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The Desolation of Smaug and the Oscars
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Author:  David [ Mon Jan 13, 2014 11:29 am ]
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Could it be the first Peter Jackson/J. R. R. Tolkien film to receive zero Oscar nominations? It is not eligible for Best Makeup, a category in which An Unexpected Journey received a nomination last year. The first prequel's other nominations were for its production design and visual effects. I wonder if a sense of, "five films, ten-plus years, more of the same (however beautiful)" could spread and result in this being shut out tomorrow morning.

Best Visual Effects is, I presume, its strongest category, yet I could easily see a lineup such as:

Gravity
Iron Man 3
Pacific Rim
Star Trek into Darkness
Oblivion/World War Z
Author:  neo_wolf [ Mon Jan 13, 2014 1:07 pm ]
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It will get a SFX nomination, i would put money on it.
Author:  MadGez [ Mon Jan 13, 2014 7:23 pm ]
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I think SFX will be a straight shoot out between Smaug and Gravity. With the latter winning.
Author:  David [ Mon Jan 13, 2014 8:14 pm ]
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Best Visual Effects is no contest this year. It is Gravity and the four other films they select as also-rans. ;)
Author:  nghtvsn [ Mon Jan 13, 2014 10:53 pm ]
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Oblivion/World War Z over Smaug. A Dragon. I think not.
Author:  Algren [ Tue Jan 14, 2014 12:49 am ]
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It's a shame it won't get nominated for Costume, Production Design and Visual Effects. But I am sure it will get nominated for Best Original Song by Ed Sheeran.
Author:  David [ Thu Jan 16, 2014 5:13 pm ]
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It ended up with three nominations, just as many as the prior one. This hit both sound categories, whereas An Unexpected Journey was nominated for neither.

Assuming There and Back Again receives three or four nominations, no film in the two trilogies will have gone without at least three nominations.
Author:  Bradley Witherberry [ Fri Jan 17, 2014 6:49 am ]
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David wrote:
This hit both sound categories, whereas An Unexpected Journey was nominated for neither.

Perhaps this is the way to approach The Hobbit - - if you close your eyes it might be a better film.
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