Sin City
The Sin City franchise is famous for its use of CGI, which brought the comic book movie to life in highly artistic a way that had never been done before.
"People have accused me of realism in the past. Not guilty as charged. My stuff is very stylized," said Frank Miller, author of the Sin City comics. "Robert [Rodriguez] was able to show me how real actors could perform within the universe that I drew and then to amplify that further. Technology has improved [that] dramatically over the last 10 years."
Life of Pi
Nearly all of the scenes in Life of Pi that featured Richard Parker, the tiger who served as Piscine Molitor's only companion, were created with CGI. The director decided to reserve real tigers for single shots only. "By doing that, it set our bar high for CGI. We couldn’t cheat at all," said visual effects supervisor Bill Westernofer. "It pushed the artists to go and deliver something that’s never been done before, something as photo-real as anyone has ever done with an animal."