Really Bad CGI You Have To See

The Mummy ReturnsThis is the 2001 sequel to the original movie.The Mummy(1999). The film has several poor special effects. This scene ofthe Scorpion KingDwayne Johnson's face on its body is one of the biggest CGI mistakes. Johnson looks like a creepy doll, not a warrior legend.

Bella's half-vampire, half-human baby Renesmee fromThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2This CGI creature looks odd. The baby seems creepy and like a cartoon. Why did the filmmakers not use a real baby?

David Hosselhoff is not the worst part ofAnaconda III. The worst thing is the anaconda itself. Poor CGI makes something supposed to be scary sound like a joke. It looks like the anaconda was cut from another movie and stuck onto this sequel's cells.

Die Another DayPierce Brosnan played James Bond in Die Another Day, his fourth and final film. This special effects sequence fails when the spy para-surfs over a CGI tsunami with a collapsing, fake-looking ice glacier. This might be the worst stunt in any Bond movie.

Even Ang Lee cannot make Hulk right. In 2003, Eric Bana played the angry green giant. The change from Bruce Banner to CGI Hulk will not be smooth. Lee'sHulkLee received much criticism for Hulk looking incredibly fake.his responsewas that the Hulk is a huge green monster. He will never look real, even with the best tech. That is true, but he should not look like a kid's computer creation.

Scientists thought sharks could be smarter than researchers. The scientists hope shark brain tissue helps find an Alzheimer's cure. However, what makes the sharks smart also makes them deadly. In this bad CGI scene, Samuel L. Jackson's character gets bitten by a fake shark during his speech.

The fourth installment ofIndiana Joneshas very bad CGI. Every creature, from ants to aliens, looks fake. The big question is why so much CGI exists in this movie. It seems totally needless. If one film has the worst CGI, the answer is easy: the silly swinging monkeys.

Snakes on a PlaneThis is a silly, fun movie you should not take too seriously. But people should at least hope the snakes look like real snakes.Are you done with these snakes on this plane?!

Writers create new ways to tell stories and off characters in horror sequels, reboots, prequels, and crossovers.Freddy vs. JasonStoner Bill meets Freddy, who changes into a weed caterpillar. CGI Freddy slithers in, pulls a hit from a bong, and blows it in Bill's face. This is silly, not scary.

In TimeJustin Timberlake stars in this mediocre sci-fi movie. Reviews were mixed, but the car crash sequence is a CGI failure. The car looks like a matchbox. Where do the two passengers go while the car goes downhill? They vanish and reappear at the crash's end.

The studio used the studio to meet Disney Plus family entertainment standards.digitally coveredDaryl Hannah's bare bum shows as she runs into the ocean inSplashThe CGI is weak. As Variety points out, it has the same quality as the 'digital fur technology' from the Cats movie debacle.Varietypoints outCatsmovie debacle.

I Am Legend(2007) is a big budget, post-apocalyptic sci-fi horror drama starring Will Smith. The movie asks why they use poor CGI for the zombies instead of actor makeup. Budget does not matter in this type of film. The zombies must look terrifying to the audience, but their fake appearance harms the effect. Poor CGI took away from what would have been a solid film.

Stanley Kubrick would know about the changes made to his final film.Eyes Wide ShutAfter his death, the director would likely scream from his grave. The auteur died days after seeing the movie's final cut. The film had many problems; one issue involved the uneasy chemistry between Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, who were married at the time. However, the studio chose to useCGI black silhouettesfor the orgy scene to replace some nudity, which removed sexiness from what should have been an erotic sequence.

Blending fake with real is hard in CGI. The special effects crew from 2004's Garfieldmiss the mark when trying to put CGI Garfield into the movie's live action world.The movie failed to put CGI Garfield into the live action world.

The greatGuillermo del Toro took over directing forBlade II, and the sequel is not bad. The Vampire Ninjas idea sounds cool. The execution of those Vampire Ninjas, however? Not so much.

Guess who fromThe Phantom Menaceis going to get picked on? No list of bad CGI is complete without mentioning Jar-Jar Binks, perhaps the least likable character in theStar WarsGeorge LucasoptedThey made Jar-Jar 100% CGI instead of makeup and prosthetics. The character used for comic relief became a laughingstock for bad reasons.

The originalMatrixThe film used bullet-time technology, a visual effect showing time slowing down. Neo dodging bullets in those cool scenes shows this. The Wachowskis pushed visual effects for the first sequel.The Matrix Reloaded,achieved little success.

Filmmakers fail to blend CGI with live action here. This is a fun, family movie, but Scooby looks out of place, like he belongs in another film.out of placelike he's from a different movie.

George Lucas initially left the Jabba the Hut scene out of the original Star Wars release.Star Wars. However, when he planned the original trilogy's 1997 re-release, he changed his mind. That was a bad move. CGI Jabba the Hut looks like a bad cartoon that wrongly landed in a scene with Han Solo.He planned the original trilogy's 1997 re-release, then he changed his mind. Bad move. CGI Jabba the Hut looks like a bad cartoon that landed in a scene with Han Solo.

In 1997, Harrison Ford was President of the United States in the movieAir Force One. Kidnappers hijack the President's plane, but he fights back because he is a trained soldier. The big finale fails when CGI crashes and burns. The plane crash in the final scene looks like a toy replica hitting the ocean. It is 1997, and effects have improved since then, but even in the late 1990s, this plane crash should have looked much more real.

Considering there are eightHarry Potterfilms, and they all have special effects, picking on one where filmmakers make a mistake seems mean. But they did make a mistake, so it needs mention.

Peter Jackson's 2005 epicKing Kongobviously had a huge special effects budget. Still, the CGI dinosaurs and actors look like they are from separate movies. We should not watch a film thinking about how fake it looks, even if we know it is not real, which happens when a film fails to blend special effects with live action. Suspension of disbelief matters in filmmaking, especially with CGI movies.

King Leonidas of Sparta leads 300 men against the Persians in 480 B.C. Zack Snyder's 2006 epic has many amazing special effects. Then there is that cartoonish wolf. Fake-looking wolves are not scary.