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[SHAG]

See the Star Wars fanboys out in force again.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4158961.stm

My vote goes to Harry and his skelingtons.

Top 10 Special Effects:
1 Star Wars - opening (1977)
2 King Kong - climax (1933)
3 The Thing - spider head (1982)
4 Jason and the Argonauts - the skeletons (1963)
5 Terminator 2: Judgment Day - the T-1000 (1991)
6 Forbidden Planet - Krell machinery (1956)
7 The Lord of the Rings trilogy - Gollum (2001-2003)
8 The Matrix - bullet-time (1999)
9 Alien - bursting chest (1979)
10 Spider-Man 2 - train fight (2004)

[DokiDokiWakuWaku]

Harry Harryhausenhausenen or whatever he was called was a genius. Loved those flicks.

[Worm]

The Thing spider head - and accompanying dialogue

[big-will]

Gollum gollum

[joshnii]

They should be in categies. How can you compare gollum with the skeletons with the chestburster?

[Roger's head]

The Thing was class. And as said, the dialogue makes the scene. Spiderman 2 - any good?

[nagoid]

I find lots of modern CGI very cold and uninteresting. Old style effects like Harry did were the best.