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real welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top 10 worst green screen effects in
movies so this is where you hang out for
this list we’ll be looking at the movie
sequences on the big screen that
filmmakers created using chroma key
effects whether it was a green screen a
blue screen or some other color with
disastrous results however we won’t be
including indie films like the room B
movies like shark attack 3 Megalodon or
movies that predate the 1980s like dr.
know as the effects that were available
to them were not on par with the films
that made the list
as will be showing big moments from
several of the films were featuring a
spoiler alert is probably in order come
& get it
number 10 ejector seat die hard – die
harder how many grenades
how could filmmakers possibly up the
ante on the high-octane action scene in
the original die hard while they came up
with some interesting ideas things
didn’t always end up entirely convincing
especially as the film aged
the worst offender is a scene where John
McClane must escape an airplane that’s
about to explode via ejector seat while
the sequence is undoubtedly riveting the
effects are not Willis was shot in front
of a blue screen where he was attached
to a machine that rotated him again and
again with some fancy camerawork adding
to the effect Willis grimaces admirably
but the effort to superimpose that image
over that of a previously exploded plane
led him down
number nine Muppet dance labyrinth
we loved this Jim Henson flicka’s kids
but when we grew up and took off our
rose-colored glasses
we saw some flops
case in point the uncomfortable effects
used in this song and dance sequence
featuring the fire ease because Muppets
are puppets and don’t actually move on
their own
filmmakers needed to find a way to hide
the puppeteers who were maneuvering them
because it was the 80’s and blue / green
screen technology was not as advanced as
it is today they dressed the puppeteers
in black and draped the background in
black velvet so it looked like the
monsters were singing dancing and
removing body parts on their own however
the result was a bit of a mess with
fireese seemingly floating all over the
place number eight
dropping by Star Trek 5 the final
frontier
is Captain Spock for the first three big
screen Star Trek outings effects
geniuses Industrial Light and Magic had
brought things to life but they were
busy with Indiana Jones and the Last
Crusade and Ghostbusters – when the
final frontier was in production so
filmmakers hired a lesser-known
less expensive team and completed as
many effects as possible in camera a
glaring issue left in the film was the
shot of Shatner scaling El Capitan in
Yosemite and falling only to be caught
by Spock and his trusty levitating boots
Shatner was filmed falling in front of a
blue screen with shots of Yosemite later
edited in but the end result is a
classic blue screen blunder if ever
we’ve seen one perhaps because it is
there is not sufficient reason for
climbing the mountain I have hardly in a
position to disagree number seven
tsunami surfing die another day made in
an era when filmmakers had begun to
increasingly rely on digital effects
this 20th entry in the James Bond
franchise fell victim to the more is
less rule
the scene in question sees bond trying
to escape a giant wave created by the
Icarus satellite by kitesurfing his way
around glaciers and more
with pierce brosnan filmed in front of a
blue screen and the computer-generated
glaciers and wave added later the CGI
effects took roughly a year to perfect
however instead of being an exciting
action sequence the tsunami scene lends
this otherwise awesome moment a
cartoonish feel that defeats the purpose
meaning that this scene had us laughing
instead of on the edge of our seats
number six hanging around Batman and
Robin dubiously set in a Gotham City
that was riddled with neon Batman and
Robin relied heavily on visual effects
using 450 in total which was roughly 150
more than Batman Forever
director Joel Schumacher reminded his
actors before every take that the movie
they were making was quote a cartoon and
that set the tone for this motorcycle
chase and it’s laughable chromakey
climax where Dick Grayson saves Barbara
Gordon from certain doom high above the
city so this is where you hang out
though it may not be the most laughable
effect of the film the keyed in
background does not seem in sync with
Alicia Silverstone as she hangs
perilously from great heights no wonder
this movie killed the Batman franchise
number five Jeep Chase Indiana Jones and
the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Indiana
Jones is a high-profile action franchise
known for its stunts but his first film
appearance in 19 years did not do the
beloved character justice Steven
Spielberg made it clear before
production began that this newest entry
would use as little CGI as possible hey
shut up hey I got off a night this
should be son of a bitch well
practicality and computer-generated
animals seemingly won out over artistic
integrity and lots of CGI and fake
looking green screen effects ended up in
the final edit
probably the worst sequence in the film
is the climactic chase through the
jungle which involves CGI trees and
animals a cheesy high-speed sword fight
and green screen that looks bafflingly
off
you think guys like Spielberg and George
Lucas would have this kind of thing down
by now number four all of it
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow a
lot of time and effort was spent on
perfecting the visual style of this
advanced version of 1939 and we applaud
the gutsy decision to do something so
different shot almost entirely on blue
screen sound stages in under a month sky
captain was an interesting experiment
unfortunately in this case it failed
with very few physical props or sets the
actors were basically the only aspects
of the film not created by a computer a
visual motion radio imager that meant
approximately 2,000 cgi shots Plus
filmmakers ended up having to write code
to pull it off impressive
absolutely but we have to hold the
results to the same scrutiny as other
films and it just doesn’t stack up
look number 3 flying Superman for the
quest for peace we can blame the bad
effects in this movie on one thing the
budget whereas the original 1978
Superman was renowned for its impressive
visual effects those effects got less
remarkable as the franchise wore on by
the time the fourth film rolled around
filming had moved out of New York to
England which was haphazardly
transformed into metropolis mainly with
the help of a few pigeons but Superman’s
characteristic power of flight was
perhaps the worst casualty with those
effects looking so amateur you might
forget you’re watching a Hollywood film
with the actors lit differently than
those images appearing on the screen in
the background we wouldn’t blame you for
thinking you could probably do a better
job at home
number two child’s play The Spy Kids
franchise Robert Rodriguez is the
visionary filmmaker behind films like
Sin City and desperado you know what I
mean so it’s strange that in between
those two imaginatively shot films he
began a film franchise that proved to be
the opposite
all told all for Spy Kids films had a
budget of 154 million dollars which in
this day and age is a fraction of some
standalone films you like honey roasted
ham and potatoes don’t you dad flavor
juices but according to Rodriguez
himself creativity not money is used to
solve problems that may have made the
franchise a cash cow and the bad effects
may even be invisible to their target
audience but as adults we can’t help but
look at the green-screen scenes
throughout this series and think that
Spy Kids is a low-light in an otherwise
impressive career before we reveal our
top pick here are a few honorable or in
this case dishonorable mentions
number one what not to do ultraviolet
but they’re serious about not letting me
keep it
when Mila Jovovich signed on to star in
this film we can only assume she had no
way of knowing how terribly put together
the end result would be I have 700
soldiers here with me what do you really
think you could do against that many men
less convincing than an animation your
cousin made by messing around on his
computer for half an hour very few of
the effects in this relatively
low-budget action flick hold up under
scrutiny
while the library fight is certainly
painful to watch it’s the sequence where
a motorcycle drives up the side of a
building that stands out the most
with the film studio Screen Gems cutting
time and story elements from the film’s
plot ultraviolet had a lot to make up
for and serves as a cautionary tale of
what not to do do you agree with our
list what do you think is the worst
green screen effect in movies spell a
batch mom for more fun top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
you
real welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top 10 worst green screen effects in
movies so this is where you hang out for
this list we’ll be looking at the movie
sequences on the big screen that
filmmakers created using chroma key
effects whether it was a green screen a
blue screen or some other color with
disastrous results however we won’t be
including indie films like the room B
movies like shark attack 3 Megalodon or
movies that predate the 1980s like dr.
know as the effects that were available
to them were not on par with the films
that made the list
as will be showing big moments from
several of the films were featuring a
spoiler alert is probably in order come
& get it
number 10 ejector seat die hard – die
harder how many grenades
how could filmmakers possibly up the
ante on the high-octane action scene in
the original die hard while they came up
with some interesting ideas things
didn’t always end up entirely convincing
especially as the film aged
the worst offender is a scene where John
McClane must escape an airplane that’s
about to explode via ejector seat while
the sequence is undoubtedly riveting the
effects are not Willis was shot in front
of a blue screen where he was attached
to a machine that rotated him again and
again with some fancy camerawork adding
to the effect Willis grimaces admirably
but the effort to superimpose that image
over that of a previously exploded plane
led him down
number nine Muppet dance labyrinth
we loved this Jim Henson flicka’s kids
but when we grew up and took off our
rose-colored glasses
we saw some flops
case in point the uncomfortable effects
used in this song and dance sequence
featuring the fire ease because Muppets
are puppets and don’t actually move on
their own
filmmakers needed to find a way to hide
the puppeteers who were maneuvering them
because it was the 80’s and blue / green
screen technology was not as advanced as
it is today they dressed the puppeteers
in black and draped the background in
black velvet so it looked like the
monsters were singing dancing and
removing body parts on their own however
the result was a bit of a mess with
fireese seemingly floating all over the
place number eight
dropping by Star Trek 5 the final
frontier
is Captain Spock for the first three big
screen Star Trek outings effects
geniuses Industrial Light and Magic had
brought things to life but they were
busy with Indiana Jones and the Last
Crusade and Ghostbusters – when the
final frontier was in production so
filmmakers hired a lesser-known
less expensive team and completed as
many effects as possible in camera a
glaring issue left in the film was the
shot of Shatner scaling El Capitan in
Yosemite and falling only to be caught
by Spock and his trusty levitating boots
Shatner was filmed falling in front of a
blue screen with shots of Yosemite later
edited in but the end result is a
classic blue screen blunder if ever
we’ve seen one perhaps because it is
there is not sufficient reason for
climbing the mountain I have hardly in a
position to disagree number seven
tsunami surfing die another day made in
an era when filmmakers had begun to
increasingly rely on digital effects
this 20th entry in the James Bond
franchise fell victim to the more is
less rule
the scene in question sees bond trying
to escape a giant wave created by the
Icarus satellite by kitesurfing his way
around glaciers and more
with pierce brosnan filmed in front of a
blue screen and the computer-generated
glaciers and wave added later the CGI
effects took roughly a year to perfect
however instead of being an exciting
action sequence the tsunami scene lends
this otherwise awesome moment a
cartoonish feel that defeats the purpose
meaning that this scene had us laughing
instead of on the edge of our seats
number six hanging around Batman and
Robin dubiously set in a Gotham City
that was riddled with neon Batman and
Robin relied heavily on visual effects
using 450 in total which was roughly 150
more than Batman Forever
director Joel Schumacher reminded his
actors before every take that the movie
they were making was quote a cartoon and
that set the tone for this motorcycle
chase and it’s laughable chromakey
climax where Dick Grayson saves Barbara
Gordon from certain doom high above the
city so this is where you hang out
though it may not be the most laughable
effect of the film the keyed in
background does not seem in sync with
Alicia Silverstone as she hangs
perilously from great heights no wonder
this movie killed the Batman franchise
number five Jeep Chase Indiana Jones and
the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Indiana
Jones is a high-profile action franchise
known for its stunts but his first film
appearance in 19 years did not do the
beloved character justice Steven
Spielberg made it clear before
production began that this newest entry
would use as little CGI as possible hey
shut up hey I got off a night this
should be son of a bitch well
practicality and computer-generated
animals seemingly won out over artistic
integrity and lots of CGI and fake
looking green screen effects ended up in
the final edit
probably the worst sequence in the film
is the climactic chase through the
jungle which involves CGI trees and
animals a cheesy high-speed sword fight
and green screen that looks bafflingly
off
you think guys like Spielberg and George
Lucas would have this kind of thing down
by now number four all of it
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow a
lot of time and effort was spent on
perfecting the visual style of this
advanced version of 1939 and we applaud
the gutsy decision to do something so
different shot almost entirely on blue
screen sound stages in under a month sky
captain was an interesting experiment
unfortunately in this case it failed
with very few physical props or sets the
actors were basically the only aspects
of the film not created by a computer a
visual motion radio imager that meant
approximately 2,000 cgi shots Plus
filmmakers ended up having to write code
to pull it off impressive
absolutely but we have to hold the
results to the same scrutiny as other
films and it just doesn’t stack up
look number 3 flying Superman for the
quest for peace we can blame the bad
effects in this movie on one thing the
budget whereas the original 1978
Superman was renowned for its impressive
visual effects those effects got less
remarkable as the franchise wore on by
the time the fourth film rolled around
filming had moved out of New York to
England which was haphazardly
transformed into metropolis mainly with
the help of a few pigeons but Superman’s
characteristic power of flight was
perhaps the worst casualty with those
effects looking so amateur you might
forget you’re watching a Hollywood film
with the actors lit differently than
those images appearing on the screen in
the background we wouldn’t blame you for
thinking you could probably do a better
job at home
number two child’s play The Spy Kids
franchise Robert Rodriguez is the
visionary filmmaker behind films like
Sin City and desperado you know what I
mean so it’s strange that in between
those two imaginatively shot films he
began a film franchise that proved to be
the opposite
all told all for Spy Kids films had a
budget of 154 million dollars which in
this day and age is a fraction of some
standalone films you like honey roasted
ham and potatoes don’t you dad flavor
juices but according to Rodriguez
himself creativity not money is used to
solve problems that may have made the
franchise a cash cow and the bad effects
may even be invisible to their target
audience but as adults we can’t help but
look at the green-screen scenes
throughout this series and think that
Spy Kids is a low-light in an otherwise
impressive career before we reveal our
top pick here are a few honorable or in
this case dishonorable mentions
number one what not to do ultraviolet
but they’re serious about not letting me
keep it
when Mila Jovovich signed on to star in
this film we can only assume she had no
way of knowing how terribly put together
the end result would be I have 700
soldiers here with me what do you really
think you could do against that many men
less convincing than an animation your
cousin made by messing around on his
computer for half an hour very few of
the effects in this relatively
low-budget action flick hold up under
scrutiny
while the library fight is certainly
painful to watch it’s the sequence where
a motorcycle drives up the side of a
building that stands out the most
with the film studio Screen Gems cutting
time and story elements from the film’s
plot ultraviolet had a lot to make up
for and serves as a cautionary tale of
what not to do do you agree with our
list what do you think is the worst
green screen effect in movies spell a
batch mom for more fun top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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