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Best Animatronics/Puppetry in a movie?

posted 14 years ago by TheSonomaDude
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Lets look back at animatronics, the real stuff. Whats are the absolute best animatronics/puppetry from a movie?

I say:
Tremors (1990)
Jurassic Park (1993)
The Abyss (1989)
Aliens (1986)
Jaws (1975)

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[–] fyo_films 14 years ago

I wouldn't go there with Jaws, but Aliens has some of the best I've ever seen. And Jurassic Park is kind of indisputable as well.

Puppet performances, though? I think Yoda is hard to top for me.

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[–] Illinoisguy1 14 years ago

Dragonslayer is among the best examples or puppetry. That dragon looks very real and just as good (if not better) than some of the CGI created dragons seen in films years later.

[–] Ddhandarah 14 years ago

Kuato from Total Recall.

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[–] elliejaxx 14 years ago

I like the subtle stuff Doctor Who uses on a lot of its humanoid aliens, just around the face or something to enphasise the actor's expressions and acting.

[–] Dwright1212 14 years ago

From what I can think of, Tremors, Aliens, Jurassic Park, Predators, InnerSpace, Them!, and Gremlins have really good animatronic effects.

Armed and Dangerous

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[–] adam_wilde 14 years ago

Jaws would probably be my favourite, but I think the best would be Jurassic Park!

[–] recklessinsanity 14 years ago

The Thing.
Damn that thing was amazing.