What older movies made a good use of either side stepping special effects or have effects that somehow still hold up today? Why are they good movies?
Tremors.
Great practical effects for the time the movie came out. Further, they were very clever about only showing you the worm a few times. Screamers style graboid rooster tails during chases was campy, but just the right kind of campy.
Do not talk to me about anything after tremors 3 because none of that shit is Canon imo. Honestly tremors 3 was the beginning of the end but ill still always love them assblasters
2001 looks awesome still, despite being a space film from the 60s
Young Frankenstein
12 angry men.
Matrix 1. Other than some CGI, it doesn’t have so much special effects as much as it has special camera tricks.
The Thing. Also, I recently went back and rewatched some of my favorite old Jackie Chan movies from his early years and MAN are they still so much fun.
Kubriks 2001.
Going to add krull. This is another were less was more with special effects which makes it do much better than others of the time.
There are dozens of us that like Krull. DOZENS!
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Tron. Vector graphics and filters gave a better effect than any of the weak sequels.
Forever underappreciated. They were hiring research professors at universities to do that stuff. It was so cutting edge that it was actually experimental.
The fifth element.
Only the best Xmas movie if all time - Gremlins.
Bud Spencer % Terrence Hill movies
almost anything animated holds up to. rock and rule is still entertaining as is heavy metal and the paint over animation lord of the rings (I am in no way comparing it to the awesome peter jackson version but just that animation holds up better than stadard special effects).
Gattaca
