ok, here is an interesting thread, which movie that had its effects done by ILM (Industrial Light and Magic) is your favorite.

I mean in terms of effects and WOW effect, that really impressed u :)

http://www.ilm.com/images-hulk-01/midon.jpg

heres the complete list :)

http://www.ilm.com/filmography.html

there are lots of movies here that have the effects very subtle, but some are very impressive, even if its old

here are my fav ILM effects movies :)

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back May 21, 1980 (damn good modeling)
The Abyss Aug 09, 1989 (one of the 1st (with) CGI movies)
Back to the Future II Nov 22, 1989
The Lost World: Jurassic Park May 23, 1997
Pirates of the Caribbean Jul 09, 2003 ( the best to date yet, the seamless effects was simply awesome)

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

return of the jedi - best ever modelshots and actionsequences seen on film, my all time fav in vfx :big grin:
roger rabbit - toons and humans are so great in this film
the abyss, director's cut - best underwater film with great vfx, sets and stunning cast, best james cameron film
indiana jones trilogy - nothing to explain ;)
pearl harbor - attack on pearl h. is just beautyful
pirates of the carribean - best seamless intergration of cgi and realshots (my tip for best vfx acadamy awards 2003)

My choice (with no doubt ofcours)
Originally posted by bender
the abyss, director's cut
also T2 (1991) & Jurassic Park (1993) have 'breathtaking CGI' for that years... & oh yes, I like Roger Rabbit too! :zorro:

p.s. will meybi take time tommorow & check which ones I didn't seen yet (& U (all) may recommend to Me if it is good)...

I don't think that it's only the effects house that makes visual effects. But it's the director's vision that establishes this virtual reality, and then it comes to the digital artisits to digitize that vision.

Personally, my favourite director when it comes to visual effects is Steven Speilberg. Visual effects should help to convey the story, which is something Speilberg understands very well.

Take Minority Report and A.I. for example. These movies were very heavy in visual effects, and yet, you never stop while watching the movie spoting this or that scene to be unrealistic.

Others I like are Jumanji (those animals were CGI), The Perfect Storm (water) and Deep Blue Sea (again water).


A nice trivia about ILM; in 1991, ILM took the 3 nominations for the Academy's "Best Achievement in Visual Effects". Nominated films were "Terminator 2 : Judgement Day", "BackDraft" and "Hook". The Oscar went to T-2.

I'd say the most WOW I got from ILM was when I saw the whole rocketpack sequence in Minority Report. That said, I think their best work was Pirates, and I'd give them a very good shot at the Oscar.

Empire

DAMN THIS TOO HARD.......I ABSOLUTELY LOVE ALL THERE WORK....THERE MIRACLE WORKERS :D.....brain gona blow up from all that thinkin :P

Star Wars, Terminators, Starship Troopers, The mummy

Originally posted by Borgtex
...Terminators, Starship Troopers...

ilm worked only on t2 and t3. on s.t. there where only a few shots made by ilm because sony pictures imageworks couldn't do in the timeframe they had.