Best non-CGI movie effects

[bob]

Because real is better then CGI more often then not.

I'll get this started: Everything 2001

[zombie no.one]

I know a lot of people seem to disagree but I personally thought the shark in JAWS was excellent.

it got progressively worse from JAWS 2 onward. also new fangled CGI sharks are generally rubbish

[major jay]

Anything from RIKI OH.

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[ChaosTheory]

The Xenomorph


Carpenter's Thing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCGyeV8p-fc

Brundlefly (or nearly any Cronenberg gore effect)

[rebel_1812]

the stop motion from Jason and the Argonauts was good.

[The Burgomaster]

Still one of my favorites. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9T9f3UbGuo

[Pacman000]

the stop motion from Jason and the Argonauts was good.

Most of Harryhausen's work is good.

[voltron]

Pretty much all the fx in Dawn Of The Dead (original).

[fulci420]

Firstly all 3 of Chaos Theories picks are perfect examples of practical fx.

This infamous kill from Maniac still holds up today. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yngGjSgztJ0

Classic transformation from American Werewolf in London
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9QPouW-XZ4

The king of head explosion shots.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY-03vYYAjA

Certainly not one of the best but this is just too ridiculous not to include
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSW2pPlZF-M

[Umaril Has Returned]

Fulci240 took the words outta' my mouth with the mentin of the transformation scene in American Werewolf In London.  And yeah, when I saw Maniac in the theatre and got to see the shotgun scene for the first time, that really blew ME away too!

Allegedly, Savini was the stuntman for the scene, blowing the head off of his own dummy, with great effect. And in another mention of Savini's talents, I nominate the zombie who lost the top of his head to the chopper blade in the original Dawn Of The Dead.

[Umaril Has Returned]

I know a lot of people seem to disagree but I personally thought the shark in JAWS was excellent.

it got progressively worse from JAWS 2 onward. also new fangled CGI sharks are generally rubbish

Hey, when you compare it to the rubber shark that hung off of Adam West's leg in the 1966 Batman movie, the Jaws shark is very credible 

[bob]

This from the classic Buster Keaton silent movie Sherlock Jr. This is amazing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdNplzdx5OM

[zombie no.one]

I know a lot of people seem to disagree but I personally thought the shark in JAWS was excellent.

it got progressively worse from JAWS 2 onward. also new fangled CGI sharks are generally rubbish

Hey, when you compare it to the rubber shark that hung off of Adam West's leg in the 1966 Batman movie, the Jaws shark is very credible 

hah, not seen that one, I'll take your word for it!


what's that famous scene from a very early (50s?) movie with an fx of an ocean parting. it's a long religious/history based film. seen a documentary about the director...can't remember names now..

[Newt]

what's that famous scene from a very early (50s?) movie with an fx of an ocean parting. it's a long religious/history based film. seen a documentary about the director...can't remember names now..

The scene is Moses parting the Red Sea in The Ten Commandments (1956) directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson and John Derek.

[Pacman000]

I must mention:
Ben-Hur, for matte paintings (1959);
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959), for having the only realistic lizard-dinosaurs you'll ever see;
The pre-special edition Star Wars trilogy (1970's-80's) for spaceships, and puppetry;
E.T., for puppetry;
Indiana Jones I, II, II;
Back to the Future I,II,II;
Planet of Dinosaurs, for stop-motion that still looks good (1979);
and King Kong (1930's).