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Post by **Dacey** » January 24th, 2006, 10:34 pm

Ben wrote:Haha...

Wow, you nearly had me there Meg.

She's right. I think anyway.

Actually, "Kong" and "Narnia" were about even in the FX category.

Post by **ShyViolet** » January 24th, 2006, 10:36 pm

On a completely different note, will there be another chat group set up for this Academy Awards (like we had here last year)?

That was fun.

Post by **Meg** » January 25th, 2006, 7:49 am

My computer blocks chat rooms. <:(

Post by **Kaszubas** » January 25th, 2006, 2:21 pm

My personal opinion: King Kong (giant monkey from Jackson's movie, not the movie itself) was far superior to anything that Narnia has shown - best single CG effect/ CG character this year and maybe even to date. IMHO King Kong dethroned former CG characters King - Gollum

Same goes for the best CG location (NY), and best cg action scene (KK vs V-rex band fight). Unfortunately some scenes (dinos stampede and many bluebox life action/ cg characters/environments compositions were bad or at least not even nearly perfect. Narnia was much more consistent in that department (but it has some bluebox flaws to). Still there were none such as outstanding CG effects/characters/locations like in PJ's King Kong.

Post by **Meg** » January 25th, 2006, 4:02 pm

I dunno...Alsan just looked SO REAL. My mom actually thought they had used a real lion in some of the scenes!

Post by **Kaszubas** » January 25th, 2006, 4:57 pm

Well... I was a little disapointed with Aslan... Sure, he looked like the lion on steroids (this pumped head and body), but acting wasn't so great, his movement wasn't natural all the time and lacked muscle movement underneath face skin (cheeks looked a bit too stiff to me - like stuffed animal's), his eyes weren't so convincing sometimes to... Kong was much more complete, performace and animation consistent, personality with much wider range of emotions. I think Aslan was on par with other narnia animals, like beavers or wolfs with maybe more complex muscle sytem and lovely done amazing mane

What was better in case of Aslan (comparing to Kong) was compositing with lifeaction background - more seamless and natural.

Post by **Ben** » January 25th, 2006, 9:44 pm

Well I spent most of Kong wondering where they found a 25-foot gorilla that could act!

And remember that he had to convey a true performance without the aid of spoken Liam Neeson lines of dialogue!

Post by **Dacey** » January 25th, 2006, 10:03 pm

Alright, "King Kong", I've decided, will probably win the FX Oscar. Still, I think both films deserve it.

Post by **Meg** » January 26th, 2006, 9:20 am

I'm hoping Phillip Hoffman will win best actor. Okay, I haven't seen him act, but he went to the same high school as do. *feels special*

Post by **Dacey** » January 26th, 2006, 10:29 pm

Who *has* seen that movie? "Capote" is hardly playing anywhere.

Post by **Meg** » January 27th, 2006, 7:41 am

It's playing in the artsy-fartsy theaters.

Post by **Dacey** » January 27th, 2006, 1:29 pm

Uh, yeah.

Nominations are on Tuesday, people!

Post by **Meg** » January 27th, 2006, 2:18 pm

I wonder which animated character will make a cameo this year. Probably Chicken Little, or someone from that film.

Post by **Brandon Neeld** » January 31st, 2006, 9:15 am

I'm not sure which is more ironic and disturbing...

The fact that CGI was completely shut out in the Best Animated Feature category.

or

The fact that Pixar (the one company who did't release a Full Length Animated Feature this year) walked away with the only CGI nomination for the short One Man Band.

Post by **James** » January 31st, 2006, 9:36 am

Hey Brandon, I edited your title to (hopefully) make this the one Oscar nomination discussion thread.

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Oscar Nominations: CGI Shutout