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20 Movies And Shows That Pulled Off Killer Scenes (In Genius Ways)

Ever see a special effect in a film, call it movie magic before immediately dismissing it as CGI? Well it turns out the explanation for an amazing scene is often closer to movie magic than not, and that just warms our hearts, guys.

For example ...

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For a scene in Inception, director Christopher Nolan wanted to have an infinite staircase. This step is on a lower level. The effects team built it fo

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Entry by PollyDarton

To tell the backstory of Sophia ORANGE on Bursot is BLACK GRAH the new M. Laverne Lamar Cox transgender actress Laverne Cox did not as her pre-transir

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20 Movies And Shows That Pulled Off Killer Scenes (In Genius Ways)

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Entry by ThirdRock

SHOOTING THIS TORTURE SCENE IN MIssION: IMPOSIBLE IIl WAS DIFFICULT BECAUSE IT WAS ACTUALLY PAINFUL FOR Tom CRUISE. Ton's H0D So DIRECTOR JJ ABRAMS CA

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Entry by Ka-ga-mi

CRACKEDCO GHOST IN SHELL THE CGI city Real Real water actor CGI reflections.

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Entry by Kalli

20 Movies And Shows That Pulled Off Killer Scenes (In Genius Ways)

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Entry by ThirdRock

20 Movies And Shows That Pulled Off Killer Scenes (In Genius Ways)

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Entry by Chan Teik Onn

Harly Potter AND THR PRISONER OFAZKABAN It would've been SO easy for the crew to use CGI for Aunt Marge's inflation scene. But they didn't. Expandable

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There's a scene in Eternal Sunshine ofthe Spotless Mind in which the protagonists are inside an anold memoryar Jim Carrey's character is the size of a

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Entry by Hestutomo

How to make a head explode (Scanners. 1981) Latex head filled with dog's food and rabbit's livers Prosthetic hand with rings made of cigarette wrapper

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Entry by Kalli

20 Movies And Shows That Pulled Off Killer Scenes (In Genius Ways)

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A L I E N No, of course no alien baby thing actually came out of John Hurt's body. John Hurt was sitting in a deck chair under the table. A fake chest

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Black Swan (2010) Natalie Portman 1. filmed walking backwards. A new shot of her facing the mirror. 2. Both shots are put together in post. CRACKED.CO

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Entry by Kevin King

20 Movies And Shows That Pulled Off Killer Scenes (In Genius Ways)

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Francis Ford Coppola chose to film Bram Stoker's Dracula as it would have been filmed in the early 1900s. That is, all effects were to be done in came

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Tlbe HANGOVER In the famous tiger in the bathroom scene, the tiger was actually on a leash with a trainer nearby at all times. All of that was digit

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Entry by Chan Teik Onn

20 Movies And Shows That Pulled Off Killer Scenes (In Genius Ways)

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Entry by TaiGin

GAME OF HOW TO FILM THRONES A DRAGON CGI ATTACK? fire Explosive charges placed under stuntmen's feet. Set a world record for most stuntmen simultaneou

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Entry by JarOCats

Creating the pre-CG! scene in 1963's THE BIRDS of the birds hovering over the burning gas station involved: 1. Painting the town on a glass matte, bla

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THING THE Ridiculously detailed fiberglass model of actor Charles Hallahan Actor Richard Dysart Gelatin arms with wax bones Double Richard. Dysart amp

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