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Digital Movies, Analog Oscars
Kappelmeister writes "The idea of giving Andy Serkis a nomination for The Two Towers is gone, but not forgotten. This New York Times article (FRRBBB) examines the many fine lines that the Academy must draw in the coming years: how physical must the set design, the cinematography, the acting and -- as in the case of Donald Kaufman -- the writer be before a film is shunted into a specialty category like "Best Animated Film?" I think that they will continue to fork with the times; there used to be separate Oscars given out for "one reel" vs. "two reel" shorts, color vs. B/W cinematography, and even director vs. assistant director."
In times of war, distract the public with bread and Serkises....
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
If Oscars ignore BOTH porn and sci-fi, they are dead.
had to thrash around in a freakin' cold stream for ages.
Now-a-days, good movie editors can make the worst child actors in the world look like geniuses. Just nip and tuck out all the legitimate bad acting, and you got yourself a "Best Actor" nomination.
Tell that to George Lucas. But then, maybe that was the edited version of Jake Lloyd's performace as Anakin in the Phantom Menace.
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
I wonder when we will see a 3D animated Academy Awards show, where Gollum himself could walk up to the podium and thank his animators, the actor who made his moves be so realistic and the computer which raytraced him so well :)
Best Marketing
Most Hype
Biggest Budget
Most Credits
Silliest Out-Takes
and perhaps a special category for "Most Gratuitous Use Of The Word Fuck"
Every bloody emperor has his hand up history's skirt [Peter Hammill/VdGG]
In Gollum's case, I don't believe make-up would have been enough. Gollum is a very inhuman character, his proportions aren't human and, probably more important, he's very thin. He's aways described this way.
The big problem with make-up is that it always makes the wearer bulkier, never thinner. Oh, and if you do figure out a way to make someone thinner with only makeup, contact the cosmetics industry, you'd make a mint.