Visual Effects finalists announced
From the official press release:“Seven Vie for Visual Effects Oscar®
Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that seven films are in consideration for achievement in Visual Effects for the 79th Academy Awards®.
The films are listed below in alphabetical order:
“Casino Royale”
“Eragon”
“Night at the Museum”
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”
“Poseidon”
“Superman Returns”
“X-Men The Last Stand”
On Wednesday, January 17, the Academy’s Visual Effects Award nominating committee will view 15-minute film excerpts from each of the seven shortlisted films. Following the screenings, members will vote to nominate three films for Oscar consideration.
Nominations for the 79th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 23, 2007, at 5:30 a.m. PST in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be presented on Sunday, February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network at 5 p.m. PST, beginning with a half-hour arrivals segment."
Fairly underwhelming choices in a fairly underwhelming year for the category. The omissions of "Charlotte's Web" and "Flags of Our Fathers" are worth mentioning, particularly the latter. I wholly expect "Pirates" to win this in a walk. "Superman Returns" should be able to slide in with a nomination, with the third nominee likely to be "X-Men", "Eragon", or -- God help us -- "Poseidon".
I wasn't expecting the likes of "The Fountain" or "Mission: Impossible: III" to be nominated, but it would have been nice to see them at least make the bakeoff.
Again, a pretty ho-hum list.
posted by Shawn Snead @ 12/15/2006 06:10:00 PM
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