CGI Magic That Made Your Favorite Films and Shows Possible

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The Hobbit

The Hobbit used far more CGI than The Lord of the Rings, which made Sir Ian McKellen much prefer his time in the latter series. "I was miserable," he said. "If Gandalf was on top of a mountain, I'd be there on the mountain. The technology was being invented while we were making the film. [In 'The Lord of the Rings'] I wasn't involved in any of that, I was away acting on a mountain. I tend not to remember the bad times, but I don't think there were any. I think I enjoyed every single moment of making those films."

Alice in Wonderland

Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland Academy earned a variety of Award nominations for its aesthetics. Visual effects supervisor Ken Ralston said that the film exhausted him, stating that it was "the biggest show I've ever done, [and] the most creatively involved I've ever been." He called his time on the set of Alice in Wonderland "a cool challenge to jump into something that big and with limited time."

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Post originally appeared on Inside Mystery.