15 movies to compete for Visual Effects Oscar

In an increasingly-digital age of filmmaking, the Visual Effects Academy Award is gaining in prominence. Not so long ago, only three or four titles would be considered but 15 are being considered for the 2008 Academy Awards.

The full list is:
  • 300
  • Beowulf
  • The Bourne Ultimatum
  • Enchanted
  • Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
  • Ghost Rider
  • The Golden Compass
  • Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix
  • I Am Legend
  • Live Free or Die Hard
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
  • Spider Man 3
  • Sunshine
  • Transformers
  • The Water Horse


My money is on Spider Man 3, purely because of the Sandman sequences. Those are incredibly difficult to recreate in a computer. Another contender could be The Water Horse, although I think water interactions would be easier than sand interactions.

[via Variety]

Posted by Jon Chappell on Friday November 16 2007 3:53 AM to Industry, Visual Effects
Post ID: 72

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