I agree with you that some of those games don't fit into certain categories, but which ones win is entirely subjective. Like for instance, take a look at the Academy Awards. Those people are completely brain dead. Gladiator wins the oscar for best picture?? What the flying fuck? That movie wasn't even that amazing! And I know that Two Towers will get the award for best special effects this year over Episode II (which is lightyears ahead of TTT in terms of f/x) since it got better reviews. Gollum was extremely well animated, but the actual model was fairly simple (in that it's a very standard model, there's nothing terribly complex about it), some of the mo-cap was very much out of place, and his skin a bit of a soft CG look to it. There was a good amount of CG in TTT, but not nearly as much as there was in AotC, and it still didn't stand up to it. As a matter of fact, just the cloth on several of the CG characters is one of-if not the-single most complex peice of CG ever created. You have no idea how complex something as simple-looking as cloth is to create and animate in a computer.
But TTT really is a gorgeous movie, although most of it is because of the incredible New Zealand scenery. But whatever, I'm done ranting about this.
But TTT really is a gorgeous movie, although most of it is because of the incredible New Zealand scenery. But whatever, I'm done ranting about this.