Board 8 > In your opinion which Star Wars movie had the best special effects?

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I think it's solo, iirc it had the largest budget of any of those movies. Liked this movie. It might have had easily the most disappointing box office of any star wars movie though.

Star Wars (1977)

The Last Jedi overall. Solo has a case but I remember some odd artistic choices.

Generally, the effects have gotten better with each film, the big exception being Attack of the Clones simply because they put FAR too much emphasis on a technology that just wasnt ready yet. So why not Rise of Skywalker? While the effects were much better than a typical blockbuster (and far better than say Marvel films for instance) it did feel like a step back likely because of the short production time. Still probably the best thing about it other than the score though!

LightningStrikes posted...

The Last Jedi overall. Solo has a case but I remember some odd artistic choices.

Generally, the effects have gotten better with each film, the big exception being Attack of the Clones simply because they put FAR too much emphasis on a technology that just wasnt ready yet. So why not Rise of Skywalker? While the effects were much better than a typical blockbuster (and far better than say Marvel films for instance) it did feel like a step back likely because of the short production time. Still probably the best thing about it other than the score though!

Do you think big mcu movies special effects are overrated?

I mean most of those films get slated for their effects so not really? The ones that actually get accolades for their effects tend to be the actually good ones. Having said that No Way Home getting an Oscar nomination for effects felt like a consolation prize for the film itself not actually for the effects themselves.

2 tbh

Episode I pod racing

Return of the Jedi, the Rancor.

Just kidding, that was a step backwards.

RotJ rerelease after they added Sy Snootles

HanOfTheNekos posted...

RotJ rerelease after they added Sy Snootles

Sy .....what?

GranTurismo posted...

Sy .....what?

The alien popstar in Jabba's palace with long smoochable lips

LightningStrikes posted...

The Last Jedi overall. Solo has a case but I remember some odd artistic choices.

Generally, the effects have gotten better with each film, the big exception being Attack of the Clones simply because they put FAR too much emphasis on a technology that just wasnt ready yet. So why not Rise of Skywalker? While the effects were much better than a typical blockbuster (and far better than say Marvel films for instance) it did feel like a step back likely because of the short production time. Still probably the best thing about it other than the score though!

Odd artistic choices? What do you mean though, really liked this movie.

CassandraCain posted...

The alien popstar in Jabba's palace with long smoochable lips

I have this movie on discs, will have to rewatch it. The long smoochable lips? One of prob the greatest additions they made with them rereleasing it, prob it added a ton to the movie.

Kinda depends on what you mean, I would say The Last Jedi takes it for pure technical prowess + visual design.

But on the other hand, Empire Strikes Back is doing more with way less. There's scenes in that movie where you can clearly tell the computers the actors are fiddling with are just some plastic toy bullshit, but it looks incredible because the lighting in the scene is amazing. You don't really see that kind of visual effect at all in modern blockbusters.

HeroDelTiempo17 posted...

Kinda depends on what you mean, I would say The Last Jedi takes it for pure technical prowess + visual design.

But on the other hand, Empire Strikes Back is doing more with way less. There's scenes in that movie where you can clearly tell the computers the actors are fiddling with are just some plastic toy bullshit, but it looks incredible because the lighting in the scene is amazing. You don't really see that kind of visual effect at all in modern blockbusters.

Yeah I guess so, but I mainly meant best overall, not how good they were for like , 40 yrs ago. Has it been 40 yrs already?

It doesn't look good "for 40 years ago." It looks good today.

HeroDelTiempo17 posted...

It doesn't look good "for 40 years ago." It looks good today.

^

My Star Wars (1977) answer was not "for its time"-- it probably actually is ESB but the effects hold up in those early films.

Practical effects in the OT are amazing. Smudges to erase land speeder tires. Actual painting to populate big scenes of stormtroopers. Space stuff - they blew up a real Death Star miniature.

I can confirm that AotC probably feels the most like it's special effects and not just... Star Wars, if that makes sense

HanOfTheNekos posted...

Practical effects in the OT are amazing. Smudges to erase land speeder tires. Actual painting to populate big scenes of stormtroopers. Space stuff - they blew up a real Death Star miniature.

I can confirm that AotC probably feels the most like it's special effects and not just... Star Wars, if that makes sense

No what really do you mean by that? Aotc, thought that movie was bad.