r/comicbookmovies • u/Caleb_the_Opossum_1 Spider-Man • 25d ago

I find it interesting that Batman & Superman won Oscars for their 1st ever Films, but Spider-Man got his in the 2nd film rather than his first film

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u/TeacherOfFew 25d ago

The first Batman Oscar was not for the first Batman movie, by several decades.

Same for Superman.

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u/Neveronlyadream 25d ago

Superman and the Mole Men, 1951 and Batman 1966 respectively. And that's not counting serials, which predate both movies.

Technically also not Spider-Man's second film, because Spider-Man 1977 exists, but it was a TV movie.

I think those are more interesting tidbits than what won an Oscar, because most of the fanbase would probably have never known of or seen anything prior to the more modern releases.

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u/Question-Marky-Mark 25d ago

Batman - Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

Superman - Special Achievement Award - For visual effects

Spider-Man 2 - Best Achievement in Visual Effects

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u/Ched_Flermsky 25d ago

Batman had a feature film in the 60s and Superman had one in the 50s.

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u/Turbulent-Spirit-568 25d ago

Well the first Batman movie was released in 1943 (The Batman), the first Superman movie was released in 1951 (Superman and the Mole Man)

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u/Nevvermind183 25d ago

I don’t find that at all interesting.

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u/Steko 25d ago

Winning also depends on the competition. The first Raimi Spider-Man was nominated in two categories...

Best Fx: lost to The Battle of Helm's Deep (AKA The Two Towers). SM probably third in voting after Attack of the Clones.

Best Sound: lost to Chicago, probably also behind at least Two Towers and Gangs of New York.

Across other serious awards the only recognition was for Elfman's score but Elfman also did the score for Chicago so may have been vote split (neither nominated, did win a couple minor awards). Road to Perdition cleaned up in Cinematography awards and Lose Yourself did the same with Best Song. Art Direction, Makeup, and Costume Design was a tough year with Chicago, Gangs of New York, Two Towers, Frida, and more.

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u/QuietNene 22d ago

Bc Spiderman got better and the others got worse.

The Academy knows these things…

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u/TokyoSky00 22d ago

then why does batman have more oscars than spiderman ?