Academy Awards - Transformers

[SlmShdy1]

They obviously never saw Transformers in IMAX. It had the most amazing sound in a movie ever.

[MFS3Kiryu]

I didn't think the Sound or Visuals on Transformers was anything extraordinary, double that for the acting, directing, and writing. It was pretty much all around crap.

Same for Bourne, though the editing on that movie was atrocious and I am flabberghasted it even got a nod let alone a win.

[tommyboy81]

I don't think Transformers got the shaft. The on who got shafted was Cate Blanchett.

[fitprod]

I only feel Transformer was hosed on SPFX... I sort of knew Bourne was getting the audio awards since they won at the Motion Picture Sound Editors 55th Anniversary Golden Reel Awards.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/...21c738e3f90ec7

Same people vote for the awards.

fitprod

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by kpkelley

Yes, you are the only one.

Speaking on behalf of those unimpressed with "Golden Compass" (and who thought, if the award was going to be about "natural" looking CGI, Transformers' highway scenes were better than Pirates' maelstrom battle), he isn't.

[Cplhicks]

I know this is the "unpopular" thing to say, but I was kinda glad to hear it got shafted. I personally thought Transformers was the most overrated movie in the last several years. The story was dopey (with a lot of dead end macguffins) the FX were blurry and you couldn't tell what was going on half the time when fighting, I could go on and on. I liked the original TFs and the animated movie, and wanted to like this, but it was just a mess as far as movies go. I haven't seen Golden Compass, but Bourne was a much better film. I am not trying to start a flame war here, this is just my personal opinion (which obviously others do not agree with).

[lch]

maybe they were watching transformer on hd-dvd
and halfway thru, they need to boil the disc

[Gamma_Winstead]

Originally Posted by sphdle1

No, I felt the same way. Pirates & Bourne ultimatum were up for some of those as well & may have won one of them..? But definitely one of these movies should have won. The movies that won in 'most' cases didn't deserve it at all...cinematography was a perfect example. Bourne was up against a bunch of oscar type no name films, and it was by far the best cinematography, but didn't win. Even transformers or pirates should have been nominated for that.

do you even know what your talking about? there is no way in hell Bourne had better cinematography than any of the movies nominated. Hell most of the time with bourne you couldn't even tell what you were looking at!

[davidPS3]

The Oscars has always seemed to "pick" their favorite and then ride them all the way. Very few suprises last night, except best actress, that one threw me!

[Gavin Von Karls]

No, I felt the same way. Pirates & Bourne ultimatum were up for some of those as well & may have won one of them..? But definitely one of these movies should have won. The movies that won in 'most' cases didn't deserve it at all...cinematography was a perfect example. Bourne was up against a bunch of oscar type no name films, and it was by far the best cinematography, but didn't win. Even transformers or pirates should have been nominated for that.

I really hope you're kidding... The Bourne Ultimatum over There Will Be Blood? in Cinematography? have you seen There Will Be Blood? Probably some of the best Cinematography I've seen in years. I was lucky enough to talk with Robert Elswit at an ASC Open house about the film last month. But really man each composition is so incredible and the light is magnificent. I just hope Paramount decides to make this their comeback Blu. Things look promising seeing as they just took off the hd dvd preorder from amazon.

[tron3]

Originally Posted by foots

You are kidding right?

1980 (53rd)
The Empire Strikes Back -- Brian Johnson, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Bruce Nicholson

1981 (54th)
VISUAL EFFECTS
Raiders of the Lost Ark -- Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson, Joe Johnston

1982 (55th)
VISUAL EFFECTS
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial -- Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren, Kenneth F. Smith

1983 (56th)
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (Visual Effects)
Return of the Jedi -- Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, Phil Tippett

1984 (57th)
VISUAL EFFECTS
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom -- Dennis Muren, Michael McAlister, Lorne Peterson, George Gibbs

1985 (58th)
VISUAL EFFECTS
Cocoon -- Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar, David Berry

1986 (59th)
VISUAL EFFECTS
Aliens -- Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson, Suzanne Benson

1987 (60th)
VISUAL EFFECTS
Innerspace -- Dennis Muren, William George, Harley Jessup, Kenneth Smith

1988 (61st)
VISUAL EFFECTS
Who Framed Roger Rabbit -- Ken Ralston, Richard Williams, Edward Jones, George Gibbs

1989 (62nd)
VISUAL EFFECTS
The Abyss -- John Bruno, Dennis Muren, Hoyt Yeatman, Dennis Skotak

1990 (63rd)
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (Visual Effects)
Total Recall -- Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin, Tim McGovern, Alex Funke

1991 (64th)
VISUAL EFFECTS
Terminator 2: Judgment Day -- Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Gene Warren, Jr., Robert Skotak

1992 (65th)
VISUAL EFFECTS
Death Becomes Her -- Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Doug Smythe, Tom Woodruff, Jr.

1993 (66th)
VISUAL EFFECTS
Jurassic Park -- Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, Michael Lantieri

1994 (67th)
VISUAL EFFECTS
Forrest Gump -- Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, Allen Hall

1995 (68th)
VISUAL EFFECTS
Babe -- Scott E. Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan, John Cox

1996 (69th)
VISUAL EFFECTS
Independence Day -- Volker Engel, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney, Joseph Viskocil

1997 (70th)
VISUAL EFFECTS
Titanic -- Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher, Michael Kanfer

1998 (71st)
VISUAL EFFECTS
What Dreams May Come -- Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson, Kevin Mack

1999 (72nd)
VISUAL EFFECTS
The Matrix -- John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley, Jon Thum

2000 (73rd)
VISUAL EFFECTS
Gladiator -- John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke, Rob Harvey

2001 (74th)
VISUAL EFFECTS
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring -- Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor, Mark Stetson

2002 (75th)
VISUAL EFFECTS
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers -- Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke

2003 (76th)
VISUAL EFFECTS
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King -- Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke

2004 (77th)
VISUAL EFFECTS
Spider-Man 2 -- John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier

2005 (78th)
VISUAL EFFECTS
King Kong -- Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers and Richard Taylor

2006 (79th)
VISUAL EFFECTS
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest -- John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall

2007 (80th)
VISUAL EFFECTS
The Golden Compass -- Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood



Nope. No Sci-Fi on that list.

I think I meant to say "Oscar". Do sci-fi flicks get Oscars?

[Pictor]

Originally Posted by Blu Falcon

Am I the only one disappointed that Transformers didn't win an Oscar for Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Editing or Best Sound Mixing? I thought it should've walked away with all three, or at least one of the previously mentioned.

Honestly, while I enjoyed Transformers on the screen there were some clear signs of cost cutting in the special effects. The worst scene was the highway chase scene if you keep an eye on the tail lights of the trucks as they transform.

[Bluoholic]

Originally Posted by Blu Falcon

It might just be my personal opinion, but I haven't seen or heard a movie that can top Transformers in visual effects and sound in 2007. There were some good movies out there, but anyone not blown away by the visual effects in Transformers has to be smoking crack. Yeah, Kevin O'Connell deserved to walk away with this one for sound. Poor guy. Oh well.

with the visuals you're pushing it a little, there were better looking films in 2007,but sound editing and mixing, you're right transformers was robbed of those two oscars.

[LitBoyBlue]

Originally Posted by Blu Falcon

Am I the only one disappointed that Transformers didn't win an Oscar for Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Editing or Best Sound Mixing? I thought it should've walked away with all three, or at least one of the previously mentioned.

exactly, they got robbed.

[Cremildo]

Transformers losing to The Golden Compass has got to be one of the biggest travesties in the history of the VFX category. I reckon most AMPAS members, during the winners voting phase, simply didn't bother to watch the "big dumb toy movie."

[Michael11]

15 year bump. Jeez, dude.

[BluBonnet]

And the award for best thread resurrection goes to...

[Mandalorian]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

Transformers losing to The Golden Compass has got to be one of the biggest travesties in the history of the VFX category. I reckon most AMPAS members, during the winners voting phase, simply didn't bother to watch the "big dumb toy movie."

They hold up incredibly well too

[critterdvd]

I saw this getting bumped and I was like “for the new one?!?”

[stvn1974]

Transformers > No Country For Old Men > Slumdog Millionaire > The King's Speech > The Hurt Locker > The Artist > Argo > 12 Years A Slave > Birdman > Spotlight > Moonlight > The Shape Of Water > Green Book