Totem Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Never won one. I'm bringing the significant lack of acknowledgement from the academy up again because I read this article on deadline and some big names seem to agree. http://www.deadline.com/2011/12/movie-moguls-talked-joked-mused-about-oscars-at-deadline-hollywoods-the-contenders/ JEFF ROBINOV, PRESIDENT OF WARNER BROS (You woud expect him to say it, but still counts for something) ROBINOV: “I think the quality of Harry Potter films has been somewhat discounted. Especially the last one. It feels like the type of movie that traditionally would receive some Oscar attention. Also Inception was a very bold movie, yet it was not rewarded for risk-taking, I do think there is some bias against Hollywood and the resources that it has. Nice when a movie like Titanic actually gets what it deserves.” WEINSTEIN: “Not only that we get to make some great movies and inspire other studios to finance some great movies instead of some of the movies that studios sometimes do. [Lots of laughs]. Harry Potter is a seminal franchise. I’m going to agree with Jeff: that franchise is not getting the respect that it should. An entire generation grew up into those films. For the young generation, it was a seminal experience saying goodbye to a franchise. [Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2] is as good as any movie that’s in competiton this year.” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab276 Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 I haven't seen Spider-Man 2 for ages, but I don't remember being struck by its VFX at all. POA should have won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddddeeee Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 SM2's VFX is a bit dated and inconsistent, but overall what they accomplished with Doc Ock's arms was stunning. There are so many CG shots in that movie I'd swear were practically done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Yeah, it's a shame really. And the series won't win any this year either, still it's not like it's the Oscars are that important or anything, since the films will be remembered waaaaaay after 99% of Oscar films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totem Posted December 11, 2011 Author Share Posted December 11, 2011 But it is nice to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddddeeee Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Under Harvey Weinstein, Potter would have won around 20 by now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spizzer Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 (edited) http://www.theaustra...6-1226215559373 Warner forks out to make Oscar wild about Harry HOLLYWOOD'S biggest studio is preparing to spend up to $US100 million ($98m) on a campaign to secure a string of Oscars for the final Harry Potter film at next February's Academy Awards. Warner Bros has banked $7.6 billion from the eight films released since 2001. Now it wants the last of them, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2, to be recognised as a work of Hollywood art. Billboards appeared across Los Angeles last week urging voters to consider the film and its stars as Oscar contenders. Giant images of Daniel Radcliffe, the 22-year-old who has grown up on screen as the eponymous wizard, are accompanied by critical praise in an attempt to project him as the leading contender in the best actor category. When the finale was released last summer, the Los Angeles Times described Radcliffe's acting as "extraordinary yet easy to take for granted: his Harry will be missed by generations". Sceptics, however, suggested that Radcliffe, like his co-stars Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, who are not highlighted in the Warner Bros campaign, was a child actor who got lucky and was carried by the enormous fan base for J.K. Rowling's books. Warner Bros is also heavily promoting Ralph Fiennes, who plays Potter's nemesis, Voldemort, for best supporting actor. This has caused tension at Warner's headquarters, where some senior executives preferred Alan Rickman -- the schoolmaster Severus Snape -- for best supporting actor. "In this last film Rickman is not only powerful but also touching, as his truly heroic sacrifice is revealed," says a former executive. "And, unlike Fiennes, Rickman doesn't need a computer-generated face to do it." Academy voters traditionally favour biographical films over fantasies and comedies. But the Warner Bros marketing team points to the 11 Oscars awarded for the final chapter of the Lord of the Rings trilogy in 2003. Jeff Robinov, the company's film group president, says the climax of the saga was "a testament to great filmmaking". Nominations are due to be announced next month. THE SUNDAY TIMES Edited December 11, 2011 by spizzer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 It's not happening. The bastards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cozmeesah Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Nope. Maybe 1-3 nods in technical categories (if even that) but won't win. I can see them doing some montage in honor of them or something, but that's it. IF that.Maybe the BAFTA's will give them some love.So unfair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Potter will go unnoticed. FUCK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinocchio Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Hey, DH2 has three nominations for art direction, make-up and visual effects.All the major categories! :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 (edited) I know!!! Edited January 24, 2012 by Noctis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 What a shame... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Luca, get on MSN, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cedarpoint1111 Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 As usual the main categories are all bullshit. Idc I'm over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 http://www.theaustra...6-1226215559373well that's 100M down the drain lol! Of course it doesn't matter since DH2 made so much money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinocchio Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Don't understand the love for Hugo. Big Scorsese fan, but I won't watch this one at a movie theatre, that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tawasal Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 DH2 was great, but BP nom worthy? Debatable, but I wonder why Avatar made it and this didn't? And what is worse is that how did this movie Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close got a nom. Even The Artist was horrible in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder / Operator Shawn Robbins Posted January 25, 2012 Founder / Operator Share Posted January 25, 2012 DH2 was great, but BP nom worthy? Debatable, but I wonder why Avatar made it and this didn't? Ten words: James Cameron & Highest Grossing Movie of All-Time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tawasal Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Ten words:James Cameron & Highest Grossing Movie of All-Time:PYeah forget their excessive drooling after seen the green papers this and Titanic made. I think what's hurting the chances of DH2 was that there were too many movies in the series and the academy just went into the voting process with pre-determined Judgement that this movies are the same and if we haven't given any major win to the others, why would this be any different. I would never forgive the academy for stealing from Nolan 2x times for the BD nom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...