Recent mainstream movies with bad special effects
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Alice in Wonderland, dunno about the special effects since most of the movie was CGI, but the editing was a hatchet job.
Thought about it for a bit, and WOW, good movies with bad special effects are surprisingly hard to come by these days, probably because:
a) "Special Effects Based" Movies either invest lots of money into CGI and/or have bad storys anyways
b) ESPECIALLY 2009 showed with District 9 and Moon that you can create good special effects even on a "low" budget these days.
c) If a movie does not focus on special effects, chances are you won't even notice
That said, if it's recent enough, Donnie Darko had pretty bad computer effects and a very good story.
V for Vendetta has a kinda good story if you don't know the original graphic novel, and doesn't really shine with good effects, however, one of many occasions where i would argue that it's definitely "good enough".
And while i wouldn't say for myself that these movies had good stories, some people liked the plots of "I Am Legend" (what a piece of shit) and the Ang Lee Version of "Hulk" (bored and confused), both of wich had pretty bad effects.
a) "Special Effects Based" Movies either invest lots of money into CGI and/or have bad storys anyways
b) ESPECIALLY 2009 showed with District 9 and Moon that you can create good special effects even on a "low" budget these days.
c) If a movie does not focus on special effects, chances are you won't even notice
That said, if it's recent enough, Donnie Darko had pretty bad computer effects and a very good story.
V for Vendetta has a kinda good story if you don't know the original graphic novel, and doesn't really shine with good effects, however, one of many occasions where i would argue that it's definitely "good enough".
And while i wouldn't say for myself that these movies had good stories, some people liked the plots of "I Am Legend" (what a piece of shit) and the Ang Lee Version of "Hulk" (bored and confused), both of wich had pretty bad effects.
I don't know about bad SE, but how about non-existent?sameesme said:
For that you could pick any indie movie really - Once for example.
Or you could just pick any Uwe Bole movie.
I'm not sure it counts as big name but Powder Blue comes to mind. IMO it was one of Forest Whitakers best roles to date and special effects were.. included in some small way.
I won't mention the OTHER reason to watch it since you asked about special effects, heh.
I won't mention the OTHER reason to watch it since you asked about special effects, heh.
That sounds like a pretty pointless argument your friend is trying to bolster. It seems to be based solely on opinion. You could tell me you think the effects in district 9 were bad I could think they looked good. I think your friend needs a new topic IMO. Regardless alice in the wonderland was definitely a good case of this.
Alone in the Dark made by Uwe Boll. I don't need to describe the horror's you need to see it for yourself.
The Matrix?
A big film with special effects that are now dreadfully bad. (I'm not saying they wern't good for their time)
A big film with special effects that are now dreadfully bad. (I'm not saying they wern't good for their time)
Bad effects but good story... that's a tough question. Good effects but bad story, that's not too hard. I'm sure there's some straight-to-video crap out there that fits the bill of bad effects, but good story? Not sure. Send your friend down to the video store, ask a clerk.
I thought they were pretty good apart from Professor X's appearence at the end. He looked like a scary demon posing as the bald wonder ready to wisk everyone away to kill them.thenoblitt said:
