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[NinjaBoiX]

According to an interview I've watched, it's because Tom thought this would look cool.

I agree with him. I thought it cool when I first saw it

It does look pretty cool, I like the shot. It just doesn't make sense.

If there was a wall to the left of the shot and an entirety open space to the right it might've made sense as a bouncing shockwave. But it's just a bit daft the way it is.

btw. during that bridge scene all the water was added per green screen

Really surprised me when I watched the making of.

That's pretty cool, but I think we nailed CGI water a while ago. It looks pretty damn impressive in real time on games these days.

 

[Sapiens]

avatar looks looks like cgi.
so not very convincing.
make up whould have been more convincing.
at least for the characters.

And more practical sets and models and such, right?

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

avatar looks looks like cgi.
so not very convincing.
make up whould have been more convincing.
at least for the characters.

I disagree

 

[Randam]

I disagree

i think you proved my point.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

i think you proved my point.

That's not convincing cg?

 

[cyberheater]

I disagree

Nah. It looks real. You've proved his point.

 

[Celine]

Long life #TeamCG.

 

[Mister Wilhelm]

Why is the guy to the left thrown to the left and the guy on the right to the right? Shouldn't they be booth going in the same direction?

No, because the pilot is thrown forward due to being strapped in to his seat and then bounces to the right, the other guy is thrown left due to not being strapped.

 

[EVOL 100%]

Why is Immortal Daemon getting shit for picking out some of the problems of Avatar's CGI? I mean, it's obviously the best CGI ever and looks fucking amazing, but there is definitely some room for improvement. It's the small things that make look something truly real. CGI is not quite there yet

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

_Convincing _
so thats an uphill battle for Avatar from the get-go.

The most convincing stuff out there are scenes where CG is getting along with real life.

on that part, CG-Real Life scenes in Avatar were not that good

 

[XiaNaphryz]

Tangled looks good, but I think this thread is dedicated to photo-realistic CGI.

If we're talking animated features, Rango takes the cake there.

Also, these threads always devolve into this mess. Since everyone on GAF is a graphics expert of course.

 

[The Cowboy]

I know some have said Zodiac, it is indeed good - but i prefer The Great Gatsby.

http://vimeo.com/68451324

Its actually stunning how much of the movie isn't real, and how good some (most) of it looks.

 

[Rug Monkey]

For me the Notting Hill market year-in-one-shot scene is perfect

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXVf2hAWRQM

 

[Jedi2016]

The most convincing are the shots you don't even realize are CG, where they've just done stuff like backgrounds, digital matte painting, etc. The "blatant" CG like in this thread (where you automatically know that something is CG) is actually only a small part of it. It's the most obvious part, but only a part.

 

[The Hermit]

90's win again.

yup

I was rewatching the other day Starship troopers and I was damn impressed with the visuals too, especially considering its from 97

 

[moggio]

I know some have said Zodiac, it is indeed good - but i prefer The Great Gatsby.

http://vimeo.com/68451324

Its actually stunning how much of the movie isn't real, and how good some (most) of it looks.

Nothing looks real in The Great Gatsby.

 

[Warm Machine]

avatar looks looks like cgi.
so not very convincing.
make up whould have been more convincing.
at least for the characters.

Then it would have looked liked people in makeup.

 

[OrangeJulius]

yup

I was rewatching the other day Starship troopers and I was damn impressed with the visuals too, especially considering its from 97

Yeah, Starship Troopers was flat out amazing win it came out in 97, was a great theater experience. Shame the movie itself went over every ones head.

It still looks great today, some visible warts yes. But considering it's 17 years old, it looks incredible.

 

[Devilinthiscity]

http://youtu.be/gx9eDoS76LM

I've never seen that Audrey Hepburn commercial before. Both her and the guy in the car look really good. Maryline Monroe's face on the other hand just looks weird when showing expression.

 

[sankt-Antonio]

No, because the pilot is thrown forward due to being strapped in to his seat and then bounces to the right, the other guy is thrown left due to not being strapped.

Except the seat is not moving even an inch, therefor there could be no rebound effect as harsch as seen here, the pilot would just be pressed into the seat for the duration of the crash and would only then move forward if also the other guy would bounce around somewhat.

 

[Kinyou]

Then it would have looked liked people in makeup.

Yeah, while the CGI is obviously noticeable Avatar manages to create a consistent look. Guys in make up running through a CGI jungle would probably have broken that.

 

[delta25]

I've always felt that Battle: Los Angeles had some pretty good CGI

I'm also probably the only person on the face of the planet that actually really likes the movie

 

[Loofy]

I disagree

I don't know how avatar doesn't look CG.

Don't have a real navi to compare it to but I guess this might be close.

 

[Jay Shadow]

 

[Black Rambo]

Every Clone Trooper in the prequel trilogy was CGI. I thought that was impressive...

 

[A_Gorilla]

Every Clone Trooper in the prequel trilogy was CGI. I thought that was impressive...

Troll post?

 

[Nappuccino]

Why is the guy to the left thrown to the left and the guy on the right to the right? Shouldn't they be booth going in the same direction?

One is a purely physics thing, the other is a reaction+physics thing because he sees what is about to happen before it happens and that gives him time to look away.

At least, that's the best I can tell.

 

[Dead]

wow lol, those actually look like shots from that Clone Wars CG tv show

 

[Delta Assault]

Also, these threads always devolve into this mess. Since everyone on GAF is a graphics expert of course.

I understand what you're getting at, but everyone has watched and observed the real world with their eyes for their entire lives. So it's very easy to tell when something just feels not quite right. The layman may not be able to specifically describe that a particular shot didn't use sufficient subsurface scattering on a person, but they can sense that it looks off.

 

[XANDER CAGE]

Troll post?

Even as a kid watching this in theaters I thought this looked weird.

 

[santi_yo]

The Adventures of Tintin (2011) was impressive.

 

[WillyFive]

Every Clone Trooper in the prequel trilogy was CGI. I thought that was impressive...

Yeah, I was blown away when I found out.

 

[strobogo]

Yeah, I was blown away when I found out.

You shouldn't be. They look like CGI. Especially in the stomach area. They don't move like humans.

 

[Delta Assault]

Even as a kid watching this in theaters I thought this looked weird.

It's just like Plinkett said in his reviews. They all look sterile and way too clean.

And that shot of Kenobi riding the bird thing is a horrible compositing job on top of it.

 

[ComputerMKII]

Troll post?

Is this a Lego Star Wars movie?

 

[gtrunner]

the only thing in the thread that looks remotely real even this looks a bit off

 

[BruceLeeRoy]

Yeah, I was blown away when I found out.

Seriously? How?

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

lol @ people suggesting Avatar should have used people in make-up to portray the nine foot tall, elongated, impossible large eyed cat people.

 

[Ecto311]

.... DISTRICT 9 by far is probably the most convincing use of cgi in a movie ive ever seen

I was going to say the same thing. The director has a good history of doing awesome special effects that have something magic to them - at least to me. This movie and the shorts on online were amazing. My favorite aspect to them was how he made the movie a movie and the crazy shit around in the movie was not focused on directly. In most special effect movies they focus on the nutty shit and it feels like a movie. This movie and the shorts feel like a world where aliens or monsters are running around but are normal. You don't focus on cars/people/pets in a movie because it's understood those are normal things in the world.

 

[BruceLeeRoy]

I think AVATAR takes the cake.
Its the first movie I can recall with that kind of heavy use of CG that I stopped thinking - "Damn that looks good they did a amazing job with that" and just started enjoying the movie. I can't think of one scene pulling me out of the movie because of some badly done effect.

I think it stands easily alone as the best.

 

[Despera]

Are these really the best we could do with current tech?

This thread proved that we still have a long way to go.

 

[Delta Assault]

Are these really the best we could do with current tech?

This thread proved that we still have a long way to go.

We'll get there eventually. And then we'll all have grand adventures playing as Sherlock Holmes and Dixon Hill.

 

[WillyFive]

Seriously? How?

I had no reason to think they were CG when I first saw them in theaters (except for the obvious million crowd shots), they looked to me exactly how a Stormtrooper looked except with a new helmet. And of course, rewatching the movies on VHS didn't reveal anything that would give it away as fake.

It wasn't until I saw the DVD features that showed how not a single clone trooper was real that I realized it, and still can't believe it. It was excellently done.

 

[FlashbladeGAF]

I think AVATAR takes the cake.
Its the first movie I can recall with that kind of heavy use of CG that I stopped thinking - "Damn that looks good they did a amazing job with that" and just started enjoying the movie. I can't think of one scene pulling me out of the movie because of some badly done effect.

I think it stands easily alone as the best.x

The comments critizing Avatar make me believe that half of neogaf think the blue creatures were the only things CGI

Pandora and it's vegetation looked as real as anything.

 

[BlueDogAnchorite]

The Adventures of Tintin (2011) was impressive.

Good visual effects, but very boring movie otherwise

 

[BlueDogAnchorite]

I had no reason to think they were CG when I first saw them in theaters (except for the obvious million crowd shots), they looked to me exactly how a Stormtrooper looked except with a new helmet. And of course, rewatching the movies on VHS didn't reveal anything that would give it away as fake.

It wasn't until I saw the DVD features that showed how not a single clone trooper was real that I realized it, and still can't believe it. It was excellently done.

Episode III had alot of great CGI. It still had some bad CGI, but this one had the best CGI out of all the prequels. It's actually the one prequel I liked the most. I also thought they did a great job with Clone Troopers in this movie.

 

[TheRedSnifit]

 

[BlueDogAnchorite]

Davy Jones was amazing. I hope that the new Star Wars movies CGI are really great.

 

[cyberheater]

I think AVATAR takes the cake.
Its the first movie I can recall with that kind of heavy use of CG that I stopped thinking - "Damn that looks good they did a amazing job with that" and just started enjoying the movie. I can't think of one scene pulling me out of the movie because of some badly done effect.

I think it stands easily alone as the best.

Yep. It certainly set the standard. Amazing visuals.

 

[Barkley's Justice]

It's subtle, but the compositing in Spielberg's War of the Worlds is really good imo. It reminds me of Neil Blomkamp's style in that real world is augmented very thoughtfully with cgi.