Visual Effects Society Awards - 2007 Winners
by Andre Soares
With special effects provided by Industrial Light & Magic, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest won in six categories at the 2007 Visual Effects Society award ceremony held earlier last night at the Kodak Grand Ballroom at Hollywood and Highland in Los Angeles. Massacred by critics, the adventure tale starring Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom was a big box-office hit nonetheless.
Among the other top feature-film winners were the James Bond thrill-less thriller Casino Royale for Outstanding Special Effects and Clint Eastwood’s war drama Flags of Our Fathers for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects.
Perhaps presenter John Landis was thinking of the night’s big winner, Dead Man’s Chest, while remarking about the difference between old and new movies with special effects. Landis said that when he started working in movies, effects-oriented films were often quite good until the monster or spaceship showed up on-screen. "Today, you see absolutely amazing [VFX] work. The difference is the movies are shit."
John Landis quote: Variety
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