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What older movies made a good use of either side stepping special effects or have effects that somehow still hold up today? Why are they good movies?

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Tron. Vector graphics and filters gave a better effect than any of the weak sequels.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Forever underappreciated. They were hiring research professors at universities to do that stuff. It was so cutting edge that it was actually experimental.

[–] noughtnaut@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

And they got disqualified from the Oscars "because they cheated" -- the following year there was a brand new nomination category for computer generated effects...

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Just like the monkeys in 2001. They were so good, the Oscar jury thought they were animals instead of actors.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah that part made me very sad.