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15 Movie Special Effects We Thought Were CGI (But Aren’t)

By:: Andrea Meno

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15 Movie Special Effects We Thought Were CGI (But Aren’t)

The Last Jedi could have easily done Luke’s alien milking scene with green screen and CGI, but no – they created a real animatronic and flew it to where they were filming. Here’s the full story, plus 14 others:

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The green mist coming through the window in Bram Stoker's Dracula wasn't CGI. They shot the mist alone on film, kept that reel in a fridge for a week, then took it out and shoot other stuff over it - it's a silent era technique. CRACKED.COM — Source

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When you're watching Dunkirk's dogfights, you're seeing real planes. The planes weren't CG or anything - they're either actual WWII planes or 1/4 scale models. All in all, there's very little CGI in the aerial scenes. CRACKED.COM — Source

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For Jurassic World, they 3D-printed a large, physical Tyrannosaurus Rex. That T-Rex was made from the effects company's digital files, so in a sense it was CG in real life. The prop was like a huge dinosaur jigsaw puzzle. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Killer Croc from Suicide Squad wasn't brought to life with CG effects at all. It was all elaborate prosthetics and makeup - actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje had to sit in a makeup chair every day for five hours. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Mando's ship in The Mandalorian is a practical effect, not CGI. They built a miniature and filmed it, just like in the old days. They were just going to make a model for lighting reference, but the idea soon grew. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Terminator 2 features a lot of CGI, but the splash head effect isn't one of them. For that effect, they made a sculpture of Robert Patrick's head, sculpted a splash in it, and then made a rubber puppet based on it. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The ferry in Spider-Man: Homecoming wasn't rendered on a computer. O.A. They built a set in Atlanta that could split into half, and also shot footage on the real ferry in New York City (that they did so much damage to). CRACKED.COM — Source

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Mark Hamill had to physically milk an animatronic alien for The Last Jedi. They shot the sequence on location, and the inside of the alien puppet had a milk delivery system (plus, two puppeteers were inside). CRACKED.COM — Source

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When Bran's crew fought the wights in Game of Thrones, that wasn't all CGI. In the S4E10 fight, some things, like the wight on Hodor's back, were real-that one was a dummy torso that they embellished with CGI. CRACKED.COM — Source

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They used people in elaborate velociraptor suits as late as Jurassic Park III. To bring raptors to life, instead of CGI, they'd just put people in raptor suits and have them puppeteer the creature's head from the inside. CRACKED.COM — Source

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A bunch of creatures and monsters in The Force Awakens are actually real. Well, as in, not CGI-for example, there's the Luggabeast; the creature that nudges Finn away at the watering hole; and the red robot at Maz's castle. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Tenet had way, way fewer scenes with visual effects than you might think. It had under 300 shots with visual effects, and editor Jennifer Lame says the VFX shot count is probably lower than most romantic comedies. CRACKED.COM — Source

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They shut down Pennsylvania Avenue in DC for Wonder Woman 1984. And they put up wires and rigs for miles, which allowed Gal Gadot to actually run as fast as Usain Bolt. And поре, no CGI was involved. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The kitchen explosion scene in the pilot of Legion didn't use any CGI at all. Everything there was actually filmed - the only difference is that, for obvious safety reasons, Dan Stevens wasn't actually in the kitchen. CRACKED.COM — Source

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In Halloween Kills, they didn't use CGI de-aging or anything for Dr Samuel Loomis. Loomis in that movie was actually just a guy who was wearing an extremely elaborate, 11-piece prosthetic that included hair pieces. CRACKED.COM — Source

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