awful special F/X...
ruined this movie, otherwise entertaining and disquieting at times.
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Don't forget the plant with bug antennas, that still looks great.
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MovieChat Forums > Jumanji (1995) Discussion > awful special F/X...
I disagree. This actually did win best special effects at the Saturn Awards along with best supporting actress for Bonnie Hunt. I think she deserved to win.
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Ummm, you do realize that this was made in 1995?! I know that by today's standards it might look funny but back then the graphics were cutting edge and looked really good. Heck, I still think the graphics in this movie look good and not something to complain about.
shareI remember the big song and dance they made about the CGI when this was first released. Going by the trailer at the time it made it looked really good. Makes me fell old actually thinking about it.
shareI was working in the industry at the time and saw previews and descriptions of the CGI and it was quite state-of-the-art at the time. I agree it looks really cheesy by today's standards.
shareEven for 1995, the SFX weren't that great. Yeah, I agree with OP. Bad effects, but otherwise entertaining.
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In all fairness, "Jurassic Park" set an impossibly high bar that any number of movies struggled to reach a similar level of. I think the first movie to reach that bar was arguably "Independence Day".
shareRight, except the "bar" isn't really a bar... It's not James Cameron, those people did not design and program special software and/or hardware to film... It's a question of paying enough for the right software, plugins, specialists teams (companies) to make the effects, etc., etc.
That's why, when there is cheap CGI in movies EVERYWHERE - those fools in charge of making them should, either, NOT use CGI, or pay for something better... Always a low automatic grade, with a movie with bad CGI... Like Apple/Macintosh, trying to sell us outdated /underpowered hardware for top $$.
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Never bothered me, I just look at it the same way whenever I watch practical effects in pre CGI horror films, it adds to the surrealism. You have animals coming out of a game, rampaging through a house.
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Agreed - very awful. As bad as CGI looks today, it looked all the worse in its infancy. Soon there will be movies made again that tout the lack of CGI and will be appreciated - kinda like how vinyl and tube amps are being appreciated.
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