Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorBack in 2018, “Black Panther” cracked the best picture race and showed that the industry was ready to recognize the superhero movie.
It also landed five other nominations and made Oscar history when Ruth E. Carter and Hannah Beachler won in their respective categories of costume design and production design.This year, “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which just swung back to the top of the box office is leading the conversation once again for all the reasons Owen Gleiberman mentioned here, showing why a superhero movie should be considered worthy of cracking the best picture race — especially as the number of nominees has expanded to 10 possible slots.While “Spider-Man” didn’t land a SAG ensemble nomination, it has scored nominations with the Visual Effects Society and the Motion Picture of Sound Editors and the Cinema Audio Society.
Additionally, it has all the elements of an emotional storyline grounded in reality with a team of artisans to help deliver that realism director Jon Watts sought.
Kelly Port, the film’s visual effects supervisor, is nominated for a Visual Effects Society award. He worked alongside director Watts, leading the way as VFX houses around the world including Digital Domain, Framestore and Imageworks brought back villains from previous Spider-Man movies.
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