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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
They did a stellar job on the helicarriers and Falcon's wings.
Also superhero movies are never gonna get nominated until they do what they finally did with animation and just make a separate category like "Best Genre Film" or something along those lines.
edited 15th Jan '15 9:28:08 AM by comicwriter
Return of the King won, so a Marvel film should be possible without getting it's own category.
I don't think so. Fantasy has a similar problem with the Sci-Fi Ghetto but I think there's still a bit of an issue with people viewing comics as a subliterate form of entertainment. Return of the King is an adaptation of a well regarded novel while something like Winter Soldier is based off (what people view as) some funny books aimed at small children.
The Helicarriers and Falcon were awesome, but I'd say Winter Soldier's crowning visual achievement were the little things like Winter Soldier's arm or old Peggy.
Marvel's actually done little to promote their movies for the Oscars, though. Disney even offered to have a "For Your Consideration" campaign for The Avengers, but Marvel turned them down. So they don't really care about the awards, I expect.
End of the day, Marvel makes fun movies that are very enjoyable, make large amounts of money, but aren't heavy in the kind of content that Oscars generally favor. Marvel isn't out to make a point with its movies or change the way you look at something or raise awareness of a serious issue. There's little in the way of deep, extensive philosophical exploration of its themes; even when it has a serious theme like Winter Soldier did, it still plays it in a fairly simplistic way - the matter of Freedom v. Security was undercut when it turned out that Security was being championed by literal Nazis, allowing the conflict to be resolved by Captain America punching folk without ever really addressing the original question.
Marvel movies are lacking in Oscar Bait material. It's no surprise that they are rarely if ever nominated, and that's not a judgment on their quality at all.
edited 15th Jan '15 10:14:32 AM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.I wouldn't. BH 6 will likely get some leeway by virtue of being a children's movie, so the subject matter isn't going to be as looked down upon. Hell it got nominated at all unlike every other superhero movie this year (other than effects categories).
This year in animation was better than the last, but most of the movies were more decent than really good. Otherwise Boxtrolls wouldn't be on the list. They kind of had to nominate Big Hero 6 and The Lego movie, but I have the feeling that the other two entries have a better chance of actually winning, though the Lego movie might snatch it for the nostalgia factor.
Nope. It was How To Train Your Dragon 2.
They kind of had to nominate Big Hero 6 and The Lego movie, but I have the feeling that the other two entries have a better chance of actually winning, though the Lego movie might snatch it for the nostalgia factor.
That would be true if The LEGO Movie had been nominated...
edited 15th Jan '15 10:29:01 AM by Tuckerscreator
I can't see that making it into the movie. I don't think they're gonna make Scarlet Witch kill Hawkeye this early on.
It bears repeating that we don't know anyone is going to die and that Joss Whedon himself said that's extremely unlikely. This isn't Firefly or Buffy or Agents of SHIELD where he's killing off a bunch of characters created for the show this is him potentially killing off corporate properties that Marvel and Disney are invested in pimping and merchandising.
edited 15th Jan '15 11:09:02 AM by comicwriter
Captain America has died at least once and then got better (Civil War). Hawkeye, Scott Lang, and Vision all died and got better (Avengers Disassembled). Iron Man died and got...replaced by a younger version of himself but then may or may not have been restored by Heroes Reborn? (The Crossing, comics are stupid). And then Thor died in Raganarok but was brought back in the Thor: Reborn storyline.
...I dunno if Doctor Strange ever died but I don't think that counts.
edited 15th Jan '15 11:23:22 AM by comicwriter
What? Never mind that this is a leap I don't really follow, BC is currently busy with the Sherlock Special and then will then be on stage, while also shooting Dr. Strange at one point - I really don't see when exactly they had the time in the last month to squeeze in time to shoot a late scene for Ao U (and wasn't the shooting for that wrapped up before BC was announced?).
Well the Avengers had the Shwarama scene at the last minute. I mean Chris Evans was wearing prosthetic chin to hide the beard he grew for a role he was filming for at the time and Chris Hemsworth spent the entire time trying not to crack up at him.
Point is, last minute things can happen all the time.
edited 15th Jan '15 12:17:16 PM by MousaThe14
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Winter Soldier has been nominated for an Oscar. It's in the Best Visual Effects category.
It's competing with Interstellar, Guardians of the Galaxy, Days of Future Past, and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
edited 15th Jan '15 9:15:31 AM by TobiasDrake
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