I guess this means I get to spend a few hours rebuilding that list for our voting.

Well I had no plan of seeing DOTPOTA, but now i guess that gif convinced me otherwise.

For Interstellar, I would also say, if you didn't see it in 70mm Imax, you can't judge the effects work. That may seem harsh, but having seen it both ways, there's just no comparison. The experience of Interstellar with the full vertical framing was way superior to anything in Gravity for me, even if Gravity was doing much more technically sophisticated things. Yes, the blackhole/workhole sequences are CG, but they've also got model and full-scale practical ships and robots, not to mention actually throwing massive clouds of dust around, filming in Iceland, etc. That stuff goes a long way. Ultimately, whatever the mix of practical and cg was on Interstellar, the end result is breathtaking and I don't see it losing the oscar. Remember, it's not just purely about tech, it's how it's applied to convey an experience.

Edit: Also, no way in hell Hobbit will win anything. Those movies are incredibly ugly, and still despite all the tech look like fake video-game cut-scenes half the time

(3/4 time is better.)

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