- Whoa. It never crossed my mind
that this would be on the list for CGI.
- Wow, that is a bad green screen.
- (FBE) So, how do you feel about CGI in movies?
- CGI? Ooh, I feel like CGI's gotten so good nowadays
that I don't even notice it. - When it's good,
it usually enhances the movie. I've seen some pretty incredible CGI.
But then when it's noticeably bad, that's when it kind of can ruin
an otherwise good movie.
- (FBE) We're going to have you rank 10 movies
with memorable CGI scenes from the '90s.
- Okay, okay. I'm excited.
- (FBE) Ten being the best CGI and one being the worst.
And you can't give the same score twice.
Once you've seen them all, you'll have a chance to re-rank,
and we'll see which movie teens felt had the best CGI overall.
- Bad CGI in the '90s, uh... (sighs) Well, a lot of movies
that we watched growing up have not aged well.
- '90s movies won't have as good CGI as nowadays obviously,
because technology is so much bigger now.
My expectations are pretty low for it, so I think that if it's good,
then I'll be like, "Oh my gosh. Wow.
That's actually pretty good."
- Oh. Ooh, is this "Jumanji"? I love this movie!
- Yes! (claps) "Jumanji."
Phenomenal! - All right, I feel like
this is decent CGI. - Animations are pretty bad
when you compare it to Planet of the Apes
and stuff like that. - Yeah, that does look
kind of fake, but I mean...
It's not... Okay, it's pretty fake
now that I look at it not when I was a kid watching this.
- (FBE) This is "Jumanji" from 1995 and the budget
was estimated at 50 million and most of it went
to the special effects. And there was not one real animal
in this movie. - Not o-- (chuckles)
Wow. Those are some good child actors.
- I'm gonna give it a good seven. - Jumanji's a two.
- I will go with a six.
- Overall, I think it's not badly done,
so I'm gonna put it at five.
- "Jumanji" is at a comfortable three right now,
'cause it has a special place in my heart.
- "Jumanji" at six, because it is acceptable.
And so far, I have not seen any worse and any better,
'cause it is the first one. (chuckles)
- (Ernest) It's not an exact-- - (Madeline) Ernest. Ernest!
- Oof. I don't think I've seen this movie.
- Is that Bruce Willis? Is that Meryl Streep?
- (Madeline) You pushed me down the stairs.
- Ohh. "Death Becomes Her." (chuckles)
♪ (dramatic music) ♪ - The music is so dramatic.
- (Ernest) Stay away from me! - (Madeline) You bet I will!
- Oh my god. - (Ernest) Don't come near me!
- (Madeline) Wife pusher! - Oh, this is so bad.
- Ohhh, oh, okay. Yeah, that's really bad.
- (Madeline) I don't intend to.
- Actually, you know what? It's not horrible.
- (Madeline) ...make a telephone call.
- That's scary.
You can tell that it's not real, though,
but it's definitely freaky.
- (Madeline) I just have to make a telephone call.
- The '90s were a great time. - It's good for the time being,
I'm sure, but that just looks really off-putting.
- This is "Death Becomes Her" from 1992, and it won an Oscar
for best visual effects. - No!
- Wow. How times have changed. - There must have been no movies
out at the time. That was HORRIBLE.
- "Death Becomes Her" is at a solid number two.
- I'm gonna rank it at a five. - I'm gonna put that at three.
- It's still pretty early, so I'm gonna give it a three.
- I would put "Death Becomes Her" right about Jumanji,
'cause that was more difficult, especially 'cause it has to do
with people and merging bodies, I guess.
- I'll give it a five. It's in the middle.
It's not horrible. It's funny now,
but I'm sure back then I'd be like, "Whoa! They turned
Meryl Streep's face backwards."
- (Han Solo) Right here, Jabba. - (gasps)
Yeah. - (Han Solo) I've been waiting for you.
- Oh, no. - (Han Solo) You didn't think
I was gonna run, did ya?
- I feel like I'm playing an old PC game.
- (Han Solo) Look, Jabba, next time you wanna talk to me...
- It's not that bad. - I don't think it's that bad.
It's not great. By today's standards,
we'd be like, "What are they doing?"
- Oh, but it is bad. Oh, man. I feel really mean.
- For the time, I think it was pretty good.
His eyes look cool. - You know,
this is actually pretty good. I'm not gonna lie.
I'm not saying it's great, BUT it's not BAD.
- (FBE) So, this is "Stars Wars: A New Hope (Special Edition)"
that came out in 1997 with added special effects.
- Okay, it's not great. I give it a six.
- It wasn't that bad. I thought Meryl Streep's
head turn around was WAY worse. So, I'm gonna put that at a five.
- I'll put it right under "Jumanji."
- I'm gonna give it a five. I'ma put it in the middle.
- I feel like there's worse coming, so I'm gonna save my one spot,
and I'm gonna put that at two. - It's at a three. (laughs)
It was not very impressive. It was pretty lackluster.
- ♪ (off-key humming) ♪
- Ah! It's just getting worse.
- Oh, this is bad! (chuckles)
Oh, Lord Jesus. This is bad.
- No! I-- oh my gosh! This is number one. Absolutely.
I don't even know what this is.
- (Kara) You have a beautiful voice. - (Draco) Well, thank you.
- What? - (Draco) We dragons love to sing
when we're happy. - This is so bad.
- I really feel like people just hadn't seen CGI and so,
they're like, "Yeah, this is it, guys."
- (Draco) You should never listen to minstrels' fancies.
A dragon would never hurt a soul unless they tried to hurt him first.
- This is such a weird movie. - They really thought they were slick
getting away with that, huh?
- (FBE) So, this is "DragonHeart" from 1996.
- Oh, okay. I've definitely heard of it before,
but I've never seen it. I would give this one a two.
- I'll put that at four. - Yeah, I'm gonna give it a four.
- It was not very good. I think I'm gonna put him
at a two. - I'll give "DragonHeart" a three.
- "DragonHeart" is going to go at a solid number one.
I'm calling it now. That is the worst CGI I've seen.
- Oh, pfft. Number 10! You kidding me?
This movie holds up so well!
- Oh, it's "The Matrix." This is cool.
This is cool. I remember seeing this.
My dad showed it to me, 'cause he's such a fan of "The Matrix."
♪ (dramatic music) ♪
- Look at this scene! That is SO sick!
- That's cool. I mean, come on.
- Um... yeah, that looks really bad. (chuckles)
- It's still cheesy. But... impressive.
- This set standards for how action movies should be.
- It's cool. Okay, I'm not gonna make fun of it.
I mean, come on. This is awesome.
This is iconic right here. - To rank this any lower
than a nine would probably... just be offensive.
- Now, if this came out, they'd be like, "Why does it
look so kind of cheesy and campy?" But it's pretty cool still.
- I would put that under three.
- I'm gonna give that a nine. - I'll give "The Matrix" eight.
- I'm gonna put this at eight. - Number 10. CGI's great.
Holds up just fine. Sequels, we don't talk about.
- That's a solid nine for me. I'm just holding out hope
that there's one where I won't even notice the CGI.
- Yeah! "Judgment Day!" - Oh, the Terminator.
Classic. - Looks kind of cool.
This is kind of cool. - Oh, that's fun.
- Oh! Her arm is a knife. (laughs) I've never seen this movie.
- Oh my god. I remember this scene when I was little
gave me nightmares for so long.
- That transition, though, that's pretty solid.
- It's kind of a little bit Silver Surfer-y,
but I think that's a pretty cool one. - All of it's pretty advanced,
you know, CGI stuff, especially when they have
to get the coloring, and they have to make--
Look at that. All that right there,
trying to match it with the sparks in the background, you have to think
about so much detail. And I'm glad they didn't miss that.
- This is "Terminator 2" from 1991. - That was '91? Wow.
- I'm impressed that they were able to do all that in 1991.
That doesn't seem easy to do at all.
- I'm gonna put 'em right behind "The Matrix."
- I'm gonna put that at an eight.
- I'll give it a 10. I don't think it's gonna
get better than this. - I'm gonna put it higher
just because I wanna give myself room.
- The Terminator's gonna be at eight, because it is impressive,
but not exemplary. - I'm gonna put that as nine
just 'cause I feel like something's gonna be better.
- (Jack) Do you trust me? - (Rose) I trust you.
- (gasps) The "Titanic"! - Oh, everything but them CGI?
- Just 'cause I love this movie so much, it'll probably go under 10.
- Were they in a studio, and it was all green screen?
(shocked) No. - (Jack whispers) Close your eyes.
♪ (heartwarming music) ♪
- Whoa. It never crossed my mind that this would be
on the list for CGI. - That's pretty cool.
It looks really. - I mean, it's not like it's bad.
It just looks like a lot of green screen that they just
had to put on there. - I never thought about that
when watching the movie. I just assumed, "It's 'Titanic'!
They were on Titanic, obviously." But obviously, that's not true.
- I'll give "Titanic" a nine. - I'm gonna give it a six.
- "Titanic" at a nine! - I'm gonna put it as number four.
- Number 10 right there! I gotta. I gotta! That's amazing!
- When I've watched the movie in the past, I've never noticed
that that was CGI, so I'm putting that at number 10.
- (James) Nice to see an invention... - This is bad.
Oh, this is bad. (laughs)
- Wow, that is a bad green screen! - Come on, Will Smith!
- (Artemus) If a little ungainly.
- Oh, man. Do I have room for a lower list?
- What movie is this?
(loud explosion) - That looks really cool.
- The actual robot itself looks pretty good.
- This wasn't even that long ago. This was like '99.
- (FBE) This is a movie that Will Smith says he regrets making.
It's called "Wild Wild West" from 1999.
- I haven't heard of it. That is a weird-looking movie.
- I'll put it at six, but I'm probably gonna move it.
- Number four. - "Wild Wild West" is going
at a good number four. - I'll give that a four
just 'cause the robot spider doesn't look horrible.
- All I have left is one, eight, and ten,
so I'm gonna put it as one. - I'm gonna give him a two.
If Will Smith regrets it, that's when you know it's bad.
- (Tim) They're, uh... - (gasps) "Jurassic Park."
- And here they are. Hey, this is not bad.
I love this movie. - (dinosaurs squawking)
- This still looks pretty good. This still looks pretty good.
- Okay, that's pretty bad. (chuckles)
That's where it gets worse right there.
- This is, again, one of those movies
where you're so young that you just see it
and you're like, "Well, obviously, they're running through dinosaurs."
- Solid. - (T-rex roars)
- It's a great movie. It's a really good movie.
- Yeah, that's not TOO bad. - By today's standards,
they're so amazing with making everything look real,
but that's still pretty good. - "Jurassic Park"
is at a perfect six. - I guess for now,
we'll put "Jurassic" as one. I'm gonna have to fix it for sure.
- I'll give that a seven. - I'm gonna put that at seven
and hopefully the next one is really bad.
- It's going on a seven, but now I'm gonna rank
the best one as one or something like that.
- I'm gonna put it for 10. The whole movie is dinosaurs,
so the whole movie is animated.
- (Doc) Stand back! - Oh! Oh, "Back to the Future."
- Yes! This is a perfect spot for it. I plot this through perfectly.
- (Marty) Where you going now? - I love these movies.
- (Marty) ...the future? - (Doc) Nope. Already been there.
- Marty McFly.
- Solid! - That looks cool!
It looks cool, okay? Don't-- I'm not gonna hate
on "Back to the Future." I mean, come on.
- Okay, it's not bad. That's actually good.
I should've saved my spot. - It looks really cool.
And I don't even know how they would make that
look more realistic. - This is a perfect spot
for "Back to the Future III." - "Back to the Future"--
I'll rearrange, but right now it's at one.
- We're fixing a lot of stuff, by the way.
- I'm pretty satisfied putting that as an eight.
- "Back to the Future," you're at number one,
but I'll move you, 'cause it's not nearly
as bad as "Star Wars." - That was good CGI.
It will be at my number one, though, for worst,
'cause that's the only spot I have left.
But I feel valid in putting it there, because "Back to the Future III"
was a bad movie.
- (FBE) So now, you can re-rank.
- I'm just gonna change one and two and flip them.
- "Death Becomes Her" was just so unbelievably bad,
just that one little bit. That's going at number one.
No, "DragonHeart," you're going to number one,
'cause I hate everything about that movie.
- "Star Wars" at one, because why did they do that?
10 is "Titanic," because who knew the Titanic was CGI?
I didn't know the Titanic was CGI.
- (FBE) Do you think people are gonna look back at current CGI
and have similar judgments that we have now
looking at the '90s CGI or are we already at our peak
in cinema and will remain at the same place we are
with CGI since we can't get any better?
- I think there will be a time where it plateaus.
I don't think we're at that time now, and I think we will be fully able
to roast all our CGI in 10 years. But I think in 50,
we'll reach a point where it's like, you won't even able to tell.
- Technology in the movie world is SO good.
I mean, I can't imagine it getting that much better,
but there's-- I always think there's room for improvement.
- They're probably gonna look at some of our CGI and be like,
"Yeah, you can obviously tell that that's not real,"
but we're pretty close.
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