The Best Practical Effect EVAR

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I'm in my mid-30s and somehow didn't watch The Thing until about 3 years ago, and I was blown away by how good that movie is. Truly a masterpiece and I'm glad Adam has such a love for it.

I had a moment of stunned silence when, after showing my daughter Raiders of the Lost Ark, I asked her what she thought, and she said "It was kinda boring"

Brazil is an absolute masterpiece. The effects, bouncing between ridiculous and far too real, the comedy, the pain. Especially when you know the battle between Gilliam and Sheinberg to be able to show it as he wanted it.

Showing your kids your favourite films - I showed my kid Iron Giant when they were about 2 1/2 and they loved it, and continue to. A couple of weeks back (about two years on from their first viewing) they told me "I understand why it makes you sad but it's a happy sad..." 😭

"There's this moment when everything stops-" Ad break. Just hilarious

Not to nit-pick, but Burton's 'Batman' was 1989, Gilliam's 'Brazil' was 1985 ....

"I am getting off track" I love it when that happens :-)

Love it. Parenting isn't all sunshine and lollipops, but these kinds of moments are priceless.

Alien is my all-time favorite sci-fi / hoirror movie...followed closely by the thing...stay safe Adam...and thanks for the autographed picture!

If someone sat next to you at a bus stop and started describing the plot to The Thing you'd be like "I gotta get outta here..." 🤣🤣🤣

Hey, I was 10 years old the first time I saw The Thing and I turned out fine! And let's not forget the chest crack/head spider scene culminates with David Clennon's perfectly delivered "You've gotta be kidding me."

I find it interesting that just about all of us that were film projectionists ultimately went into film and film related occupations. Animation is perhaps the purest form of filmmaking, in my opinion.

My son, 19 yo now, has been fed many kinds of movies, music and art alike. My goal was to let him experience a lot to learn to enjoy a variety of creativity. We still watch quite some movies together. I asked him whether he does this for pity of his father or because he likes it too. He loves it he told me, though when he watches a movie with his friends he notices that he's clearly harder to bribe with CGI effects.

Totally agree with your opinions on the movies you mentioned. Brazil is fantastic. Gilliam has such a unique visual style that works perfectly for the future/retro setting. I'd often wondered about those flying sequences, so thanks for explaining that. What I love about Dracula, is that it's set 100 years previously, and Coppola is using techniques from early cinema to evoke the period. There's some CGI, but the best, and scariest, scene for me, is after Dracula has transformed into a wolf. You get this POV shot of him running up some steps, and the frame-rate keeps changing. An awesome "'camera trick".

The “once you’ve grown up on spirited away”. comment had me rolling because it’s so true… absolute proof of the genius of Miyazaki…

Space Precinct was one of many Gerry Anderson productions, and that's a name that definitely deserves credit for his model work; Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, plus the live action shows UFO and Space 1999 all showcased his expertise and imagination with miniatures.

The Abyss has some super famous and ground breaking cgi, but I love the practical parts - the underwater vehicles, the base, the SHIP! Not huge on James Cameron but he does incredible stuff 🐟🫧

Who would have thought Terry Gilliam would become such a great film maker off his days as an animater and skit performer with Monty Python?

Brazil came out 4 years before Tim Burton's Batman ... Brazil (1985), Batman (1989)