During the debacle of the site being down, I didn’t get a chance to weigh in on the Visual Effects that were narrowed down to ten films. The ten films still in contention for the Visual Effects Oscar are:
- “The Amazing Spider-Man”
- “Cloud Atlas”
- “The Dark Knight Rises”
- “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
- “John Carter”
- “Life of Pi”
- “Marvel’s The Avengers”
- “Prometheus”
- “Skyfall”
- “Snow White and the Huntsman”
Looking at the list, I’m not surprised the travesty that is John Carter is still in the running but my mouth dropped when J.A. Bayona’s The Impossible didn’t make the cut. Those tsunami scenes are harrowing and since Clint Eastwood’s trainwreck Hereafter made the Oscar ceremony, this omission stings.
I’ve been reluctant to embrace the idea of the branch going for Peter Jackson’s Middle Earth again but with those ten, it seems all but locked up. Life of Pi and The Avengers are too also safe bets. At this writing juncture, I suspect Tom Tykwer and the Wachowski’s Cloud Atlas should fit in nicely among the few with possibly John Carter rounding it out.
Which five films do you suspect will make the cut?
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I was like why no Ted
John Rivera(Quote) (Reply)
I haven’t seen THE IMPOSSIBLE, but it seems like the kind of film that would have made the short list (at least). Like John Rivera, I was also bummed out to see that TED hadn’t made it one step closer.
I’m predicting that the final five nominees will be:
CLOUD ATLAS
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
LIFE OF PI
MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS
PROMETHEUS
Rick(Quote) (Reply)
Wow, surprised that the Impossible didn’t make the cut. Oh well, Cloud Atlas has to be in the top 5.
Ra(Quote) (Reply)
Yai!!! Go Cloud Atlas!!!
But seriously no Impossible? Even from the trailer that looked great…
moviewatcher(Quote) (Reply)
I’m going either Life of Pi or Prometheus. I liked Prometheus much more as a film, but Richard Parker and the shipwreck scene are enough to put it as a finalist.
JamDenTel(Quote) (Reply)
Glad to see John Carter! I know I’m a minority on this, but it wasn’t that contrived — it was actually quite energetic, unpredictable and funny
Lyle(Quote) (Reply)
Glad to see The Hobbit up there because even though to some extent we’ve been there before (Middle Earth) these films will bring new and greater things to see. Can someone please explain to me why films are narrowed down?
Matthew Barker(Quote) (Reply)
PS. Prometheus was stunning!!
Matthew Barker(Quote) (Reply)
I can’t believe Men in Black 3 didn’t make the list. Oh well.
My five are:
Marvel’s The Avengers
The Dark Knight Rises
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Skyfall
Life of Pi
jreese64(Quote) (Reply)