2011 "An Irish Person" FILM Awards RECAP!!

01. A Seperation

02. Bridesmaids

03. The Tree of Life

04. Shame

05. Young Adul

06. Melancholia

07. Weekend

08. Poetry

09. Pina

10. Hanna

P.S. Check out the list of 2011 films I've seen

OUTSTANDING PICTURE:

01. A Seperation (Produced by Asghar Farhadi)

02. Bridesmaids (Produced by Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel & Clayton

03. The Tree of Life (Produced by Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner & Grant Hill)

04. Shame (Produced by Iain Canning & Emile Sherman)

05. Young Adult (Produced by Lianne Halfon, Russell Smith, Diablo Cody, Mason Novick & Jason Reitman)

06. Melancholia

07. Weekend

08. Poetry

09. Pina

10. Hanna

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR:

Asghar Farhadi for A Seperation

Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life

Steve McQueen for Shame

Martin Scorsese for Hugo

Lars Von Trier for Melancholia

OUTSTANDING LEADING ACTOR:

Tom Cullen as Russell in "WEEKEND"

Michael Fassbender as Brandon in "SHAME"

Ewan McGregor as Oliver in "BEGINNERS"

Brad Pitt as Billy Beane in "MONEYBALL"

Michael Shannon as Curtis in "TAKE SHELTER"

OUTSTANDING LEADING ACTRESS:

Juliette Binoche as she in "CERTIFIED COPY"

Olivia Colman as Hannah in "TYRANNOSAUR"

Kirsten Dunst as Justine in "MELANCHOLIA"

Charlize Theron as Mavis Gary in "YOUNG ADULT"

Kristen Wiig as Annie Walker in "BRIDESMAIDS"

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Ezra Miller as Kevin in "WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN"

Patton Oswalt as Matt Freehaufin "YOUNG ADULT"

Brad Pitt as Mr. O'Brien in "THE TREE OF LIFE"

Christopher Plummer as Hal Fields in "BEGINNERS"

Corey Stoll as Ernest Hemingway in "MIDNIGHT IN PARIS"

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Sareh Bayat as Razieh in "A SEPERATION"

Jessica Chastain as Celia Foote in "THE HELP"

Melissa McCarthy as Megan in "BRIDESMAIDS"

Carey Mulligan as Sissy in "SHAME"

Vanessa Redgrave as Volumnia in "CORIOLANUS"

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo for Bridesmaids

J. C. Chandor for Margin Call

Asghar Farhadi for A Seperation

Andrew Haigh for Weekend

Diablo Cody for Young Adult

OUTSTANDING ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

Screenplay by Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash; Based on the Novel The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings, The Descendants

Screenplay by John Logan; Based on the Novel by The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick, Hugo

Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin; Story by Stan Chervin; Based on the Novel Moneyball by Michael Lewis, Moneyball

Screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan; Based on Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carré, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Screenplay by Lynne Ramsay and Rory Kinnear; Based on the Novel We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver, We Need to Talk About Kevin

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:

The Adventures of Tintin (Directed by Steven Spielberg)

A Cat in Paris (Directed by Jean-Loup Felicioli & Alain Gagnol)

Chico and Rita (Directed by Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal & Tono Errando)

Kung Fu Panda 2 (Directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson)

Winnie the Pooh (Directed by Stephen J. Anderson & Don Hall)

OUTSTANDING ART DIRECTION:

Production Design by Sebastian T. Krawinkel; Set Design by Simon-Julien Boucherie for Anonymous

Production Design by Dante Ferretti; Set Design by Francesca Lo Schiavo for Hugo

Production Design by Isabel Branco; Set Design by Paula Szabo for Mysteries of Lisbon

Production Design by Maria Djurkovic; Set Design by Tatiana Macdonald for Tinker Tailor Solider Spy

Production Design by Jack Fisk; Set Design by Jeanette Scott for The Tree of Life

OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH/DEBUT:

Jessica Chastain (The Help)

Tom Hiddelston (Thor)

Adepero Oduye (Pariah)

Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene)

Ezra Miller (We Need to Talk about Kevin)

OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Manuel Alberto Claro for Melancholio

Bradford Young for Pariah

Sean Bobbitt for Shame

Emmanuel Lubezki for The Tree of Life

Hoyte Van Hoytema for Tinker Tailor Solider Spy

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN:

Denise Cronenberg for A Dangerous Method

Sharon Davis for The Help

Sandy Powell for Hugo

Michael O'Connor for Jane Eyre

Jacqueline Durran for Tinker Tailor Solider Spy

OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY:

Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Directed by Werner Herzog)

Into the Abyss (Directed by Werner Herzog)

Pina (Directed by Wim Wenders)

Project Nim (Directed by James Marsh)

Senna (Directed by Asif Kapadia)

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE:

A Seperation (Leila Hatami, Peyman Moaadi, Sarina Farhadi, Sareh Bayat, Shahab Hosseini, Kimia Hosseini, Merila Zarei, Babak Karimi, Shirin Yazdanbakhsh, Ali-Asghar Shahbazi)

Bridesmaids (Rose Byrne, Jill Clayburgh, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ellie Kemper, Melissa McCarthy, Chris O'Dowd, Maya Rudolph, Kristen Wiig)

The Help (Anna Camp, Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Chris Lowell, Ahna O'Reilly, Octavia Spencer, Emma Stone, Sissy Spacek, Mary Steenburgen, Cicely Tyson, Mike Vogal)

Margin Call (Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Paul Bettant, Susan Blackwell, Jeremy Irons, Aasif Mandvi, Mary McDonnell, Demi Moore, Zachary Quinto, Al Sapienza, Kevin Spacey, Stanley Tucci, Ashley Williams)

Meek's Cutoff (Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood, Shirley Henderson, Neal Huff, Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Tommy Nelson, Will Patton, Rod Rondeaux)

OUTSTANDING FILM EDITING:

Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Thelma Schoonmaker for Hugo

Christopher Tellefsen for Moneyball

Joe Walker for Shame

Dino Jonsater for Tinker Tailor Solider Spy

OUTSTANDING FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:

A Seperation (Directed by Asghar Farhadi)

I Saw the Devil (Directed by Kim Jee-woon)

Love Exposure (Directed by Sion Sono)

Pina (Directed by Wim Wenders)

Poetry (Directed by Lee Chang-dong)

OUTSTANDING MAKEUP:

Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight & Lisa Tomblin for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Morag Ross & Jan Archibald for Hugo

Mark Coulier & J. Roy Helland for The Iron Lady

David Marti & Kazu Hiro for The Skin I Live In

Becky Kempton & Nadia Stacey for Tyrannosaur

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE:

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

The Chemical Brothers for Hanna

Howard Shore for Hugo

Harry Escott for Shame

Alberto Iglesias for Tinker Tailor Solider Spy 

OUTSTANDING ORGINAL SONG:

"Lay Your Head Down", Albert Nobbs (Music by Brian Byrne, Lyrics by Glenn Close)

"The Living Proof", The Help (Music and Lyrics by Mary J. Blidge, Thomas Newman, Harvey Mason Jr.)

"Couer Volant", Hugo (Music and Lyrics by Howard Shore, Elizabeth Gortnoir and Isabelle Geffroy)

"Life's a Happy Song", The Muppets (Music and Lyrics by Bret McKenzie)

"Man of Muppet", The Muppets (Music and Lyrics by Bret McKenzie)

OUTSTANDING PERFORMER:

Jessica Chastain (Coriolanus, The Debt, The Help, Take Shelter, Texas Killing Fields, The Tree of Life)

Michael Fassbender (A Dangerous Method, Jane Eyre, Shame, X-Men: First Class)

Ryan Gosling (Crazy Stupid Love, Drive, The Ides of March)

Tom Hiddleston (Midnight in Paris, Thor, War Horse)

Jennifer Lawrence (The Beaver, Like Crazy, X-Men: First Class)

OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING:

Lon Bender & Victor Ray Ennis for Drive

Ren Clyce for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Paul Carter, Timothy Nielsen, Becki Ponting & Chris Scarabosio for Hanna

Philip Stockton & Eugene Gearty for Hugo

Erik Aadahl & Craig Berkey for The Tree of Life

OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING:

Lon Bender, Victor Ray Ennis & Dave Paterson for Drive

David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce & Bo Persson for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Craig Berkey, Chris Scarabosio, Hunor Schauschitz & Roland Winke for Hanna

Tom Fleischman & John Midgley for Hugo

Mark Ulano, Tom Johnson, Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer & Dan Wallin for Super 8

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS:

Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler & John Richardson for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann & Alex Henning for Hugo

Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White & Daniel Barrett for Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Steve Riley, Russell Earl, Kim Libreri & Dennis Muren for Super 8

Olivier Dumont, Michael L. Fink, Paul Riddle & Michael Shand for The Tree of Life

MOST NOMINATIONS:

11 nominations: Hugo

7 nominations: Shame, The Tree of Life

6 nominations: A Seperation, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

5 nominations: Bridesmaids

4 nominations: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Help, Young Adult

3 nominations: Hanna, Melancholia, Moneyball

2 nominations: Beginners, Drive, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Margin Call, The Muppets, Pina, Super 8, Tyrannosaur, Weekend

1 nomination: The Adventures of Tintin, Albert Nobbs, A Cat in the Paris, Certified Copy, Chico & Rita, Coriolanus, A Dangerous Method, The Descendants, I Saw the Devil, Into the Abyss, The Iron Lady, Jane Eyre, Kung Fu Panda 2, Love Exposure, Meek’s Cutoff, Midnight in Paris, Mysteries of Lisbon, Pariah, Poetry, Project Nim, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Senna, The Skin I Live In, Take Shelter, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Winnie the Pooh

MOST WINS:

4 wins: Hugo

2 wins: A Separation, Shame, The Tree of Life

1 win: The Adventures of Tintin, Albert Nobbs, Beginners, Bridesmaids, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Hanna, The Help, The Iron Lady, Moneyball, Pina, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Tyrannosaur

OUTSTANDING PICTURE

Bridesmaids (Produced by Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel & Clayton

A Seperation (Produced by Asghar Farhadi)

Shame (Produced by Iain Canning & Emile Sherman)

The Tree of Life (Produced by Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner & Grant Hill)

Young Adult (Produced by Lianne Halfon, Russell Smith, Diablo Cody, Mason Novick & Jason Reitman)

AND THE WINNER IS…..

SANDY POWELL FOR HUGO

Last Year’s Winner: Black Swan

And here I come to the end of my awards with the biggest award of the year and most memorable or most talked about depending on how people feel about me choice. This award in my past 15 years has gone to such films as Boogie Nights, Moulin Rouge! and There Will Be Blood. First I shall take some time to talk about my second favourtie film of the year “Bridesmaids“, an instantly iconic comedy there is so much to love that I just find joy in watching it again and again.

In the end I ended with picking the great foreign film “A Separation”, yes it may not be the best film ever but the first thing i would like to say is that the year of 2011 is not really the best years for films. The film is such a moving story about both family and separation. Farhadi has created such a brilliant piece of cinema this year.

A Separation won 2 awards including Best Picture. The film which won the most is Hugo winning four acting awards including Art Direction, Costume Design, Sound Editing & Sound Mixing.

OUTSTANDING LEADING ACTRESS

Juliette Binoche as she in "CERTIFIED COPY"

Olivia Colman as Hannah in "TYRANNOSAUR"

Kirsten Dunst as Justine in "MELANCHOLIA"

Charlize Theron as Mavis Gary in "YOUNG ADULT"

Kristen Wiig as Annie Walker in "BRIDESMAIDS"

AND THE WINNER IS…..

OLIVIA COLMAN AS HANNAH IN "TYRANNOSAUR"

Last Year’s Winner: Natalie Portman as Nina Sayers/The Swan Queen in “BLACK SWAN”

Only two awards left and now it’s time for my favourite award to give out every year because I believe that some of the best performances of all time have been given by women, my award for best actress has gone to such iconic performances as Charlize Theron in Monster and Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose. The runner up this year is previous winner and nominee Charlize Theron for performance as Mavis Gray in “Young Adult“. Theron has never really been one to frequently do comedy and as Mavis she is a powerhouse of comedy and each time she is in on screen it is just brillaint to watch. While she plays of the screen’s least likeable characters it is Theron who handles this role with such greatness.

In the end I picked Olivia Colman for moving performance in the small British indie film “Tyrannosaur”, this was a surprise choice for me but when I look back on the performances that made me feel nothing made me more emotional then what Colman conveyed in her small film as she plays a brutally raped and beaten women who finds a friend in Peter Mullen and that moment that really affected me was when she finally broke down crying out to be held which is such a moving moment that I wish more people could have seen this harrowing work by Colman showing how she is one of Britain’s (Strange fact is she played Streep’s daughter in the The Iron Lady).

OUTSTANDING LEADING ACTOR

Tom Cullen as Russell in "WEEKEND"

Michael Fassbender as Brandon in "SHAME"

Ewan McGregor as Oliver in "BEGINNERS"

Brad Pitt as Billy Beane in "MONEYBALL"

Michael Shannon as Curtis in "TAKE SHELTER"

AND THE WINNER IS…..

MICHAEL FASSBENDER AS BRANDON IN "SHAME"

Last Year’s Winner: Ryan Gosling as Dean in “BLUE VALENTINE”

Only three more awards to go and now is the time for actor in a leading role, this award has gone to such iconic performances as Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood and Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler but this year it is time to add a new name to that list. The winning actor this year is previous nominee in this category as well as winning another award this year. The performance in second place is previous best supporting actor nominee (1) Michael Shannon for his terrifying performance as Curtis in “Take Shelter“. Shannon handles this role with such greatness able to level both the craziness and sanity of the role. Shannon as an actor is such a towering presence and in this role he has never been better which is why he is the runner up.

So in the end I picked the magnificent work of Michael Fassbender in his second project with artist turned director Steve McQueen, the name of the film was “Shame“, in this film it was tricky role to pull of because of the fact that his character was a sex addict and he had to do what I will call his own “Stunts”, his performance was even better because it was quiet due to how the character was written. This is Fassbender’s second nomination for best actor for which he received for his work in Steve McQueen’s first film “Hunger”, he also won the performer of the year awards.

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR

Asghar Farhadi for A Seperation

Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life

Steve McQueen for Shame

Martin Scorsese for Hugo

Lars Von Trier for Melancholia

AND THE WINNER IS…..

TERRENCE MALICK FOR THE TREE OF LIFE

Last Year’s Winner: Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan

With three awards left to present after this one we are getting down to the wire. The winner of my director prize this year is a previous two time director winner from me also being nominated another time, so now with four director nominations he has won three director prizes. The runner up this year is Martin Scorsese for his explorative work for “Hugo”, in this film he worked with 3D for the first time and unlike most films in 3D he actually took the new style of medium and added so much more that this is the first time the technique has been well mastered.

In the end I picked the legendary Terrence Malick for his masterful work for “The Tree of Life“, the film event that is film was has been coming for so many years as Malick took his time in developing the film the way he did. His camera techniques were at his career best with his many iconic shots throughout the film and this film really his best from every point of this beautiful piece of work which is why he became my winner.

OUTSTANDING PERFORMER

Jessica Chastain (Coriolanus, The Debt, The Help, Take Shelter, Texas Killing Fields, The Tree of Life)

Michael Fassbender (A Dangerous Method, Jane Eyre, Shame, X-Men: First Class)

Ryan Gosling (Crazy Stupid Love, Drive, The Ides of March)

Tom Hiddleston (Midnight in Paris, Thor, War Horse)

Jennifer Lawrence (The Beaver, Like Crazy, X-Men: First Class)

AND THE WINNER IS…..

JESSICA CHASTAIN

Last Year’s Winner: Helena Bonham Carter (Alice in Wonderland, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, The King’s Speech)

The next special award i present is for an actor’s body of work in one year (more than one film), This Year’s winner is Jessica Chastain who both the winner for breakthrough/debut of the year and a nominee for supporting actress for her stellar work in The Help. Some names of the films she starred in this year are The Help, The Debt, The Tree of Life, Take Shelter, Coriolanus and Texas Killing Fields. Really this being her big breakout year with so many great and differing performances is quite brilliant to witness and this breakthrough of such great work promises such great work for years to come.

OUTSTANDING FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

A Seperation (Directed by Asghar Farhadi)

I Saw the Devil (Directed by Kim Jee-woon)

Love Exposure (Directed by Sion Sono)

Pina (Directed by Wim Wenders)

Poetry (Directed by Lee Chang-dong)

AND THE WINNER IS…..

A SEPERATION (DIRECTED BY ASGHAR FARHADI)

Last Year’s Winner: I Am Love (Directed by Luca Guadagnino)

With five nominees for the foreign language award I really want to talk about my winner which was quite an easy choice to make especially with this film making my Best Picture lineup. “A Seperation” is the film from Iran written and directed by Asghar Farhadi and this being the first film of his for me to see was such a great surprise because he captured the culture of Iran in such a perfect way and made one of the best family dramas in recent years and put in such respect I believe to the screenplay first of all that the film turns out so well that it was a near perfect film for me with a great ensemble to also speak his words and then one of the best conclusions I have seen to a movie came in this as it seemed to end just as simply as it opened with the main wife and husband character literally separated by a wall from each other which if one shot were to explain the film it would be that one for me and summed up all that worked in this film that it really was the best which the academy agreed with of course choosing the film.

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

The Adventures of Tintin (Directed by Steven Spielberg)

A Cat in Paris (Directed by Jean-Loup Felicioli & Alain Gagnol)

Chico and Rita (Directed by Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal & Tono Errando)

Kung Fu Panda 2 (Directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson)

Winnie the Pooh (Directed by Stephen J. Anderson & Don Hall)

AND THE WINNER IS…..

THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN (DIRECTED BY STEVEN SPIELBERG)

Last Year’s Winner: How to Train Your Dragon (Directed by Chris Sanders & Dean DeBlois)

Well only seven awards left and here is my award for the best animated film of the year. The runner up in this category is “Kung Fu Panda 2“, usually sequels never work and while the first film was a special surprise the sequel not as original still was an enjoyable film to watch for me and with some strong animated fight scenes throughout it made for just an enjoyable time going to see the movie.

>In the end the film i made my best was wrongfully snubbed at the oscars, the winner is “The Adventures of Tintin“, this film was just great in it’s animation by that I mean the visuals of the world were first class, i can admit it has it’s flaws but it really impressed me showing that some of our greatest directors can make animation such as good as past films of theirs. I give the award to Spielberg for directing it

OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH/DEBUT

Jessica Chastain (The Help)

Tom Hiddelston (Thor)

Adepero Oduye (Pariah)

Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene)

Ezra Miller (We Need to Talk about Kevin)

AND THE WINNER IS…..

JESSICA CHASTAIN (The Help)

Last Year’s Winner: Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone)

My first special award is for an actor who either made their feature film debut or really broke out into the mainstream with one film. This year’s winner if ever a way to make a lasting impression have six of your films released in the same year which is exactly what Best Supporting Actress 2011 winner Jessica Chastain did. Not only was she great in her winning performance for the help but in films like The Tree of Life and Take Shelter she would have been perfectly fine for any nomination.

The two performances probably not talked about enough is the ones in The Killing Fields and The Debt even though they are not on the same level of quality as the other films but she really stands out proving that we will be seeing a lot more of her talent as she is the most in demand actress working, not only did she do six films in 2011 but this year in 2012 she has 5 films planned for release just goes to show that she will be doing even more great work over the next decade showing that don’t mess with the ginger girls.

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

The Chemical Brothers for Hanna

Howard Shore for Hugo

Harry Escott for Shame

Alberto Iglesias for Tinker Tailor Solider Spy

AND THE WINNER IS…..

THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS FOR HANNA

Last Year’s Winner: Clint Mansell for Black Swan

The award for original score of a film is very important because it can either highten a films quality or plummet it to the ground. The winner of my original score this year is a previous six time nominee and he is winning his first award for his seventh nomination. The score in second place is the score for “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo“, the score was snubbed by the oscars but I thought that it really was just so addictive to listen to because it used it’s unique style to mix with the theme of the film.

But in the end the winner of my score award is the electronic new score by The Chemical Brothers for the film “Hanna”. The score broke out of the story being role in the film which is modern fairytale and the score added to the modern style of the film. As the film goes on this great score builds and builds which is why is was my first favourite score of the year and ended the year only as the best above the rest for being the most memorable that I could listen to over and over again which I kept doing all year long.

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR

Ezra Miller as Kevin in “WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN”

Patton Oswalt as Matt Freehaufin “YOUNG ADULT”

Brad Pitt as Mr. O’Brien in “THE TREE OF LIFE”

Christopher Plummer as Hal Fields in “BEGINNERS”

Corey Stoll as Ernest Hemingway in “MIDNIGHT IN PARIS”

AND THE WINNER IS…..

CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER AS HAL FIELDS IN "BEGINNERS"

Last Year’s Winner: Mark Ruffalo as Paul Hatfield in “THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT”

The next acting award to give is the award for supporting actor. The winner this year is a previous double nominee in this category for his work in the films like The Insider and The Last Station, for his work this year he won the oscar. The runner up in this category is Brad Pitt for his stellar work in “The Tree of Life“, his work in this film was so quiet and really the best work pitt has ever done.

In the end i picked the long overdue Christopher Plummer for his stellar work in “Beginners“, he played the father who comes out when his wife dies and at the same time gets some terrible news of disease, this performance was what i would call quiet but it really put a lasting impression on me because of how he did not overdue it playing it so naturally.

P.S Later I will present the award for original score.

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS

Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler & John Richardson for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann & Alex Henning for Hugo

Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White & Daniel Barrett for Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Steve Riley, Russell Earl, Kim Libreri & Dennis Muren for Super 8

Olivier Dumont, Michael L. Fink, Paul Riddle & Michael Shand for The Tree of Life

AND THE WINNER IS…..

JOE LETTERI, DAN LEMMON, R. CHRISTOPHER WHITE & DANIEL BARRETT FOR RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

Last Year’s Winner: Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley & Peter Bebb for Inception

The next award to give is the award for visual effects which after all filming is done the next thing to do would be for visual’s would have to be put in because some films are not humanly possible to film so a green screen must be used. The winners of this category should have won the oscar for their work on the film. The runner up in this category is the oscar Winner “Hugo“, while their visual effects were great and added to the brilliance of the film it was what a new way of visual effects which was the reason the winner won plus having some great visual effects of course.

But in the end the visual effects for the film “Rise of the Planet of the Apes“, the film was about the apes and the performance capture technology continues to improve and throughout the work mainly done by Andy Serkis who may not be creating the end effects for the movie but he is what starts the film with the performance he gives and the way the apes were captured in this film was only brilliant and with nothing else to say it’s just impressive visual effects in a fun movie.