That One Girl Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 1 minute ago, ReyReyBattery said: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planet IT’S HAPPENING 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aabattery Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 2 minutes ago, That One Guy said: IT’S HAPPENING Not for mother! ☹️ 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Girl Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 1 minute ago, ReyReyBattery said: Not for mother! ☹️ At least one film that teens on the forum obsessed over this year that ended up bombing is getting Oscar recognition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Girl Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Alien Covenant is the 10th film though 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aabattery Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Just now, That One Guy said: At least one film that teens on the forum obsessed over this year that ended up bombing is getting Oscar recognition Well, it got on the shortlist. Don't count your chickens and what-not. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Girl Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Just now, ReyReyBattery said: Well, it got on the shortlist. Don't count your chickens and what-not. I’ll take top 10. mother! probably isn’t the top 10 of anything. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrathOfHan Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 The only reason Alien is on the shortlist is because of FASSBEAST. ALL HAIL FASSBENDER! Good to see the five I've been predicting for ages (BR/SOW/TLJ/Apes/GOTG) all made the shortlist. After those, I'd put Dunkirk/Valerian/Kong/Alien/Okja Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrathOfHan Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 56 minutes ago, That One Guy said: I’ll take top 10. mother! probably isn’t the top 10 of anything. inb4 2 sound nominations. Paramount made one happen for Bayghazi last year ffs! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAM! Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 In my opinion, Ghost in the Shell was snubbed. If the film as a whole wasn't negatively affected by the whitewashing scandal thingamajig, then it would've been on this list for sure. I think we can all agree on four films that are incredibly likely to receive a nomination. Those films are: Blade Runner 2049 The Shape of Water Star Wars: The Last Jedi War for the Planet of the Apes So that leaves the last spot up for grabs. I'm not necessarily rooting for Dunkirk because, even though it's one of my favorite films of the year, many of its shots were practical. It'd be great for Dunkirk to have as many nominations as possible, but I'd be fine without this getting into visual effects. To be honest, the only shortlist entry I'm seriously thumbing down is Alien: Covenant. It has is moments, but most of its effects range from cookie-cutter to atrocious. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 does have some incredible moments in it. That wouldn't be a bad choice at all. I haven't seen Kong: Skull Island. I'd have to see that first before stating whether or not it deserves a spot. That leaves Valerian and Okja. Valerian is a gorgeous film from beginning to end; you can tell the worlds were painstakingly crafted. And Okja's VFX team had to absolutely nail it to make the film believable- and man, did they nail it. If I were choosing for the final spot, it'd be between those two. But even then, Valerian would win anyway because Okja is a Netflix film and the Oscars are still hesitant to reward Netflix with big category wins at the time being (I mean, First They Killed My Father was snubbed from the foreign shortlist for a reason...). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kvikk Lunsj Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 2 minutes ago, slambros said: In my opinion, Ghost in the Shell was snubbed. If the film as a whole wasn't negatively affected by the whitewashing scandal thingamajig, then it would've been on this list for sure. I think we can all agree on four films that are incredibly likely to receive a nomination. Those films are: Blade Runner 2049 The Shape of Water Star Wars: The Last Jedi War for the Planet of the Apes So that leaves the last spot up for grabs. I'm not necessarily rooting for Dunkirk because, even though it's one of my favorite films of the year, many of its shots were practical. It'd be great for Dunkirk to have as many nominations as possible, but I'd be fine without this getting into visual effects. To be honest, the only shortlist entry I'm seriously thumbing down is Alien: Covenant. It has is moments, but most of its effects range from cookie-cutter to atrocious. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 does have some incredible moments in it. That wouldn't be a bad choice at all. I haven't seen Kong: Skull Island. I'd have to see that first before stating whether or not it deserves a spot. That leaves Valerian and Okja. Valerian is a gorgeous film from beginning to end; you can tell the worlds were painstakingly crafted. And Okja's VFX team had to absolutely nail it to make the film believable- and man, did they nail it. If I were choosing for the final spot, it'd be between those two. But even then, Valerian would win anyway because Okja is a Netflix film and the Oscars are still hesitant to reward Netflix with big category wins at the time being (I mean, First They Killed My Father was snubbed from the foreign shortlist for a reason...). For Dunkirk good practical effects do count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAM! Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 5 minutes ago, Darth Suburious said: For Dunkirk good practical effects do count. Huh. My root-for-the-underdogs mind keeps wanting to root for something else, but if they want to commemorate the practical effects, then I wouldn't be opposed to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kvikk Lunsj Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 6 minutes ago, slambros said: Huh. My root-for-the-underdogs mind keeps wanting to root for something else, but if they want to commemorate the practical effects, then I wouldn't be opposed to that. Visual Effectts can be anything on the screen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAM! Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 31 minutes ago, Darth Suburious said: Visual Effectts can be anything on the screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titanic2187 Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 (edited) final 5 would likely be: 1) TLJ 2) BR2049 3) SOW 4) war for the planet of apes 5) Valerian the lowest grossing bunch of nominees for VR incoming!!! Edited December 20, 2017 by titanic2187 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrathOfHan Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 This year's bake off makes me think we're going to have a crazy category (note the TLJ section in the article has spoilers if you somehow haven't seen it yet): https://www.nextbestpicture.com/latest/takeaways-from-the-2018-visual-effects-bake-off Dunkirk's presentation was an absolute mess. The reel was poorly edited, and the achievements weren't played up enough. Shape of Water had a great presentation, but voters were muted on it. Given it got shutout at VES, I don't think it can coattail here. Alien's reel was memorable because it was VERY gory. This put off a bit of voters, but there were definitely others into it. GOTG's reel was the most engaging one for the audience. 98% of shots used CGI, so that will definitely help its chances. Kong had positive but un-noteworthy reactions. Keep in mind VES gave it a bunch of nominations. Apes had some of the best reactions of the night. Valerian's presentation was a bit choppy but breezy and showed off the sheer amount of CGI. The Last Jedi had a meh response. A lot of voters felt it brought nothing new, and the reel was choppy. Okja intrigued the audience a lot. One voter even said it could win. Blade Runner was the movie the most voters were talking about. Predictions: 1. Blade Runner 2049 2. War for the Planet of the Apes 3. Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 4. Kong: Skull Island 5. Okja 6. Star Wars: The Last Jedi 7. Valerian 8. Dunkirk 9. The Shape of Water 10. Alien: Covenant 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeepItU25071906 Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Let's try: 1 Blade Runner 2 The Shape of Water 3 War for the Planet of the Apes 4 Kong/Guardians 5 Star Wars p.s. Btw - if BR 2049 will win- it's gonna be 7th win for British vfx-house in the last 8 years. (kudos, Harry Potter!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAM! Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Predictions: Blade Runner 2049 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 Okja The Shape of Water (I think 'great presentation' will translate to a nom) War for the Planet of the Apes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Sticking with these, not going to give much credence to some guys opinion on how he read the crowd War for the Planet of the Apes Blade Runner 2049 Dunkirk Star Wars: The Last Jedi Shape of Water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 So it became Blade Runner, Apes, Kong, Guardians 2 and Star Wars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAM! Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 With Shape of Water snubbed, I think Blade Runner 2049 will and should win handily. But War of the Planet of the Apes is a great nomination. Very well deserved. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 has a lot of great visuals moments; I'm happy it made it in. Star Wars: The Last Jedi deserves its spot just for Vice Admiral Holdo's moment alone. And Kong: Skull Island is well-deserved and very underrated. Not only do you have the giant CGI creatures; you also have the beautiful water effects in the final fight; great, very detailed finishing touches. A very competent list of nominees overall, even if there are some notable snubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
