Impact Posted June 20, 2012 Author Share Posted June 20, 2012 Or Hereafter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichWS Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 You never know. Life of Pi, particularly, is going to be incredibly CG heavy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted June 20, 2012 Author Share Posted June 20, 2012 That actually looks like it could have good visuals.Random fact: No best picture nomination has ever lost in this field to a movie not nominated for BP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 You never know. Life of Pi, particularly, is going to be incredibly CG heavy.True, but let's take last year for example, Hugo an Academy favourite snatched the prize from Planet of the Apes. Not saying Hugo's effects weren't good but PotA had revolutionary effects with regards to the Apes. And on a side note still pissed Tree of Life disn't get nominated for special effects, now if you want revolutionary special effects, it's tree of life. And to rip it off the generic fare that's impressive but standard got nommed. Life of Pi looks CF heavy but it probably won't have anything already done many times before, and nothing that isb't really standard visual effects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichWS Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 And on a side note still pissed Tree of Life disn't get nominated for special effects, now if you want revolutionary special effects, it's tree of life.Truth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted June 21, 2012 Author Share Posted June 21, 2012 That actually looks like it could have good visuals.Random fact: No best picture nomination has ever lost in this field to a movie not nominated for BP.Also keep that in mind right here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 The Tree of Life should have been nominated. The Lacrimosa scene had incredible visual fx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 The Tree of Life should have been nominated. The Lacrimosa scene had incredible visual fxAnd the fact it wasn't CGI, is just mind blowing. Everything done with real supplies, a whole lot of different camera effects, and experimentation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Are you laughing at all three or Just THG?All 3. I'd be shocked if TDKR even gets nominated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kvikk Lunsj Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 All 3. I'd be shocked if TDKR even gets nominated.TDK and Inception did. I think the academy likes the practical effects Nolan does instead of bunch of CGI. Plus the academy does not always nominate super visual effect movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab276 Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Ted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sims Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Life of PiPrometheusThe Dark Knight RisesThe HobbitThe Avengers/Cloud AtlasI'm not convinced TA is even nominated. Either Life of Pi or Prometheus will win. More likely Life of Pi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travod Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Lacrimosa wasn't CGI? wtf?! -bows down- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 (edited) True, but let's take last year for example, Hugo an Academy favourite snatched the prize from Planet of the Apes. Not saying Hugo's effects weren't good but PotA had revolutionary effects with regards to the Apes.And on a side note still pissed Tree of Life disn't get nominated for special effects, now if you want revolutionary special effects, it's tree of life. And to rip it off the generic fare that's impressive but standard got nommed.Life of Pi looks CF heavy but it probably won't have anything already done many times before, and nothing that isb't really standard visual effects.Hear, hear !Weta Digital's work on ROTPOTA is incredible, no other studio could have done it, none !Hugo was great but come on !!!! Edited July 24, 2012 by The Futurist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 (edited) TA, you wouldn't beleive the complexity of this movie SFX wise, most of New York is CG people !!! Edited July 24, 2012 by The Futurist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Yeah, I just watched the Life of Pi trailer, and right now I'm like, 80% sure it's going to win if it ends up being an Academy favorite. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moviedweeb Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 TA, you wouldn't beleive the complexity of this movie SFX wise, most of New York is CG people !!!I think that is pretty clear to people who understand how modern blockbusters are made. No one serious about movies really thinks Thor and Loki were battling on top of a sky scraper or that they photographed dozens of blocks of a NYC before inserting a digital Iron Man (those shots would not be possible or insanely expensive). Making cityscapes in CG that look very realistic is becoming common in major blockbusters. An academy award for visual effects needs to be groundbreaking. In this respect, Tree of Life's (which someone else mentioned) use of chemical composition was pretty stunning and original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 I think that is pretty clear to people who understand how modern blockbusters are made. No one serious about movies really thinks Thor and Loki were battling on top of a sky scraper or that they photographed dozens of blocks of a NYC before inserting a digital Iron Man (those shots would not be possible or insanely expensive). Making cityscapes in CG that look very realistic is becoming common in major blockbusters. An academy award for visual effects needs to be groundbreaking. In this respect, Tree of Life's (which someone else mentioned) use of chemical composition was pretty stunning and original.This. Which is why I think, especially like half a year since the ceremonies, and revisiting the films, that Hugo, despite my personal feelings that ROTPOTA should've won for it's revolutionary effects, wasn't an undeserving winner, as Hugo took VFX in a different direction than most of us usually envision VFX to be, and took it to something that we didn't expect. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moviedweeb Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 This. Which is why I think, especially like half a year since the ceremonies, and revisiting the films, that Hugo, despite my personal feelings that ROTPOTA should've won for it's revolutionary effects, wasn't an undeserving winner, as Hugo took VFX in a different direction than most of us usually envision VFX to be, and took it to something that we didn't expect.I agree, Hugo was absolutely stunning and definitely groundbreaking. The whole film was filled with groundbreaking VFX and more importantly, the effects were completely integrated into the story which made it so successful. ROTPOTA was also brilliant and groundbreaking in terms VFX. It stood on the shoulders of Avatar and pushed it into a new direction. That film really exemplifies how Avatar was truly a game changer and Apes totally helped to advance the state of the art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 I think the most amazing part of Apes is that fact that it did what it did on its budget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
