I think (I'm almost sure) that Industrial Light and Magic did the CGI for this movie. I just saw this movie today and I was like "Damn those CGI sucks real bad" but it was the same company who did the CGI for Jurassic Park (1994) and I still belive that the dinossaurs from JP were amazingly well done (they work until these days)
shareSmaller budget. Plus, it all depends on the director. Burton's movies have never seemed to have CGI that was impressive looking. Burton is no Spielberg. With that said, Mars Attacks doesn't need cutting edge effects. It's a silly B-movie parody and wasn't trying to be ID4.
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Whose idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have an "S" in it?
Yes, I think it was meant to be.
Mind you they didn't have CGI in the fifties...
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It's not "sci-fi", it's SF!
The movie was intended to have a 1950's alien invasion feel, I'm fairly certain all the cheezy CGI was fully intentional.
sharesome yes like the ships etc BUT not all the aliens while in design looked cheesy as meant to be BUT the actual cgi was to look real and blend in with live action but now it looks horrid
same with brosnans severed head and parkers head on a dogs body lol
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The movie is almost 2 decades old... of course it looks dated now. So do Independence Day and Twister! It was good CGI back then, and the Martians were suppose to look like they were stop motion
ID4 had more compositing and miniature use than actual CGI.
If you were distracted by the (purposely) bad CGI it's safe to say the movie is not for you. It's for those of us who can relish in a good 'bad' movie.
shareAbsolutely - I think that it's a great film. Wonderful, black humour - not many films incinerate labradors and crush boy scouts with monuments!
shareI can easily imagine Tim Burton looking at ILM's first attempts at their CG for this movie, and him saying "Um, wow, this stuff is great, you guys. In fact... it's, uh... it's a little TOO good. Could you make it maybe like at least 30% crappier?"
shareThe CGI is intended to look dated. It was perfect
shareFirst off, there isn't nearly as much CGI in 'Jurassic Park' as people think there is. Most of the dinosaur shots were animatronic puppets and guys in rubber suits. Secondly, the CGI in 'Mars Attacks' was really good for it's time. It hasn't aged well and that's the big problem with CGI. Back then, it was ground breaking. Today, it kinda sucks.
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