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Only things that degrade this movie for me as time goes on.

posted 10 years ago by Wolfbrother1983
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1. The really crappy Van Halen song.
2. The CGI has aged really badly.

I still enjoy the movie. I still quote it often.

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[–] jschroeter21 10 years ago

I disagree.

[–] J_R_Cash 10 years ago

In 20 years time, the CGI we see in today's films could be considered dated; all things considered, the CGI isn't all that bad for a 90's film. Jurassic Park holds up rather well and that came out in 93'. If you want some bad CGI, go watch something on the sci-fi channel; that is some shltty stuff right there.

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[–] alesisqs61 10 years ago

Yea.. please don't beotch about a movie's CGI that started out looking GREAT for the time that still beats out syfy movies in 2014 and onward. This cost a lot of money and it showed. It also had excellent sound design.

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[–] LurkingFigure 8 years ago

Oh that new syfy stuff is horrible!!! I would rather watch the reruns form the 70s they used to play. That stuff was more realistic!!!

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[–] d3daniel19 10 years ago

I get pumped every time the orchestral intro to Humans Being starts. PUMPED, MAN.

[–] pastorjwallen 10 years ago

I can't agree.

1) I love Van Halen, to this day, so the song is still awesome for me.
2) The CGI is still believable. Is it perfect? No, but after 20 years it still looks great.

For me, the only thing that really dates the film is Melissa's cell phone. Still a great movie, IMO.

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[–] reservoirsquad 9 years ago

Food, food, food, food...

[–] techbox14 9 years ago

You know, Sammy Hagar Van Halen is kinda underrated.

The songs aren't real deep, but was Van Halen ever?

I must admit.....fits the movie.......enjoyable, but not real deep. Kinda like the band Offspring.

"Human's Being," as a clever hook or wordplay......is bordering on moronic......but the chorus "Shiiine on, shiine on!," I really like.

[–] TheSonomaDude_Returns 8 years ago

There are several things that don't hold up with this film, and you picked the two that are still awesome to this day.

[–] m-slovak79 8 years ago

2. The CGI has aged really badly.

i completely disagree.

while the CGI is not perfect it still largely holds up 20 years later.

either way, it's not THAT bad as there are movies newer than this where the effects have dated more.

p.s. i just finished re-watching it just now on July 9th 2016. it's my #6 movie of 1996. i give it a 7/10 which makes it within my Top 218 movies in general. they don't make movies like this anymore, especially ones that still hold up well.

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[–] tanncord 8 years ago

The skies seem too bright during the tornado scenes. I know they had to film in daylight but it seems there would not be bright sun during a tornado...?

[–] stevegrayston-75-221538 8 years ago

apart from that flying cow the cgi stil looks very good today.

[–] indy_go_blue44 8 years ago

With all this CGI and everything, I still find the tornado in "Wizard of Oz" a the best sfx twister ever.

That said, I could accept all the faults in this film if it had ended with Dorothy's launch (usually where I shut it off) without the hokum of those two surviving a direct hit by an F5 tornado.

I still enjoy it too, lol.