Special Effects contenders cut to 10

[ScottfergusonParticipant Joined: Sep 26th, 2011 Topics: 119 Posts: 11203 View Predictions]

#45885

Any surprises/omissions?

“Captain America: The First Avenger”
“Cowboys & Aliens”
“Harry Potter
and the Deathly Hallows Part 2″
“Hugo”
“Mission: Impossible – Ghost
Protocol”
“Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”
“Real
Steel”
“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
“Sherlock Holmes: A Game of
Shadows”
“Sucker Punch”
“Super 8″
“Thor”
“Transformers: Dark of the
Moon”
“The Tree of Life”
“X-Men: First Class”

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[Film TurtleParticipant Joined: Oct 20th, 2010 Topics: 4 Posts: 566 View Predictions]

#45887

I’m not sure these would qualify as surprise omissions, but off the top of my head:

“Battle: Los Angeles”
“Fast Five” (don’t know if it would qualify)
“The Green Hornet” (again, would it qualify?)
“Green Lantern”
“Immortals”
“Mr. Popper’s Penguins”
“Zookeeper” 

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[ScottfergusonParticipant Joined: Sep 26th, 2011 Topics: 119 Posts: 11203 View Predictions]

#45888

Most of those at a minimum sound like they might have been eligible

What about the two Spieberg films? (Tintin/War Horse – the former at least would have seemed likely)

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[Film TurtleParticipant Joined: Oct 20th, 2010 Topics: 4 Posts: 566 View Predictions]

#45889

No “War Horse”? That’s a weird one given the Spielberg worship and the fact that he is a likely nominee this year. In the case of “Tintin,” I’m not sure if animated films qualify for the Visual Effects category. Perhaps someone else can chime in about that. 

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[Richard LeBeauParticipant Joined: May 22nd, 2011 Topics: 6 Posts: 332 View Predictions]

#45890

Here is my guess on likelihood of being nominated.  I am expecting there to only be 3 nominations as usual but if I’m correct in my thinking they have gone to 5 nominations before on rare occasions.  

1) “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2″
2) “Hugo”
3) “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
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4) “The Tree of Life”
5) “Super 8″
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6) “X-Men: First Class” 
7)“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
8) “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”9) “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol”
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10) “Thor”
11) “Captain America: The First Avenger”
12) “Real Steel”
13) “Cowboys & Aliens”
14) “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows”
15) “Sucker Punch”

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[Adam WaldowskiMember Joined: Aug 24th, 2011 Topics: 1 Posts: 156 View Predictions]

#45891

I think the next ten to make the cut will be:
“Captain America: The First Avenger”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2″
“Hugo”
“Real Steel”
“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
“Sucker Punch”
“Thor”
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
“The Tree of Life”
“X-Men: First Class”

Then the final five:
 “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2″
“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
“Sucker Punch”
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
“The Tree of Life”

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[LKMOSCARMember Joined: May 25th, 2011 Topics: 5 Posts: 585 View Predictions]

#45892

The Tree of Life’s dinosaurs were the worst effects I’ve seen in a theater in my entire life.

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[Adam WaldowskiMember Joined: Aug 24th, 2011 Topics: 1 Posts: 156 View Predictions]

#45893

The Tree of Life’s dinosaurs were the worst effects I’ve seen in a theater in my entire life.

Someone didn’t see CGI young Jeff Bridges in Tron: Legacy… 

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[Tye-GrrMember Joined: Nov 5th, 2010 Topics: 60 Posts: 5912 View Predictions]

#45894

[quote=”Logan_Kenneth_Milburn”]The Tree of Life’s dinosaurs were the worst effects I’ve seen in a theater in my entire life.

Someone didn’t see CGI young Jeff Bridges in Tron: Legacy… [/quote]

I didn’t think they were that bad in ‘TRON: Legacy’… Or ‘Tree of Life’ for that matter.

Out of the 15, I’d say ‘X-Men: First Class’ has the worst. They ranged from decent to embarrassing.

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[TV12Participant Joined: Jun 14th, 2011 Topics: 48 Posts: 1884 View Predictions]

#45895

But the interesting thing about The Tree of Life was that there were no digital effects, it was all natural. That’s why the dinosaurs weren’t so good, but they weren’t computer generated.

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[JunkMember Joined: Jul 2nd, 2011 Topics: 4 Posts: 1412 View Predictions]

#45896

I’d say the final five should be-

Captain America: The First Avenger
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (Winner)
Hugo
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark of the Moon

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[babypookParticipant Joined: Nov 4th, 2010 Topics: 108 Posts: 14558 View Predictions]

#45897

I wonder if Scott Farrar and his team can win another Oscar.

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[JunkMember Joined: Jul 2nd, 2011 Topics: 4 Posts: 1412 View Predictions]

#45898

although Transformers viuals gave me a headache, literally. I’d blame Bay’s direction though.

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[babypookParticipant Joined: Nov 4th, 2010 Topics: 108 Posts: 14558 View Predictions]

#45899

^
Headache? Is that all? Lol.

I havent seen this I dont think, but it could happen.

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[JunkMember Joined: Jul 2nd, 2011 Topics: 4 Posts: 1412 View Predictions]

#45900

Yep, I left the movie hall for about 10 minutes but decided to return cause I didn’t want to waste the imax freaking 4d ticket. lol

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