The Usual Suspects: Special Effects Academy Award Nominees

Posted by on 2009/12/12 Leave a comment (3) Go to comments


by Irma Arkus

Oh sure, District 9 may not be in the running for the best film this year, but it sure is named in the special effects category, where all the sci-fi productions go to die.

The special effects Academy Awards have always held a dear, warm spot in my heart, because this would be the only category where my favorite films would somehow end up.

Consider this: the critically beloved, and endlessly mysterious Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” won the special effects award in 1968. It may have been nominated for the best director, art direction and set design, and even best screenplay, but it ONLY won the special effects Oscar. Years later, we are still toiling in academia, writing endless papers on what Kubrick attempted to show, and what Arthur C. Clarke meant to write.

So, this year’s nominees are a parade of pride and shame, as ever before, and here are this year’s “suspects:”

- Angels & Demons
- Avatar
- Coraline
- Disney’s A Christmas Carol
- District 9
- G-Force
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Sherlock Holmes
- Star Trek
- Terminator Salvation
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
- 2012
- Watchmen
- Where the Wild Things Are

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  • generalcastro

    it’s probably gonna be Avatar, but I really wish for District 9 to get some serious recognition.

  • wil.red

    you are correct. that seems to be THE category reserved for science fiction films. I am just sad to see Sherlock Holmes named, because we haven’t had the chance to watch the film yet, and schlock lile GI Joe because the lackluster quality of that film should automatically exclude the film from entry.

  • noonima

    it’s weird that SH is even on there, but I really do hope District 9 wins this year – I have a feeling though that Avatar will take more than a few Oscars this year.