I worked on "Pleasantville". The burning tree scene are all shot in b&w. We had a poly over the fence and, with proprietary software, then pulled out yellow on one luminance level. In the long shots the yellow on the house was done the same. The tree was done the same way with and more complicated poly over the fire a a little smoke and several different luminance levels pulled in different intensities of that same yellow and one one level slight red which you see better in the scene where Tony walks out the door. In that shot there is a poly on his shirt that has the yellow pulled out more subtly. You would be surprised how many plots are in these shots with little things of yellow are pulled. The effect is supposed to be the fire is the only thing in color, but the color does reflect off of the b&w world. They didn't want a lot of oranges or reds just that hint of red and different intensities of yellow
Clint got it almost right- We shot in color and then selectively desaturated to get the desired result. There was no keying to speak of, ALL mattes were created with roto, though within the roto shapes there were some threshold controls that governed what happened inside that shape. We used a combination of Shake, (before it had a UI), stuff we wrote, and some colorizing software that we inherited from a vendor that went out of business. I was the VFX supervisor and also was in charge of building the pipeline and implementing our vision for what turned out to be the first film to use a digital intermediate. It was Michael Southard (aka paintboy) who made all the keyframes for the color decisions. Anyway. still loving your channel!! I could go on forever if anyone cared :)
So who should I believe. Random youtuber A who says it was in color then selectively desaturated or random youtuber B who says it was shot in B&W with special software to add in colors.
@@WalkerRileyMC I think person B you talking about is only saying that the one scene with the fire was shot in b&w but in the comments she also mentions that the rest of the movie was shot in color.
Finally someone who understands Bay's eyes for CGI and VFX. He is the one who got me into love with CG. A perfect Director for shooting photorealistic CG knit together with practical effects really well.
@@WirxawTanev Bumblebee looks way better than any of the other Transformer movies. The designs for the Michael Bay Transformers are just shit in action scenes. It looks like a bunch of junk metal punching each other.
@@crepperwlp Well... that's kind of exactly the point. Bay's Transformers were corny teenager action movies and were quite good for that reason alone... until they went imbecilically degenerate on propaganda. And, yes, perhaps the "good pet robot" design of Bumblebee is indeed far more restrained and pleasant. Better than a robot pissing on someone, I agree. But the plot and the narrative have somehow stooped even lower than The Last Knight and... well, it kind of overshadows whatever design progress Bumblebee had. For all intents and purposes, I wouldn't mind the old BB as long as the movie itself is at least remotely entertaining and not a soap opera.
@@WirxawTanev Bumblebee it's a popcorn family adventure movie, it's basically Herbie. Which for me works well with the character. I actually didn't even watched the 4º and 5º Transformer movies, so I can't say anything about those, but Bumblebee is for sure my favorite from the franchise.
Avatar is supposed to be the best CG ever, but... are there any technical mistakes or cringe worthy moments? And to be clear, I meant the blue monkey-cat people Avatar.
The explosions. None of the explosions react to one another, i.e. the smoke lingering from one explosion does not get affected by a nearby explosion's shockwave. It's actually pretty apparent when you look at footage of similar things in real life, but it's not in Avatar. Also most of the explosion smoke in general doesn't look as good as today's stuff.
Waterwall, bugs eating AnckSuNamun, karnak when the train stops, the army of anubis in final act. The Mummy had better cgi imo because they often used practical shots a lot more. Less in Mummy Returns :p.
Well none of the vfx shots were great but yea, that one was like as if in the last week of post production someone said, “Hey where’s that vfx data for the Scorpion-Rock fight scene?” “I thought Garry was doing that..?” “WHO THE FUCK IS GARRY???”
I know nothing about VFX but I can't explain how much I love watching these videos. The combination of great detective work and great chemistry between you guys just makes this great entertainment!
He even admits he's a terrible writer. Because of the writers strike, he had to write the jokes for revenge of the fallen, something he would later regret doing.
There are matte paintings in blade runner that were created in negative to match what came out of the camera. By hand. If you've not seen it, watch Dangerous Days.
Technically, it's from the Mummy Returns, but yeah, the character is the Scorpion King... why the flying fuck they didn't just have the Rock do a fight with Brendan Fraser I'll never know. He could've had special powers like Imhotep, not his head imposed on a giant scorpion body...
12:39 Oh *hell* yes. I have no clue how they did any of the CG visual effects, but I immediately recognized this one. I'm so glad you guys covered it, it was so damn clever for 1930s cinema. The guy who invented it was named Karl Struss, and he first used it in the 1925 movie Ben-Hur to show Jesus healing a group of lepers. He then did it again in the 1931 adaptation of Jekyll and Hyde, and it was so well-done that it helped the movie win an Oscar. But *this* version of the trick, with the dramatic tearing off of the wig, is easily the most effective version I've seen yet. Great stuff.
@@CarnifaxMachine What do you mean with finally? The census always was that the CGI is awesome...It's some of ILM's best work. The problem with Bay is that he has great CGI, absolutely great cinematography but bad acting and bad story. I recommend watching "Michael Bay - What is Bayhem?" to find out WHY he is so bad.
Oof im not to sure about this. While i do agree that its educational, its crossing to the "i can do your job better than you" territory. Criticizing something is one thing, going "heres how you shouldve done it" is different thing entirely. Unless corridor is ready for the drama that follows from the filmmaking community
TLAbd I see what you’re getting at, but if them saying “This is the worst VFX I’ve ever seen,” and the like isn’t already landing them in hot water, then a tutorial can’t be much worse. Also, most of the time they’re pretty fair in saying that most of the issues to be had with any given scene/movie can be boiled down to time, money, or technology constraints. They’re never saying “Your work is bad you dumb idiot, I can do it better!”
SpyBlue IF this is true (and not a joke) then that's not a good enough reason. Ruin the scene because the actor couldn't handle a simple prop? What about in the other x men films
@@raam726 The poking bit is true, he tells about it in an interview on the Graham Norton Show (it's on yt somewhere). if that's also the reason why they went for CGI I don't know, but it was a bad decision either way. Even a bit of styrene with some aluminum tape on it would have looked better. And the sparking, ugghhhh...
It was cool to see you guys give credit to Michael Bay. I’m not even the biggest fan of the Transformers movies but I would never deny the technical mastery on display in all of the films.
He got hated because he took the wrong job. Someone need to pair him up with a REAL director so in stead of simply making cool things he get to make a good story looks good.
@@koharrison4520 Maybe you're looking at it the wrong way. Bay's job is to make money as a filmmaker. Who knows how he expresses art during his off hours. He makes millions directing beautiful films for twelve year old audiences (and the rest of us tend to watch them, too) He's great at that. It's like that overachiever who just works at a restaurant and everyone wants to be their server because they're so much better at the run of the mill job than the others.
@@chickennugget9254 I'd argue that he can, but he needs a very good storywriter. The Rock is an example of that. And unlike Snyder, AFAIK, Bay doesn't write his own movies or pretends that they are some story masterpieces.
Alifka Aditya Putra most of the time the people complaining about CGI don't really know anything about it, as soon as they see that it's CG they're gonna shit on it without knowing how hard it actually is to do
Just waiting for VFX Artists React to Bumblebee just to compare the designs between Bay and Travis Transformers. Also waiting for VFX Artists React to Shark Boy and Lava Girl.
The Revenant. OMG Dude. This looks brutal man! Normal human thinking: omg, the damage done by that bear. CG artist thinking: omg, that Fur looks so good!
That scene alone is probably why I haven't ever felt the desire to watch The Revenant. And I rushed to see Attack on Titan the moment they said that it's not CGI. Yes, TheRev is probably better than arguably the worst movie of all time. But the scene is so bad that it pretty much matches or even loses to the level of stupidity of AoT live-action. It's not a bear attack. It's a WWE bear attack...
@@conneroneill8506 Fury Road is a masterpiece of storytelling. Rather than having dialogue, as is customary nowadays, it relies on visual storytelling to propel the story. You'll notice there's a lot of specific cuts and scenes solely focused on characters reacting or performing actions, framed beautifully, all while being a 2 hour non-stop action chase movie. It simultaneously accomplishes character arcs for multiple characters, world building, and much more. The funny thing is that I never even thought about these intricacies when I watched the movie in the theater the first time; I just sat perplexed and stunned.
its especially remarkable because they didnt had computers or any software at the time. they had to do so much tricks to make it work, thats why it is so amazing and as we can see still holds up today
*Finally some expert confirmation that the first transformers flick had great realistic CGI.* *Hell in my perspective the first one beats all the others in story, acting, lovable characters, character development, and CGI.* *The action wasnt too much or too little.*
For me, the first Transformers was the first movie ever where I felt CGI had gone photorealistic. I was and still am at awe at what they were able to achieve in 2007. Hell, movies today still don't look as good.
@Nagaraj Veer I don't think anyone serious ever criticized Bay from a technical aspect. I mean I think a lot of his aesthetic choices make no sense from a storytelling perspective, but the CGI in his films is always top notch.
If I can actually help answer that. I work in the games and film animation industry as an animator. A big joke from during school was that we would be ruined because of all this knowledge of the dumb magic that happens. Honestly it's not like that for me. All it's truly done is just make the bad stuff worse, and seeing the actual amazing skill and professional qualities of the really talented and hardworkers work be more amazing as I can understand what it takes to make that stuff so good. It's a type of insight where you understand the work, and often why things aren't great, and why some things are amazing.
That Forrest Gump clip is _excellent_ with Lt.Dan swinging his legs "through" the coffee table. It's a shame they missed the shadow of his actual legs passing through it, but still excellently done for the time.
They only made like 5 of these VFX react videos guys. It's on one of the first ones. There wasn't much covered other than them showing how they made it look like a tiger was in the boat.
I'm so happy you covered Kingsmen! That's my all time favourite movie, and it's just so fun to watch and I'm never bored, especially in the fight scenes.
I think it’s super cool that when Bonecrusher crashes through the bus, some of the flames stick to him afterwards and slowly go out as he keeps running. It really feels like he was affected by the explosion as opposed to just being there for it.
Distorted ToeNail yeah I’ll give Spider-Man 3 that, sand man not only looked great but that sand scene was beautiful with the music and just the cgi was great
Its covered in great depth in the extras on the DVD, with shot progression tests etc. Sure, its 'just' CG, but boy did it take a lot of work and processing power.
Honestly, as much as I hate the Bayformer movies, the CGI is gorgeous. I mean look at it. 2007 movie and it looks so good. Edit: is it just me, or, in that Forest Gump, scene you can actually see the shadow of that guy's legs when he turns around?
@@Wade_Fucking_Wilson Yes but also no??? I mean action is (as far as Bayformers go) basically the only thing enjoyable, and even then it's sometimes kinda hard to follow. On the other hand, it tries to have story and characters, but every single movie, except the first one maybe, failed horribly at that. So, in conclusion, a collection of just action and CGI shots from Bayformers would be ideal
The 2011 version actually prepared a shocking amount of really excellent practical effects, but then chose to replace or paint over them in post with CGI
- CGI clothes. Good and bad versions. - Best and worst de-aging effects - Best practical effects (talk about Ghostbusters please! They do amazing practical effects! Particularly the library card flying and egg frying scenes) - Best and worst video game effects
My vote will always, always go to Blade Runner for best practical effects. I watched it for the first time in the early 00s and it blew me away with it's miniatures work.
The time and effort invested into these videos are phenomenal. I would seriously spent my entire day binging these if I could. Thank you so much you guys for creating such quality content!
@@teehundeart it is Fox now Disney bought it😂😂, I rewatched it today and gotta say only walking robots looked kinda wierd and that says a lot how good the cgi was for 2009
Yes!! The Mummy Returns and the CGI scorpion. Shocking! And since you mentioned it, 2001: A Space Odyssey looks incredible even for today's standards, especiallythe shots in space. Would be nice to hear about that.
@Gōdon Gurando Many of the gravity effects come from building sets in a giant rotating wheel/tube. Other scenes were faked in a smaller scale manner: The floating pen in the shuttle was stuck to a sheet of glass and then plucked off the glass. It was all done so masterfully.
Yes! The Revenant bear! I remember watching that movie at home and my brother and I (who are movie buffs and love special effects) spent a lot of time debating how it looked so darn real. And I love they talked about the makeup color trick from black and white movies and shows! That’s one of my favorite optical tricks!
You guys should do a full episode dedicated to the Transformers movies. Some of the most impressive CGI in the last 20 years. Thanks for doing the first movie by the way :)
kinda sad how everyone trashes these movies because of micheal bays direction and writing, but they have remarkable VFX shots. the first one from 2007 was kind of a revolution in VFX and it was basically perfected by avatar in 2009.
The Fx aren't bad at all..and they shouldn't be with how much money they had. I'm just stunned there are so many bay fans Lol. I'm just not a fan of everything else in the transformer movies...acting, writing, soundtrack ect.
@@davidcoleman8056 but you are not alone with that. i think the "Bay critics" outnumber the transformers fans. For me the first 3 transformers movies are always something i can watch at all time. just to enjoy them. they have great action and thats all i want to see
Wow , I always was intrested in how movies were shot and some of the great shots acheived. But I have never learned so much in such small time as I did through watching this channel. Thanks and keep up the great work.
11:36 clint is me tryna explain to my parents how the wifi is connected to the printer and we can print from any of the devices in our house using one button
Hearing you guys compliment Bay’s movie skills with Transformers 1 (which is one of my favorite movies) made me feel so happy since everyone just hates what he makes because he’s Bay
React to Interstellar. There are a lot of really complex shots such as the black hole and wormhole, but also the spaceships. Pretty much the whole movie is worth to react to.
@@matman000000 Because WoW looks exactly like that ôo I don't understand the complaints regarding that movie. The cut down the lore, yes, but I think it is impossible to pack lore out of hundreds of gaming time into a two hour movie. The costumes, the broad shoulders, the laughable tiny heads in comparison to those bulged muscle bodys... nothing but accurate (I actually often roll my eyes when I start WoW after some pauses and look at those cringey body measurements and those larpy amour. ^^' But all together that is part of WoWs charm and they packed that shit into the movie wonderfully. Actually holding the actual cinematics next to the movie, the movie could be an extremely long cinematic. Well done in my opinion.
@@DanteDevonshire That stylization works for the cartoony graphics in the games, but it looks horrible in live action. The new Disney live-action remakes have the same problem. They take a colorful cartoon and try to recreate it in real life, resulting in a fake-looking set where everything is too shiny and perfect. Also, the problem with the movie wasn't a lack of lore, but a lack of story and character development.
On the topic of the blue makeup trick, this technique predates cinema, it was used for the first time in theatre in the 1880-1890s in theatre productions of 'Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' where he transforms on stage with special gas lamps illuminating him (not color projection as he interacted with other people on stage). This was the first time 'transformation' was conceptually something people encountered. People had a hard time understanding what was going on, but no worries they were making crazy money with their production. But it blew people's minds much so that during the period that the actor was arrested and tried for a number of incredibly gruesome murders, nobody could believe that someone could just transform from a normal man to something diabolic as he did.
OMG capital idea, dude. That Voldemort vs. Dumbledore fight in OotP is beautiful. I'm not even a Harry Potter fan, and I've watched that a hundred times.
This was the first episode of yours that I ever saw. Watched it again. Very insightful. Sometimes you see something and you know it’s fake, but you don’t know why. It’s hard to pin down, but you guys pin it down perfectly. Make it sound simple. Keep up the food work.
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Composit Shot?
I worked on "Pleasantville". The burning tree scene are all shot in b&w. We had a poly over the fence and, with proprietary software, then pulled out yellow on one luminance level. In the long shots the yellow on the house was done the same. The tree was done the same way with and more complicated poly over the fire a a little smoke and several different luminance levels pulled in different intensities of that same yellow and one one level slight red which you see better in the scene where Tony walks out the door. In that shot there is a poly on his shirt that has the yellow pulled out more subtly. You would be surprised how many plots are in these shots with little things of yellow are pulled. The effect is supposed to be the fire is the only thing in color, but the color does reflect off of the b&w world. They didn't want a lot of oranges or reds just that hint of red and different intensities of yellow
Bump this comment so they see! That's really cool!
Glad you remember more than me! The only way to bump a comment is by commenting on it sis!
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@corridorcrew P.S Thank you for the awesome content fellas . I always learn something new from your videos.
This is so cool
Clint got it almost right- We shot in color and then selectively desaturated to get the desired result. There was no keying to speak of, ALL mattes were created with roto, though within the roto shapes there were some threshold controls that governed what happened inside that shape. We used a combination of Shake, (before it had a UI), stuff we wrote, and some colorizing software that we inherited from a vendor that went out of business. I was the VFX supervisor and also was in charge of building the pipeline and implementing our vision for what turned out to be the first film to use a digital intermediate. It was Michael Southard (aka paintboy) who made all the keyframes for the color decisions. Anyway. still loving your channel!! I could go on forever if anyone cared :)
So who should I believe. Random youtuber A who says it was in color then selectively desaturated or random youtuber B who says it was shot in B&W with special software to add in colors.
Believe the person listed in the credits as the VFX supervisor!
@@WalkerRileyMC I think person B you talking about is only saying that the one scene with the fire was shot in b&w but in the comments she also mentions that the rest of the movie was shot in color.
@@TheMyNeooo Every frame of pleasantville was shot on kodak color film stock.
Thats awesome dude! Thanks for sharing your story! Do give us more interesting details :D
Fix the Scorpion King? Now you need to get The Rock to come in and Deep Fake him back onto the Scorpion King.
Now that Sir., is the best idea ive ever heard
that would be fucking amazing
Yes!
Oh shit, haven't seen you in a while
We need this comment to get the noticed!
Finally someone who understands Bay's eyes for CGI and VFX. He is the one who got me into love with CG. A perfect Director for shooting photorealistic CG knit together with practical effects really well.
Mad max
That's why Bumblebee sucked balls...
@@WirxawTanev Bumblebee looks way better than any of the other Transformer movies.
The designs for the Michael Bay Transformers are just shit in action scenes.
It looks like a bunch of junk metal punching each other.
@@crepperwlp Well... that's kind of exactly the point. Bay's Transformers were corny teenager action movies and were quite good for that reason alone... until they went imbecilically degenerate on propaganda.
And, yes, perhaps the "good pet robot" design of Bumblebee is indeed far more restrained and pleasant. Better than a robot pissing on someone, I agree.
But the plot and the narrative have somehow stooped even lower than The Last Knight and... well, it kind of overshadows whatever design progress Bumblebee had. For all intents and purposes, I wouldn't mind the old BB as long as the movie itself is at least remotely entertaining and not a soap opera.
@@WirxawTanev Bumblebee it's a popcorn family adventure movie, it's basically Herbie. Which for me works well with the character.
I actually didn't even watched the 4º and 5º Transformer movies, so I can't say anything about those, but Bumblebee is for sure my favorite from the franchise.
Avatar is supposed to be the best CG ever, but... are there any technical mistakes or cringe worthy moments?
And to be clear, I meant the blue monkey-cat people Avatar.
the script
Or the last Airbender movie, trash.
The explosions. None of the explosions react to one another, i.e. the smoke lingering from one explosion does not get affected by a nearby explosion's shockwave. It's actually pretty apparent when you look at footage of similar things in real life, but it's not in Avatar.
Also most of the explosion smoke in general doesn't look as good as today's stuff.
@@aahirgh We don't speak of that.
@@aahirgh there is no movie within ba sing se. we are safe here
11:21 They're not filming it in black and white.
11:30 I've already told you this, guys . . .
11:35 TRIGGERED
He's appearing to be a little bit high-strung, heh.
Basically me in a group discussion.
He just turned into the hitman from dumb and dumber
YES TO FIXING THE MUMMY 2!!!!
I remember that scene being the only bad visual FX when that movie came out.
Waterwall, bugs eating AnckSuNamun, karnak when the train stops, the army of anubis in final act.
The Mummy had better cgi imo because they often used practical shots a lot more. Less in Mummy Returns :p.
Well none of the vfx shots were great but yea, that one was like as if in the last week of post production someone said, “Hey where’s that vfx data for the Scorpion-Rock fight scene?”
“I thought Garry was doing that..?”
“WHO THE FUCK IS GARRY???”
I was so offended by that CG...
I remember being stunned. Not only was the Scorpion King subplot terrible, the CGI was terrible even for that time.
As soon as he appeared I thought I was suddenly watching an old 1970's Sinbad film xD
Wolverine’s claws look like they are from toon town in “who framed roger rabbit”
They can sing too
I'm surprised they didn't start singing Sinatra.
I know nothing about VFX but I can't explain how much I love watching these videos. The combination of great detective work and great chemistry between you guys just makes this great entertainment!
Same
That DOES IT! If you guys are promising to fix the Scorpion King, consider me not only intrigued, but also subscribed.
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The audacity!
The Rock deepfake confirmed.
Yes please, I’ve created another account an subscribed just to see these guys fix this!
Already fixed...
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Micheal Bay is excellent at directing, terrible at writing.
Kind of like several artists out there.
He even admits he's a terrible writer. Because of the writers strike, he had to write the jokes for revenge of the fallen, something he would later regret doing.
You know he didn't write the screenplays for any of the Transformers movies, right?
Excellent at directing ? I'd say he's mediocre.
Vert3xThunder no
Orion Valentine I don’t think you know what a plot is if there wasn’t a plot there wouldn’t be a story
0:12 Intro
0:26 X-Men Origins: Wolverine
2:51 Patrick Stewart (Wolverine)
(3:40 transition intro Transformers)
3:55 Transformers (2007)
5:15 The Revenant
(7:11 transition into Kingsman)
7:41 Kingsman: The Secret Service
9:16 Forrest Gump
10:26 Pleasantville
(11:37 THEY'RENOTFILMINGINBLACKANDWHITE.)
12:34 Sh! The Octopus *(1937)*
14:18 Is it finally happening...?
I didn't like it because it had 69 likes.
Blade Runner (1982) compared to Blade Runner 2049
both are perfect
@@Alastor255 i agree
Both has a great visual effects..
There are matte paintings in blade runner that were created in negative to match what came out of the camera. By hand.
If you've not seen it, watch Dangerous Days.
I'd be happy enough with just the original, but these guys make me enjoy shots from F@½~#ING Michael Bay, so ... xD
HELL YEA!!!! Please fix that shot from the scorpion king.
love you guys
Technically, it's from the Mummy Returns, but yeah, the character is the Scorpion King... why the flying fuck they didn't just have the Rock do a fight with Brendan Fraser I'll never know. He could've had special powers like Imhotep, not his head imposed on a giant scorpion body...
they should get the rock to do motion capture for them as well
FIX IT!!! FIX IT PLEASE!!!!!! :P
I would suggest.
HELL YEAH Fix this shot please.
Or did someone say that already.
These videos are so damn fun. I love movies and film critique. These breakdowns are something special!
YES PLEASE FIX SCORPION KING
12:39 Oh *hell* yes.
I have no clue how they did any of the CG visual effects, but I immediately recognized this one. I'm so glad you guys covered it, it was so damn clever for 1930s cinema. The guy who invented it was named Karl Struss, and he first used it in the 1925 movie Ben-Hur to show Jesus healing a group of lepers. He then did it again in the 1931 adaptation of Jekyll and Hyde, and it was so well-done that it helped the movie win an Oscar.
But *this* version of the trick, with the dramatic tearing off of the wig, is easily the most effective version I've seen yet. Great stuff.
I’m glad someone finally recognized the greatness of the effects in Transformers.
Agreed. I remember being blown away seeing it in 2007. It was the first time I had seen VFX that actually looked 100% real.
It was pretty astounding when it was first released
@@CarnifaxMachine What do you mean with finally? The census always was that the CGI is awesome...It's some of ILM's best work. The problem with Bay is that he has great CGI, absolutely great cinematography but bad acting and bad story. I recommend watching "Michael Bay - What is Bayhem?" to find out WHY he is so bad.
Nothing beats seeing prime transform for the first time on the silver screen. Oof just stunning.
I am still pissed The Golden Compass beat it for best visual effects.
Not sure if they've already done this, but the Quicksilver scenes from X-Men Days of Future Past and Apocalypse would be great
I'm pretty sure they've already done that.
@@helgijonsson3537 I think they did Nightcrawler, but not Quicksilver
yess they should review it,
the studio mixed practical effects with basic editing and some CGI to make some great stuff
And the Fantastic 4 movies ! Both the old and new ones!
@@helgijonsson3537 Do you know which episode? I went through the last 4 and the marvel episode. Nothing.
Please do FIXING bad VFX shots!!! That would be so cool
[EDIT] THANK YOU for liking so the Corridor crew sees!!!
Oof im not to sure about this. While i do agree that its educational, its crossing to the "i can do your job better than you" territory. Criticizing something is one thing, going "heres how you shouldve done it" is different thing entirely. Unless corridor is ready for the drama that follows from the filmmaking community
YES!
OMGAWD YES
TLAbd I see what you’re getting at, but if them saying “This is the worst VFX I’ve ever seen,” and the like isn’t already landing them in hot water, then a tutorial can’t be much worse. Also, most of the time they’re pretty fair in saying that most of the issues to be had with any given scene/movie can be boiled down to time, money, or technology constraints. They’re never saying “Your work is bad you dumb idiot, I can do it better!”
@@tlabd9582 You're overthinking it. It'd just be a fun exercise.
They did CGI for Wolverine’s claws because Hugh Jackman kept poking himself with the claws
SpyBlue HAH IM SORRY
SpyBlue IF this is true (and not a joke) then that's not a good enough reason. Ruin the scene because the actor couldn't handle a simple prop? What about in the other x men films
Super High Doug Judy if the actor is able to do his job because of the “simple prop” then it is a good enough reason.
@@raam726 The poking bit is true, he tells about it in an interview on the Graham Norton Show (it's on yt somewhere).
if that's also the reason why they went for CGI I don't know, but it was a bad decision either way. Even a bit of styrene with some aluminum tape on it would have looked better. And the sparking, ugghhhh...
Seriously?
It was cool to see you guys give credit to Michael Bay. I’m not even the biggest fan of the Transformers movies but I would never deny the technical mastery on display in all of the films.
@Dino king s Studios And there's nothing wrong with that.
Been saying the same for years while people talked hate from the internet. The man is a great visual artist.
He got hated because he took the wrong job. Someone need to pair him up with a REAL director so in stead of simply making cool things he get to make a good story looks good.
@@koharrison4520 Maybe you're looking at it the wrong way. Bay's job is to make money as a filmmaker. Who knows how he expresses art during his off hours. He makes millions directing beautiful films for twelve year old audiences (and the rest of us tend to watch them, too) He's great at that. It's like that overachiever who just works at a restaurant and everyone wants to be their server because they're so much better at the run of the mill job than the others.
Matthew Mosier Christopher Nolan and Michael bay with The Zimmer
Aww I was really hoping to see them review the Scorpion King
Do Scorpion king!
Clay Soggyfries that’s from the mummy
@@KBhunterx262 well, duh
I really like their idea of fixing the shot. I'm totally on board for that!
@@hebl47 Absoltely. I would love to see their version of the scorpion king!
PLEASE!!!! Fix the Scorpion king, The Rock deserves it!
Heck! Ask The Rock if you need another take!
@@NovaZero He'd probably even do it ;)
Yeah try to fix the scene with like Deep Fake new Dwayne Johnson and your cgi magic
yes
Michael Bay: Hated for being bland and making "terrible" movies.
Also Michael Bay: Has best idea for making good CGI.
The irony.
Micheal Bay is underrated.
He is a good director with an amazing eye for cinematography and special effects.
Sadly he is a mediocre storyteller.
Like Snyder, he's a visually stunning director. But unlike Whedon or the Russos, they can't create a great character-driven stories.
@@chickennugget9254 But he has multiple times.
@@chickennugget9254 I'd argue that he can, but he needs a very good storywriter. The Rock is an example of that.
And unlike Snyder, AFAIK, Bay doesn't write his own movies or pretends that they are some story masterpieces.
4:15 Truck is real
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4:17 Truck is NOT real
GOT EEEEEM
Alifka Aditya Putra most of the time the people complaining about CGI don't really know anything about it, as soon as they see that it's CG they're gonna shit on it without knowing how hard it actually is to do
Just waiting for VFX Artists React to Bumblebee just to compare the designs between Bay and Travis Transformers. Also waiting for VFX Artists React to Shark Boy and Lava Girl.
sike
Truck not real! Truck not real!
Fricking subbed instantly when guy on the right called the guy from the Revanent to ask him about a scene. connections baby.
Agreed
U mean niko brochacho
It's not what you know it's who you know.
It’s niko
I would like to see your reaction to CG from the movie "The Mask" (1994)
No,.....SON OF THE MASK (the scariest cgi I have ever seen)
YES PLEASE
MrNoclip I think you mean “The Mask”, because “Mask” was a weirdass movie starring Cher and Eric Stoltz.
@@TheRealBGregz Yes, you're right :)
Oh my days I was thinking of that movie as well 🤣
The Revenant.
OMG Dude. This looks brutal man!
Normal human thinking: omg, the damage done by that bear.
CG artist thinking: omg, that Fur looks so good!
That scene alone is probably why I haven't ever felt the desire to watch The Revenant. And I rushed to see Attack on Titan the moment they said that it's not CGI. Yes, TheRev is probably better than arguably the worst movie of all time. But the scene is so bad that it pretty much matches or even loses to the level of stupidity of AoT live-action.
It's not a bear attack. It's a WWE bear attack...
We can't get enough of these. Keep the CGI React Videos coming guys!! PS. I would totally watch a full 120 min version of this.
Mad Max Fury Road! Best combination of practical and cgi
there are no practical effects in mad max, it was all a publicity stunt for the gullible people.
Effects aside, why are people soooo into that movie? I find it sooo boring other than the production design. But movies are more than design.
@@conneroneill8506 Fury Road is a masterpiece of storytelling. Rather than having dialogue, as is customary nowadays, it relies on visual storytelling to propel the story. You'll notice there's a lot of specific cuts and scenes solely focused on characters reacting or performing actions, framed beautifully, all while being a 2 hour non-stop action chase movie. It simultaneously accomplishes character arcs for multiple characters, world building, and much more. The funny thing is that I never even thought about these intricacies when I watched the movie in the theater the first time; I just sat perplexed and stunned.
That b-roll they released was insane!!
@Papa Dragon Blade Runner was crazy
You had me at "fix this shot" for the Scorpion King reveal in The Mummy Returns.
Pleeeeeeease fix it
roguechevelle and they did!
5:51 "What an effectiv- *HEUGH* "
'What an effect-, what an e- *_HEUGH_* "
I'm crying 🤣
Same
Same
XD
@@BaconBoy3142 sksksksksks
that was awesome
That 1937 film's effect was absolutely brilliant. I did a double-take right here in my chair, and I could not believe it was really made in the 30s.
its especially remarkable because they didnt had computers or any software at the time. they had to do so much tricks to make it work, thats why it is so amazing and as we can see still holds up today
"you can't beat the whole level without save points"
dark souls- "hold my bonfire"
Don't Starve: "meh!"
Getting over it : Hold my golden pot
its very informative
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*Finally some expert confirmation that the first transformers flick had great realistic CGI.* *Hell in my perspective the first one beats all the others in story, acting, lovable characters, character development, and CGI.* *The action wasnt too much or too little.*
Well the cgi was amazing but "story, acting, lovable characters and character development" were non-existing
The third one had some solid CGI but it was missing everything else that made the first one durable.
For me, the first Transformers was the first movie ever where I felt CGI had gone photorealistic. I was and still am at awe at what they were able to achieve in 2007.
Hell, movies today still don't look as good.
@Nagaraj Veer I don't think anyone serious ever criticized Bay from a technical aspect. I mean I think a lot of his aesthetic choices make no sense from a storytelling perspective, but the CGI in his films is always top notch.
I dunno, Bay reusing shots from Pearl Harbor in Xformers was really dodgy.
PLEASE DO “Now You See Me”
Preferably the seen where they are hiding the card from security
Now you see me 2 is the one with the card scene*
Yeah that was a fun scene
Yea that movie would blow your average 2 year olds mind.
Gabe Dennis agreed, that was a mad scene (NYSM 2 btw)
omg yes!!
I bet these guys can never watch a movie properly without a war going on in their minds. 😂😂
As a VFX graduate, knowing how this stuff is done and looking out for the bad stuff ruins movies. It's good fun lol
You just get slightly buzzed enough to not care about the bad shots, haha.
If I can actually help answer that. I work in the games and film animation industry as an animator. A big joke from during school was that we would be ruined because of all this knowledge of the dumb magic that happens. Honestly it's not like that for me. All it's truly done is just make the bad stuff worse, and seeing the actual amazing skill and professional qualities of the really talented and hardworkers work be more amazing as I can understand what it takes to make that stuff so good. It's a type of insight where you understand the work, and often why things aren't great, and why some things are amazing.
Why dont do a contest for who can fix that last shot the best and you guys reviewing it???
That Forrest Gump clip is _excellent_ with Lt.Dan swinging his legs "through" the coffee table. It's a shame they missed the shadow of his actual legs passing through it, but still excellently done for the time.
I’m already subscribed but I would’ve subscribed again just to see y’all review that Scorpion King shot.
I think your not so subscribed. This video already exists
They have made jokes but they never went into detail on the scene and said whats bad about it
JUST DO IT
@@joaoclarindo7893 You're*
Cristina T literally came to the comments for the same reason.
I'd love to see Life of Pi, the whole movie is basically CGI.
They covered part of it in a previous video . Mainly scenes in the boat .
Which video
@@vintagefeelsFL In which video?
They only made like 5 of these VFX react videos guys. It's on one of the first ones. There wasn't much covered other than them showing how they made it look like a tiger was in the boat.
Hmmm idk how I missed that. I'll just rewatch them all! 😅
The answer to the “Pleasantville” tree on fire is in the DVD/Blu-Ray features! 🙂
And what's the answer?
Corridor Crew
You're just trying to make us buy Pleasantville copies, I see u hollywood executive.
Ads are getting smarter
Please I need to know
I'm so happy you covered Kingsmen! That's my all time favourite movie, and it's just so fun to watch and I'm never bored, especially in the fight scenes.
Seeing as they apparently used so many practical effects, do Mad Max: Fury Road!
Love this stuff!
That movie tho. It got some dope visual effects for sure
Hendralisk that could be one for both VFX and Stuntmen Reacts
Yes! Fix scorpion king and tag Dwayne Johnson when you post it!
I think it’s super cool that when Bonecrusher crashes through the bus, some of the flames stick to him afterwards and slowly go out as he keeps running. It really feels like he was affected by the explosion as opposed to just being there for it.
“What an effe- uuugh! What an effe-uuugh!!! What an effective shot though.”
There you go, bud.
Please react to the scene in Spider-Man 3, where sandman is born, I would love to see what you guys think of the scene!
I think it's good
That scene made the movie watchable
Distorted ToeNail yeah I’ll give Spider-Man 3 that, sand man not only looked great but that sand scene was beautiful with the music and just the cgi was great
Its covered in great depth in the extras on the DVD, with shot progression tests etc. Sure, its 'just' CG, but boy did it take a lot of work and processing power.
The ENTIRE scene is CGI.
You should react to the vfx of movies that’ve won the Oscar for best achievement in visual effects.
That's not a bad idea. After all, awarded vfx sometimes does become dated. So much it's laughable.
Just commented this 30 seconds ago although I was thinking Academy Awards.
@@PACKERMAN2077 Academy Awards is the the Oscars.
I know it’s recent and probably beating a dead horse but that beautiful hologram scene from Blade Runner 2049 though
@@dustinakadustin yeah I keep thinking they're different things.
Golden Globe vs. Oscar vs Grammy
Clint should recreate the black and white shot to prove Niko wrong 😂
actually niko had a damn good point about the other colors being active then too
OMG YESS
The effects were done on b&w versions of the shots. I worked on them
I love the analogy between match cuts and save points! This is one of my favorite channels
Honestly, as much as I hate the Bayformer movies, the CGI is gorgeous.
I mean look at it.
2007 movie and it looks so good.
Edit: is it just me, or, in that Forest Gump, scene you can actually see the shadow of that guy's legs when he turns around?
@Frank Rauen His signature OTT lens flare is my biggest bugbear.
Unicron the Chaos bringer Because it’s the only thing they focus on lmao
@@Wade_Fucking_Wilson Yes but also no??? I mean action is (as far as Bayformers go) basically the only thing enjoyable, and even then it's sometimes kinda hard to follow.
On the other hand, it tries to have story and characters, but every single movie, except the first one maybe, failed horribly at that.
So, in conclusion, a collection of just action and CGI shots from Bayformers would be ideal
He's the best 2nd unit director.
@@kurvos Ah yes, Bumblebee. The thing that revived my hope in the franchise
Please review Roger Rabbit, and fix the Scorpion King
hand drawn animation over wire work and mechanical effects, that's basically how they did the whole movie,. there is no CGI in Roger Rabbit
@@synaesthesia2010 thanks man, had no idea
@@tomgold10 realllu
Came here for The Scorpion King. Was not disappointed.
"bumping the lamp" is one of the greatest moments of animation crafting in my opinion
Comparing practical effects vs cgi effects? For example John Carpenter's The Thing vs the 2011 The Thing?
this
I'd love that!!
Mad Max Fury Road vs CGI action movies
Great idea!
The 2011 version actually prepared a shocking amount of really excellent practical effects, but then chose to replace or paint over them in post with CGI
My addiction to this series completely destroys my workflow ...
Thank you!
Still waiting for blade runner 2049, especially the Rachel scene. :/
Bzkabzz those vfx are just godlike
My jaw dropped through that entire scene. I couldnt believe in my eyes
@@the_prado Yea Blade Runner 2049 and Godzilla 2014, Edge of Tomorrow still looks amazing.
8:46
"You can't beat the whole level without save points"
Speedrunners everywhere would like a word with you.
I heard this and immediately thought "Challenge Accepted."
Hitchcock would like a word with you.
That old b&w special effect was cool! Kudos for also giving Transformers credit, where credit is due.
And please fix the scorpion king.
I remember learning about that specific effect in my gothic cinema class in college. It's really neat learning those behind the scenes tricks.
I love this stuff. I never appreciated how clever you guys are, absolutely brilliant
- CGI clothes. Good and bad versions.
- Best and worst de-aging effects
- Best practical effects (talk about Ghostbusters please! They do amazing practical effects! Particularly the library card flying and egg frying scenes)
- Best and worst video game effects
My vote will always, always go to Blade Runner for best practical effects. I watched it for the first time in the early 00s and it blew me away with it's miniatures work.
The time and effort invested into these videos are phenomenal. I would seriously spent my entire day binging these if I could. Thank you so much you guys for creating such quality content!
Do the Neill Blomkamp trilogy!! District 9, Elysium, Chappie. do it!!
I want starship troopers, RoboCop and Total recall, don't remember the directors name
I just triple tapped the like but for the Disrrict 9
@@MrFazerlogin Paul Verhoeven
They did Chappie :)
Yessss Neil Blomkamp!
this is my fave series on youtube period
Can you please react to CGI in Avatar( creatures, robots, environment...)
Yeah, i feel like Avatar is so massively overrated.
I'd love for them to take these Disney visuals apart
@@teehundeart it is Fox now Disney bought it😂😂, I rewatched it today and gotta say only walking robots looked kinda wierd and that says a lot how good the cgi was for 2009
please react to the oscar winners for best visual effects over the years and how it's changed/improved!
Oh, this is a great idea! I hope they notice this comment and make a video for this!
bump this up
Yes!! The Mummy Returns and the CGI scorpion. Shocking!
And since you mentioned it, 2001: A Space Odyssey looks incredible even for today's standards, especiallythe shots in space. Would be nice to hear about that.
@Gōdon Gurando Many of the gravity effects come from building sets in a giant rotating wheel/tube. Other scenes were faked in a smaller scale manner: The floating pen in the shuttle was stuck to a sheet of glass and then plucked off the glass. It was all done so masterfully.
Yes! The Revenant bear! I remember watching that movie at home and my brother and I (who are movie buffs and love special effects) spent a lot of time debating how it looked so darn real.
And I love they talked about the makeup color trick from black and white movies and shows! That’s one of my favorite optical tricks!
You guys should do a full episode dedicated to the Transformers movies. Some of the most impressive CGI in the last 20 years. Thanks for doing the first movie by the way :)
Ummmm what?
Yes please
kinda sad how everyone trashes these movies because of micheal bays direction and writing, but they have remarkable VFX shots. the first one from 2007 was kind of a revolution in VFX and it was basically perfected by avatar in 2009.
The Fx aren't bad at all..and they shouldn't be with how much money they had. I'm just stunned there are so many bay fans Lol. I'm just not a fan of everything else in the transformer movies...acting, writing, soundtrack ect.
@@davidcoleman8056 but you are not alone with that. i think the "Bay critics" outnumber the transformers fans.
For me the first 3 transformers movies are always something i can watch at all time. just to enjoy them. they have great action and thats all i want to see
Dude 1000 times over fix that shot from The Scorpion King! That'll be awesome
Bohemian Rhapsody the whole live aid section is CGI and recreating the old Wembley Stadium
This channel is the only channel i fell in love with! keep up the work guys
I could watch you guys do this VFX-review series FOREVER. So satisfying!
Do the Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy! Great blend of CGI and practical effects!
BRAVO NOLAN
Nolan is god tier
I think nolan just would rather do practical effects compared to cgi but if he has to use cgi he makes sure its great
I would like to watch them react to CGI from some animated movies.
How about the Quicksilver super speed scene from X-Men: Days of Future Past? That scene still blows my mind
This
Wow , I always was intrested in how movies were shot and some of the great shots acheived. But I have never learned so much in such small time as I did through watching this channel. Thanks and keep up the great work.
I’d love more Vintage VFX. Wizard of Oz, The Invisible Man...
Oh man that invisible man effect blows my mind.
Yessssss!
11:36 clint is me tryna explain to my parents how the wifi is connected to the printer and we can print from any of the devices in our house using one button
I want to see y'all react to a bunch of the CGI within the Harry Potter/Fantastic Beasts films. Would be so good
Hearing you guys compliment Bay’s movie skills with Transformers 1 (which is one of my favorite movies) made me feel so happy since everyone just hates what he makes because he’s Bay
When they talk about the match cuts they use the techniques they are talking about, that's so cool.
When they talk about the luminance channels for the face make-up, using the Switch...you notice their pants match the color scheme. Red Black Blue
React to Interstellar. There are a lot of really complex shots such as the black hole and wormhole, but also the spaceships. Pretty much the whole movie is worth to react to.
You should definitely react to blade runner 2049,there are so many great shots in there
Gotta say you guys are keeping me sane in lockdown, love the videos, looking forward to more stunt ones too (when people can visit, I guess) 👍
React to Godzilla 2014 and shin Godzilla those shots are really cool
JFG5 agree and i hope maybe one day they react to Godzilla king of the monsters (2019)
yes plz love these goji movies im such a nerd for these
YES!
Like vodka shot
i hope they do these ones they better i love godzilla
This has become one of the youtube series that I look forward to the most now. Great work, keep it up!
I really would like for them to look at the Warcraft movie. The writing isn't good but the VFX are awesome
Especially the way the re-created Stormwind and Dalaran!
One of the few movies where the VFX were better than the costumes. Seriously, why did all the humans look like a bunch of cringe-worthy LARPers?
@@matman000000 Because WoW looks exactly like that ôo I don't understand the complaints regarding that movie. The cut down the lore, yes, but I think it is impossible to pack lore out of hundreds of gaming time into a two hour movie. The costumes, the broad shoulders, the laughable tiny heads in comparison to those bulged muscle bodys... nothing but accurate (I actually often roll my eyes when I start WoW after some pauses and look at those cringey body measurements and those larpy amour. ^^' But all together that is part of WoWs charm and they packed that shit into the movie wonderfully. Actually holding the actual cinematics next to the movie, the movie could be an extremely long cinematic. Well done in my opinion.
@@DanteDevonshire That stylization works for the cartoony graphics in the games, but it looks horrible in live action. The new Disney live-action remakes have the same problem. They take a colorful cartoon and try to recreate it in real life, resulting in a fake-looking set where everything is too shiny and perfect.
Also, the problem with the movie wasn't a lack of lore, but a lack of story and character development.
i agree! :D
On the topic of the blue makeup trick, this technique predates cinema, it was used for the first time in theatre in the 1880-1890s in theatre productions of 'Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' where he transforms on stage with special gas lamps illuminating him (not color projection as he interacted with other people on stage). This was the first time 'transformation' was conceptually something people encountered. People had a hard time understanding what was going on, but no worries they were making crazy money with their production. But it blew people's minds much so that during the period that the actor was arrested and tried for a number of incredibly gruesome murders, nobody could believe that someone could just transform from a normal man to something diabolic as he did.
Please do the Dumbledore and Voldemort fight from Harry Potter. It’s super cool.
otherwiseaaron Is saga lot of the Harry Potter scenes! Especially the ones with creatures
OMG capital idea, dude. That Voldemort vs. Dumbledore fight in OotP is beautiful. I'm not even a Harry Potter fan, and I've watched that a hundred times.
Yessss pleaseeee that is such a good scene!!
One thing I'd love to see is how you react to the effects and CGI of Harry Potter, and how it evolved through the years and films.
I hated the Basilisk. It was not scary at all.
Pirates of Carribean 5 vs Pirates of Carribean 2 and 3
please I want to know it looks so bad (salazar)
You have to admit his hair looked petty neat though.
they did pirates 2
@@vcrvhs I thought they just did Davy Jones?? I remember them getting excited over the 'beard'.
Not only are these videos informative, but the talk between the 3 artists is very wholesome and fun!
React to Godzilla 1998 please! Also, Id love to see you guys rip into that shot from Mummy Returns!
And 2014 Godzilla too while they're at it!
Finally someone else agrees with me for Godzilla
2:54 “What’s wrong with his eyes?”
*Turns to Cyclop’s eyes in bandage
“Not his eyes”
Had me laughing 😂
I'm so glad you took heed as to how much we all love this specific series lmao
I don't think I'll get tired of breakdown videos any time soon
I usually hate people who make informative videos, but you guys have me so hook on this channel. For like the past 2 weeks it’s all I watch
"CuZ tHey aRe nOt FIlmIng iT iN bLacK n WHite!" *triggered*
When someone doesn't pay attention to me. I feel you, man.
Review Alita: Battle Angel, and also Ready Player One!!!
Bro your thinking too small...SPACE JAM🏀🏀🔮🧿🕹🎮
Oh yes please!
I would like to see what you guys think of Jumanji?? (1995) Maybe versus the New Jumanji (2017)
the monkey scene in the original jumanji!
@@sginrummy88 agreed!
This was the first episode of yours that I ever saw. Watched it again. Very insightful.
Sometimes you see something and you know it’s fake, but you don’t know why. It’s hard to pin down, but you guys pin it down perfectly. Make it sound simple. Keep up the food work.