dashrendar44 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 (edited) Man of steel had better special effects than half of the movies on the short list. MoS better than Gravity > Nope MoS better than Pacific Rim > Debatable but PR's colourful artistic direction made it coherent and homogenic whereas MoS VFX were jarring from scene to scene in an unbalanced mix of good to awful.(One scene you got a jet crashing in a photoreal collapsing building then you got those horrible mechas snakes that look like painful CGI mess for the eyes. One scene you got a photoreal Kryptonian armor moving on Zod then you got an obvious CG rubber double doing impossible cartoonish Dragon Ball-like stunt). Krypton's intro was a non-stop green screen CGI-fest overload like SW prequels. MoS better than IM3 > Debatable since IM3 doesn't delve and revel in disaster porn to showcase its effects so it seems CGI are less present. And when they are, they're serviceable to the story, not particularly obvious "Look how awesome those CGI shit explode all over the place". MoS better than TH2 > We don't know yet and knowing WETA had a hand in both, they'd rather take the crown for Hobbit. MoS better than Star Trek > Just like IM3, debatable but STiD's VFX are not as jarring. In fact, MoS might be only better than WWZ as a fact. Edited December 6, 2013 by dashrendar44 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stingray Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Imo, Man of Steel, with its desaturated color palette and video game graphics-overload, did not deserve to make the top 10. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Out of that top 10 Oblivion might be my second favorite, VFX wise. Hope it can sneak in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 People just hated Man of Steel, and rightly so. first off, quality of the movie has nothing to do with visual effects and also critical and commercial flop The Lone Ranger is on that shortlist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pieman Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 (edited) first off, quality of the movie has nothing to do with visual effects and also critical and commercial flop The Lone Ranger is on that shortlist I think it plays some role (and as a side note I maintain that despite it's problems, TLR was a better movie than MOS). But out of that shortlist, there aren't many that I would replace it with based on VFX alone. Maybe WWZ or Thor 2? Edited December 6, 2013 by pieman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 (edited) OBLIVIONSTAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Only these so far. Not IRON MAN lll, not MOS. Ehem. I hope OBLIVION and STID makes the cut. I think GRAVITY will win though. Edited December 6, 2013 by kayumanggi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Wait, Oz didn't make that list? Stupid... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 obviously it was never going to win but I think MOS should on there before WWZ definitely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 I think it plays some role (and as a side note I maintain that despite it's problems, TLR was a better movie than MOS). But out of that shortlist, there aren't many that I would replace it with based on VFX alone. Maybe WWZ or Thor 2? if it is simply because of "hatred" toward the movie then Lone Ranger should not be on there since that movie got far worse reviews and bombed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunder storm Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 So..We have: Elysium Gravity The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Iron Man 3 The Lone Ranger Oblivion Pacific Rim Star Trek Into Darkness Thor: The Dark World World War Z Way is Pacific Rim, Oblivion, Elysium and The Lone Ranger on the list? And where are Catching Fire and Oz? Stupid list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Of that list, I'll go ahead and predict. Gravity, Hobbit, Oblivion, STID, and Pacific Rim or Iron Man 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunder storm Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I think Gravity is the winner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forg Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Ender's Game also had good visual effects, too bad it didn't make it. Surprised Walter Mitty was snubbed as wlel Anyway, my final 5 Gravity Oblivion Iron Man 3 The Hobbit 2 Pacific Rim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I think Gravity is the winner. No, really? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChD Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I think Gravity is the winner. Gravity has it locked since it was announced (the movie). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Freak Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Imo, Man of Steel, with its desaturated color palette and video game graphics-overload, did not deserve to make the top 10. Does anyone here know whether it is easier or cheaper to make effects with a desaturated color palette than with a saturated color palette? Just asking as the number of big effects movies with desaturated colors >> number of big effects movies with saturated and bright colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunder storm Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Gravity has it locked since it was announced (the movie). And in 2012 everyone said that Viola Davis will win for best actress. But Meryl Streep won actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChD Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 And in 2012 everyone said that Viola Davis will win for best actress. But Meryl Streep won actually. Yeah, Streep's a bitch. She wins even if she doesn't deserve to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 And in 2012 everyone said that Viola Davis will win for best actress. But Meryl Streep won actually. That's not rly a comparable situation... Yeah, Streep's a bitch. She wins even if she doesn't deserve to. What the hell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Yeah, Streep's a bitch. She wins even if she doesn't deserve to. .. she had not won in nearly 30 years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
