Vote-Oscar race 2015-Best Visual Effects-what film should win?

[digitalbabe]

The Oscars are February 22,2015.
Join us here and vote for and chat about your favorite films!
​

Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist

Guardians of the Galaxy
Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould

Interstellar
Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher

X-Men: Days of Future Past
Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer

 

[kbr1656]

Hobbit got snubbed.

 

[Denroc]

Hobbit got snubbed.

I thought the CGI in that last Hobbit movie was a bit ropey at times. Particularly some of the Legolas fight sequences.

 

[kbr1656]

I thought the CGI in that last Hobbit movie was a bit ropey at times. Particularly some of the Legolas fight sequences.

It wasn't the best, but I think it deserved a nomination more than Winter Soldier (a movie that I also loved quite a bit, by the way). And based on how the visual effects society voted, I thought it would get in.

 

[Denroc]

It wasn't the best, but I think it deserved a nomination more than Winter Soldier (a movie that I also loved quite a bit, by the way). And based on how the visual effects society voted, I thought it would get in.

I have to admit, I've only seen Winter Soldier just the once, and can't remember any major effects segments. I guess Five Armies is still fresh in my mind as I only viewed it a few weeks ago.

 

[kaw]

DAWN of the APES.
Hands down.
This was the best CGI in any movie I have ever seen. I remember walking out of the theater thinking "This is the first time where the CGI was better then any practical effects".
My wife even asked me during the film "Are they using real apes? or is that CGI?" She couldn't tell!!!

While the other nominees are all great, and deserving. Apes wins it for me.

 

[Drum18]

All great FX movies, but Apes takes my vote! Serkis should get a nod for all his work too!

 

[Scary Hair]

I'm in with @kaw and @Drum18 Apes ALL THE WAY.

Special mention to the

Spoiler: errr

time freeze sequence

in Day's Of Future Past . Used a spoiler tag just in case.

 

[IRON MAN]

The universe built for GOTG deserves a nod IMO. Same thing for Interstellar. Absolutely brilliant!

It's a close call for me between these two.

Each phenomenal in its own right.

 

[digitalbabe]

I really liked the visuals in GOTG, but I just saw Dawn and it was really engrossing. I was surprised how much I liked it, but I did. The effects were pretty spot on.

 

[tridon]

I'm shocked that Godzilla never received a nom. I'll have to go with Apes. GotG would be a close second. Rocket and Groot looked amazing, but Apes looked real.

 

[Noodles]

I'm yet to see Interstellar, but the Apes CGI was incredible, so I've voted for that... wish I liked the film as much as I did the CGI though.

 

[Drum18]

I'm shocked that Godzilla never received a nom. I'll have to go with Apes. GotG would be a close second. Rocket and Groot looked amazing, but Apes looked real.

Godzilla???... for the what... 8 minutes he's shown on the 2 hour movie?

Ouch... I'm gonna pay for that comment...
@bloodsnake007 @PunkNinja @tridon

 

[bloodsnake007]

DAWN of the APES.
Hands down.
This was the best CGI in any movie I have ever seen. I remember walking out of the theater thinking "This is the first time where the CGI was better then any practical effects".
My wife even asked me during the film "Are they using real apes? or is that CGI?" She couldn't tell!!!

While the other nominees are all great, and deserving. Apes wins it for me.

HANDS DOWN Indeed!!! @kaw And your wife is hilarious! LOL! That's EPIC!

All great FX movies, but Apes takes my vote! Serkis should get a nod for all his work too!

@Drum18 I completely agree! Gollum, King Kong, Caesar... this man deserves and has earned one! A Special Achievement Award for Motion Capture would be awesome!

I'm shocked that Godzilla never received a nom. I'll have to go with Apes. GotG would be a close second. Rocket and Groot looked amazing, but Apes looked real.

@tridon I'm also completely shocked to see that Godzilla did not get nominated! But even if it did, my vote would of still have gone to DAWN! Definitely one of the greatest films... EVER! I hope and pray that it wins!

 

[bloodsnake007]

Godzilla???... for the what... 8 minutes he's shown on the 2 hour movie?

Ouch... I'm gonna pay for that comment...
@bloodsnake007 @PunkNinja @tridon

I just read this after I posted my comment above!

DAMN YOU @Drum18 Those are fighting words!

 

[Prazzers]

I personally thought Interstellar's was the best, if you watch their process it was all made organically without any CGI. In today's film era that is extremely rare, especially for a high budget sci-fi movie.

 

[tridon]

Godzilla???... for the what... 8 minutes he's shown on the 2 hour movie?

Ouch... I'm gonna pay for that comment...
@bloodsnake007 @PunkNinja @tridon

I just think they have something against big monster movies. Pacific Rim never received a nom either.

 

[CollectorEmtee]

Not many used in the film but the fact they are based on real scientific calculations from the man Kip Thorne himself my vote goes to Interstellar.

 

[digitalbabe]

Scary, I was just looking at that book yesterday @Collector03601

 

[Aw 83]

For me it has to be Dawn of the planet of the apes everything was great about this movie absolutely loved it...