Star Trek WINS Oscar!

[Agenda]

What I find kind of funny is that ultimately Avatar didn't get many more than Star Trek did.

 

[The Rock]

I still think Ricardo Montalban should've gotten an Oscar for Star Trek II. If Heath Ledger can win for The Dark Knight, then Ricardo Montalban should've damn well won for Star Trek II. That was the performance of a lifetime and, imo, as good a performance as Heath Ledger's Joker.

 

[Hermiod]

Star Trek beat out Il Divo and The Young Victoria for the Academy Award for Best Makeup.

The franchise's losing streak is over!

Whoopdeedo.

I agree. It doesn't compare to all the Oscars won by the previous ten movies.

Yeah! Like the err... wait, I see what you did there you little scamp!

And Michael Giacchino won for the wrong film, too.

 

[Dart]

Congratulations Star Trek. First of many I'm sure.

 

[Rhionnach]

Long time coming. I can't help but think that if Avatar hadn't come out there would have been more, and Avatar isn't even an original story, plagiarised as it is from Pocohontas, and even Braveheart!

 

[Bla1n3]

Boy! That was something else, and after thirty years its about friggin time! Now, if only they get Andy Probert his job back and make him Production Designer, then I'll be pleased as punch.

 

[Therin of Andor]

Doin' the Andorian Happy Dance.

 

[startrekrcks]

But Make-Up I wanted it to win more oscars ah well congratulations to Star Trek woohoo

 

[MvRojo]

What I find kind of funny is that ultimately Avatar didn't get many more than Star Trek did.

3/9 is better than 1/4. I also think winning Best Cinematography (the lensing and filming of the film) is a somewhat higher distinction than Best Makeup.

 

[Geckothan]

Too bad the movie still sucks, Oscar or not.

 

[MvRojo]

Too bad the movie still sucks, Oscar or not.

...in your opinion.

 

[sovereign]

Past movies in the franchise have had equal to superior makeup. First Contact and Nemesis both come to mind. This movie was a mainstream success, and thus that is why it was even nominated in my opinion. FC contact was nominated in this category in 1996, and I think Michael Westmore's make-up was superior.

 

[Therin of Andor]

Too bad the movie still sucks, Oscar or not.

Bring on the sucky sequel!

 

[Amaris]

Past movies in the franchise have had equal to superior makeup. First Contact and Nemesis both come to mind. This movie was a mainstream success, and thus that is why it was even nominated in my opinion. FC contact was nominated in this category in 1996, and I think Michael Westmore's make-up was superior.

While I like Michael Westmore's work, the makeup in Nemesis was not superior. To me, it looked obvious by that point where the actor ended and the makeup began. Most aliens at that time were Forehead of the Week aliens that Westmore was known for. In Star Trek, aliens looked far more alien than before, and there was more diversity between them. It looked and felt believable. To me, the makeup for Star Trek was a good step up from Westmore, and that's no slight to him at all.

 

[Therin of Andor]

FC contact was nominated in this category in 1996, and I think Michael Westmore's make-up was superior.

But it was up against:

Ghosts of Mississippi -- Matthew W. Mungle, Deborah La Mia Denaver

and the winning film, The Nutty Professor -- Rick Baker, David LeRoy Anderson

 

[SalvorHardin]

Congratulations Star Trek

 

[Purdy Bear]

Congratulations to Star Trek and all those invovled. Hopefully this will mean an influx of money for lots more films and series. Yippyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. Its party time!

 

[Geckothan]

In Star Trek, aliens looked far more alien than before, and there was more diversity between them. It looked and felt believable. To me, the makeup for Star Trek was a good step up from Westmore, and that's no slight to him at all.

Like Scotty's little Jem'Hadar/Ewok hybrid friend, the bald guys with tattoos on their heads, the guys with the severe haircuts and pointy ears, and the girl with the green bodypaint? Real diverse

 

[iguana_tonante]

Whoopdeedo.

Too bad the movie still sucks, Oscar or not.

Aww. Still pouting, I see.

 

[Therin of Andor]

Like Scotty's little Jem'Hadar/Ewok hybrid friend, the bald guys with tattoos on their heads, the guys with the severe haircuts and pointy ears, and the girl with the green bodypaint? Real diverse

And lots of new alien races roaming around Starfleet. Very diverse.

The acceptance speech, btw:
http://oscar.go.com/video/index?playlistId=253172&clipId=253206