We start off this week with the newly-fived Best Visual Effects category which we’re agreed will go to Inception. To come this week, we have predictions for Cinematography, Animated Feature, Actor & Actress. Stay tuned. (Update (6:20a CT): added Tripp’s commentary)
Best Visual Effects
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1
Hereafter
Inception(O)(H)(O)(O)
Iron Man 2
Runners-Up
Alice in Wonderland(H)(H)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1(H)
Hereafter(H)
KEY:
Appears on Four Lists Appears on Three Lists Appears on Two Lists
Wesley LovellPeter PatrickTripp BurtonWes Huizar
(New) = New Prediction (O) = Original Prediction (H) = Post-Hangover Prediction
Wesley Lovell: If there is a no-brainer this year, this is it. Inception was not only the most creative use of Visual Effects, but also the more traditional. Most of this year’s nominees relied entirely on CGI work. Nolan’s film used camera techniques to create some of its effects and CGI for the rest. Voters will love that. Plus, this will be one of the few categories in which the Academy can recognize the film.
Peter J. Patrick: Inception’s groundbreaking visual effects will be difficult to beat.
Tripp Burton: Inception is the critically adored (and Best Picture nominated) visual effects blockbuster, which almost always take the prize here. It can safely be considered a lock to win here, but if anything can unseat it, it is the special effects heavy Alice in Wonderland.
I don’t know if the effects themselves were groundbreaking, but the use of the effects, the blend of CGI and special effects, is something increasingly uncommon these days as most films shift entirely to CGI and ignore the nifty special effects that made CGI even a conceived possibility.
We start off this week with the newly-fived Best Visual Effects category which we’re agreed will go to Inception. To come this week, we have predictions for Cinematography, Animated Feature, Actor & Actress. Stay tuned. (Update (6:20a CT): added Tripp’s commentary)
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