10 CGI Moments In Recent Movies NOBODY Noticed
7. Duke Leto's Army On Caladan - Dune
Dune quite rightly won the Best Visual Effects Oscar earlier this year, and though the film's VFX are spectacular from start to finish, there are few moments where they don't draw absolute attention to themselves.
One scene where you might actually assume the bulk of the setup was filmed practically, however, is when Duke Leto Atreides (Oscar Isaac) is first tasked with presiding over Arrakis while assembled with his army on his home planet of Caladan.
The eye-watering wide shot shows Duke Atreides standing on a large platformed area with several hundred officers behind him.
It's certainly lush and expansive, but tangible enough that it could conceivably be filmed practically in an exotic location given the film's large budget.
Yet the scene is actually a mesmerising trick: almost all of the officers are digital replications, and only a small portion of the set is actually real. Furthermore, the temples and mountains in the background are also 100% digital.
That the end result is photoreal enough to make you question whether it was shot in a practical location is why Dune absolutely deserved the Oscar. This is truly next-level work.
Check it out at 0:26 in the clip below: