Movie Recommendations (Partial CG)

Favorite | Good
In alphabetical order:

image Alvin and the Chipmunks
image Avatar (2009)
  • info | 2009 | Amazon
  • 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
image Green Lantern
  • info | 2011 | Amazon
  • Review: great design | animation, good concept | writing
    [Note] Awesome creatures, effects, and superhero action!
image Hollow Man
image I, Robot
image Iron Man
image Jurassic Park
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)
image Real Steel
  • info | DreamWorks | 2011 | Amazon
  • Review: great design | animation, good concept, average writing
    [Note] Awesome robot fighting complemented by interesting main characters
image Rise of the Planet of the Apes
  • info | Weta | 2011 | Amazon
  • Review: great design | animation, good concept | writing
    [Note] A great character with incredible live-action integrated animation
image Spider-Man 2
image Stuart Little
image Stuart Little 2
image Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Favorite | Good
In alphabetical order:

image The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
image Alien vs. Predator
image Aliens in the Attic
  • info | 2009 | Amazon
  • Review: good design | animation, average 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, average 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.
image Blade: Trinity
image Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
image Casper
image The Cave
image The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
image The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
image The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
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
image E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
image Enchanted
image Eragon
image Evolution
image The Faculty
image Fantastic Four
image Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
image Flubber
image The Frighteners
image G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
  • info | 2009 | Amazon
  • Review: good design | animation, average concept | writing
    [Note] Very good animation integrated with fun visual action
image Galaxy Quest
image Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
image Garfield: The Movie
image George of the Jungle
image Ghost Rider
image Godzilla (1998)
image The Golden Compass
image Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
image Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
image Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
image Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
image Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
image Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
image Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
  • a.k.a.: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
  • info | ILM | 2001 | UK | Amazon
image Hellboy
image Hellboy II: The Golden Army
image Hop (2011)
  • info | Rhythm & Hues | 2011
  • Review: great design | animation, good concept | writing
    [Note] Fun character (with great live-action integration) with some funny writing
image The Host
image Hulk
image I Am Number Four
  • info | ILM | 2011 | Amazon
  • Review: good design | animation | concept | writing
    [Note] Very cool super powers action with impressive visual effects and creature animation
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
image Jurassic Park III
image Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
image Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
image The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
image The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
image Lost in Space
image The Lost World: Jurassic Park
  • a.k.a.: The Lost World
  • info | ILM | 1997 | Amazon
image Mars Attacks!
image Men in Black
image The Mummy (1999)
image The Mummy Returns
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
image Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
image Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
image Reign of Fire
image Resident Evil
image Resident Evil: Apocalypse
image Returner
image Scooby-Doo
image Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
image Small Soldiers
image The Sorcerer's Apprentice
  • info | 2010 | Amazon
  • Review: good design | animation | concept, average writing
    [Note] Entertaining movie with some cool animation
image Spawn
image Species
image Spider-Man
image Spider-Man 3
image The Spiderwick Chronicles
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
image Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams
image Star Trek (2009)
image Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (2011)
image Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2011)
image Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2011)
image Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (2011)
image Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (2011)
image Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (2011)
image Starship Troopers
image Super 8
  • info | 2011 | Amazon
  • Review: good design | animation | concept | writing
    [Note] A bit slow but good characters and creature
image Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
image Terminator Salvation
image Transformers
image Transformers: Dark of the Moon
  • info | 2011
  • Review: good design | animation, weak concept | writing
    [Note] Lots of exciting, cool robot action make up for the very slow first half and weak writing (especially the comedy)
image Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
image The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
  • a.k.a.: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
  • info | 2011
  • Review: good design | animation | concept | writing
    [Note] Good werewolf versus vampire action
image The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
  • a.k.a.: Eclipse
  • info | 2010 | Amazon
  • Review: good design | concept | writing, average 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, average animation
    [Note] Good continuation of saga with decent CG werewolf action
image Underworld
image Underworld: Evolution
image Van Helsing
image War of the Worlds (2005)
image The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
image Yogi Bear
  • info | 2010 | Amazon
  • Review: great design | animation, good concept | writing
    [Note] Although it was primarily for kids, it was entertaining with great animation and live-action integration
image Zathura: A Space Adventure