As Hollywood is slowly getting under-way for the upcoming Academy Awards season, production studios have started pushing for their big films to be considered for nominations. In a move somewhat unexpected and surprising, Paramount Pictures are pushing Michael Bay's Transformers: Age of Extinction for a nominee in all categories, including Best Picture!
The major blockbuster series is a point of controversy, loved and hated in near-equal amounts by the film-going audience. Since their début in 2007, the consensus had been that Bay's "Transformers" offer entertaining and easily-digested summer pop-corn, but as films or art, they should not pretend they are more than that.
This is not the first time a Paramount "Transformers" film has dabbled with the prestigious Awards show; the first film was nominated in the categories of "Best Visual Effects", "Best Sound Editing" and "Best Sound Mixing" in the 80th Academy Awards show in 2008. Age of Extinction is also suggested for nomination in those categories, as well as Best Cinematography, Adapted Screenplay, Director and, of course, Picture.
The fourth entry in the Transformers live-action series premièred in theatres on June 2014 and gathered vastly unfavourable reviews, betraying a lot of fatigue following the series since 2007. The audience was also less enthusiastic, though the fanbase found the material overall superior to at least the previous two, critically panned entries in the series, Revenge of the Fallen (2009) and Dark of the Moon (2012). Even so, the repeated offences on the production's part and the lack of an original direction did not harm the film's earnings.
Voting for the nominations starts on December 29, while the Ceremony of the 87th Academy Awards will be held on February 22, 2015 (source: Wikipedia)
Source and Paramount's suggestions to "consider" for the Awards can be viewed HERE.
The major blockbuster series is a point of controversy, loved and hated in near-equal amounts by the film-going audience. Since their début in 2007, the consensus had been that Bay's "Transformers" offer entertaining and easily-digested summer pop-corn, but as films or art, they should not pretend they are more than that.
This is not the first time a Paramount "Transformers" film has dabbled with the prestigious Awards show; the first film was nominated in the categories of "Best Visual Effects", "Best Sound Editing" and "Best Sound Mixing" in the 80th Academy Awards show in 2008. Age of Extinction is also suggested for nomination in those categories, as well as Best Cinematography, Adapted Screenplay, Director and, of course, Picture.
The fourth entry in the Transformers live-action series premièred in theatres on June 2014 and gathered vastly unfavourable reviews, betraying a lot of fatigue following the series since 2007. The audience was also less enthusiastic, though the fanbase found the material overall superior to at least the previous two, critically panned entries in the series, Revenge of the Fallen (2009) and Dark of the Moon (2012). Even so, the repeated offences on the production's part and the lack of an original direction did not harm the film's earnings.
Voting for the nominations starts on December 29, while the Ceremony of the 87th Academy Awards will be held on February 22, 2015 (source: Wikipedia)
Source and Paramount's suggestions to "consider" for the Awards can be viewed HERE.
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