tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37846398.post3776087696233710232..comments2024-03-22T05:13:51.657-07:00Comments on FXRant: Predicting the Visual Effects Oscar, Part 2Todd Vazirihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09098040041978835594noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37846398.post-40895293855213147702008-01-13T23:06:00.000-08:002008-01-13T23:06:00.000-08:00Thorswitch, I'm glad you're enjoying the articles....Thorswitch, I'm glad you're enjoying the articles.<BR/><BR/>You make an interesting point - another way to gauge the 'hype' factor of a movie is, in fact, by tracking the number of additional Academy Award nominations that a particular visual effects nominee earned that year. This way, you would be able to clearly identify the flicks that have immense Oscar buzz behind it, whose momentum could easily drive it to a visual effects statuette. However, I'd contend that these types of films are few and far between in the visual effects world. For every "Titanic" (with 14 nominations), there are a dozen films like "Independence Day," "Death Becomes Her," and "Return to Oz," (2, 1 and 1 nominations, respectively) and quite possibly, there are several years without any nominated visual effects film that would get a boost from having several other nominations.<BR/><BR/>"Forrest Gump," "Titanic," "Gladiator" and "Return of the King" are the only films in the last 23 years that I can see having benefited in the visual effects category from the buzz of multiple nominations.<BR/><BR/>However, if you'd like to gather that data together and send it to me, I'd be happy to post it!Todd Vazirihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09098040041978835594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37846398.post-57317011574040234092008-01-12T13:12:00.000-08:002008-01-12T13:12:00.000-08:00Very interesting! It's nice to see someone knowle...Very interesting! It's nice to see someone knowledgeable talking about this. One question I have at this point - and you may be planning to address it in Pt.3 - is to see if the total number of awards a film is nominated for is any kind of a predictor of fx award success? Do voters who are not familiar with a certain kind of technical work look at how many awards a movie is nominated for - and, perhaps more specifically, how many *technical* awards a movie is nominated for, and think "oh, all the techies/nominators seem to like it quite well, so maybe I should vote for it..."<BR/><BR/>It's interesting to see the patterns that are emerging so far, and there were a few times I was surprised - even though I was an active movie goer back when Die Hard, Roger Rabbit and Willow were all out, I somehow came away with the impression that Die Hard had been the box office winner. :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37846398.post-2067814522229820132008-01-09T17:28:00.000-08:002008-01-09T17:28:00.000-08:00Liking the series so far, Todd - it's nice to see ...Liking the series so far, Todd - it's nice to see someone taking a level-headed look at the VFX Oscar, instead of just whining about how their favorite studio lost.Andrew Sibulskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16605578707461706585noreply@blogger.com