KING KONG Garners Four Oscar Nominations
Jackson's KING KONG has been nominated for four Oscars in the categories of Art Direction, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, and Visual Effects. No acting or directing nominations were earned. On a...
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Regardless what one may think of SITH as a movie, to snub it in the Visual Effects category is ridiculous."Great show. Held over for a third straight year." www.eccentric-cinema.com
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Quote:Regardless what one may think of SITH as a movie, to snub it in the Visual Effects category is ridiculous. This may be true, but I think what you're seeing here is the inevitable backlash......
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Did SIN CITY get art direction or ... ? That's another film worthy, as were WAR OF THE WORLDS special effects...and sound.
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Certainly agree about WOTW - the sound especially is just downright SCARY in those attack scenes - really makes me jump! SAM33
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I guess the question might be did SITH break any new ground as far as special effects go? Granted, they were breathtakingly done, but most were tweakings of what came before. KONG, on the other hand,...
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Quote:Regardless what one may think of SITH as a movie, to snub it in the Visual Effects category is ridiculous. I agree! What were the other movies nominated in this category?Legend, oh legend, the...
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Quote:No acting or directing nominations were earned. That's a relief. For a while there I thought the Academy truly was going to go mad...---------------------- "It's MORE ... than a hobby!"
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Other movies nominated in the category of Visual Effects include: THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA and WAR OF THE WORLDS. WOTW also garnered nominations in Sound Editing and Sound Mixing.
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I hope WOTW rightly wins for sound - the noise of the martian tripods unnerved me even more than the sight of them. It was one of the few movies I can recall wherein the sound effects really made an...
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Quote:I hope WOTW rightly wins for sound - the noise of the martian tripods unnerved me even more than the sight of them. It was one of the few movies I can recall wherein the sound effects really...
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