10 Films That Cost WAY More Than They Needed To

There is a simple assumption that many people make about CGI-heavy movies - the more they cost, the better the special effects should be.

In theory, this principle sounds reasonable. If an action movie has a bottomless budget, you'd imagine the studio hired the best of the best to ensure everything looks tip-top.

But this concept is not absolute, and few films exemplify this fact more than Peter Jackson's King Kong. Despite the remake's humungous budget, it has some of the most infamously poor CGI ever put to film.

Although the titular ape looks phenomenal, the same cannot be said about the dinosaurs, most notably, the brontosauruses during the stampede sequence. The incomplete rendering and the janky movements of these sauropods is so sloppy, you'd assume the production ran out of money.

So, when you learn Jackson's King Kong cost north of $200 million, you simply cannot comprehend how THIS was the final result.

Ironically, the director had less than half the budget for each of The Lord of the Ring entries, and yet, managed to create some of the most impressive CGI in movie history.