.

[@velociraptor4you3291]

Not gonna lie, 'Monster Mary Jane' from the 2002 "Scooby-Doo" flick actually did scare me for the longest time.

[@hyliadreamer]

I'm glad I was in my twenties by then (and haven't seen any of the films); that would have TERRIFIED me!!!

[@velociraptor4you3291]

@@hyliadreamer So have you seen any of them now?

[@royfourtwentynine5783]

This video would be in first place in a hypothetical "Top 10 Saltiest WatchMojo Videos of All Time"

[@pkmboi2]

Quite literally this list can be summed up as “we know it’s fake and it looks fake so it’s no good.” -_- what you wanna do to create ghost rider? A real human skull set on fire?

[@andydudley1775]

we could use nicolas cage head and for once see some true acting comming from him

[@Memarzuq]

Exactly, only like 3 on this list are actually "bad"

[@Everlucky_Clover]

sorry i read this and immediately envisioned a classroom skeleton on fire doing the ghost rider scenes. in the same awful quality as Birdemic >_< lets just say in my head it is epic, but if it were actually inserted into the movie it would have been quite stupid.

[@gabrielshensky348]

They really talked a lot of shit about tron legacy. It should be a hell of a lot lower on the list - I was even surprised it was here at all

[@MetxsightseerRailfan]

Title: Top 10 Worse CGI in Movies Thumbnail: Literary meaning bad CGI.

[@benjaminpoblete9166]

Watchmojo clearly hasnt seen the mummy tomb of the dragon emperor which has the worst cgi of the 3 movies. The mummy and the mummy returns are underrated and will forever have a special place in my heart.

[@Kirkvanhouten55]

Jaws 3D isn’t CGI. Those are all practical effects. They only had rudimentary CGI in 1983

[@martinsorenson1055]

I know! Which begs the question: Who does the research here!!??

[@UltimateQball]

@@martinsorenson1055 You can tell it was someone who hates all of CGI, knowing dayum well practical effects are shit when done bad too.

[@catrionasloanei6847]

I disagree with the Ghost Rider CGI.

[@kahooga2943]

Not for nothing, as a kid the Mary Jane scooby-doo scene freaked me the hell out! CGI looked as real as it needed to for a tween movie at that time honestly

[@dawngallagher9662]

I think the Ghostrider CGI effects were awesome! And Nicholas Cage's acting was very good! This movie is so underrated and in my opinion one of Nicholas Cage's best performances. I really wish they'd bring him back as Ghostrider into the MCU but they are using someone else in the upcoming remake.

[@kingtariq_fighter7353]

The ghost rider movie first transformation made nick cage facial expression scarier than ghost rider itself

[@ironmania2003]

Agreed

[@blackphilipalvarez1305]

Did y’all purposely use the lowest resolution possible to try to justify this video?

[@adamgrunther1367]

I’m shocked that there was no mention of Pan from 2015.