| ROTS Oscar hopes [message #195335] |
Di, 03 Januar 2006 15:06 |
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It was announced back on December 16, 2005 that ROTS is among the
seven movies that are currently under consideration by the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for a possible award for achievement
in visual effects. Do you think Episode III will make to the final
three nominees and possibly win the award ?
Personally, I think CGI effects look good when they are blended with
either real-world scenarios or animations that look convincingly like
real-world scenarios. CGI in exotic alien environments like in SW look
however too cartoonish for my personal taste (maybe because of
limitations of existing technology). I am therefore skeptic about ROTS
chances, not least because it will be up against
heavy-weights like Peter Jackson's "King Kong" and Spielberg's "War of
the Worlds" (suprisingly the
front-runner according to Hollywood insiders). I wouldn't bet on Narnia
either, since the visual effects in "The Lion, the Witch, and the
Wardrobe" look really bad IMHO (despite a few decent scenes
occasionally).
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| Re: ROTS Oscar hopes [OT] [message #195336 ] |
Di, 03 Januar 2006 15:33 |
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"Marcelo Bruno" <bruno [at] ele.ita.br> wrote in message
news:1136297198.006892.60960 [at] g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> front-runner according to Hollywood insiders). I wouldn't bet on Narnia
> either, since the visual effects in "The Lion, the Witch, and the
> Wardrobe" look really bad IMHO (despite a few decent scenes
> occasionally).
>
You mention special effects as a bench mark, but yet dismiss ROTS? *funny*
Anyway . . . story is important too . . . and the LWW seems to have been
very consistent over the past few weeks, while KK has been a burst and a
fizz. Here are the current stats from http://www.boxofficemojo.com
By the way, LWW beat out KK last weekend in US Domestic sales.
LWW
Domestic: $224,839,000 58.9%
+ Overseas: $156,700,000 41.1%
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= Worldwide: $381,539,000
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KK
Domestic: $174,324,000 43.9%
+ Overseas: $222,500,000 56.1%
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= Worldwide: $396,824,000
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Chuck
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| Re: ROTS Oscar hopes [message #195339 ] |
Di, 03 Januar 2006 20:20 |
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"Marcelo Bruno" <bruno [at] ele.ita.br> wrote in message
news:1136297198.006892.60960 [at] g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> It was announced back on December 16, 2005 that ROTS is among the
> seven movies that are currently under consideration by the Academy of
> Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for a possible award for achievement
> in visual effects. Do you think Episode III will make to the final
> three nominees and possibly win the award ?
>
> Personally, I think CGI effects look good when they are blended with
> either real-world scenarios or animations that look convincingly like
> real-world scenarios. CGI in exotic alien environments like in SW look
> however too cartoonish for my personal taste (maybe because of
> limitations of existing technology). I am therefore skeptic about ROTS
> chances, not least because it will be up against
> heavy-weights like Peter Jackson's "King Kong" and Spielberg's "War of
> the Worlds" (suprisingly the
> front-runner according to Hollywood insiders). I wouldn't bet on Narnia
> either, since the visual effects in "The Lion, the Witch, and the
> Wardrobe" look really bad IMHO (despite a few decent scenes
> occasionally).
King Kong has many 'cartoon' moments and is loaded shots with obvious
blue-screen.
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| Re: ROTS Oscar hopes [message #195361 ] |
Mi, 04 Januar 2006 07:07 |
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<<Personally, I think CGI effects look good when they are blended with
either real-world scenarios or animations that look convincingly like
real-world scenarios.>>
Then the last 1/2 hour of Sith was killer, real world scenario (lava
eruptions), and a blend of real lava footage and CGI that were very
difficult to distinguish.
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