Kevin Smith Talks About Oscars VFX Controversy

In a post-Oscars interview on the Opie and Anthony Show, Comic Book Men's Kevin Smith talked about the controversy that erupted during the award for Achievement in Visual Effects. Smith is quite a fan of the Life of Pi movie, saying "It's a really powerful flick. The CG work was phenomenal. You're talking about like pretty much one actor alone with a bunch of CG, and Rhythm & Hues the effects house that created all the tiger and the animal stuff and whatnot, the whale jumping over the boat, all the amazing things you see in the movie, just filed for bankruptcy recently." When the Oscar winner for Achievement in Visual Effects was announced by The Avengers, it was actually the team for Life of Pi that won, and Bill Westenhofer was talking when...well, here is how Kevin Smith put it. Kevin Smith said, "He was trying to give a shout out to Rhythm & Hues and talk about 'hey man, the VFX houses are hurting right now' and they just kind of played him off. I thought that the playoff music was funny, they used Jaws, but like if you're not doing a long opening dance sequence or a long singing sequence that guy could have said his two bits." Kevin Smith added, "Here's a guy who's prepossessed and he's like 'look I would like to talk about something that affects all of us in this industry' and they're like turn up the music."