IGN.com is reporting that the The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced 15 films are now in the running for Achievement in Visual Effects for this year’s 84th Annual Oscars. Among those fifteen are our favorite Robots In Disguise and their Mega Blockbuster, Transformers Dark Of The Moon. There are some tough competitors in the list including; Rise of The Planet Of The Apes, X-Men: First Class and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, just to name but a few. In early January, the members of the Academy’s Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee, who selected the 15 films, will narrow the list to 10.
Think the Autobots and Decepticons can pull off a win? The nominees will be announced live on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
The 84th Academy Awards will air on ABC on February 26, 2012. In the meantime, you can read the full press release by clicking on the title bar and then head over to the 2005 Boards and tell us what you think. Beverly Hills, CA (December 9, 2011) – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films have been selected for consideration for Achievement in Visual Effects for the 84th Academy Awards.
The films are listed below in alphabetical order:
“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”
In early January, the members of the Academy’s Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee, who selected the 15 films, will narrow the list to 10.
All members of the Visual Effects Branch will be invited to view 10-minute excerpts from each of the 10 shortlisted films on Thursday, January 19. Following the screenings, the members will vote to nominate five films for final Oscar consideration.
The 84th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, 2012, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.
influence82
Michael Bay does not kiss up to the academy so DOTM is not likely to win. I think they really deserve the best special effects award, though. No other movie compares so visually detailed. The script is not good with critics but no one can deny the most technologically advanced CG in a movie yet. Shockwave's Driller alone is reason enough for the award.
MadCatTonton
As much as I'd like DOTM to win ROTPOTA will win for sure!
The detail and emotion they got across with those apes was incredible!
Krueger
Planet of the Apes will also win it because, technically, the feat is far superior. Anyone can make a building falling down look good. I suspect you're being biased.
Also, they're apes. There's a big difference. Look it up.
Gingerchris
I'm guessing there's quality over quantity to consider as part of the judging process. But then I've not seen DotM or RotPotA so I have no great personal stake in either winning.
bumblebot98
[Wing_Saber-X]
^they already have…
Skywarp2413
It appalls me that a couple of cgi monkeys can win over tons of cgi robots, a giant cgi metal worm, an entire cgi building falling over, the majority of a city being rendered to look destroyed (in addition to the irl stuff), an entire cgi PLANET being teleported, countless cgi spaceships, etc. etc. etc.
The only reason the Ape-fic is going to win is because of the massive amount of nostalgia emitted by the Academy towards the series….. And the fact that each and every one of them has a personal vendetta against Bay.
Ash from Carolina
While the special effects were great in Dark of the Moon there are a few things that could hurt them in taking the prize.
The film kind of over reached again with the huge character. The robo worm was the biggest thing on the screen but not exactly the most impressive looking character since he's just a big worm with about a billion moving parts.
The building kind of overshadows the robots for part of the movie. Felt like the building was the big focus for the big effects shot of the film.
Planet of the Apes is likely betting it's chances on the apes being able to show emotion while emotion continues to be a bit of a problem for the robot designs. The Academy voters seem to love emotion so if you are betting on the Oscars the safe money is on the film that could show emotions with it's effects.
Technology Dark of the Moon was excellent work. Sadly the technical awards don't always go on technical achievement since we've seen The Golden Compass take a technical award on a member of the effects team passing away.
oscar_gg83
<sarcasm>Yeah, I understand you, surely they don´t look as the real-life Transformers you see everyday…. </sarcasm>
TylerMirage
Unfortunately, this.
I still need to see RotPotA. The more I hear about it, the more I regret not seeing it in theatres. Come on, Christmas! Papa needs a new RotPotA Blu-Ray!
NFossil
Oscars preferred polar bears. How is winning an award like that a good thing?
webz
I'm gonna give you a picture of the inner workings of the average Academy voter: A talking robot that turns into a car has no anchor to reality. No matter how many moving parts, how many tetrabytes of computer power, it's seen as just a robot. You don't have to fool the brain into thinking it is real. Your brain "knows" it's just an effect.
Now, a polar bear, or an ape, or any other living, breathing, animal, has many levels of realism that must be emulated. Breathing, muscle structure, fat layers under the skin, color imperfections, hair textures, all must be incorporated into the effect so that the brain thinks it is seeing a real animal. When it works (RisePOTA), you can't tell the difference. When it doesn't work (king kong) it looks fake and the brain rejects it.
That being said, that's why POTA deserves the Oscar nod over TF. They created apes that looked near perfect (times watching it I swore were real apes, only to learn they WERE cgi). Not once did I think "Yeah, that looks real" while watching TF3.
Rusty24
The Golden Compass is the worst fantasy movie of all time. I had to literally pause it every five minutes to get up and do something else because I feared that I'd fall asleep because of how boring it was. The CGI in that movie was nothing special either. The polar bear was an obvious special effect and every other effect had been done before. Transformers changed the game when it came to CGI.
ediblesteak
best visual effects: yes
best acting or story telling:
NOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! – YouTube
Lock Cade
DOTM should win, but sadly it probably won't. I mean, the first movie and ROTF didn't win any Oscars, so it wouldn't surprise me if DOTM doesn't get an Oscar for the VFX.
Poho
After the first one was robbed of the VFX Oscar, I feel like they're owed it. I think they definitely deserve it this year, too.
Omnius
Harry Potter's in there, so I'm inclined to think that the Academy will find a way to give said movie as many Oscars as possible. Given that TF1 lost out to the Golden Compass I have very little hope.
mogel94
Rise of the Planent of the Apes DESERVES to win – that motion capture was nothing short of revolutionary and Serkis at least deserves an Oscar nod this time around for best actor/ supporting actor