Recently, I asked the BuzzFeed Community what they think are the most impressive practical effects in older movies. Here are 11 of their top responses: 1."The entire movie Aliens is loaded with great ...

Christopher Nolan only wanted to use practical effects for his new movie, "Oppenheimer." Filmmakers used paintings and camera tricks to achieve their effects before computers and CGI. Practical ...

Today, everyone rightfully bemoans how much CGI is used in movies. It's not just a problem in big, superhero blockbusters, where movies like The Flash are almost unwatchable because they look like ...

Rachel is a contributor at Collider who specializes in the horror genre. She was raised in Atlanta and moved to Colorado in 2016. In 2022, she graduated from The University of Colorado Boulder with a ...

James Cameron is widely considered one of the greatest directors of all time, bringing audiences classics like Aliens, The Terminator, and Titanic. The True Lies director has also been behind the ...

Before Kevin Feige’s Marvel multiverse, before blue Na’vi forests or digitally de-aged heroes, George Lucas had the Star Wars team making movie magic the old-fashioned way, with puppets, miniatures, ...

Now matter how advanced and impressive it gets, CGI just isn’t as powerful and effective as practical effects. There’s just something about watching an elaborate creation that was actually built by ...

Tarantino and Colbert each gushed over the effects work on display in Carpenter’s remake. “Rob Bottin’s effects in that movie are some of the greatest practical special effects ever put on a movie ...