Star Trek at the Oscars

[ancient]

Is it possible Paramount is going to get this movie nominated for something?

Like maybe visual effects. I don't watch the Oscars so I'm a little vague on what STXI could qualify for, but it would be kind of neat to see Trek get a nomination, or even...win. I guess it depends on who else is up for the win.

Also, isn't the summer spot better, as far as nominations go? I could be wrong, but don't end-of-the-year films get ignored by the Awards folks? If so, that's another reason for Paramount to move the release. Maybe they think it has a shot at something.

Now excuse me while I go count the eggs my chicken is going to lay next week.

 

[T'Cal]

With Shatner out of the picture, so to speak, this has the potential to be looked at as a serious film for performances. I don't know the actors' work well enough to guess if their performances in this could be Oscar-bait, but that would be phenominal. The buzz on The Dark Knight is that Ledger is giving an Oscar worthy performance as the Joker and I've heard rumors of the same for Eckharts work as the schizophrenic Dent. These types of fantasy movies are getting to be high-budget, well-directed, quality films rather then being religated to that of B-movie status in pre-production.

 

[msbae]

Is it possible Paramount is going to get this movie nominated for something?

I doubt the academy would pay any attention to Science Fiction. They never have before. Also, this is why I never pay attention to them. They have no taste for any form of Speculative Fiction.

 

[Eric Cheung]

Just off the top of my head sci-fi or fantasy movies such as Star Wars, The Sixth Sense, and all three Lord of the Rings films all got nominated for Best Picture so it's not unprecedented.

Also, winter is generally better for nominations. Unless there's a special screening before the end of the year this film won't be eligible for the 2008 awards. They probably wouldn't do it anyway. If they decide to submit it for awards it'll be for the class of 2009, for the ceremony in 2010. And they probably will submit it for several awards. I remember seeing ads in Variety in 2002 for Nemesis asking voters to nominate it for everything from Best Actor to Best Visual Effects to Best Picture. They'll see no harm at all in rolling the dice, especially if it's one of their biggest pictures of the year.

When the movie actually comes out we might have a better idea of what it might have a shot at getting nominated for, but I think there's definitely a chance it'll get nominated for Visual Effects, Sound Editing or Mix, Best Original Score, less likely but possible are Cinematography, Editing, Makeup, Production Design, Art Direction, or Costumes. If we're feeling really optimistic Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor for Leonard Nimoy, but I really doubt it.

 

[Luke Lightsaber]

Maybe a music score nomination.

 

[DWF]

Is it possible Paramount is going to get this movie nominated for something?

Like maybe visual effects. I don't watch the Oscars so I'm a little vague on what STXI could qualify for, but it would be kind of neat to see Trek get a nomination, or even...win. I guess it depends on who else is up for the win.

Also, isn't the summer spot better, as far as nominations go? I could be wrong, but don't end-of-the-year films get ignored by the Awards folks? If so, that's another reason for Paramount to move the release. Maybe they think it has a shot at something.

Now excuse me while I go count the eggs my chicken is going to lay next week.

No it's normally the movies that get released later in the year the get the Oscar nods, it's rare for a movie released in May to win an Oscar moving the movie back six months might've lost them an Oscar opportinuity actually.

 

[ancient]

I wasn't sure of the timing. I think that 'fresher' movies seem to do better. Movies that come out just before the Awards themselves. I thought christmas was further from the award season if they held it over until 2009.

I recall movies like Transformers getting nominated. I don't think Transformers actually won anything, but it'd be nice to at least be on the ballot like it was, even if the whole process is rigged.

 

[OneBuckFilms]

Star Trek has had oscar nominations in the past.

I think Star Trek IV was nominated for visual effects, and Star Trek: The Motion Picture for effects and score, but I may be mistaken.

If the movie its well done, it may get Best Movie or Best Director, but that is a long shot.

My expectations is that it will not win much, except maybe in the technical arena, but it will get a couple of nominations.

Oscars don't concern me as much as the movie being the best it can be.

Star Trek: TMP lost to A Little Romance in 1979 for Best Score. Which one of those scores is most remembered or loved?

 

[Luke Lightsaber]

ST IV was also nominated for Best Score

 

[Eric Cheung]

I wasn't sure of the timing. I think that 'fresher' movies seem to do better. Movies that come out just before the Awards themselves. I thought christmas was further from the award season if they held it over until 2009.

I recall movies like Transformers getting nominated. I don't think Transformers actually won anything, but it'd be nice to at least be on the ballot like it was, even if the whole process is rigged.

Lately the Oscars ceremony has been in February. The rules for the Oscars are that the film must screen for the first time in a theater during the previous calender year. That means TV movies are ineligible unless they screen in a theater first.

So the strategy that most pictures vying for the big awards release them in November and December and then they either remain in theaters through awards season or they re-release them near Oscar time.

The awards for Effects and stuff do usually go to summer movies but of course they would because that's the kind of movie that gets released then, unless it's a year like when the LOTR movies are released or something like Titanic.

 

[scifijunkyuk]

possible. but unlikely. the acadamy doesn't normally bother with scifi

 

[Mr. Fergy]

XI
may get a "Techie" Oscar. I just don't think the Academy is mainstream to give XI it's just dessert. This is assuming if it worth of such consideration.