Movie Recommendations (Partial CG)

Favorite | Good
In alphabetical order:

image Alvin and the Chipmunks
image Avatar (2009)
  • info | 2009
  • Review: great design | animation | concept, good writing
    [Note] Awesome animation, characters, creatures, landscapes, live-action integration, and action
image Charlotte's Web (2006)
image District 9
  • info | Image Engine | 2009 | Amazon
  • Review: great design | animation, good concept | writing
    [Note] Very impressive animation and visual action with a good plot and characters
image Dragonheart
  • info | ILM | 1996
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Hollow Man
image I, Robot
  • info | ILM | 2004 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Iron Man
  • info | ILM | 2008 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Jurassic Park
  • info | ILM | 1993
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image King Kong (2005)
image The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
image The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
image Mighty Joe Young (1998)
  • info | ILM | 1998
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Spider-Man 2
image Stuart Little
image Stuart Little 2
image Terminator 2: Judgment Day
  • a.k.a.: T2
  • info | ILM | 1991 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
Favorite | Good
In alphabetical order:

image The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
  • info | ILM | 2000 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Alien vs. Predator
image Aliens in the Attic
  • info | 2009 | Amazon
  • Review: good design | animation, basic concept | writing
    [Note] While it is clearly written for kids, there is enough fun action and cool alien animation to make it enjoyable
image Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
  • info | Rhythm & Hues | 2009 | Amazon
  • Review: great design | animation, basic concept | writing
    [Note] Stunning animation with live-action integration really brings the characters to life. While it arguably is catered almost totally to kids, there are more than a few good laughs with the very endearing characters
image An American Werewolf in Paris
image Artificial Intelligence: A.I.
  • info | 2001 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Blade: Trinity
image Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
  • info | Weta | 2007 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Casper
  • info | ILM | 1995 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image The Cave
image The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
  • info | Weta | 2008 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
image Cloverfield
image D-War: Dragon Wars
image Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King
image Death Note
image Death Note: The Last Name
image Dragon's World: A Fantasy Made Real
  • a.k.a.: The Last Dragon
  • info | Framestore | 2005 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  • info | 2002
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Enchanted
image Eragon
  • info | ILM | 2006 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Evolution
image The Faculty
  • info | 1998 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Fantastic Four
image Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
  • info | Weta | 2007 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Flubber
  • info | ILM | 1997 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image The Frighteners
image G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
  • info | 2009 | Amazon
  • Review: good design | animation, basic concept | writing
    [Note] Very good animation integrated with fun visual action
image Galaxy Quest
  • info | ILM | 1999 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
  • a.k.a.: Garfield 2: The Prince and the Paw-per
  • info | Rhythm & Hues | 2006 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Garfield: The Movie
image George of the Jungle
  • info | 1997 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Ghost Rider
image Godzilla (1998)
image The Golden Compass
image Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
  • info | ILM | 2002 | UK | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  • info | ILM | 2005 | UK | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  • info | ILM | 2007 | UK | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
  • info | ILM | 2004 | UK | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
  • a.k.a.: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
  • info | ILM | 2001 | UK | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Hellboy
image Hellboy II: The Golden Army
image The Host
image Hulk
  • info | ILM | 2003 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Immortal
image The Incredible Hulk
image Iron Man 2
  • info | ILM | 2010 | Amazon
  • Review: great design, good animation, weak concept | writing
    [Note] Cool robot suit action and nice Black Widow hand-to-hand combat, suffering a bit from a slow start, excessive bantering, and mostly weak story/character development.
image The Island of Dr. Moreau
image Joe's Apartment
image Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D
  • info | 2008
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Jurassic Park III
  • info | ILM | 2001 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
  • info | 2001 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
  • info | 2003 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
  • info | 2003 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
image Lost in Space
  • info | 1998 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image The Lost World: Jurassic Park
  • a.k.a.: The Lost World
  • info | ILM | 1997 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Mars Attacks!
  • info | ILM | 1996 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Men in Black
image The Mummy (1999)
  • info | ILM | 1999 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image The Mummy Returns
  • info | ILM | 2001 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
image My Favorite Martian
image Outlander
  • info | 2009 | Amazon
  • Review: good design | animation | concept | writing
    [Note] Very cool, entertaining movie with a good story, compelling characters, great action, impressive visuals, and a cool creature (even though some of its animation was a bit weak)
image Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
  • info | Digital Domain | 2010 | Amazon
  • Review: good design | animation | concept, weak writing
    [Note] While the characters and writing are too simplistic for adult movies, the creatures (mostly cool design and animation) and action were entertaining
image Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
  • info | ILM | 2007 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
  • info | ILM | 2006 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  • info | ILM | 2003 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Reign of Fire
image Resident Evil
image Resident Evil: Apocalypse
image Returner
  • info | 2002 | Japan | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Scooby-Doo
image Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
  • info | 2004 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Small Soldiers
  • info | ILM | 1998 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image The Sorcerer's Apprentice
  • info | 2010
  • Review: good design | animation | concept, basic writing
    [Note] Entertaining movie with some cool animation
image Spawn
  • info | ILM | 1997 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Species
image Spider-Man
image Spider-Man 3
image The Spiderwick Chronicles
  • info | ILM | 2008 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Splice
  • info | 2010 | Amazon
  • Review: good design | animation | concept | writing
    [Note] A creepy good movie with nice animation (sometimes weak, sometimes great)
image Spy Kids
  • info | 2001 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams
  • info | 2002 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Star Trek (2009)
  • info | 2009 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
  • info | ILM | 1999 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
  • info | ILM | 2002 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
  • info | ILM | 2005 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1997)
  • a.k.a.: Star Wars
  • info | ILM | 1997 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1997)
  • info | ILM | 1997 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1997)
  • info | ILM | 1997 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Starship Troopers
image Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
  • a.k.a.: T3
  • info | ILM | 2003 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Terminator Salvation
  • info | 2009 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Transformers
  • info | ILM | 2007 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
  • info | 2009 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
  • a.k.a.: Eclipse
  • info | 2010
  • Review: good design | concept | writing, basic animation
    [Note] Another good chapter of saga with even more decent CG werewolf action
image The Twilight Saga: New Moon
  • a.k.a.: New Moon
  • info | 2009 | Amazon
  • Review: good design | concept | writing, basic animation
    [Note] Good continuation of saga with decent CG werewolf action
image Underworld
image Underworld: Evolution
image Van Helsing
  • info | ILM | 2004 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image War of the Worlds (2005)
  • info | ILM | 2005 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
  • info | Weta | 2007 | Amazon
  • Review: [Note] Coming soon
image Zathura: A Space Adventure