Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Wins VFX Oscar!

[Wes_Brown]

Was anyone surprised?! ;)

Great job everyone! The effects really were astounding. It was the first time I was ever truly fooled by a cg performance: I thought his eyes were real for sure.

[EricLyman]

Congrats Hal!

[vfx fan]

Wow! Congratulations to John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson, and Allen Hall.

And so much for the anti-ILM conspiracy long believed to exist within the AMPAS. Great job, everyone!!!

[xen_ninja]

Hmmmm...
If they didn't win , I would've declared tha academy of arts and sciences a sham!!!

[Gith]

Congratulations to John, Hal and all ILM Team that has been involved in this show.. You truly deserve it! I still remember when i've watched the movie, when there was a close up of Davy Jones smoking his pipe... and from that point i've missed the whole movie, cause i was trying to find my jaw, which just fall off my head and rolled several seats down in the theater... Simply breathtaking and Mindblowing effects..

And of course congratulations for the rest nominated in that category as well as those films which didn't make it to "academy's top 3"

[JBoskma]

Congratulations to everyone involved! Well deserved.

[antonymuse]

congrats to the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' VFX team!
I happened to watch the 'Dead man's chest' yesterday, for the nth time!, and i felt so thrilled that the movie is so well directed and the VFX, is astounding!!!

I can't wait for 'At World's End'.

kudos to the team again.

[soulburn3d]

Yes, congrats to the whole ILM crew, it was high time to win an oscar again, and they won it for a particularly amazing job. And congrats to everyone else who was nominated.

- Neil

[Jadetiger]

Amen! DJ ftw.

[gunslingerblack]

Hmmmm...
If they didn't win , I would've declared tha academy of arts and sciences a sham!!!

haha it already qualifies AT LEAST as a popularity contest, sham might not be that far off.

about pirates winning best vfx all i have to say is duh.

[Kentaro]

Congrats ILM, finally there back getting Kudo's

[raffael3d]

ILM winning again, after not doing so for over 12 years.

kudos.

[mattmos]

Congratulations to everyone at ILM, it was an amazing job. Totally made the film. Can't wait to see what you do with 3!

[siouxfire]

ILM deserved this one on so many levels. Congratulations.

[MrPositive]

And in the upset of the year, Pirates wins in a landslide!

[MasterZap]

Anyone that is suprised raise their hands.

*crickets chirping*

Congrats to John, Hal & gang. TEH W1N! :)

/Z

[Ollarin]

Wooohoo! Go Davey Jones!

Congratulations to the team that created such an amazing piece of art!

[Slurry]

I think the universe would have imploded if they didn't win. ;)

[Jerricurl]

Congrats to John and Hal and the entire team! Yes, entirely deserved and not surprising. This was the only category I cared about this year!

[FusionBaby]

Can't wait to see this movie :bounce:

[Trojan123]

And so much for the anti-ILM conspiracy long believed to exist within the AMPAS. Great job, everyone!!!

I guess 2 out of the 3 movied being done by ILM didn't hurt any, eh?

[MrPositive]

Can't wait to see this movie :bounce:
?What?!?!?

[wohlstadter]

Headbanging Yoda is all I have to say about this post...oh and congrats to pirates of the caribbean.

[re1]

I think the universe would have imploded if they didn't win. ;)

Congrats ILM

[kemijo]

Congratulations ILM, a well deserved win. You guys have succeeded in raising the already lofty bar a few notches higher. Can't wait to see what's next.

[TAVO]

One thing though, is this the same John Knoll as the one we see when open Photoshop?

Congrats ILM, good work.

[PhuongDPh]

oohoo, ILM - great job :bounce:

One thing though, is this the same John Knoll as the one we see when open Photoshop?

Congrats ILM, good work.

yes, this is the same John Knoll

[Shaderhacker]

A MUCH well deserved win.. DMC was simply amazing in pretty much all levels of CG.

Congrats to the team!! :thumbsup:

-M

[Wiro]

Absolutely well deserved and without competition. Congratulations all. I'll try and sneak in for the party ;)

PS: My Photoshop has only ever credited Thomas Knoll, John's brother.

[sharks]

ILM Team Rox......Congratualtions to John & Hal

[HadleyRille]

One thing though, is this the same John Knoll as the one we see when open Photoshop?

Congrats ILM, good work.


Thank you very much! We're all pretty happy.

In answer to your question, no it's not me. The name you're seeing is Thomas Knoll, my brother. I worked on Photoshop up until version 3.0. That was quite a long time ago now, and my name is not listed in the about box any longer.

-John

[TAVO]

Ohh man my mistake, i´m sorry, well is good to see that is all in the family, keep it up. :)

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