I saw "Happy Feet Two" tonight on IMAX 3D. You can read my full review here, but to sum it up: "Happy Feet Two" will NOT be nominated for Best Animated Feature! It's not as dull as "Cars 2" was, but it certainly failed to live up the quality of the original film. That said, I DO believe that P!nk has got Best Song in the bag with her downright moving song "Bridge of Light." Listen to the song below...
...and tell me that's not one of the most things you've heard all year. And trust me, this is BETTER in the movie itself! Hey, I said the movie wasn't good, I didn't say it was terrible. There were some great scenes in that movie...just not enough to make it a good movie, and competition is still even without Pixar in the race this year. But Best Song...man, I'm almost tempted to say this win is in stone, but maybe the Broadway song from "Captain America: The First Avenger" will sneak in there. Who knows?
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?!
You've found yet another blog dedicated to predicting the Academy Awards (AKA: The Oscars). This is probably the most stupid and pointless game people play on the internet, seeing as how the Oscars aren't science and there are no rules, just guesses. Playing the Oscar prediction game is like playing roulette without being able to see the numbers, and you always end up looking like a fool at least once for predicting something that was just a bunch of hot air. But what the heck, it's also a lot of fun trying to predict nominations and wins off information that has nothing to do with anything. As with most Oscar sites I have my list of potential nominees on the right. Unlike many sites though, a guess won't appear until the movie has been released, otherwise I feed a hype machine that may have little merit to it. Anyway, hope you enjoy the blog.
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