The Hollywood Academy slaps 3-D Revolution by James Cameron

Monday, March 8, 07:18 AM Los Angeles (USA), March 8 (EFE) .- "Avatar" and the 3-D revolution that gave James Cameron won the desk of the planet and the hearts of half the world, but failed to captivate members of the Academy Awards, more than a year give praise to a degree independent. "The Hurt Locker" emerged as the big winner of the 82nd edition of the Oscars with six statuettes for Best Picture Director (Kathryn Bigelow), Original Screenplay (Mark Boal), edition (Bob Murawski, Chris Innis), sound editing (Paul NJ Ottosson) and mixing (Paul NJ Ottosson and Ray Beckett). The film, budgeted 15 million dollars, has failed to reach that figure in the U.S. box office and Canada since its release in June 2009, which makes it the Oscar winner for best film of lower revenues in the halls in decades. Until now, because this success assures his return to the cinemas. Instead "Avatar" had to settle with three technical Academy: Art Direction (Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg), director of photography (Mauro Fiore) and visual effects (Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones). In all forecasts expected that the film also took home awards for best editing, sound editing and mixing, which went to Bigelow's film. Steve Martin, host of the gala next to Alec Baldwin, in one of his best jokes said the ceremony had stretched so much that got Cameron's work became a "thing of the past." What is clear, once again, is that the Academy's tastes are more traditional than those prevailing at the global box office. Since "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King", the mammoth production of Peter Jackson at the worldwide box office generated approximately 1,100 million dollars, will rise with 11 statuettes in 2004, scholars Hollywood has been providing the grand prize of the Academy Award for independent titles. In 2005 it was the turn for "Million Dollar Baby," Clint Eastwood's, which cost $ 30 million and exceeded 200 million in box office. A year later the choice was "Crash" by Paul Haggis, from which $ 6.5 million budget fell to just break the barrier of 100 million. Only in 2007 was re-break this tradition with the award to "The Departed" by Martin Scorsese, a film which received 90 million budget and grossed nearly 300 worldwide. But in 2008 and 2009 the Academy returned to its usual trend, with prizes for "No Country for Old Men, "Joel and Ethan Coen, which cost about $ 25 million, and" Slumdog Millionaire "by Danny Boyle, whose budget was 15 million." Avatar, "in contrast, was born with an official budget for the environment $ 300 million, although the gossips say the final cost will eventually exceed $ 500 million. The use of 3-D real elements to develop a digital context, combined with motion capture technology and traditional animation hand have made "Avatar" a product that, for some, change the way people see the film and will be a milestone similar to the introduction of the use of sound. "It'sa revolution," said David Cohen of Variety magazine . "We aim for a future in which 3-D screens will be everywhere (…). In a couple of years all children's films in 3-D will be when they grow up and wait to see all the movies in that format . It's something that happens in about 15 years, "he added. In any case despite the" affront "to the Academy, the technical challenge of" Avatar "comes close to the 2,600 million raised worldwide, a brand 800 million which exceeds the previous record which he held "Titanic" Cameron also, since 1998. It appears that 3-D is here to stay. Average (Not Rated)