When Dawn of the planet of the apes came out the universal thing critics said in their reviews (including myself) that Andy Serkis should be nominated for best actor for the role of motion-capture creation Caesar. However not a lot of parties agree with those sentiments and this is where things get- tricky. The reason I'm talking about this now is because A.) My editorial days are on Thursday and B.) I wanted the buzz around this to die down a little.
While many see Andy Serkis's acting in Dawn as purely acting Serkis acting where as other namely people who work in animation and the visual effects department loudly proclaim that a lot of the facial and eye movements are touched up and improved by the people behind the characters- the special effects artist.
On the one hand I can see where the special effects artist and animators are coming from, without them Caesar & his companions would never have been "born" nor without them would the actors be able to give them proper life because the technology would be there. Yet at the same time a quote on quote "real" actor (live-action and al) can't give the performance they could with out the directing giving them direction nor the screen writers script to give them the jumping off point about what to do. It's the same here while credit should be given to the director, writer and in this case special effects artist the finale conclusion, and the thing that gave Caesar life is Andy Serkis.
It basically the same as Matthew McConaughey's performance in "Dallas Buyers Club." While Jean-Marc Vallee gave him the direction and Craig Borten gave him the script to start yet it's still Matthew McConaughey acting and that didn't make him any less deserving of the Oscar didn't it. Alright, Alright, Alright (come on you know I had to put in McConaughey's catchphrase.)
I think the main problem is that special effects artist don't get the credit they deserve (which they really should be), they made us spectacular worlds that make us want to live there instead of here and they have been the punching bags of Hollywood for way too long. That's why they went out on strike two years in a row Hollywood! Although that's another discussion for another time (probably Oscar season or if their is any word of a big special effects artist strike.)
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