Well folks, there are eighteen films up for Best Animated Feature, which means there will be five nominations. Yay! I always like five more than three, it's just a shame that five seems like a stretch this year. For the record, here's what's up for consideration:
“The Adventures of Tintin”
“Alois Nebel”
“Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked”
“Arthur Christmas”
“Cars 2″
“A Cat in Paris”
“Chico & Rita”
“Gnomeo & Juliet”
“Happy Feet Two”
“Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil”
“Kung Fu Panda 2″
“Mars Needs Moms”
“Puss in Boots”
“Rango”
“Rio”
“The Smurfs”
“Winnie the Pooh”
“Wrinkles”
Looking over that list, conventional wisdom goes that the Academy will go in this direction:
The Adventures of Tintin
Arthur Christmas
Happy Feet Two
Rango
Winnie The Pooh
However, if the voting is done correctly, and based purely on quality and does not let popularity effect the voting at all, then this will be our five nominees:
The Adventures of Tintin
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung fu Panda 2
Rango
Yes, I fully expect "Cars 2" to sit this one out. If it gets in, it will be because Pixar is loved by the Academy, but it has no serious chance of winning. Of course there are some eyebrow raisers in there (wasn't the whole selling point of "The Smurfs" that it was a LIVE ACTION movie of the cartoon?!), but not a bad list. What's frustrating is that if "How To Train Your Dragon" was released this year, then there is no doubt in my mind it would have won. Most of these films seem second nature to that one (although, in all fairness, "Toy Story 3" wasn't as good as "The Illusionist" either). It will be interesting to see whether or not the Academy goes for the popular films, the smaller films that are of stunning quality, or a little of both.
And keep in mind folks, this category has made major mistakes in the past, just like every other award in this show. In 2004 the list of nominees were "The Incredibles," "Shark Tale," and "Shrek 2." "The Incredibles" walked home with the gold and was the obvious winner. But look at those films and ask yourself this: How the heck did the Academy not have room for THIS movie?!
I know, it boggles the mind sometimes.
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1 comment:
Wow, shark tale could have easily been replaced by the polar express, I think that maybe because its a Christmas movie may be why the Oscar snubbed it, when it should have rightfully been one of the 3 nominees for best animated feature. I watch Polar Express Every year at Christmastime, yes its really that good!
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