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Best CGI character?
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Fimbulvetr
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ChoklitReign said:
The only reason people care about Dragon Heart.
I mean, come on, you could make love to that voice.
faridmon said:
On your knees, I want you to beg for forgiveness.
You could have at least posted Tifa.
TheLastFantasy
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Fimbulvetr
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traveler said:
The nail's head....
....you hit it.
Poimandres
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Most realistic: Benjamin Button
Most flashy/impressive: Davy Jones, probably Avatar
Best use of budget: District 9
Most flashy/impressive: Davy Jones, probably Avatar
Best use of budget: District 9
Xavien said:
I thought that too when I first saw the movie in theatres. Then I went home and watched a making of and found out it was entirely CG. I was blown away. I mean everything is cg. The face, the eyes, the body. Everything.
But my vote doesn't go to Davy Jones. It goes to those fuckin Prawns. Holy shit they look real.
Though I'm going to throw a curve ball in here and say that Jake/Neytiri from AVATAR is the best. Seriously, in the 15 minute preview, there's a scene where they are behind a waterfall and you know how water sprays mist into the air? Well the water looked real, the mist looked real, and when the droplets hit their hair, it looks real. They even animate so lifelike it's mind boggling.
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Sorry but. . .
XiaNaphryz
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Davey was also based off of motion capture, with extra animations added on of course for the extra stuff like the tentacles. I'd argue that Davey could easily have had the same range of facial emotions if not for the decision to go with all the extra stuff they had covering his face.agrajag said:
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:lol :lol this has to be a joke postSpeevy said:
XiaNaphryz
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Not necessarily, as many of us interpret "character" in this context to mean "character model," especially if we're in the industry.agrajag said:
agrajag said:
Agreed & Gollum looks better imo. Gollum looked perfect to me and also was a more sympathetic/tragic figure than anyone else.
Davey Jones looked like a walking CGI ad. I'm not saying he looked bad, in fact he was perfect, he just looked obvious- like someone was trying to show off their prowess (Let's add one more tentacle!). I'm biased though since I didn't care for the films.
This is a good article about how it was done. Appears motion capture was involved but on location which is pretty revolutionary too:
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20035285_20035331_1212815,00.html
XiaNaphryz
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JGS said:
wat
In all seriousness though, both were major advances with mocap. The tech for Gollum helped pioneer it, and the tech behind Davey Jones took it to the next level. And that tech is a couple years old now, you should see what we have currently.
XiaNaphryz
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Here's another shot:Akuun said:
Yes, the CG on him was pretty damn awesome.
Pai Pai Master
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He's not my favourite, but I'm not a big fan of the Pirates movies at all and I definitely agree that Davey Jones is a seriously impressive character. He's probably the thing I like most about them; very well acted and animated.
Bob Loblaw
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100 % CGI
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SCULLIBUNDO
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Neytiri will be spectacular.
Bob Loblaw said:100 % CGI
The CGI was cool, but it didn't look even close to real. I hated that part of the movie because it felt no better than a videogame cutscene.
I vote for District 9. Close second is Jurassic Park.
I never really thought about CGI while watching District 9, which is ridiculous.
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joethefoo said:
No, I meant like, it looks real not computer generated. Because if you think about it, it's very easy to replicate the type of skin that an octopus type person would have and just have him wearing a mask but to do it all in CG is impressive. DAMN impressive
B.K. said:The Bayformers.
I thought this was amazing too but seeing biological characters look real just seems much more impressive than robots where you don't really have to worry about complex muscle animations and uncanny valley
Now I haven't seen either movie(D9, Avatar) but I'll say based on these pictures in the thread: The aliens in District 9 seems to be the most real looking, Davy Jones would be right under them. For aesthetics I've really grown fond of the Navi in Avatar though.
I have to throw my vote for Pirates of the Caribbean thing - does a good job of tricking the mind. The models in District 9 and Dances With Smurfs (from what I've seen of the trailer) look great - but I think they look really fake when animated. To me, they don't quite gap the Valley. FF7AC, while a crap story, I thought was pretty good for a 'realistic' all-CGI film - the models and animations were realistic enough to feel natural, but cartoonish enough that your brain accepts it. Of all the animations I've seen, I think it does the best at stepping to the edge of the Uncanny Valley, but saying, "fuck it", and turns around accepting that it's not real.
XiaNaphryz said:wat
In all seriousness though, both were major advances with mocap. The tech for Gollum helped pioneer it, and the tech behind Davey Jones took it to the next level. And that tech is a couple years old now, you should see what we have currently.
I reread it and I guess I should have fleshed it out more.
I felt Davey Jones looked perfect as did Gollum. However, because Gollum was better executed and the story overall was better (Remember, I'm not a big fan of POTC), Gollum looked better. He was more perfect:lol .
Davey Jones was simply a perfect special effect.
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