Will Avatar finally tear down the wall between sci-fi and Oscar cachet Sunday night at the Academy Awards? If it doesn’t, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences loses what’s left of its credibility faster than a Na’vi can kill a colonizer.
The list of sci-fi classics like 2001: A Space Odyssey and Star Wars that have been dissed for Best Picture is excruciating to read. But with Avatar, James Cameron has revitalized the film industry and can’t be ignored. Avatar racked up nine nominations, but if the Oscars were about influence and innovation, this party would already be over.
Below are sci-fi artists (and a few other noteworthy contenders) that deserve Oscars for their work in 2009, whether nominated or not. These talents represent the future of cinema today: Eye-popping, brainy and pretty damn lucrative. Got your own winners? Cast your votes in the comments section below.
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Best Director: James Cameron, Avatar
In a perfect world, James Cameron would have been nominated for the first two Terminator films. He finally cashed in with a lesser film in Titanic, in which a flimsy period drama was swallowed up by groundbreaking FX. While the directors Cameron is up against this year are all talented, they’d likely be blown away by Avatar’s sheer scale. Merely inventing the camera Cameron used for his 3-D sci-fi epic might drive some of them crazy — much less using it to craft the highest-grossing film of all time.
Cameron’s cautionary tale of resource wars and indigenous revolt, years in the making, proved utterly topical. It’s also stunning to watch. The only thing standing in Cameron’s way is heresy.
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