Superman Returns SR virtually ignored in Visual Effects Society Awards

[Super Kal]

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=20209

While people around the world are busy weighing up the relative merits of Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood as awards season heats up, spare a thought for the underappreciated and underexposed Visual Effects Society Awards, who today announced their nominees.

Foremost among them is Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, which picked up nominations in both the “Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture” category and the “Best Single Visual Effect of the Year”, the only film nominated in both. It’s also up for Outstanding Animated Character in a Live-Action Motion Picture, Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Motion Picture, Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Motion Picture and Outstanding Compositing in a Motion Picture. Hmm, snappy titles, those categories.

Also nominated in the Visual Effects Driven category are The Fountain and Charlotte’s Web, both sadly ignored by the Academy’s long list. Charlotte also picked up two nominations in Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Motion Picture category, but The Fountain only received one nod.

As for the rest, Best Single Visual Effect of the Year also saw nominations for Children of Men (the birth sequence), Poseidon and X-Men: The Last Stand. Superman Returns was largely overlooked, except for a nod for Outstanding Special Effects, along with Casino Royale.

The full list of film nominations is below, but you’ll have to wait until February 11 for the results.

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture
Charlotte's Web
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
The Fountain

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture
Blood Diamond
Children of Men
Flags of Our Fathers
The Da Vinci Code

Best Single Visual Effect of the Year
Children of Men - Birth Sequence
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Poseidon
X-Men: The Last Stand

Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Motion Picture
Charlotte’s Web - Templeton
Charlotte's Web - Wilbur
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Davy Jones

Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture
Cars - Mater
Monster House - House
Happy Feet - Mumble’s Banishment

Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Motion Picture
Mission: Impossible III
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Poseidon

Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Motion Picture
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
The Good Shepherd
V For Vendetta

Outstanding Compositing in a Motion Picture
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Poseidon
The DaVinci Code - Saint Sulpice Sequence

Outstanding Special Effects in a Motion Picture
Casino Royale
Superman Returns

not surprised one bit.

 

[lexlives]

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=20209



not surprised one bit.

Neither am I. The over-use of CGI - and it looked poorer than the POTC CGIU by far which kinda explains POTC getting so many nors.

The flying, except for the plane resuue, seemed purposely far away. Like they did not want to take the time and effort to make it real.

After more than 20 years the SR flying was not much better than S: TM IMO.

What I don't get - all that money and the FX was unspectacular. FF 2 with a smaller budget has put out a flying sequence teaser that franjly blows away anything in SR.

Given a sequel would have a much smaller budget I am not at all confident a sequel will be able to compete with the bar being set by Spidey, FF and GhostRider. Maybe Singer is just not good at incorporating FX but SR was definitely inferior in visual effect to the list of nominated movies. Do you know how that and really pathetic that is?

 

[lexlives]

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=20209



not surprised one bit.

Neither am I. The over-use of CGI - and it looked poorer than the POTC CGIU by far which kinda explains POTC getting so many nors.

The flying, except for the plane resuue, seemed purposely far away. Like they did not want to take the time and effort to make it real.

After more than 20 years the SR flying was not much better than S: TM IMO.

What I don't get - all that money and the FX was unspectacular. FF 2 with a smaller budget has put out a flying sequence teaser that franjly blows away anything in SR.

Given a sequel would have a much smaller budget I am not at all confident a sequel will be able to compete with the bar being set by Spidey, FF and GhostRider. Maybe Singer is just not good at incorporating FX but SR was definitely inferior in visual effect to the list of nominated movies. Do you know how that and really pathetic that is?

 

[Pickle-El]

Neither am I. The over-use of CGI - and it looked poorer than the POTC CGIU by far which kinda explains POTC getting so many nors.

The flying, except for the plane resuue, seemed purposely far away. Like they did not want to take the time and effort to make it real.

After more than 20 years the SR flying was not much better than S: TM IMO.

What I don't get - all that money and the FX was unspectacular. FF 2 with a smaller budget has put out a flying sequence teaser that franjly blows away anything in SR.

Given a sequel would have a much smaller budget I am not at all confident a sequel will be able to compete with the bar being set by Spidey, FF and GhostRider. Maybe Singer is just not good at incorporating FX but SR was definitely inferior in visual effect to the list of nominated movies. Do you know how that and really pathetic that is?

 

[Showtime]

I already posted this article days ago...it was largely ignored...

 

[Dr. Fate]

Can't all be winners.

 

[Super Kal]

the fact that it was ignored proves something...

 

[Showtime]

the fact that it was ignored proves something...

What are you trying to say KAK, that people would much rather respond to your threads.

 

[Showtime]

Can't all be winners.

Unfortunately I have found out the hardway.

 

[Super Kal]

What are you trying to say KAK, that people would much rather respond to your threads.

I was responding to how SR was ignored in the nominations, not to you already making this thread.

 

[Showtime]

See below...

 

[Showtime]

I was responding to how SR was ignored in the nominations, not to you already making this thread.

I know what you were doing, I was trying to be funny.

 

[DrMylesOBoogie]

The effects were crap when you take into account how much the movie cost to make.