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Yoda, Gollum Take MTV Awards

Posted by michael on from the my-precious dept.

zoobaby writes "MTV has given the LoTR franchise credit for spectactular work with Gollum. After being snubbed by the Academy Awards, it is nice to see recognition given to one of the most expressive and best acted roles in recent films."

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  1. Uhm.... by Eyston · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is obviously keeping up with the 'shiny things' network.

    Giving Gollum some recognition is great and all, but when he wins it jointly with the little guy who jumped around like sonic the hedge hog wielding a light saber, it is lacking credibility. It is obviously the 'digital characters are cool' award.

    -Eyston

    1. Re:Uhm.... by Achoi77 · · Score: 5, Insightful
      Giving Gollum some recognition is great and all, but when he wins it jointly with the little guy who jumped around like sonic the hedge hog wielding a light saber, it is lacking credibility.

      Yoda didn't win for virtual peformance, he won an award for 'best fight scene.' So him spinning around with a lightsabre was what got him that award in the first place.

      Personally I didn't think that lightsabre scene was as sacreligious as people claim it to be. If you take a real close look, you'll see that Yoda doesn't do as many blender-style-720-degree spins as his lightsabre movements imply. While he is spinning, he's also moving the lightsabre in the same direction, giving him more speed and force. I've seen enough Kali/Eskrima classes and demonstrations to be convinced that sometimes even the most simple movements can look overwhelming.

      On a side note, I've also heard stories about an 80 year old Kali master who was able to hold his own against 3 young men in their 20's.

      Basically Yoda's movements aren't necessarily impossible - difficult yes, but not impossible. If you wanna see impossible, wait for that scene where you see Neo spinning around like a top with that pole when he fights those Smiths. And flies away at the same time. And accelerates his spinning.

  2. Interesting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...it is nice to see recognition given to one of the most expressive and best acted roles in recent films.

    Its probably a lot easier to be yourself when you know its never going to hit film (your face).

    Perhaps acting could become even better in the future, still done by humans, but mapped over with different faces?

    With acting you have to let yourself go. I think actors still hold something back though and aren't 100% of what they could be.

  3. Sarcasm? by Telastyn · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't see how recognition by a network known for not knowing the difference between art and a hole in the wall is in any way complimentary...

  4. Indeed by tomakaan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Gollum was a great character. Yeah, the camera work back and forth may have been a little too much, but I think that's a great way for Gollum to be depicted. His split personality was shown greatly and that is the one thing I am actually looking forward to in the third movie since they already messed with the storyline so much!

  5. Re:Gollum sucked by Goldfinger7400 · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I don't know about you guys, but I still don't think CGI is ready for the big time. In every movie it looks so obvious that there was CGI used that it almost ruins the movie for me.

    It's not that you can't tell that it's CG, it's that it's done in a way that you don't care that it's CG. It's obvious from the looks of him that Gollum doesn't really exist, but then again, hobbits don't exist but we're willing to accept them as characters. It was the natural nature of Gollum's movement that allowed someone to accept him as a character, to the point that (some) people cared about him. You can put people in costumes in front of a bluescreen, but if they can't convey a sense of their characters (through acting) then they're no better than Jar-Jar.

  6. Re:Bored of the Rings.... by sylvester · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yeah, right. Reloaded was sure stingy on the effect. Like, geez. Only $100 mill. wtf.

    Choice snippets:

    o A 17-minute battle sequence alone cost over $40 million.

    o The 1.4-mile, three-lane loop highway was built specifically for the chase scene on the decommissioned Alameda Point Navy Base at a cost of around $30 million. It was destroyed when filming was complete.

    o It was reported that Keanu Reeves volunteered to give up a claim to a share of ticket sales amounting to around $38 million when producers feared that the film would never recoup the cost of the special effects.

    o The special effects cost $100 million U.S.

    --
    -Rob Ewaschuk