Hey everyone! This is an update to last year's video. We added a bunch of new scenes throughout the whole video, a new intro, last year's winner, and this year's nominees. Hope you enjoy it! Also let us know who you think will win this year! Deepwater Horizon, Doctor Strange, The Jungle Book, Kubo and the Two Strings, or Rogue One: A Star Wars Story??
Kubo and Jungle Book have both had an insane amount of effort put into achieving their final results (fully realized stop-motion world versus convincing 100% CGI world interacted with by actual human). I know a tie is possible so that's what I'm rooting for.
***** Way, Kubo is stop motion? What the fuck? Shit, I take it back, Kubo's got it in the bag. If it doesn't win the nomination, that's a crime against humanity.
Ex- Machina looks great here but when you´re aware that was the same year when Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant, SW TFA, were nominated, it look like the wild card.
love The Revenant effects. But because of the fast work of vfx behind scenes of Ex Machina and the prolixity of them, it deserved the award in my opinion.
I thought a lot of the effects in TFA looked pretty bad. Snoke and Maz Kanata are both very underwhelming and just look so obviously out of place. Rogue One was vastly superior and it isn't even a main entry in the series. While a film's budget shouldn't dictate a winner of this award, the fact that Ex-Machina was able to achieve what it did with such a limited budget is rather commendable.
Yea, snoke was a bit wonky, so was Maz. Idk why they had others like Unkar Plutt (Simon Pegg), those guys with the ship that Flynn is about to get on with, etc were all practical or mostly practical. I think even the ships were special effects. Which is a shame cause the ships in rogue one looked much cooler.
It's gonna be a close fight between Jungle Book and Doctor Strange. Jungle Book is the more technically impressive of the two but Doctor Strange is more visually creative and impressive in my opinion.
I don't thing they quite nailed the photorealistic look they were aiming for but it got very close and it was very ambitious of them. Life of Pi's tiger will always be my favorite VFX animal ever and Jungle Book failed to achieve that level of quality here and there. But I agree it got the cake for this year.
David Alin I'm with you on that. Life of Pi really made me think for part of the movie how they trained that tiger. it was fantastic and a great movie as well
Well I mean, it does deserbe it but so do practically all of the other nominations (except Deepwater Horizon, great movie but the effects aren't on par).
Its gotten to the point where so many movies are visually stunning its extremely hard to pick a winner. Eventually it's gonna come down to biases. That whilst it isn't the best thing proves how go the Visual Effects of today truly is.
*The Jungle Book has the edge right now, having won the Critics Choice VFX award last December as well as (5) awards from the VFX guild just a few days ago. However, even if it wins the BAFTA this weekend, I wouldn't be surprised if the Academy tosses this year's award to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.*
SuperChode The movie isn't really about having an exciting experience, more about meaning and philosofical questions. And sure, that isn't for everyone, I respect people who don't like it. I just don't like seeing people saying it's bad, cause it's really not.
My favourite ones: 1. Life of Pi 2. Titanic 3. 2001 4. Gravity 5. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 6. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 7. Inception 8. Matrix 9. Aliens 10. Terminator 2 :Judgement Day And some honourable mentions to Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Hugo, The Dead Man's Chest, The Ten Commandments and Jurrasic Park. I haven't seen Avatar yet, so I couldn't say anything.
It's interesting where the periods of incredible improvement are. The one that stands out most to me is Alien, Empire and Raiders in a row, all three still holding up very well today.
Vol deMort nope... scenes where bagheera catches shere khan that run scene looks odd like they dont have any weights on their body but otherwise very good cg
Huge milestone: 5:50 was the first photorealistic CGI in a live-action scene. Practically every clip after that was CGI. And about 8:30 is where I stopped enjoying movies. I still don't know whether movies changed or I did.
I personally would rank 1. Jungle Book(super beautiful) 2. Doctor Strange AND Kubo and the Two Strings(SHYAMALAN PLOT TWIST) 3. Deepwater Horizon(amazing, but comparably the worst in this list)
This year should really go to Kubo. Jungle book does look amazing, but the amount of effort that went into every single shot of Kubo is breathtaking. It blows my mind thinking about how much work it took to do it all.
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Great idea. Nice to see some of the classics getting some screen time on youtube.. So much great, and memorable work. I do feel that you have short changed some of the movies in terms of the footage shown. The Rains Came, which was I believe the first movie to be awarded an Oscar for Visual Effects. That year the competition included ´The Wizard of Oz´and ´Gone With the Wind´. There is excellent model and optical work in the movie which is not shown in the clip. Wonder Man - has excellent split screen effects, also not shown. The Guns of Navarone has an excellent storm sequence involving miniature and full size boat running aground. Cleopatra - no vfx in this clip... understandable given the threadbare effects in the movie (same year as Jason and the Argonauts (not nominated) and The Birds). Mary Poppins - the live action wire work... not any of the beautiful matte paintings or the ´chalk painting sequence´. Thunderballl... another unlikely winner. But what about the impressive full scale Disco Volante sequence? 2001 - The stargate sequence is awesome, but some of the Blue Danube or Dawn of Man scenes too would be nice The Hindenburg - some of the best matte paintings ever put on film.....this clip is not the most representative Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back and E.T I think... (clips form the 1990s updated versions)... Raiders of the Lost Ark - no VFX in this clip... the boulder scene, a great iconic special effect, but hardly what clinched the oscar Return of the Jedi - so much great work in that movie - the forest walker battle, Speeder Bike chase, Space Battle, Jabba the Hutt Aliens - this sequence features intercutting between excellent miniatures and impressive full scale alien queen and power loader. What May Dreams May Come - the remarkable, ´Oscar worthy´ effect was the ´´painted world´´, surely that would be THE clip
PbG1989 I'm not so sure about Doctor Strange... it gives the impression of simple cropping + altering and carefully rendered 3D, compared to the hundreds of terabytes needed for realistic wayer and fire effects 🤔
Considering how breathlessly realistic 2001 a Space Odyssey still looks, its hilarious what won best effects the year before it and the year after it. *Giant Snail Noises*
Good compilation and improved selection of clips, but it should be noted--1957's "The Enemy Below" won for sound FX, not visual FX (according to Wikipedia).
Having seen all but Deepwater Horizon, I gotta say that the nominations are really damn strong this year. If I'm honest though, I kinda hope that The Jungle Book doesn't win since it seems to cover the whole spectrum of how it's CGI looks. It looks completely real, then not real but cool, then a little off, then you're just aware that it's a bunch of CG. And it goes back and forth between these.
As for the others, Rogue One looked really damn good and strived to innovate. While Kubo's bloody beautiful all the way through. Though if I'm honest, I'd love to see Doctor Strange win this year. Anyone that's seen the most psychedelic scene in the film will certainly agree that it's at least worthy of its nomination.
Just a question: why is Kubo and the Two Strings nominated for Best VFX when it's fully animated? Shouldn't it be in the Best Animated Feature? P.S. Make a list of Best Animated Feature one day
Also, all animation is technically eligible for Best Visual Effects, they just don't nominate them in it (I think one of Pixar's films made the shortlist one year, but didn't make the nominees).
Like others said, this movie has the distinction of having practical effects as well as having animated effects. They actually built the giant skeleton and it takes up the whole set.
Every time I see clean, crisp, anamorphic footage for The Abyss, I just have to ask -- where did you get it? To my knowledge that film has never been released on Blu-Ray and on DVD you can only find it letterboxed.
The problem I have with VFX Oscars is that the winners aren't voted by people who understand VFX so they usually vote for the movie they most enjoyed and not the one who actually deserves to win.
This is a cool video and it's nice you are updating them every year. Question: are the clips you show here what won them the award or is it some arbitrary selection?
We definitely try to pull shots that not only showcase some of the landmark effects that made the films standout (and subsequently win), but also what we consider our favorites and what we feel are some of the most iconic. Thanks for watching!
Burger Fiction should have included the acid trip sequence from Doctor Strange then, imo. Or, the fight sequence in the mirror dimension against Kaecilius. Or, even a shot of Dormammu, or maybe the reversal of time scene at Hong Kong. Anything, but that. Hey, but otherwise a *Great* video!
Though The Jungle Book's visual effects were the most technically impressive this year, I think the creativity that went into the visual effects of Doctor Strange is more impressive. Not upset that the jungle book won though.
Was the footage from Empire Strikes Back the new, cleaned up version? I don't remember it looking that clean. You could see little boxes around the tie-fighters etc. but here it looks completely spotless.
WOW, when you see what was amazing back then compared to what is available to even teenagers now, it really makes you think how blessed you are as a filmmaker to live in a time where you can do amazing things in even free software, such as HitFilm Express and Blender. You also have so many cameras and microphones and other gear available to you, yet we are spoiled and must have the most expensive and best looking camera. If you had taken a teenager's superhero short film back to 1927, they would have won the award (and also been the subject of time travel/alien superstitions). I am 13 years old and want to get into film, Btw.
Kubo's nomination is confusing me. Not because I don't think it doesn't deserve it, but now I have to wonder about where VFX end and animation begins. Especially since things like the Lion King reboot are called "live-action" now.
Movies that should've won: 2007 Transformers 2008 The Dark Knight 2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 2015 Star Wars The Force Awakens 2016 Doctor Strange 2018 Ready Player One 2019 Avengers Endgame
Early in Disney's career he created some shorts called "Alice In Cartoonland," wherein a real-life Alice interacted with animated cartoon characters. It seems to me that "Jungle Book" does the same thing, a live actor surrounded by CGI animation. Is this really progress or a step backwards?
Kubo and the two strings is an underrated movie with a wonderful story and great Stop-Motion animation. a dying art if it weren't for Laika. It'll be very disappointing if it doesn't get the award. My bet is that Dr. Strange is going to get it. I found that movie to be very boring.
A number of these clips don't feature visual effects but practical effects (the boulder in Raiders, for instance, the wire work for Logan's Run, etc.). Also, the clip from Star Wars is from a special edition, not the original, as evidenced by the Luke's X-Wing coming out of the explosion.
Hey everyone! This is an update to last year's video. We added a bunch of new scenes throughout the whole video, a new intro, last year's winner, and this year's nominees. Hope you enjoy it!
Also let us know who you think will win this year! Deepwater Horizon, Doctor Strange, The Jungle Book, Kubo and the Two Strings, or Rogue One: A Star Wars Story??
Why u didnt add new winner in the last clip? I thought TH-cam support editing clip ?
Nope! You cannot edit (add or remove clips) or replace an existing video. Wish we could.
Junglebook's probably gonna win.
Kubo and Jungle Book have both had an insane amount of effort put into achieving their final results (fully realized stop-motion world versus convincing 100% CGI world interacted with by actual human). I know a tie is possible so that's what I'm rooting for.
***** Way, Kubo is stop motion? What the fuck? Shit, I take it back, Kubo's got it in the bag. If it doesn't win the nomination, that's a crime against humanity.
Haha the switch from 2001 a space odyssey to marooned is insane
Termutis agreed!
Termutis YES
same with ben-hur look at the quality !
2001 a space odyssey is a fucking masterpiece. Just genious
Truth And Justice Yesssss
Lord of the rings and Star Wars both won for the whole trilogy! 😍
Yeah! And none of their "new trilogy" movies won, so that would be 50% success for both.
It's pretty amazing how well the effects in some of the old ones hold up. Great lighting and modeling work never gets old.
Wow, 1969 must've been a shitty year for visual effects.
All the good VFX people were busy with the moon landing.
Matt W Well when the last einner was 2001:A Space Odissey you won't have much chance...hehe
I thought 1971 was pretty bad
420apache657 Still not as bad as 1969
69 giggidy
Ex- Machina looks great here but when you´re aware that was the same year when Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant, SW TFA, were nominated, it look like the wild card.
love The Revenant effects. But because of the fast work of vfx behind scenes of Ex Machina and the prolixity of them, it deserved the award in my opinion.
I thought a lot of the effects in TFA looked pretty bad. Snoke and Maz Kanata are both very underwhelming and just look so obviously out of place. Rogue One was vastly superior and it isn't even a main entry in the series.
While a film's budget shouldn't dictate a winner of this award, the fact that Ex-Machina was able to achieve what it did with such a limited budget is rather commendable.
Yea, snoke was a bit wonky, so was Maz. Idk why they had others like Unkar Plutt (Simon Pegg), those guys with the ship that Flynn is about to get on with, etc were all practical or mostly practical. I think even the ships were special effects. Which is a shame cause the ships in rogue one looked much cooler.
Make one with the best original score winners!
Vanildo Junior I can hear a copyright strike.
No you can't; the music will be removed.
It's gonna be a close fight between Jungle Book and Doctor Strange. Jungle Book is the more technically impressive of the two but Doctor Strange is more visually creative and impressive in my opinion.
Doctor strange copied inception, that’s why it didn’t win
Love the cute lil Star Wars outro 😂👌🏼
This may be neiched, but can you do one of these for "best score" winners? So many great original scores of the years!!
The Jungle Book has it in the bag this year.
Please no
I don't thing they quite nailed the photorealistic look they were aiming for but it got very close and it was very ambitious of them. Life of Pi's tiger will always be my favorite VFX animal ever and Jungle Book failed to achieve that level of quality here and there. But I agree it got the cake for this year.
David Alin I'm with you on that. Life of Pi really made me think for part of the movie how they trained that tiger. it was fantastic and a great movie as well
I prefer Kubo and the Two Strings. It's incredible being a stop-motion film.
Well I mean, it does deserbe it but so do practically all of the other nominations (except Deepwater Horizon, great movie but the effects aren't on par).
Terminator 2 *still* holds up.
Its gotten to the point where so many movies are visually stunning its extremely hard to pick a winner. Eventually it's gonna come down to biases. That whilst it isn't the best thing proves how go the Visual Effects of today truly is.
*The Jungle Book has the edge right now, having won the Critics Choice VFX award last December as well as (5) awards from the VFX guild just a few days ago. However, even if it wins the BAFTA this weekend, I wouldn't be surprised if the Academy tosses this year's award to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.*
Special mention to Doctor Strange... It really is going to be a close match for visual effects this year.
BlueFox94 I think it will be a very close race between Rogue One and Dr. Strange
Both look amazing.
2001, a space odyssey is still the best movie ever made
too slow for my taste , its like the shining
SuperChode *best
Billy Thebacker +1
SuperChode Nah, the movie is great. It's not going to appeal to everyone, but that doesn't mean it's bad
SuperChode The movie isn't really about having an exciting experience, more about meaning and philosofical questions. And sure, that isn't for everyone, I respect people who don't like it. I just don't like seeing people saying it's bad, cause it's really not.
I love that once you get passed Star Wars, there are so many John Williams movies.
My favourite ones:
1. Life of Pi
2. Titanic
3. 2001
4. Gravity
5. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
6. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
7. Inception
8. Matrix
9. Aliens
10. Terminator 2 :Judgement Day
And some honourable mentions to Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Hugo, The Dead Man's Chest, The Ten Commandments and Jurrasic Park.
I haven't seen Avatar yet, so I couldn't say anything.
Remember, it was only called Star Wars in 1977.
So many good movies..Star Wars, LOTR, The Matrix, Avatar...Indiana Jones, Life of Pi...ahhhhh
Death Becomes Her is still a movie that makes me laugh my ass off, but it also has some pretty fucking cool special effects.
Temple of Doom is my personal favorite on this list!
Hh, imagine where we'll be in a 100 years from now. Hard to see how much can we change, since it allready looks pretty good.
Harrison Ford vehicles almost got 5 consecutive wins here if ET didn't outdo Blade Runner...
Harrison Ford was also in E.T. :)
no he wasn't. he was suppose to be in a scene but it was cut from the film
no he wasn't
Blade Runner was so robbed, there is no way ET has better effects that it
Miguel Pereira politics are always involved when it comes to the Oscars... ET probably won cause it made more money and was directed by Speilberg
It's interesting where the periods of incredible improvement are. The one that stands out most to me is Alien, Empire and Raiders in a row, all three still holding up very well today.
Jungle Book's CGI is effing Flawless!
Vol deMort nope... scenes where bagheera catches shere khan that run scene looks odd like they dont have any weights on their body but otherwise very good cg
"chapulin colorado" talking with "el chavo del 8" the best of all time visual effects ever made.
Huge milestone: 5:50 was the first photorealistic CGI in a live-action scene. Practically every clip after that was CGI. And about 8:30 is where I stopped enjoying movies. I still don't know whether movies changed or I did.
2001 a Space Odyssey truly is one of the best films ever
Do one of costume please!!
I want Doctor Strange or The Jungle Book to win.
Some Crazed Nerd doctor strange and all marvel are just so boring and basic effects...
schwartzy65 You ain't seen nothing mate
Matthieu Malcombe hah if i say that marvels effects and movies are basic and not innovative i havent seen anything?
Even people who disliked the movie admit to the effects being innovative and amazing. Visually Dr. Strange is breathtaking
I personally would rank
1. Jungle Book(super beautiful)
2. Doctor Strange AND Kubo and the Two Strings(SHYAMALAN PLOT TWIST)
3. Deepwater Horizon(amazing, but comparably the worst in this list)
This year should really go to Kubo. Jungle book does look amazing, but the amount of effort that went into every single shot of Kubo is breathtaking. It blows my mind thinking about how much work it took to do it all.
So many chills when I see these iconic scenes from LOTR again
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We all know that the award is going to The Jungle Book, but Doctor Strange really gives it a run for its money.
Awesome video. You should do a version with every movie that SHOULD have won each year.
Really enjoyed this video, thanks very much for all the effort put into this!
The change from gladiator to fellowship was cool
Also gravity to interstellar :p
I gotta say, some of these movies still look really awesome, even tho they are dated. And some barely look dated, like 2001 or Alien
Not a surprise that my faves are in this category. :)
Great idea. Nice to see some of the classics getting some screen time on youtube.. So much great, and memorable work. I do feel that you have short changed some of the movies in terms of the footage shown.
The Rains Came, which was I believe the first movie to be awarded an Oscar for Visual Effects. That year the competition included ´The Wizard of Oz´and ´Gone With the Wind´. There is excellent model and optical work in the movie which is not shown in the clip.
Wonder Man - has excellent split screen effects, also not shown.
The Guns of Navarone has an excellent storm sequence involving miniature and full size boat running aground.
Cleopatra - no vfx in this clip... understandable given the threadbare effects in the movie (same year as Jason and the Argonauts (not nominated) and The Birds).
Mary Poppins - the live action wire work... not any of the beautiful matte paintings or the ´chalk painting sequence´.
Thunderballl... another unlikely winner. But what about the impressive full scale Disco Volante sequence?
2001 - The stargate sequence is awesome, but some of the Blue Danube or Dawn of Man scenes too would be nice
The Hindenburg - some of the best matte paintings ever put on film.....this clip is not the most representative
Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back and E.T I think... (clips form the 1990s updated versions)...
Raiders of the Lost Ark - no VFX in this clip... the boulder scene, a great iconic special effect, but hardly what clinched the oscar
Return of the Jedi - so much great work in that movie - the forest walker battle, Speeder Bike chase, Space Battle, Jabba the Hutt
Aliens - this sequence features intercutting between excellent miniatures and impressive full scale alien queen and power loader.
What May Dreams May Come - the remarkable, ´Oscar worthy´ effect was the ´´painted world´´, surely that would be THE clip
Man, there are some solid noms this year.
It's definitely going to be Jungle Book for the Oscar, what they achieved in visual effects this year was ground breaking.
The Jungle Book might easily be 2016's winner, but we might be surprised and get Deepwater Horizon taking the award
I bet Disney is gonna win. I mean, they have three out the five nominees and they're my top 3 so... I'll also be surprised if Deepwater Horizon wins.
no way Deepwater wins... it'll either be Doctor Strange or Jungle Book
PbG1989 I'm not so sure about Doctor Strange... it gives the impression of simple cropping + altering and carefully rendered 3D, compared to the hundreds of terabytes needed for realistic wayer and fire effects 🤔
KipperBill Deepwater Horizon getting nominated is a joke
Sofiane Daoui Mmkay, so what's your reasoning? Maybe the scenes where we go right next to the engines and the oil pipe?
I recon for 2017 hacksaw ridge will be entered as those graphics were insane, no one really noticed it but everything looked beautiful
Hacksaw Ridge has some iffy VFX. The Cinematography is marvellous and It should have got nominated over Moonlight.
Thanks! there were some films on this list is would have never guessed won an oscar. My bet is on Rouge One winning best FX this year.
Thanks for replacing the Wonder Man clip since the original video just showed a dance number with no visual effects.
The part in Rogue One when the Star Destroyers crash into each other should give it the win by itself.
So many of my favorite movies won this.
I love how so many ILM films win in a row.
Wow! Didn't expect the LotR three times in a row!
Considering how breathlessly realistic 2001 a Space Odyssey still looks, its hilarious what won best effects the year before it and the year after it.
*Giant Snail Noises*
Disliked for offending giant animatronic snail.
This year's nominees are stacked.
comparing movies by 5 seconds scenes is like comparing a meals just by smell
Good compilation and improved selection of clips, but it should be noted--1957's "The Enemy Below" won for sound FX, not visual FX (according to Wikipedia).
Having seen all but Deepwater Horizon, I gotta say that the nominations are really damn strong this year.
If I'm honest though, I kinda hope that The Jungle Book doesn't win since it seems to cover the whole spectrum of how it's CGI looks.
It looks completely real, then not real but cool, then a little off, then you're just aware that it's a bunch of CG. And it goes back and forth between these.
As for the others, Rogue One looked really damn good and strived to innovate. While Kubo's bloody beautiful all the way through.
Though if I'm honest, I'd love to see Doctor Strange win this year. Anyone that's seen the most psychedelic scene in the film will certainly agree that it's at least worthy of its nomination.
what about that water animation in The good dinosaur 2015?
This is awesome! Please do the other categories. Also, I pick The Jungle Book to win.
Just a question: why is Kubo and the Two Strings nominated for Best VFX when it's fully animated? Shouldn't it be in the Best Animated Feature?
P.S. Make a list of Best Animated Feature one day
Azenji *It's nominated for both and is the first to do so since 1993's The Nightmare Before Christmas.*
Isn't it because it's stop-motion animation rather than digital?
Because it's all stop-motion but it has digital-effect enhancements.
Also, all animation is technically eligible for Best Visual Effects, they just don't nominate them in it (I think one of Pixar's films made the shortlist one year, but didn't make the nominees).
Like others said, this movie has the distinction of having practical effects as well as having animated effects. They actually built the giant skeleton and it takes up the whole set.
Every time I see clean, crisp, anamorphic footage for The Abyss, I just have to ask -- where did you get it? To my knowledge that film has never been released on Blu-Ray and on DVD you can only find it letterboxed.
Ah, the ending song is my ringtone and it messed me up.
The whole original Star Wars and Lord of the Rings trilogies are in this video!
burger fiction, you little legend 🍔💟
Matrix revolucionou toda a porra depois de 1999...!!! Fato!!!
I'm not saying it would have won, but its pretty lame that The BFG didn't get a nom for Visual Effects this year.
Ben Hur must be really winning all the awards in 1959
This is a quibble, but for Star Wars: A New Hope in 1977, you use footage from the 1997 Special Edition. That's a CG X-Wing at the end.
Per me il film con i migliori effetti speciali di sempre è Il Signore degli Anelli
Please make every best director ever !!
6:00 lol Arnold face
Hào That was one seriously crappy animatronic.
Man, Golden Compass would've been so good if it were adapted correctly.
the original jurassic park still looks better than any of its sequels.
Not a single Star Wars film has won an Oscar. It's not fair!
gxfan039 What are you talking about?
+Miguel Pereira I never seen Star Wars win a single Oscar
gxfan039 The entire original trilogy won Best VFX, have you seen the video?
Sorry. I was focused on The Force Awakens and Rogue One.
Www.ait... Avatar came out 8 years ago??? Oh how time flies by
Except the effects in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon were SO MUCH BETTER than the effects in Gladiator. Uggh!
You know what'd be wierd. If an animated movie won best picture but didn't win best animated film.
That's impossible.
The problem I have with VFX Oscars is that the winners aren't voted by people who understand VFX so they usually vote for the movie they most enjoyed and not the one who actually deserves to win.
James Cameron is the master
I'm surprised Saving private Ryan didn't win an oscar for its visuals !! that movie is still best looking war movie to date :p
Golden dolphin street.. One of the best ever!
This is a cool video and it's nice you are updating them every year. Question: are the clips you show here what won them the award or is it some arbitrary selection?
We definitely try to pull shots that not only showcase some of the landmark effects that made the films standout (and subsequently win), but also what we consider our favorites and what we feel are some of the most iconic. Thanks for watching!
Matrix, bullet time!
Burger Fiction should have included the acid trip sequence from Doctor Strange then, imo. Or, the fight sequence in the mirror dimension against Kaecilius. Or, even a shot of Dormammu, or maybe the reversal of time scene at Hong Kong. Anything, but that.
Hey, but otherwise a *Great* video!
5 Harrison Ford movies between 1977 and 1983. 6 if you count E.T.
Though The Jungle Book's visual effects were the most technically impressive this year, I think the creativity that went into the visual effects of Doctor Strange is more impressive. Not upset that the jungle book won though.
I swear if Rogue One doesn't win the award I will be so angry. Some of the best visual effects in a Star Wars movie ever.
Here's hoping Kubo gets it this year.
Was the footage from Empire Strikes Back the new, cleaned up version? I don't remember it looking that clean. You could see little boxes around the tie-fighters etc. but here it looks completely spotless.
its really between the jungle book and rogue one. its gonna be real close
I will never understand how The Golden Compass won over Pirates of The Caribbean: At World's End in 2007.
3:10 Not even Gravity has those effects dude.
WOW, when you see what was amazing back then compared to what is available to even teenagers now, it really makes you think how blessed you are as a filmmaker to live in a time where you can do amazing things in even free software, such as HitFilm Express and Blender. You also have so many cameras and microphones and other gear available to you, yet we are spoiled and must have the most expensive and best looking camera. If you had taken a teenager's superhero short film back to 1927, they would have won the award (and also been the subject of time travel/alien superstitions). I am 13 years old and want to get into film, Btw.
this was so goddamn interesting
you are goddamn right
Kubo's nomination is confusing me. Not because I don't think it doesn't deserve it, but now I have to wonder about where VFX end and animation begins. Especially since things like the Lion King reboot are called "live-action" now.
Movies that should've won:
2007 Transformers
2008 The Dark Knight
2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
2015 Star Wars The Force Awakens
2016 Doctor Strange
2018 Ready Player One
2019 Avengers Endgame
Early in Disney's career he created some shorts called "Alice In Cartoonland," wherein a real-life Alice interacted with animated cartoon characters. It seems to me that "Jungle Book" does the same thing, a live actor surrounded by CGI animation. Is this really progress or a step backwards?
Kubo winning visual effects and losing Animated Feature would be an acceptable compromise for me.
I wish for Kubo to win the Oscar this year, but I think "Rogue One" or "The Jungle Book" will win it!
It's tough to choose between Doctor Strange and Jungle Book.
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Where the heck is Godzilla 2014 on this list? I mean I know it's a little hated but Godzilla looked as real as he ever could in that movie.
5:59 Its Trump and inside its supposed to be Putin, right?
Kubo and the two strings is an underrated movie with a wonderful story and great Stop-Motion animation. a dying art if it weren't for Laika. It'll be very disappointing if it doesn't get the award. My bet is that Dr. Strange is going to get it. I found that movie to be very boring.
A number of these clips don't feature visual effects but practical effects (the boulder in Raiders, for instance, the wire work for Logan's Run, etc.). Also, the clip from Star Wars is from a special edition, not the original, as evidenced by the Luke's X-Wing coming out of the explosion.