What older movies made a good use of either side stepping special effects or have effects that somehow still hold up today? Why are they good movies?
What older movies made a good use of either side stepping special effects or have effects that somehow still hold up today? Why are they good movies?
Alien,
the original 1979 one.
Imo it really aged well,
recently rewatched it and was amazed by how good the special effects looked, especially for that time.
It’s also a really good movie,
scores 8.5/10 on IMDB,
kept me on the tip of my chair for the full 2 houra.
Alien is a 10/10 for me. Showed my wife last year and she was indeed on the edge of her seat for the duration. And she hates science fiction!
So much of the movie has leaked into pop culture and memes that it’s easy to forget just how horrifying it is, how well crafted. I hadn’t sat down and really watched it for decades until I watched it with my wife.
There is one scene where the two characters are gathering coolant bottles for the life support (Lambert and one of the Mechanics I’m blanking on) where you can see the xenomorph is a dude in a suit. The rest are cleverly done to hide that fact, and it’s done very well. The scene in the air vents when the xeno catches Dallas is terrifying even knowing it’s coming.
I really enjoy the explosion at the end.
Through the rest of the movie the effects are timeless and suck you into the movie. Then you get that finale and remember this movie came out in the 70s