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Visual Effects: 100 Years of Inspiration

Posted by Ryan Adams On August - 20 - 2009

From Cinematical, comes this montage of visual effects milestones from the past 100 years (109 years, if my calculations are correct). It’s a reminder of a simpler era when pulling a top hat out of a charcoal sketch was so pants-shittingly awesome genies had to wear adult diapers. But seriously, some of these effects are still as astonishing as the day they first screened, particularly when that first glimpse of a 10-story tall brontosaurus made our hearts skip a beat.

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    14 Responses for "Visual Effects: 100 Years of Inspiration"

    1. Michael August 20th, 2009 at 6:01 pm 1

      Sunrise is so hot.

    2. Michael August 20th, 2009 at 6:08 pm 2

      Ew, Old Baby.

    3. Oldad5518 August 20th, 2009 at 6:11 pm 3

      No 2001 forshame

    4. The Natural August 20th, 2009 at 6:12 pm 4

      Yeah by jumping too quickly into the future they forgot too many milestones (“2001″ in particular). And no “Matrix” or “Lord of the Rings” or “Titanic” is odd.

      And… where’s “Avatar?” ;)

    5. Jesus Alonso August 20th, 2009 at 6:50 pm 5

      my personal “ouches”

      Blade Runner
      Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey II, for God’s sake!)
      Forrest Gump
      Babe
      The Matrix
      Hero
      Lord of the Rings (Gollum)

    6. Ryan Adams August 20th, 2009 at 7:06 pm 6

      Metropolis
      The Birds
      Dark City
      Terminator 2
      Cloverfield

    7. The Natural August 20th, 2009 at 7:07 pm 7

      They have “T2.”

    8. Ryan Adams August 20th, 2009 at 7:23 pm 8

      ah yes, thanks.
      well then,
      The Exorcist
      Zelig
      Babe
      A.I.: Artificial Intelligence

    9. Anthony August 20th, 2009 at 10:31 pm 9

      To many movies missing from this video…

      However, to this day, the tornado scene in Wizard of Oz still wows me.

      Another movie that was ahead of its time was San Francisco (1936). Check it out if you can find it… The earthquake scene was amazing for when it came out.

      Yeah… I’m still miffed over the fact that The Golden Comp-ass was shown and not My Precious.

    10. Lucas August 20th, 2009 at 11:01 pm 10

      The Matrix
      LOTR

    11. Robert Hamer August 20th, 2009 at 11:49 pm 11

      Glad to see I’m not the only one who thought “WTF?” at how many films were left out.

    12. Daniel August 21st, 2009 at 2:28 am 12

      My very first thought when I watched this was “where the hell is Gollum?”

    13. The Movie Scoop - Worth Watching: Visual Effects: 100 Years of Inspiration August 30th, 2009 at 12:26 pm 13

      [...] and will definitely be nostalgic for anyone that loves great visual effects. I first found it on Awards Daily but apparently it also came from Cinematical before that. Watch this [...]

    14. Worth Watching: Visual Effects: 100 Years of Inspiration Video « MovieDriver September 6th, 2009 at 3:16 pm 14

      [...] and will definitely be nostalgic for anyone that loves great visual effects. I first found it on Awards Daily but apparently it also came from Cinematical before that. Watch this [...]


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