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    Benjamin Button Special Effects Guru On Creating a Human Face

    Which Movie Should Win the Oscar For Best Visual Effects?
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    Image of frigg frigg
    05/05/09

    In reply to Benjamin Button Special Effects Guru On Creating a Human Face
    I wonder if special effects like these would be more challenging if they were dealing with an actor who, unlike Brad Pitt, has more than two facial expressions?
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    Image of P3nnst8r P3nnst8r
    05/05/09

    In reply to Benjamin Button Special Effects Guru On Creating a Human Face
    If it doesn't involve dinosaurs, I don't care.
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    Image of thePrototype thePrototype
    05/05/09

    @P3nnst8r: Amen, I watched Jurassic Park (the original) the other day and boy does that movie stand the test of time!!
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    Image of P3nnst8r P3nnst8r
    05/05/09

    @thePrototype: I think it's the Sam Neill factor. I love everything he's in, even Bicentennial Man.


    But yeah, the special effects in that movie are just awe-inspiring.

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    Image of victorkruger victorkruger
    05/05/09

    In reply to Benjamin Button Special Effects Guru On Creating a Human Face
    I'm still pissed that they got the oscar for best visual effects. it's just them splicing a face onto a different body.


    unlike Iron Man where they constructed a fully functional mech suit inside a computer and made it look believable, or Dark Knight where they just decided to take a city and digitally blow the hell out of it.

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    Image of Mark Wilson Mark Wilson
    05/05/09

    @victorkruger: No, the face is 100% digital. It's more than a splice. It's a recreation AND a splice.
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    05/05/09

    @victorkruger: Bah, everything in Iron Man and Dark Knight had been done before (and arguably better). The oscar went to the people that were actually pushing visual effects as it should of.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    05/05/09

    @tande04: Iron Man also employs full digital facial construction, although it's never shown up close like in Benjamin Button, but it's there. And you'd never notice it unless you're told which part.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    05/05/09

    In reply to Benjamin Button Special Effects Guru On Creating a Human Face
    How long until porn is all CGI, with jerky storm-trooper animations and hot gungan on gungan action?
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    Image of kevinl kevinl
    05/05/09

    @Howlin' Mad Murdock...Lite: haha you're not right.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    05/05/09

    @kevinl: It would even be complete with hot lightsaber duel action.
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    Image of xyzface xyzface
    05/05/09

    @Howlin' Mad Murdock...Lite: if those glow in the dark condoms did there job hopefully youl never have to say " i am your father" til the time is right
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    Image of ridgecity ridgecity
    05/05/09

    @xyzface: This was done years ago in a amovie, Steve Martin I think.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    05/05/09

    @ridgecity: Ritter actually.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    02/20/09

    In reply to Which Movie Should Win the Oscar For Best Visual Effects?
    I'll say Iron Man but since I've only seen two out of the three listed I may have to change that answer once I see the last film.
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    Image of Jesse in Japan Jesse in Japan
    02/20/09

    In reply to Which Movie Should Win the Oscar For Best Visual Effects?
    Visual effects isn't just about computer-generated special effects. It encompasses the entire look and feel of a movie. If the visual effects really are good, you don't even notice them. That's why I chose Dark Knight. There are a lot of visual effects but you never think to yourself, "This isn't real."
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    Image of Brian Lam Brian Lam
    02/20/09

    In reply to Which Movie Should Win the Oscar For Best Visual Effects?
    side question: who would win in a fight?
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    Image of Colander Colander
    02/20/09

    In reply to Which Movie Should Win the Oscar For Best Visual Effects?
    The Dark Knight is a really good-looking movie, but I think "effects" should go to Button, even if it's not the Greatest Movie in Recorded History [via Heath Ledger].
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    Image of INF1N1TY INF1N1TY
    02/20/09

    In reply to Which Movie Should Win the Oscar For Best Visual Effects?
    The Dark Knight should win every award in every contest.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    02/20/09

    @INF1N1TY: Perhaps they should introduce a new category - "Film with the most Batman".
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    Image of ae86takumi ae86takumi
    02/20/09

    In reply to Which Movie Should Win the Oscar For Best Visual Effects?
    love the dark knight, but it has nothing on Iron-Man special effects
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    Image of PadreScout PadreScout
    02/20/09

    @ae86takumi:


    I'm trying to remember any special effects in batman?


    I guess that big prop bomb he tosses into the ocean, and I believe he gets in a fist fight wit ha shark at some point, that probably required computer graphics.

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    Image of Overheal Overheal
    02/20/09

    @PadreScout: The plane he gets onto next to his yacht was entirely shopped in. The Dive off a Hong Kong building was all superimposed (they couldnt actually film in HK.. duh me) and the entire sequence where the batmobile gets hit with a rocket was a 1/10 scale model track. Though the batpod was a fully built and functioning vehicle, there is a bit of CGI when it gets launched and when it 360s by running its front wheel up the side of a building. The hospital explosion? The cell phone in the guy's stomach? The guy that got dropped 3 stories and broke his legs? The Echo Location? Yeah...


    See you didnt even NOTICE the special effects in batman, and to me, thats the Entire Point. Which is why I hope Dark Knight wins it.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    02/20/09

    @PadreScout: The duckies off the pier were edited in. And the guys the Penguin rehydrated? That was FX as well. But both he and Robin DID walk sideways up and down the buildings.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    02/21/09

    @PadreScout: @TheStig'sNJCousin_GitEmSteveDave:

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    02/21/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: I own this movie on DVD. One of my best purchases!
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    02/22/09

    @SonOfNannerPuss_GitEmSteveDave: It never gets old. I can watch it over and over..
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    Image of digitaluddite digitaluddite
    02/22/09

    @Overheal: The tumbler getting hit by a rocket was full size. When it hits the garbage truck - that is actually 1/4 scale miniature. 1/4 scale is huge.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    02/22/09

    @digitaluddite: Not as huge as 3:4 scale, or even 6:4 scale!
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