Top 50 movie special effects shots. CRITERIA FOR THIS LIST:This is not a list of 'iconic' SFX shots, such as the opening shot in Star Wars or the final shot in Back To The Future, etc. There are many fantastic SFX shots in cinema history that are artistically 'awesome' without qualifying here. For the purposes of this list, a shot has to be either a) exceptionally convincing, b) ground-breaking or c) an exemplary execution of an oft-used technique. Only one shot is allowed per film. A note about pagination (why the entries on this list are divided this way) 50: Alien: Resurrection (1997) - Ripley clone matures Jean-Pierre Jeunet's quirky fourth entry to the Alien series boasts many eccentric touches worthy of mention, including an elegant solution for the astronaut who even has to carry his whiskey freeze-dried, as well as the first CGI examples of H.R. 49: Just Imagine (1930) - Descent to New York penthouse 48: The Day After Tomorrow (2004) - Manhattan floods. 47: Saving Private Ryan (1998) - Bullets in the water.
Cecil B. 25 ways to travel through time: a catalogue of choices. In sci-fi films and shows, time travel is a frequent and recurring factor in some of our favourite stories. But with so many methods of zipping through minutes available, from inborn or acquired natural abilities to all shapes and sizes of vehicles and machines, what's the best way to travel? Here we have over two dozen ways to jeopardise the space-time continuum, and we've rated each based on convenience, comfort, accuracy, time direction and practicality, noting their best and worst features.
Then we assigned a rating from lowest to most highly recommended in accordance with this ranking system: Low to high (left to right): brass, bronze, silver, gold, platinum The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) Chrono-impairment - A genetic anomaly is the means of travel here. You can meet and talk with people as an adult whom you only knew as a child. However, control can be learned and, as the condition is rare but hereditary, future chrono-impaired progeny may fare better than their ancestors. Red Dwarf. 10 most redundant things that are put on movie posters. The 10 worst traits of the modern day movie snob. There aren't many points throughout the short history of this site where we've feasted on quite the diet of double standards we're about to. If you're a regular reader, you'll know that we've engaged in some fairly hefty arguments about films in the past, and not always with the high degree of maturity that walks hand in hand with a successful debate.
In a pub? Personally, I'm even worse. Cornered on a topic, I'll come out fighting, throwing all manner of arguments out to further my point. Again, not all of them withstand close scrutiny. However, while a good, healthy film debate is something that remains one of the joys about being a human being, right next to sex and folk dancing, there are lines that it's best not to cross. Many of us have been accused of being film snobs at some point in the past. With thanks to our Twitter chums for many of their suggestions! The over-analysis of enjoyment, and pouring scorn on people who enjoy things they don't Only there isn't, is there? Eh? 8 warning signs that a movie will be terrible. No one sets out to make a terrible movie. Not even Michael Bay. In the long, collaborative process of filmmaking, everyone's trying to pull together in the hope that, once all the scenes have been shot and edited into a coherent sequence, the results of all their efforts will be rewarded with critical acclaim, audience approval and an influx of lovely cash.
Take a careful look over the history of cinema, though, and it's clear that there are certain things you should most definitely avoid as a filmmaker. To this end, we've dug deep through the movie archives to come up with eight signs that your movie is doomed to critical or financial failure... 1. I've yet to discover whose idea it was to have Nic Cage bumbling around a remote island while wearing a bear suit in the ill-advised remake of The Wicker Man, but it's one of the more bizarre sights in an already extremely strange film. The Wicker Man isn't the only film to feature the curse of the animal costume. See also: Robot Monster 2. 10 classic ad-lib and off-script movie moments. Sometimes, the genius moments of a film weren't in the script, and happened in an off-the-cuff moment on the shoot itself. Here are 10 examples of when an ad-lib or off-script moment went very, very right...
Taxi Driver: "You talkin' to me? "(Martin Scorsese, 1976) Arguably the most famous cinematic quote of all time, "You talkin' to me? " was actually improvised. Even though the film's screenplay was written by the brilliant Paul Schrader (who also wrote the adapted screenplay for Scorsese's Raging Bull), it's this line which has gone down in the annals of pop culture history.
Director Martin Scorsese has always encouraged Robert De Niro's creativity, proving that actors can contribute more than just their performance, and in this instance it paid off. In the original script Schrader had simply written "Bickle speaks to himself in the mirror. " The Shining "Heeeeeere's Johnny! " It's common knowledge that the fear displayed by Shelley Duval (playing Wendy Torrance) in the film was genuine. Top 5 hardest things to do in acting. 1: LaughingBeing convincingly overcome by laughter remains for me one of the most impressive tricks I ever see in movies.
The act is involuntary and often springs from utterly spurious and inexplicable sources. Since crying usually has a traceable cause of some sort, I'm guessing that it's an easier act to summon up (even if the tears themselves can be elusive - see below). Good laughter is terribly infectious, yet you don't see a lot of it in movies, and I'm guessing that it falls into the same category as complex special effects and scenes with animals, in that time and money often force a director to think whether they really have the time in the schedule to get the scene. Therefore really out-of-control laughter remains one of the things that we accept movies can't necessarily deliver, along with genuinely convincing 'aged' make-up (though Benjamin Button has made an in-road on that late last year, even if it took ILM and millions of dollars to achieve).
"Choreograph it to death. 10 tricks alien invaders could learn from the movies. Sci-fi cinema is filled with attempts by extraterrestrials to take over our leafy, mineral-rich planet. One or two of these gambits have proved successful, but the vast majority of them have ended in ignominious failure for the away side. As Battle: Los Angeles menaces cinemas, we therefore offer a few timely words of advice for any aliens thinking of invading earth... IF YOU’RE ALLERGIC TO WATER, AVOID EARTHSigns If water even so much as brings you out in hives, invading a planet that’s composed of approximately 70 percent of the stuff is probably a bad idea.
If there’s something on Earth really worse risking life and limb for, then please take our advice: pack a pair of wellies and an umbrella before you leave and, for God’s sake, avoid England. ACT NATURALInvasion Of The Body Snatchers Admittedly, your tactic of replicating human bodies is a brilliant one. One word of advice, though: study our ways closely.
AVOID ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER’S LOGSPredator YOU'RE SAFER AS A DOGThe Thing. Den of Geek. So you want to be a big screen super villain? Are you a small time crook whose recent job was foiled by a superhero, resulting in a highly characteristic disfigurement? Was the love of your life killed in an experiment gone awry during which a costumed vigilante intervened? No matter how misguided or just plain wrong your grudge may be, if you want revenge on a superhero, mayor of a city, or even the entire world, you've come to the right place. These tips and points to consider will aid you in whatever maniacal scheme you happen to be plotting and help avoid the well worn path of failure that has been trodden by so many of your villainous peers... Forget the costume Turning a hideous disfigurement to your advantage should always be applauded.
Basing your entire persona on the fact that your nose was chewed off by feral badgers, however, should not. Just because you have been driven to the very brink of insanity by grief or industrial chemicals doesn't mean you have to dress like it. Imagine if you were a superhero. Getting started. 27 taglines to put you off a film. We've been thinking quite a lot about taglines recently in the land of Den Of Geek. And after one two many very nicely chilled cans of beer, and a few too many crisps, out poured a selection of the taglines that would, in an instant, send us running at speed in the other direction.
See what you think, and add your own... "From visionary director Brett Ratner" "Based on the best-selling videogame" "The Chipmunks are back! And they've never been squeakier" "Better than Gigli! " "Ben Affleck. As you've never seen him before... " Keep the list going and add your own in the comments...! 25 more honest taglines for the movies. The Dudley Moore comedy Crazy People has always appealed to me, even though it seems that virtually no one else I know has ever seen it. It’s the one where he becomes a brutally honest advertising executive, coming up with slogans like “Buy Volvos. They’re boxy, but they’re good”. But what if such thinking was applied to the movies?
Shrek The Third "It’s got fewer ideas than the last two, and isn’t as funny, but the kids won’t mind" Star Trek"It is really something to do with the TV series, despite what our earlier advertising might have led you to believe" Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull "The man in the hat is old", or "Be warned: George has bought some more software for his computer" Cars "Finally!
Saw V "It’s just like Saw IV. Superman Returns "The superhero movie for those who like people talking about shit rather than doing it" Casino Royale "A very different Bond movie. X-Men: The Last Stand “Not from the director of X-Men and X-Men 2!” The Rocketeer "You know what? Genuinely terrible movie taglines. The art of the movie tagline is a tricky one that generally involves locking clever people into a room until they come up with something catchy. Yet, sometimes the coffee machine isn't working. Everyone is in a bad mood. There's no Toby Ziegler figure to come in and solve everything. And that's when you end up with this collection of oddities. Without further ado...
This Charlton Heston-headlined 1974 disaster movie was, in fairness, released at a point where poster taglines were just a little bit minimal. Maybe they got muddled memos in the office on the day they came up with the tagline for M Night Shyamalan's Signs, and mixed it up with the line for one of his later movies instead. At least this one was honest. We feel a bit bad for including this, as, while it's brilliantly bad, you can't deny it did the profile of the film no harm at all. Moon 44 Here's an interesting tagline. Excellent. Size. We've met few people willing to put up a spirited defence of Billy Zane as The Phantom. Top 10 most ubiquitous objects in videogames. There are objects that define the way we think about videogames, structures and shapes that we could not imagine our gaming world without. Then there are others that get used so often they become cliché, and snobbish journalists write top ten lists defaming them.
If you can think of any more, add them in the comments section below. The Health Pack Taken too many bullets to the face? Sure, the actual form of the health pack is open to wild interpretation, from whole chickens stored in bins to ATM-style, wall mounted dispensers that spew out the get better juice to anyone wearing the right suit. Nowadays, they feel a little outdated, but back when gaming was young, the health pack was a must have accoutrement. The Red Explosive Barrel In a world of greys and browns, the red barrel sticks out like a hammer smashed sore thumb. More modern interpretations of the explosive barrel include the toxic gas-filled barrel, the explosive crate and the smaller, less explode-y explosive cylinder. The Crate.
The ten best Blackadder episodes. 10. Beer The fifth episode of season two, Beer sees Edmund trying to juggle two nights in one. A sitcom cliché, I grant you, but watching Blackadder flip between his all-out debauched drinking party, complete with comedy boobs, and his puritan Aunt and Uncle Whiteadder is a great laugh. 9. Another episode from season two, this episode is Miranda Richardson at her best. 8. Number three on our list comes from the final season. 7.
Chains is the last episode of season two and sees the dastardly Prince Ludwig The Indestructible, played by Hugh Laurie, a maniac German, determined to take control of the British empire. 6. Disgusted with the English obsession with France, and in particular The Scarlet Pimpernel, Blackadder hops across the channel to prove that the hero of the French aristocracy isn't all that and agrees to pretend rescue the Le Comte De Frou Frou, only for Edmund to accidentally bump off the two men who were, in fact, the real Scarlet Pimpernel. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. For me this is it.