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Re: More Thoughts on the Oscar Nominations
Posted By: Dave, on host 208.164.234.234
Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2003, at 12:00:24
In Reply To: More Thoughts on the Oscar Nominations posted by Sam on Tuesday, February 11, 2003, at 11:32:15:

> Another strange inclusion: Spiderman DOES NOT
>DESERVE BEST VISUAL EFFECTS. Yeah, Spidey
>webslinging his way through Manhattan looks
>good, but the vast majority of the CGI in that
>movie was so unconvincing as to break the
>suspension of disbelief. The early shots of
>Tobey Maguire leaping buildings out of costume
>are some of the worst blue screen effects since
>the tigers in the 2000 Best Visual Effects
>winner, Gladiator. If Spiderman beats Gollum on
>March 23rd, the error will be egregious indeed.

What, exactly, was wrong with those tigers? I don't remember thinking "Wow, fake tigers" when I saw that movie. I *do* remember thinking "Wow, this is really dragging on forever", but not "Wow, fake tigers."

Anyway, Gollum was clearly a CGI character too. If you're going to say Gollum deserves it more because Spidey "was clearly CGI" then I don't think the argument holds water.

-- Dave

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