Short List Seven

By Aruna on January 4, 2008 2:30 PM | Category: News | Permalink | Comments (3) | Views: 90

Recently announced today.

Seven in Running for 2007 Visual Effects Oscar®

Beverly Hills, CA --- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that seven films remain in contention for Achievement in Visual Effects for the 80th Academy Awards®

The films are listed below in alphabetical order:

The Bourne Ultimatum

Evan Almighty

The Golden Compass

I Am Legend

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

300

Transformers

On Wednesday, January 16, members of the Academy's Visual Effects Branch will view 15-minute excerpts from each of the seven shortlisted films. Following the screenings, the members will vote to nominate three films for final Oscar consideration.

The 80th Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Tuesday, January 22, 2008, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2007 will be presented on Sunday, February 24, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PT. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.

http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2008/08.01.04.html

What are your votes for the final three? For purely technical achievement, I'd vote The Golden Compass, Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End, and Transformers. Most likely it'll end up I am Legend, 300, and Transformers.

3 Comments

I'm pretty much 2 thumbs down bummed at the academy this time around, they throw in 2 animated films, then don't even keep them in the final 7? wtf is with that... Sunshine should damn well be on there! I was also a bit surprised not to see the Water Horse in there...

Ok, so we have a solid 4 films in here, but I don't know why Evan, Bourne, and I Am Legend are in there... I haven't seen Evan, but I never heard anything about the VFX of it, I admit I don't know, but I'm skeptical... I'd have to see the VFX breakdowns for Bourne, it's seamless which is cool, but I'm not impressed, same with I Am Legend, the CG dogs and Zombies didn't do much for me, but the desolate sequences of NYC were impressive... I don't know, where the funk is Sunshine! I'd rather see Harry Potter in there than the vfx beaters above. I know I'm bitter, but truly congrats to all, it's all great work!

My top 3 out of this mess:
# Transformers (silly but F'ing Awesome!)
# Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (just amazing work all around)
# 300 (beautiful, but the blood didn't hit the ground!?! ;)

davids
January 4, 2008 6:47 PM