‘Dawn Treader’ Named Oscar Semi-Finalist
Several NarniaWebbers have written in to let us know that The Voyage of the Dawn Treader has made it onto the list of semi-finalists for the Oscar in Visual Effects! Fifteen films made the list. Harry Potter and Iron Man 2 among them. The list will be narrowed down to seven in early January. For more information, read the full article on ComingSoon.net.
Thanks to everyone who sent this in!
Sweet!
Wow! I am never on here when somebody posts something.
Lovely! I am tremendously dissapointed that PC didn't get any Oscars (at least, by what I remember). I hope VDT does better. However, I thought the effects were not as good as the first two films, and especially not as good compared with the others on the list (Alice and Inception especially). So I suppose all I'm doing is "putting a bright face on it." 😉
WONDERFUL!!! What they had to do to create some of the scenes with the boat were FANTASTIC!
The only reason it stands a chance is that it is a December release. That gives it an advantage.
"Inception" deserves to sweep the Oscars this year.
Wow!!! I hope it wins!!
Awesome! Hope it wins!
I now see why you picked the name glumPuddle after all. Lol
sweet! yay! awesome! go VotDT! yay for Narnia!
After watching the film, I think it is safe to say it won't be a nominee. The budget for the visual effects was half of what PC had and it certainly shows. The beauty and depth of the previous films is not present in VDT. The movie was such a disappointment.
^ Hahaha! anyway I don't believe Inception has the best visual effects, yes It is a good movie (but not original for me, reference Paprika) but the visual effects is so-so, I might go to Narnia, Alice, Last Airbender than Inception.
Agreed, Inception deserves to deserve a number of awards. Oscars for VotDT would be a joke.
Last Air bender? You gotta be kidding! I'll say Inception and TRON.
Yup The Last Airbender has a very good Visual Effects, minus the crappy storylines, adaptation and actors hahahaha.
I think VDT is great!
Hooray for Narnia!!!!! this is the best news i heard so far! 🙂
This should go to Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World IMO (the best film of the year).
Inception, Tron Legacy and Scott Pilgrim have to be the frontrunners for that category – but after that it looks like its anyone's game. VDT's VFX were far from earth shattering, but there seem to be a lot of average films with average vfx in there (there are only a couple of movies listed there which i haven't actually seen), so VDT may actually stand a chance of edging a nomination. 🙂
You're kidding, right? Inception may not have flashy explosions and the like, but the visual effects were great. It takes real talent to pull the Escher-style effects off convincingly.
I'm hoping for Harry Potter and Inception to do well in the Oscars.
already? WOW! I'm hoping Narnia, just so we have hope of more Narnias… if Oscars help 🙂
so if there happened to be a Silver Chair effects vs. The Hobbit no-one here would be mad at me for going for The Hobbit? 🙂 Though the funny thing is SC is my favourite Narnia book, has a lot of spiritual themes that I *love*! Sooo hoping DT does well enough to at least save me from *just* BBC version! 🙂
Can't wait! Seeing DT today!! 😀 HURRAY!
Ha Ha LOL 🙂
It would really help if we had an Oscar. We then would even have a better shot to see the next one and the rest of the series.
That's great! I would say that Narnia definitely has better SFX than Harry Potter. Though I haven't seen many movies this year, Alice's SFX were unique, not necessarily well done (especially the 3D.) Haven't watched inception yet, but I will on DVD soon 😉
hmm, I'd say that had to do with story and pacing, more than special FX. I thought that Narnia was beautifully rendered, with more interaction between CG and live-action. I would say though It didn't have some of the subtlety of PC (aka story choices) the actual FX were much better than PC
Yea I think Alice had great special effects, considering the whole thing was pretty much effects. But Narnia has a fantastic array of characters and different setting that really grab your attention.
Wow, that is quite interesting!!! I think the visual effects were good- I was never taken out of the movie because of crappy effects, or anything. I really really wish I could go see it again!!! 🙁
I hope that you will enjoy it, Pepper Darcy 😀 Please post what you think about it (a review, I suppose) after you have seen it!!! 🙂
Well, I'd say it's about time Narnia got recognised for it's work on Reep and Aslan, but I don't think we'll win.
Pity; It would be so exciting!
AWESOME!!!!! But, Harry Potter shouldn't be on THAT list!!!!
Meh. Nominate it, sure. Why not. But I think we all know it's never gonna win.
It had better WIN. I seriously don't think any other movie this year had that much SFX work other than Alice in Wonderland.
I saw all those visual effects and thought "The thing I want the most right now is to be there." They did a really great job and I hope it wins! Narnia could use a boost.
And a lot of the effects in Inception weren't even CGI
Haha I see what you mean.
don't worry! I'm going to post about it! I'm going to post it on my blog and then copy/paste it in Narniaweb and NarniaFan's site 🙂 And Amazon.com whenever they open up the DVD release part 🙂
don't worry! I'm going to post about it! I'm going to post it on my blog and then copy/paste it in Narniaweb and NarniaFan's site 🙂 And Amazon.com whenever they open up the DVD release part 🙂 thanks for your intrest in it! Have you written a review? 🙂
uuuuhhhh… my bad! didn't mean to post that twice! 8/
I wouldn't know about Harry Potter vs. Narnia. I don't read or watch it. I think Narnia's actually the only movie on that list I know. Go Narnia! 🙂 Sorry, I have to vote Narnia since I don't do HP. Funny, don't do HP but I do Narnia and LotR. I guess there's a big difference between magic content in HP vs. Narnia/LotR? 🙂 No offense to those who like Harry Potter. I don't really care who's watching it 🙂
I SAW THE MOVIE LAST NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!IT WAS AMAZING!!!!!
especially since you probably feel about the HP characters/kids (?) the way I feel about Frodo Baggins, Lucy, Aslan, Edmund, Hiccup, and Toothless 🙂
nice
Harry Potter had crap effects. I personally think.
As much as I love VDT, i really doubt it'll win. Tho, being a semifinalist is really good
Ur joking right??!! VDT Visual effects were awesome !! The dragon was quite realistic the ONLY one i thought was kinda wierd was when lucy hugged reep but the meaning of it totallly made up for it!!
I have to agree with you. No matter how much we love Narnia, it's sad to say that it won't compare to "bigger" movies. It's hard for a family movie to win over let's say an adult or "bigger" film.
awesome!!!!!!! it definately deserves it!!!!
I'd say it'll come down to Alice in Wonderland, VDT and Scott Pilgrim. Such photo realistic effects in all of them!
The Dark Island scene was sooo epic and the sea serpent was just frightning,the sailing of Reepicheep was tramautizing,but I'm sure if Last Battle is eveer made,we'll see him again.
Maybe his REAL name is HAIRY POOPER !!!!
Great! I thought the visual affects were AWSOME!
How old are you? 3? Oh, wait. Even a 3 year old could have come up with something more original than that.
Visual effects is more than just CGI.
Why not?