100 years of fake magic.

Posted by Stuart Aug 31, 2009











What was your most magical special FX movie moment? For me, it was seeing the Brachiosouras for the first time in Jurrassic Park. It gave me chills. Still does. As a child, I remember wanting to capture my amazement at that seen in put it in a bottle. It was truly magical. Maybe because it was so new at the time. Unfortunately, we're all pretty used to rubbery CG and grand vistas now. And the time where we could truly suspend our disbelief and be amazed has passed, and in its place a more critical or, for that matter, cynical mindset has surfaced. Remember how awesome Davy Jones digital makeup from the last two Pirates of the Caribbean movies looked? Or maybe you took for granted its groundbreaking technology(Which was probably the goal of the film makers). We're so accustomed to all the dazzle that we barely even notice it at all. Although, I did get a bit tingly when I saw the Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Will the breath of fresh air, for effects, be 3D film making? Who knows? But until then why don't we look back on 100 years of special effects. VIA Gizmodo

Movies included are:

* 1900 - The Enchanted Drawing
* 1903 - The Great Train Robbery
* 1923 - The Ten Commandments (Silent)
* 1927 - Sunrise
* 1933 - King Kong
* 1939 - The Wizard of Oz
* 1940 - The Thief of Baghdad
* 1954 - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
* 1956 - Forbidden Planet
* 1963 - Jason and the Argonauts
* 1964 - Mary Poppins
* 1977 - Star Wars
* 1982 - Tron
* 1985 - Back to the Future
* 1988 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit
* 1989 - The Abyss
* 1991 - Terminator 2: Judgment Day
* 1992 - The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
* 1993 - Jurassic Park
* 2004 - Spider-Man 2
* 2005 - King Kong
* 2006 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
* 2007 - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
* 2007 - The Golden Compass
* 2008 - The Spiderwick Chronicles
* 2008 - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

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