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Zach Snyder’s ‘300’ is a visually-impressive, incredibly stylistic film that had plenty of special effects needed to get the right feeling. While ‘300’ isn’t exactly historically accurate, Snyder made specific changes to bring about a desired effect on the viewer.
As we’ve seen, the difference between what the actors see and how the finished product looks are pretty varied, and 300 is a movie that used a few wild techniques that helped build a movie that wows viewers even now.
Proof CGI Doesn't Make a Good Movie
'Avatar', by James Cameron, has a huge amount of CGI for characters, backgrounds, special effects, and more, and it is certainly visually stunning. The blue Na'vi needed a huge amount of work to turn Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, and all the other alien actors into their blue, creature forms.
People who still somehow enjoy this movie continually bring up the visuals as the best part of the film, but the amount of CGI and other special effects take a lot of the beauty away when you look at how things really looked behind the scenes.
That Must Have Been Itchy
While the actors did wear blue, pointed ears, for the most part everything – everything – you see is CGI, from the shape of the bodies to the body colors, hair, and almost everything else. Only the actors and actresses' faces remain true on their bodies, but even those seem to have been diluted in some way, resulting in more mild expressions.
They had big suits, CGI dots, and even more hardware that helped create the movie we all saw in the theaters. They needed even more to create the 3D version of the movie.
They Used Way More Than 300 Special Effects
The movie '300' gives us a deadly battle between a relatively small number of Spartans against a nearly limitless army of Persians, set in a mountain pass and with plenty of battles that go back and forth until the very end. But here we see lead actor Gerard Butler and director Zach Snyder having a chat between scenes.
There are plenty of crew members working hard to set up the next shot, lighting to highlight the right details, and lots of movie set equipment that make it possible to create something like '300'.
The Real Godfather
'The Godfather' is one of the most famous movies of all time. It's a mob epic, the first of its kind, and features tons of huge names such as Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton, and the legendary Marlon Brando as the Don himself, Vito Corleone.
There wasn't much need for special effects in this movie, other than gunshots and fight scenes. One of the famous stills from the movie is Don Corleone, dressed in a tuxedo to celebrate his daughter's wedding, listening as another man whispers in his ear. Brando's presence in the movie set him as the king of the film.