Rick Baker: Monster Maker Planet of the Apes (2001)
Sure, some might say it's the remake of a film that really did not need to be remade, and others might say it's Burton's most ignominious backfire, but we can all agree that the problem wasn't the make-up: the apes looked good. Of that there is no doubt. Leaping, growling and snarling their way around, their meticulously crafted faces are a joy to behold, even if the film itself isn't.
Rick Baker Fact:
Michael Clarke Duncan, who plays Attar, sprained his ankle on set and ended up going to the hospital, still wearing his gorilla make-up.
Posted on Wednesday March 3, 2010, 14:28 by mrsmcg
Despite all the jiggery and pokery CG that seems to dominate movies today, watching
American Werewolf is like a breath of fresh air, well kind of! the effects even now are hard to beat. Read More
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An American Who's Glad the Werewolf was in London
Posted on Monday February 15, 2010, 23:23 by Ripleysdad
To this day, amid the clutter of CG screen images, the transformation from human to werewolf is still mind bottling (if I can quote Chaz.) Granted, if you take out the bone crunching and tearing sounds, it could lose some appeal, but the process is painful to watch. A master craftsman who always recognized that he stood on the shoulders of giants to produce some of the most amazing effects in cinema history. And he did the old fashioned way, he tricked our eyes. Read More
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Men in Black - eyes
Posted on Monday February 15, 2010, 01:14 by Draven Cage
"That's great, but how do we know where he's looking?"
I don't know, Rick, why don't you ask Ridley Scott seeing as how there was no problem with the Xenomorph having no eyes and the fans being able to know where he/she/it was looking.
If that was Baker's genuine response to a situation where an alien is going to have no eyes, I'm seriously disappointed in his lack of imagination. Read More
