Reader Sujay pointed me to this interesting article on an ABC affiliate news site. Basically it’s a top 10 list of the most revolutionary effects movies of all time.
Now it’s important to keep in mind that this list isn’t “The Top 10 BEST effects movies of all time”, but rather movies that came up with some innovation that pushed the world of special effects forward.
At first I wasn’t thrilled with the list… but after reading the article over, I started to appreciate it more and more. The only film that I would have added to this list was Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. I also don’t really like the ORDER the list is in… but other than that I kinda agree that they all belong on there. Here’s the list:
11. King Kong (1933)
10. Twister (1996)
9. Independence Day (1996)
8. Jaws (1975)
7. Toy Story (1995)
6. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
5. Jurassic Park (1993)
4. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
3. Star Wars Episode 4: A New Hope (1977)
2. What Dreams May Come (1998)
1 The Matrix (1999)
I’d really suggest going over to read the whole article as it explains a little why they felt each of those films belonged on the list (and why there are 11 on this top 10 list). It’s a pretty interesting one. You can read the article here. What do you think?
