Should the Oscars Add a "Best Digital Performance" Category?

[dashrendar44]

Oh don't get me wrong. I have respect for a lot of voice actors like Mark Hamill, Corey Burton, Jim Cummings, Peter Cullen, Rob Paulsen, Jeff Bennett etc. who have a crazy amount of range and can do a wide variety of voices but the celebrity actors in movies? They're just using their real voice. I am pretty sure even they would acknowledge it is just an easy, fun little  gig that pays well and doesn't take much effort. 

 

But that's the point of an oscar for best voice actor/actress in an animated role to reward those who give a damn and invest their roles taking the craft seriously, separate the cream of the crop from those who just sleepwalk for a paycheck just like in live action movies.

Edited July 18, 2014 by dashrendar44

[dashrendar44]

Andy Serkis really needs to win honorary Oscar someday for all of the phenomenal mo-cap work he has delivered throughout his career.

 

Well, if he is not even acknowledged as "acting" in those movies by the academy, I doubt it.

[CoolioD1]

let's give credit to the most progressive awards organisation, the Razzies, who gave Ahmed Best an award for his work on The Phantom Menace all the way back in 2000.

[The Panda]

Oh don't get me wrong. I have respect for a lot of voice actors like Mark Hamill, Corey Burton, Jim Cummings, Peter Cullen, Rob Paulsen, Jeff Bennett etc. who have a crazy amount of range and can do a wide variety of voices but the celebrity actors in movies? They're just using their real voice. I am pretty sure even they would acknowledge it is just an easy, fun little  gig that pays well and doesn't take much effort. 

 

Okay using that logic when I act on stage I am using my real body and real voice, therefore I am not acting.

[Mulder]

We need a best blockbuster category first.

[CoolioD1]

We need a best blockbuster category first.

why does anyone think this is a good idea? this is literally the worst idea possible.

[AniNate]

Okay using that logic when I act on stage I am using my real body and real voice, therefore I am not acting.

 

If you can disappear into a role on stage like voice actors do in animation, you will get the same kind of elevated respect. Daniel Day-Lewis is a highly regarded actor for that reason.

Edited July 18, 2014 by tribefan695

[Blankments]

Best Blockbuster is honestly the worst idea I've heard to add to the Oscars

 

Best Vocal Performance and Best Ensemble are much more needed

[CoolioD1]

best ensemble is also a terrible idea. works for sag because it's all about actors, but I wouldn't want actors to score oscars just for showing up in a best picture winner.

[Blankments]

Give it to the casting director...

[4815162342]

best ensemble is also a terrible idea. works for sag because it's all about actors, but I wouldn't want actors to score oscars just for showing up in a best picture winner.

 

I understand that, but I think Stunt Ensemble or Stunt Choreography should be considered for inclusion.

[CoolioD1]

I understand that, but I think Stunt Ensemble or Stunt Choreography should be considered for inclusion.

no, i agree with that.

[AniNate]

Don't know if we already have a thread for that, but a discussion about proposed Oscar categories would be worth having.

 

I think "Best Soundtrack" should be considered to recognize films that use music from other sources well to set a mood (whether classical or pop-based).

Edited July 19, 2014 by tribefan695

[BobbyJohn]

Part of the reason Oscars are so prestigious is because they didn't go for category bloat (unlike music industry where everyone and their mothers has a Grammy). So I would say no, studios should work on getting mo-cap performances into existing acting categories

[The Futurist]

There should be a best "TF 2 Scrotum" joke award at the Academy each year.

[The Panda]

best ensemble is also a terrible idea. works for sag because it's all about actors, but I wouldn't want actors to score oscars just for showing up in a best picture winner.

 

I agree with Blanks, give it to the casting director, and maybe allow them to choose a couple actors to receive it.

 

A good ensemble is very different from multiple good performances, it implies that all of the actors worked well together on screen.  

 

I do think voice actors and motion capture actors need a way to get credit though, either they need to add a vocal/digital performance award, or be more open to motion capture actors getting in.

[Empire]

We need a best blockbuster category first.

No, just no. If a blockbuster is truly great, it will be up for best picture.

[dashrendar44]

We need a best blockbuster category first.

Godzilla wouldn't win either. Let it go.

[The Panda]

No, just no. If a blockbuster is truly great, it will be up for best picture.

 

I agree with this, there really doesn't need to be genre best pictures.

 

Honestly if there were I'd have it be Best Comedy, but even then no, this isn't The Globes or People's Choice Awards.

Edited July 20, 2014 by The Panda

[Ethan Hunt]

So animatons get their own category but blockbuster don't.