Can Marvel Studio's finally win the Best Visual Effects Oscar at the Oscars via Avengers: Endgame? Or will The Lion King's photo-realism or something as yet unseen take the prize? Here's a video of the making of the Captain America vs Captain America fight.
That fight was definitely the highlight of the movie for us, especially given its perfect punchline...
It seems insane given their nominations in the category and the spectacle nature of their gazillion dollar "universe" that they haven't yet won it. Or even that they've been nominated so infrequently... but both are true. We interviewed them just last Oscar season about Infinity War and were rooting for them to finally take it. They lost again. Their nominations in the category thus far:
- Iron Man (2008, lost to Benjamin Button)
- Iron Man 2 (2010, lost to Inception)
- The Avengers (2012, lost to Life of Pi)
- Iron Man 3 (2013, lost to Gravity)
- Captain America: Winter Soldier / Guardians of the Galaxy (2014, both lost to Interstellar)
- Doctor Strange (2016, lost to Jungle Book)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017, lost to Blade Runner 2049)
- Avengers Infinity War (2018, lost to First Man)
2019's Biggest Threats to the Visual Effects Oscar?
We suspect the nominations will come from this group...
- Ad Astra
- Avengers Endgame
- Cats
- Gemini Man
- The Irishman
- The Lion King
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
- Terminator: Dark Fate
Alita Battle Angel should be a contender but we suspect it won't be in the mix given its early release and low profile since it was neither a critical darling nor a massive hit.
Do you think Marvel Studios ever should have won this prize? Do you think they have a good shot this year?