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mojo and today we're counting down our
picks for the top 10 awesome moments
ruined by bad cgi now you've seen how
bad things can get
and how quick they can get that way
well they can get a whole lot worse for
this list we'll be looking at
potentially great scenes that were let
down by shoddy special effects work did
the cgi ruin these moments for you or
could you look past it let us know in
the comments
number 10 the burly brawl the matrix
reloaded because of you i've changed i'm
unplugged a new man
so to speak like you apparently free
with neo having unlocked his god-like
powers at the end of the first matrix
the possibilities were endless
[Music]
he is the one
these possibilities were realized in the
brilliantly conceived burly brawl which
sees neo battling hundreds of agent
smiths it's an amazing concept and the
scene is filled with some great
cinematography and choreography however
it's completely let down by the
disappointing early 2000s cgi they look
like characters in a video game and the
constant switching between keanu reeves
and the digital neo is incredibly
jarring it didn't look good at the time
and it really doesn't look good now
hope
it is the quintessential human delusion
simultaneously the source of your
greatest strength and your greatest
weakness number nine the plane crash air
force one when done right cinematic
plane crashes can be pulse pounding
your eyes this was not pulse bounding in
fact it was pretty embarrassing at the
end of this film air force one crashes
into the caspian sea it should have made
for a breathtaking moment with the plane
ripping apart as it slams into the water
instead we got a nintendo 64 cut scene
of a plane crash
not only does the plane look completely
fake the physics of the spinning plane
are laughable this movie cost 85 million
dollars but we guess the tech just
wasn't there in the 90s to cgi a scene
like this if you can't pull it off cut
away blue star air force one is down
number eight sword fight blade two the
cgi of the early 2000's was a bit more
refined but still very obvious and came
well short of good practical effects
since you suckers don't like sunlight
we've modified the gun's entry lights
with uv filters
pop it open instant uv light in this
scene blade fights assad and nisa in his
compound the start of the fight looks
great in front of the giant wall of
floodlights and features some fun
choreography my name is assad
this is nisa
when the scene depicts actual humans
fighting it's on point but the
filmmakers used cgi for the more inhuman
feats and it's here where things get
questionable this fight suffers the same
problems as the burly brawl complete
with video game graphics wonky physics
and a horrific clash between human and
digital shots
number seven dark seekers attack i am
legend this post-apocalyptic film built
an incredible amount of tension
throughout the first act if there's
anybody out there
anybody
please
you are not alone viewers watch in
amazement as robert neville prowls the
empty streets of manhattan and locks
himself down at night something is out
there something very dangerous and
probably very scary
[Applause]
when the first darkseekers attack occurs
it should be a moment of shocking horror
unfortunately the sloppy cgi undermines
the otherwise solid action there's no
getting around it the dark seekers just
don't look real since the dark seekers
are people who were infected by a virus
why not just use you know actual people
the other 588
million
turned into your dark seekers and then
they got hungry
and they killed and fed on everybody
number six the paul bunyan statue it
chapter 2. did you miss me richie
cause i missed you in one of this
supernatural horror films signature
scenes young richie tozier is accosted
by a giant paul bunyan statue the
initial scare is effective enough with
richie hearing a noise and turning to
see the statue screaming in his face
but the scene goes beyond the initial
jump scare and has the statue chase
richie through the park it's a really
tough scene to pull off and the
filmmakers can be commended for their
efforts however it's one of the weaker
looking scenes in the movie and turned
out more goofy than scary it's real it
isn't happening it isn't real
number five jabba the hutt star wars
episode 4 a new hope special edition
next time you want to talk to me come
see me yourself don't sell one of these
twerks the original trilogy relied
heavily on practical effects and the
result was awesome infamously george
lucas decided to add a bunch of cgi into
his special edition which was widely
lambasted by die hard fans in one new
scene han solo speaks with jabba in
front of the millennium falcon this
could have been a fun meeting that ties
a new hope to return of the jedi and
delivers welcome fan service but the
moment was tarnished by bad 90s cgi cgi
has come a long way since but it still
struggles to cross the uncanny valley
when it comes to human faces just look
at grand moff tarkin and princess leia
in rogue one what is it they've sent us
hope
number four the final battle
justice league as intrusive as some cgi
can be it allows filmmakers to do things
they could never do with practical
effects i believe in truth
but i'm also a big fan of justice
superhero movies were saved by cgi as it
conveys the epic scope and mythical
violence that's required to translate
comic books to the screen practical
filmmaking just can't cut it the final
battle in justice league should have
been a mind-blowing feat akin to the
wonderful climaxes seen in the avengers
films you say a word about this we'll
meet every prana i know
i honestly didn't hear anything after
we're all gonna die but it fell far
short nothing looks real including
steppenwolf it makes it hard to suspend
belief reminding audiences that these
are actors running around in front of a
green screen no wonder fans clamored for
the snyder cut i'm putting together a
team
people with special abilities
you see i believe enemies are coming
stop right there
i'm in number three t'challa vs
killmonger black panther marvel really
knows how to end a movie but they
stumbled with black panther the final
fight between t'challa and killmonger
should have been really cool the rain is
over you set up here safe and protected
you want to see us become just like the
people you hate so much there's a lot of
meaningful history between the
characters the setting is interesting
and watching superhumans going for broke
will never not be fun sup princess
you'll never be a true king
but this fight was kind of disappointing
it reminds us of the late 90s and early
2000s when the cgi models were painfully
obvious and flew around with those janky
digital movements the scene looks like
something from 1998 not 2018 and it ends
in otherwise stellar movie maybe we can
still heal you
why number two russell's death deep blue
sea russell's death is legendary in its
unpredictability i wouldn't get that
close by you just a suggestion he's in
the midst of a motivational speech when
he suddenly gobbled up by a shark and
pulled into the water it's a memorable
sequence and it proves one of the most
shocking death scenes in movie history
we're going to pull together and we're
going to find a way to get out of here
first we're going to seal up
the cgi doesn't do it any favors though
the shark looks really fake and
russell's cg body is even worse
we can't fault the scene too much deep
blue sea is a glorified b-movie and this
scene is clearly meant to generate
befuddled laughs it does that
excellently but still it's a shame it
wasn't more convincing just date him
just date him crazy
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number one the scorpion king the mummy
returns today the scorpion king is known
for being one of the worst pieces of cgi
in movie history but it really could
have been something special
the way the climax ties back to the
prologue is wonderful the monster is
imaginatively designed and the scorpion
king himself has an amazing entrance
it's full of white knuckle tension with
the door slowly opening to reveal the
outline of the creature but the suspense
is ruined when we actually see it dwayne
johnson's cg face looks particularly
ridiculous it's an unfortunate waste of
incredible potential
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