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Some background info on that infamous CGI sequence

posted 3 years ago by TMC-4 (19411)
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Yes, this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3CF3QER_h4

The producers were VERY skeptical over that scene (Bond films had traditionally done stunts physically where possible) but Lee Tamahori, the director insisted the VFX team could pull it off. He had seen some mock ups by the VFX team and got a big sales pitch about how great CGI had become, and pitched it to the producers as the way of the future.

They reluctantly gave him the budget, and by the time they realized how bad it looked it was too late to reshoot the scene to make the story work.

https://www.reddit.com/r/JamesBond/comments/kx2nni/book_review_some_kind_of_hero_the_remarkable/

[–] Ripkens25 (1901) 3 years ago

If you’re referring to the scene where Bond is windsurfing on a car door, in the middle of the ocean, on a tidal wave, using a parachute as a sail........regardless of whether the CGI was good or bad, the very IDEA of that scene was so ridiculous it’s unforgivable. And then there’s the silly, ridiculous concept of the invisible car. Again....just unforgivable. They ruined the movie with that bs....and damn near ruined the franchise. Thank goodness for Casino Royale. Best possible antidote for Die Another Day. Just thinking about that movie makes me shake my head.

[–] TMC-4 (19411) 3 years ago

It isn't so much that the entire concept of the invisible car is ridiculous in itself (because how is that anymore silly than the main villain going from being a Korean man to a Caucasian Englishman), it's that the scientific explanation behind how it functions is poor.

As explained here (go to the 18:51 mark):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5FjMto0E34

In other words, if you saw it in real life with the naked eye, it would probably be like looking at a video.

[–] Enigmaticocean77 (2122) 3 years ago

WOW! That was amazingly bad. I've never seen DAD. Now I HAVE to watch it just to see how awful it is. Thanks a lot! And I am dead serious.