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You probably already know that many movies use visual effects to enhance (or sometimes ruin) our cinematic experience, but you probably didn't realize just how often - and to what extent - such effects are used in the modern-day film industry.
Sure we know that the tiger in Life of Pi wasn't real (we all know that, right?). Nor was most of what we saw in The Avengers. Oh, and Alice in Wonderland. That wasn't real either. Sorry. But you might be surprised to learn that other movies have also been digitally manipulated, and in ways that you might not expect. Take a look at the revealing before-and-after pictures we've compiled for you below to see what we mean. You'll never look at movies in the same way again.
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#1
Game Of Thrones
ValerieMarcotte 8 years ago
How could she keep a straight face while looking at this green blob?
#2
Guardians Of The Galaxy
#3
Pirates Of The Caribbean
#4
Life Of Pi
#5
Alice In Wonderland
#6
Twilight Saga: Eclipse
#7
Boardwalk Empire
#8
The Hobbit
WendyPlant 8 years ago
And the only thing that stands out to me is the extra hair they added over Bilbo's ear.
#9
The Great Gatsby
#10
The Dark Knight
#11
The Matrix
#12
X-Men: Days Of Future Past
#14
Game Of Thrones
#15
Alice In Wonderland
#16
Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince
#17
Oz, The Great And Powerful
#18
The Secret In Their Eyes
#19
Life Of Pi
#20
The Wolf Of Wall Street
#21
The Lord Of The Rings
#22
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader
#23
The Avengers
VictorVakaras 8 years ago
I see a face in her hair. Lower right area. Guess it's just an optical illusion.
#24
The Walking Dead
#25
Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
#26
Deadpool
#27
Gravity
#28
Godzilla
#29
Game Of Thrones
#33
Mad Max: Fury Road
#35
Elysium
#36
Robocop
#37
300 - Rise Of An Empire
#38
Mad Max: Fury Road
#40
The Martian
Hamletstwin 8 years ago
They faked the Martian!?! You're probably going to tell me the Moon landing never happened...
#41
Into The Woods
JerieRagsac 8 years ago
I hate this movie.. I hate the musical. It's like Shrek with no ogres and more b******t.
#42
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn
#43
The Chronicles Of Narnia
FitzelgardMisledz 8 years ago
Must have been real awkward to have someone record you climbing a bunch of rocks
#44
Iron Man
#46
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows
FitzelgardMisledz 8 years ago
They made his cloak long enough to sweep the floors. Magic at its finest. DustRepellio
#48
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
#49
Grey’s Anatomy
#50
The Monuments Men
#52
Episodes
ChuckLarson 8 years ago
It must be truly harder to act in the movies of today than it was 80 years ago.
#53
Ugly Betty
PetraSteenput 8 years ago
Is it really cheaper to animate it then to just go shooting in the street? So weird...
#54
The Homesman
#55
Deadly Honeymoon
#56
District 9
#58
300
JerieRagsac 8 years ago
This isn't 300. This screenshot is from 300:Rise of an Empire. You shouldn't confuse the two movies. The first movie was cool, clings more to the book, has more sense, and the guys are so f*ckeable. The latter one is just sad, doesn't even compare to 300's level (despite Eva Green's tit show, it's a meh-- movie)
#59
Elysium
#60
Paranoia
#62
Robocop
Angela Barajas 5 years ago
so update today i couldnt find a toilet so i instead i pooped in my cats litter box
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Angelique Castellanos 5 years ago
hi guys i'm back! I went back to this website and instead of farting i took a dump on my moms bed. Can someone help me convince her it was the dog not me? Thanks uwu.
FurnishMyWay_Blog 8 years ago
Amazing. It's unbelievable to think about the immense talent these actors have to make the "scene" believable regardless of it not truly being there. Technology and the movie industry is amazing! ~AM
AbdullahIlgaz 8 years ago
These scenes will never make same effects on someone who didn't know about visual effects a lot. I see amazing works and efforts. Great!
MarielleZuberer 8 years ago
Acting is just not the same anymore. Years ago, of course quality was worse, but still the actors visited real places or had actual requisites. not just green screens all around them.. no wonder ian mckellen had to cry once
CupcakeQueen 8 years ago
You should see some of the "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" filming pics! The actor (Captain America) is standing in front of a green screen waving his shield or whatever, while in the movie, NYC is exploding!
MikiNyckel 8 years ago
Haha ... wasn't until photo 20 that I realized (by accident) that you can move the photo! :D
SusannaVesna 8 years ago
Bravo to the actors. But it makes me sad that our world is so fake and all the beautiful places that exist are never featured any where.
LyoneFein 8 years ago
Actors and film makers used to travel to exotic locations to make movies....I guess no more?
hermione.granger 8 years ago
i love looking at these pictures and it makes me respect the film workers who put hours and hours into creating an amazing fantasy world that not even words can comprehend.
SianidaMirna 8 years ago
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MikiNyckel 8 years ago
Yes ... let's all just live in our fantasy worlds of ignorance. *eye roll* It's pretty awesome to see all the work that goes into the behind the scenes, and how they create such fantastic imaginary worlds! Clearly a lot of this isn't real, and I guess it's kind of inspiring (in a small imaginative naive way) if some of you thought it was LOL. The only one that surprised me was Life of Pi. I thought the tiger was actually real and there. But it hasn't 'taken the magic' away for me, it was a lovely movie, and I'm rather impressed!! Pull your head out of your butts!
RogerNehring 8 years ago
This is very much like watching an expose' of how your favorite magic tricks are done. It is less fun once you know the trick.
AmandaPanda 8 years ago
At first I thought this was pretty incredible, then I saw some pretty simplistic scenes that were straight green screen, and it kind of kills the magic for me.
YingLiu 8 years ago
Just wondering how did you make this happen when what you see changes as your cursor slide over the picture? What kind of technology did you employ? It's really an amazing way to show the before-and-after pictures!
Rich McCormick 7 years ago
I posted this on Facebook a year ago and decided to revisit this article and WOW.. still blown away. MOST of these movies I've seen and ... yea, just amazing!
PeladoDonatelli 8 years ago
"You might be surprised to learn that other movies have also been digitally manipulated" Most of these examples are really f*****g obvious. Not surprised at all. I mean, you would be expecting some stuff like the Great Gatsby example, but the Hobbit? Seriously? That is in no way surprising. A Quidditch scene? Wow, that's surprising, I didn't know brooms didn't fly.
Asgardian'sFarm 8 years ago
I am glad that there's Glum <3 but Smaug could be also pretty cool to see like this, I guess :)
MaggieGroverBacher 8 years ago
what?! no sky captain and the world of tomorrow? it was almost completely done in green rooms and cgi! it has great videos of it on the dvd
Angelique Castellanos 5 years ago
hi guys i'm back! I went back to this website and instead of farting i took a dump on my moms bed. Can someone help me convince her it was the dog not me? Thanks uwu.
FurnishMyWay_Blog 8 years ago
Amazing. It's unbelievable to think about the immense talent these actors have to make the "scene" believable regardless of it not truly being there. Technology and the movie industry is amazing! ~AM
AbdullahIlgaz 8 years ago
These scenes will never make same effects on someone who didn't know about visual effects a lot. I see amazing works and efforts. Great!
MarielleZuberer 8 years ago
Acting is just not the same anymore. Years ago, of course quality was worse, but still the actors visited real places or had actual requisites. not just green screens all around them.. no wonder ian mckellen had to cry once
CupcakeQueen 8 years ago
You should see some of the "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" filming pics! The actor (Captain America) is standing in front of a green screen waving his shield or whatever, while in the movie, NYC is exploding!
MikiNyckel 8 years ago
Haha ... wasn't until photo 20 that I realized (by accident) that you can move the photo! :D
SusannaVesna 8 years ago
Bravo to the actors. But it makes me sad that our world is so fake and all the beautiful places that exist are never featured any where.
LyoneFein 8 years ago
Actors and film makers used to travel to exotic locations to make movies....I guess no more?
hermione.granger 8 years ago
i love looking at these pictures and it makes me respect the film workers who put hours and hours into creating an amazing fantasy world that not even words can comprehend.
SianidaMirna 8 years ago
www. PELANGI99 .com kami tantang buat kalian yang suka main kartu Bandar Domino 99 dan AduQ Online Terbaik REAL GAMES AND REAL MONEY Telah Hadir Situs Judi Kartu Online Eksklusif dan Berkelas Dengan Minimal Deposit Rp 25.000,- Anda Sudah Dapat Bermain Cukup Dengan 1 ID Anda Dapat Memainkan 5 Games Permainan 100% Fair Play Tanpa Robot, Player vs Player Anda Juga Dapat Memainkannya Via Android / IPhone / IPad Play For Win Guys www. PELANGICAPSA .com
MikiNyckel 8 years ago
Yes ... let's all just live in our fantasy worlds of ignorance. *eye roll* It's pretty awesome to see all the work that goes into the behind the scenes, and how they create such fantastic imaginary worlds! Clearly a lot of this isn't real, and I guess it's kind of inspiring (in a small imaginative naive way) if some of you thought it was LOL. The only one that surprised me was Life of Pi. I thought the tiger was actually real and there. But it hasn't 'taken the magic' away for me, it was a lovely movie, and I'm rather impressed!! Pull your head out of your butts!
RogerNehring 8 years ago
This is very much like watching an expose' of how your favorite magic tricks are done. It is less fun once you know the trick.
AmandaPanda 8 years ago
At first I thought this was pretty incredible, then I saw some pretty simplistic scenes that were straight green screen, and it kind of kills the magic for me.
YingLiu 8 years ago
Just wondering how did you make this happen when what you see changes as your cursor slide over the picture? What kind of technology did you employ? It's really an amazing way to show the before-and-after pictures!
Rich McCormick 7 years ago
I posted this on Facebook a year ago and decided to revisit this article and WOW.. still blown away. MOST of these movies I've seen and ... yea, just amazing!
PeladoDonatelli 8 years ago
"You might be surprised to learn that other movies have also been digitally manipulated" Most of these examples are really f*****g obvious. Not surprised at all. I mean, you would be expecting some stuff like the Great Gatsby example, but the Hobbit? Seriously? That is in no way surprising. A Quidditch scene? Wow, that's surprising, I didn't know brooms didn't fly.
Asgardian'sFarm 8 years ago
I am glad that there's Glum <3 but Smaug could be also pretty cool to see like this, I guess :)
MaggieGroverBacher 8 years ago
what?! no sky captain and the world of tomorrow? it was almost completely done in green rooms and cgi! it has great videos of it on the dvd
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