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I thought this movie was surprisingly good. Very nice performances from Franco, Serkis and Lithgow and great effects. This is the type of summer movie that I would like to see more of.

That's exactly why I don't think there shouldn't be any special motion capture performance Oscar. I know that would be the only way that a mo-cap performance will recieve any Oscar recognition but I feel like a different category is like saying that it's less than a 'real' performance. A...

^ I'm sure it couldn't hurt to piggyback on Avatar a little bit but like I said, I think the effects shots are what sells the effects and not the name of the company that made them.

While the general public knows that the effects in LOTR or Avatar, etc. were great, they have no clue and don't care that Weta it was that worked on those movies. It's the shots in the trailer that sell the effects, not the name of the company that did them.

I think the studios now want the summer movie season to run from the end of April to August (rather than the old days when it was Memorial Day to mid-July) so I think you're going to start seeing more big movies in late July and August. Plus, if the movie is good and there's less competition, it...

James Franco was just nominated for an Oscar. Given his talent, I think he's slumming by being in a movie like this. I laughed out loud when I saw the trailer and it said something along the lines of "WITH EFFECTS BY WETA WHO DID THE EFFECTS FOR AVATAR". I can't imagine anyone in the world...