Slowly but surely the favorites for the 2024 Oscars are emerging. Who will win the most prizes? For many film fans, Oppenheimer is a hot candidate for the evening’s top prize, not to mention many other awards. However, a chance has now been taken away from him.
As Variety reports, the shortlist is in the Oscar category Best visual effects firmly. 20 films are listed on it. However, there is no trace of Christopher Nolan’s powerful work, which was celebrated for its outstanding effects. This causes uproar and incomprehension on social media.
Oppenheimer is not there: These are the 20 finalists for the Oscar in the Best Visual Effects category
Below you will find all the films that have been shortlisted for the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. Important: These are not yet the final nominations. In the end, only five films compete against each other.
Some films definitely deserve their place on the list. The Creator has received a lot of praise for his excellent use of effects. Less understandable is against why a film like Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania appears in the list even though it was massively criticized for its effects.
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In addition to the quality of the effects, it was also about the working conditions under which they were created. Overtime, time pressure and no appropriate pay: That should be the case in the eyes of many fans not rewarded with an Oscar especially when a film like Oppenheimer shows that things can be done differently and better.
Misconception about Hollywood blockbusters: The best visual effects are not the most visual effects
The Oscar list also reflects this problematic VFX narrative again: Most of the visual effects count here – and those that can obviously be identified as such on the big screen. However, the work in the field of visual effects goes much further and deeper than is apparent at first glance.
The myth is still spread that films like Top Gun: Maverick and Mad Max: Fury Road are complete without digital help were created. Everything real, everything local. However, these statements undermine the work of the VFX people. Rather, it should be said: The best visual effects are the ones you can’t see.
Oppenheimer is a very good example of this. An even better one is The Killer by David Fincher, which comes with countless visual effects and is also missing from the list. Below you can watch a short video that gives a sneak peek into the team’s massive effects work.
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The shortlist for Best Visual Effects at the Oscars makes it very clear that there are great things in this area Misconceptions about the actual craft exist.
The 96th Academy Awards will take place on March 10, 2024 instead of.
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