Christopher Nolan’s most recent smash hit movie, Oppenheimer, will not get an Oscar election in the Visual Effects classification at the 2024 Academy Awards, as it did not make the preliminary shortlist.
As reported by Range, 20 movies have actually been selected for VFX Oscar factor to consider and will now continue to the next round of ballot, occurring December 14 to 18. The list includes a number of anticipated titles, a couple of surprises, and some significant snubs, consisting of Oppenheimer, which is especially missing out on from the group of finalists.
Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, and Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon: Part One– A Child of Fire are amongst the Visual Effects Oscar finalists on the list, which will go through several rounds of ballot before being trimmed to 5 candidates. The complete shortlist is as follows:
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quanumania
- Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
- Barbie
- The Boys in the Boat
- The Creator
- Dungeons & & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
- Godzilla: Minus One
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- The Marvels
- Objective: Impossible– Dead Reckoning Part One
- Napoleon
- Nyad
- Poor Things
- Rebel Moon: Part One– A Child of Fire
- Society of the Snow
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
- Wonka
The list has resulted in a stir, with individuals requiring to X/Twitter to air their views on the finalists in the consequences of the statement. The basic agreement appeared to be that Oppenheimer was “robbed” after not being revealed as a possible competitor in the VFX Oscar classification in spite of Nolan’s proficiency of cinematic images.
Christopher Nolan’s #Oppenheimer not being Oscar chosen for finest VFX of 2023 is an outright ROBBERY pic.com/qO9gA0Bo8g
— BLURAYANGEL (@blurayangel) December 7, 2023
Indiana Jones 5 making the VFX shortlist over Oppenheimer is so amusing. They did NOT see the film
– Carlos Alonzo Morales (@CarlosAlonzoM) December 7, 2023
The VFX of OPPENHEIMER was so excellent that The Academy believed there was no VFX in the movie and therefore, didn’t shortlist it. pic.com/ctQ00xeEgH
— Ram Venkat Srikar (@RamVenkatSrikar) December 8, 2023
“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantamania” getting an Oscar election for Best Visual Effects (VFX), when “Oppenheimer” was RIGHT THERE, amazes me … pic.com/MD2Tdy0xpT
— The Critical ‘Outside The Cube’ Thinking Critique (@ACriticalHuman) December 8, 2023 — VENKYY ROY (@VenkyyRoy) December 7, 2023
oppenheimer isn’t a finalist for the very best vfx oscar nom and I’m going to make it everybody’s issue
— megan (@vigilantelikeme) December 7, » …
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