On: Baltimore's Key Bridge struck by cargo ship, colla...

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Throwback to the scene in The Day After Tomorrow where the cargo ship comes to an almost instant halt after impacting a bus wreck under water. For some reason it managed to stand out as ridiculous even in that movie.

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Speed 2: Cruise Control on the other hand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBxaGB65TB8

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I just saw in a YouTube video yesterday that they actually built a full-size model of the ship (or at least the bow area) and the bit of town it hit. The director didn’t want to use CGI or miniatures.

He spent a full quarter of the movie’s budget on that one scene.

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Corridor Crew SFX specialists watching/explaining the stunt:

https://youtu.be/_lDM1nAmPHI?t=797

The bow is real, the back of the ship is CGI.

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Somebody should do a side-by-side of that scene with this threads scene in gif.