This article takes a look at how advancements in visual effects can sometimes go wrong, using 'The Mummy Returns' and its infamous Scorpion King CGI as a prime example. While the film itself is still entertaining, the dated special effects have become a source of amusement for viewers years later.
Since the infancy of cinema, since the times of filmmakers like Georges Méliès, visual effects have gradually increased in importance. They allow directors to let their imaginations run wild and turn their crazy ideas into visible things for audiences to see. There have been many advancements that have revolutionized visual effects , but there's one in particular that's become pretty much synonymous with the field: Computer-Generated Imagery, or CGI .
The story is entertaining, the characters are compelling, and the action is great in spite of what might be one of the film's most criticized aspects: the CGI. One scene in particular sees Dwayne Johnson's Scorpion King in action , with CGI that made him look like a character straight out of a bad PlayStation 2 game. It was laughable then, and it's even more laughable today, when the technology has evolved so very much.
X-Men Origins is probably one of the worst superhero movies of all time, and that's in no small measure due to its shoddy VFX. For the first three X-Men movies, Wolverine's awesome clues had been props on Hugh Jackman's hands. For Origins, someone had the baffling idea of saving time by making them CGI. As a result, every time Wolverine uses his claws in this movie, they look poorly superimposed on top of Jackman's fists rather than like actual weapons.
While John Carpenter's version is one of the best movie remakes of all time, van Heijningen's is one of the weakest. It's not irredeemable by any means, but its by-the-numbers approach and lack of scariness make it pointless as a horror flick. Worst of all, its special effects look awful, making the human-eating alien more laughable than it is horrifying.
3 'The Flash' Directed by Andy Muschietti One of the most recent cases of a super-hyped movie that didn't deliver, horror filmmaker Andy Muschietti's The Flash is one of the DCEU's biggest and most tragic failures. It's a loose adaptation of the iconic Flashpoint storyline, following the titular hero as he uses his super speed to change the past in order to save his family.
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