Can you believe these photorealistic VFX were made 25 years before?

Andy Serkis's performance as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings in late 1990's is a testament to the motion capture technology. His physicality, expressions, and voice acting, combined with advanced VFX, created an iconic character

Weta Workshop, led by Sir Peter Jackson, was responsible for the creation of the iconic character The Balrog, featuring a complex blend of practical effects, motion capture, and CGI

Breakdown of Gandalf’s first visit to Bilbo’s hobbit hole reveals how the Weta VFX team expertly used forced perspective techniques to depict the character's vastly different scales.

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