Low Budget CGI

[iluvdvds@Cult Labs]

Dawn Of The Dragon Slayer, whilst made for very little money, has some superb effects! As one reviewer has said, '...The special effects and underscoring were incredibly impressive. The dragon itself looked phenomenal... '

There's been plenty of other low budget features that have incredible special effects, from Monsters to Troll Hunter. But there's also plenty of crap special effects for equally crap low budget messes (that are often so bad their good), like Sharktopus

So which low budget movies have the best or the worst special features? Which films need to be applauded for their awesomeness or their turd-iness?

Share your thoughts here!


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[wongfeihung62]

I know its not CGI, but if you want horrendous FX you can't do much better than "The Giant Claw".

[wayfarer]

Ok, so it was a long time ago but one of the worst cases of CGI that I've seen has to be in The Langoliers - some Stephen King adaptation. Imagine different coloured Pac-Men eating a plane and you have a little of the awful CG image that was used.

In big budget movies, the worst CG that I remember was in Along Came A Spider. The car accident at the beginning was pitiful. The car had no weight to it.

[Ricky Chad]

Originally Posted by wayfarer

Ok, so it was a long time ago but one of the worst cases of CGI that I've seen has to be in The Langoliers - some Stephen King adaptation. Imagine different coloured Pac-Men eating a plane and you have a little of the awful CG image that was used.

In big budget movies, the worst CG that I remember was in Along Came A Spider. The car accident at the beginning was pitiful. The car had no weight to it.

I agree Wayfarer. The langoliers was a good novella, and the tv show, although chessy in places had a great twilight zone feel. Oh lord tho, the ending. I expected roy walker to pop up and shout 'just say what you see!'

Of course lord of the rings had some great cgi.

[bdc]

How about Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation for bad low budget CGI?

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by bdc

How about Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation for bad low budget CGI?

Nooooo, that's top notch CGI compared to Starship Troopers 3: Marauder.

[wongfeihung62]

Most of the SyFy channels movies

[the blob]

I remember catching an episode of the newer incarnation of V and the CGI in that was atrocious.

[Bringer Of Funerals]

The end of the EXPENDABLES, where the tower drops behind someone as it is exploding - it looks a bit dodgy to me

The Expendables end scene - YouTube


At 4.17 during the vid

[pedromonkey]

yeah the CGI in the Langoliers is really Poor, anything made by the Asylum. There's a film called S.S DoomTrooper that has some of the worst CGI i've ever seen.