Originally Posted By seanyoda On Friday, the Visual Effects Society announced its list of the 50 most influential visual effects films of all time (as selected by its members). Top honors went to "Star Wars", with runners-ups "Blade Runner", "2001: A Space Odyssey" tied with "The Matrix" at number 3, and "Jurassic Park". "Tron" just missed the top 5, coming in at number 6. The other Disney films on the list include: "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" at number 16, "Toy Story" at number 22, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" at number 23, "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" at number 25, "Mary Poppins" at number 32, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" at number 45, and Darby O'Gill and the Little People at number 50. Though not a Disney film, "Forbidden Planet", for which Walt Disney Animation provided visual effects, came in at number 34. The full list is at <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070511/laf024.html?.v=95" target="_blank">http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/07 0511/laf024.html?.v=95</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros That's a very interesting list, with a whole bunch of films that I certainly wouldn't have included (Wizard of Oz? The tornado, bubble for Glinda, and skipping toward a huge painted backdrop count as special effects?), but it's neat to see that they really did seem to look at the impact at the time, and not just how they look today (since they included a film from 1902).
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