The list of nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards was just posted. Somehow TRON: Legacy isn't on the list for Visual Effects. It's like 1983 all over again...and what a shitty year that was! It is nominated for Sound Editing, but WTF?
My predictions (which I had meant to post weeks ago) were:
- Alice in Wonderland
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
- Inception
- TRON: Legacy
I haven't seen Narnia, but that series has gotten Visual Effects nominations in the past.
The actual list is:
3 out of 5 isn't too bad, I guess. I haven't seen Hereafter, and I wasn't that impressed with Iron Man 2. meh.
I think the winner will be either Inception or Harry Potter. I think Inception deserves it, but it may be cursed by having too many other nominations. It seems like the Academy tends to vote for movies with only a few nominations (HP has 2 vs 8 for Inception) in this category.