Daily Archives: June 25, 2008

Obituaries

Stan Winston, 1946 – 2008

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Stan Winston.

Not a name that pops out at you.

Not until you take some time to read some of the tributes that came out last week after his death, like this one at Ain’t It Cool News.

4 Oscars:

  • 1987 — Aliens, Best Effects, Visual Effects
  • 1992 — Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Best effects, Visual Effects
  • 1992 — Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Best Makeup
  • 1994 — Jurassic Park, Best Effects, Visual Effects

6 additional nominations:

  • 1982 — Heartbeeps, Best Makeup
  • 1988 — Predator, Best Effects, Visual Effects
  • 1991 — Edward Scissorhands, Best Makeup
  • 1993 — Batman Returns, Best Makeup
  • 1998 — The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Best Effects, Visual Effects
  • 2002 — Artificial Intelligence: AI, Best Effects, Visual Effects

His last work was Iron Man, which I have already raved about the effects work.

A fitting final masterpiece to a visual artist’s life…

Movies

Made of Honor

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Some movies you just know are going to be bad from the trailer they release.

It was with this movie that I found out that AMC had stripped all but one night a week of student discounts.

Strike 1.

Then this movie was the only one not sold out.

Strike 2.

Then it started playing….

Strike 3.

The story is lame, predictable, and been done a lot over the past 10 years.  My Best Friend’s Wedding was the peak and this one ties The Wedding Date for the valley.  The stars appeared to be sleepwalking through the entire movie and at no point did I feel like the ending would be anything other than what it was.  As I was watching it, I thought I spotted a clue as to a neat twist; unfortunately, that twist never developed.

My advice: wait for it to show up on Lifetime; no need to give them any additional money for this trainwreck…