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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 6051067" data-attributes="member: 32740">"It's very pretty Bishop, but what are we looking for?" - Ripley I thought it looked fantastic.  It was indeed partly on my mind in talking about editing, etc. - but it also wasn't adding to the excitement/action quotient of the movie at all because it was impossible to follow the action and see who was winning or even scoring any points.  It was a little out of place for a traditional Bond movie, which this wasn't so much. By all means give it an Oscar for cinematography, but with the way that Oscars in particular are awarded it need not be seen as having ANY bearing on its value and appropriateness in the larger whole of the movie.  That value is decided by each individual AMPAS voter.  AFAIK there aren't even any suggested guidelines for assessing merits for any category. Other awards (Golden Globes, DGA) are much the same - it is simply assumed that the people voting know enough to know the difference and they choose if they care or not.  It's "out-of-place-ness" would really only come into play when considering the awards for direction and art direction.  I would think that it wouldn't have much negative impact at all in deciding best picture though unless you were wanting a more traditional approach to a Bond film.</blockquote>