Last Film You Watched

[Rita_Poon]

Well........no. Not really.

It had a TON of practical effects that still can't be beaten today. Like a stunt man running from a small pickup onto the hood of a semi at 60mph. Like them flying a helicopter UNDER a freeway bridge. Those aren't CGI. Real humans performed those.

Also, the Abyss was essentially the testbed movie for the T1000 effects. It refined those effects, yet still blended them with practical effects, IMO to just about perfection.

'Young Sherlock Holmes' was the first film to feature CGI. Little known fact.

 

[Dylan]

They all sort of evolved very quickly - the Abyss for Terminator 2 which made Spielberg see the potential for Jurassic Park which in turn allowed Lucas to put his vision for Star Wars prequels on screen.

That is true, but I just refuse the notion that one film is to blame. The technology is there, its just badly implemented by poor and lazy filmmakers/studios looking to maximize profit.