The practical effects, sets and costumes still look great, but the CGI (particularly the scenes where everything is rendered in CGI) does not. And this is a very CGI-heavy film in places.
I'd hate to see what "The Hobbit" films look like in 10 years time.
If people focus more on the surface of life, it's bound to perish with transience of time before their eyes, if they focus on and live by the hidden truth the life is driven by, they're in the hands of eternity.
Another example why I love films like Escape From L.A. the film that makes a commentary on the superficiality of people, nicely making it clear with the effects intentionally looking cheap to fool the shallowness of an audience.
What bollocks are you talking, BrunoAntony? It looks great now as it did then! It's aged like a fine wine. Don't touch those movies anymore, Jackson!
Yeah I agree, it doesn't hold up that well today. Thought it looked incredible at the time with its use of CGI mixed with real world effects, especially the way Gollum was done. Then again I thought Independence Day looked incredible at the time also, and that is another whose effects look pretty suspect in places now.
On the other side of the spectrum you have films like Jurassic Park and Starship Troopers whose effects precede those in LOTR and they arguably hold up better.
Your mum has aged badly.
share"I'd hate to see what "The Hobbit" films look like in 10 years time."
they will look exactly like they do now
I watched Fellowship recently for the first time in years and I don’t think it has aged badly at all, one or two effects shots aside.
shareThe only parts that look noticeably dated digital effects-wise are the opening battle on the slopes of Mount Doom, and the dragon firework at Bilbo’s birthday. But on the whole I’d say Fellowship has aged the best out of the trilogy. Jackson really used CGI sparingly and generally stuck to a more earthy tone with this movie.
The fight with the Balrog holds up because most of it is shrouded in darkness anyway, and the actual shots of the Khazad Dum bridge were probably a bigiature model, with the fellowship being digital models placed on it in post. Overall, I’d say Fellowship is one of the most visually stunning epic films in history. It was made on the tail end of the golden age of special effects (1977-2002), and it shows with its deft use of digital motion control photography for performing complex special effects camera shots, combined with WETA’s computer generated imagery, and incredibly detailed costume and production design.