15 Movie Special Effects We Thought Were CGI (But Aren’t)

You surely already realize that visual elements are utilized in so many films to enhance (or occasionally impair) our visual pleasure. Still, you probably didn't realize how frequently or to what extreme they are being used in today's film business.

Well, we already know that perhaps the tiger from Life of Pi was just not real (don't we?). Almost all of what we've seen in The Avengers wasn't either. And, of course, Alice in Wonderland. That also was untrue. Sorry. However, you might be astonished to hear that other films have been digitally changed in unexpected ways.

Look, we're all aware that much of what we see onscreen is generated by computers and methodically incorporated into the action. And, despite all of the technological advancements, it still looks ridiculously strange a lot of the time.

However, it turns out that before the CGI, 100% of the sequences looked a billion times odd. Take a look at this:

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