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9 Comic Book Movies That Won Academy Awards

The 89th Academy Awards produced many a talking point, but the one we're interested in right now is the furore surrounding the fact that Suicide Squad won the Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling. The fact that this widely critically-derided movie was actually picked as one of the best films of year really rankled a lot of people, and understandably so.
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Published: Mar 1, 2017 11:00 am

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8) Batman

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Won for: Best Art Direction.

11 years after Superman, Tim Burton’s Batman came along to revitalize the superhero movie genre. Whereas the Man of Steel‘s movie had been all about old-fashioned heroics, 1989’s Batman was a dark gothic neo-noir. Its striking visual style – inspired by Burton’s love for German Expressionism – has not lost its power over the years and it remains one of the best looking comic book films to this day.

Fittingly, then, the movie won the gong for Best Art Direction at the 62nd Oscars, with art director Anton Furst and set decorator Peter Young earning the award. Tragically, Furst took his own life just two years later, prematurely curtailing what would no doubt have been an illustrious career.

Batman‘s sequel, Batman Returns, was also up for two Oscars: Best Visual Effects and Best Makeup. However, it failed to win either, losing to Death Becomes Her and Bram Stoker’s Dracula, respectively.

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Christian Bone is a Staff Writer/Editor at We Got This Covered and has been cluttering up the internet with his thoughts on movies and TV for over a decade, ever since graduating with a Creative Writing degree from the University of Winchester. As Marvel Beat Leader, he can usually be found writing about the MCU and yet, if you asked him, he'd probably say his favorite superhero film is 'The Incredibles.'
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