King Kong (2005)'s effects. Yay or Nay?

The effects themselves are very impressive when you consider what was done. Kong is impressive in the sense that an organic creature covered in long fur is a very hard thing to create digitally. And he did look pretty damn real in a number of shots.

But the overall look of the film was quite fake when you look back on it. The effects are a bit inconsistent in realism.

Obviously, Jackson and co. were going for a surreal look to be somewhat of a throwback to the original in terms of visual quality, only done with today's technology. So you could argue that it's exactly as it should be.
But today's audiences crave for realism and believability to be coming out the wazoo, so of course it's gonna be panned for looking fake.

There are a few shots of Kong where it looks fully like a real huge gorilla. I wish the entire movie could have been like that, because then it would have been amazing.


That's the reason some people think they're great and some people think they're terrible. Because there are great and terrible effects in the movie. The YAY people will focus on the good shots and the NAY people will focus on the bad shots.
I'm in the middle.

Interesting. That being said, there are literally only a couple of shots where I remember the effects looking fake (one when Kong is chasing Jack in the theatre, and one where Kong is on the frozen pond).

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Nay... they look just too fake i mean the insects were great but the T-Rex and several shots of kong just look bleh. the dinosaurs also looked pretty f'ed up.

Just the title character. Nuff said.

I was lucky enough to be invited to a BAFTA screening of this film.I was blown away by the fx,especially the Empire state building.I got vertigo! I am normally sceptical about cgi,but that scene just looked absolutely real to me.

Hell yay!

The non-creature effects were without a doubt amazing. It's staggering to think that New York about 80% digital. And the jungle (created through a blend of CGI and miniatures, as well as some practical sets) was perfect. Really other-worldly and believable.