Comments on: Awards Season

By: A.J.

A.J. — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:16:22 +0000

I so knew Up would get the nom for best score Hopefully the Oscars recognize my favorite score in recent memory

By: gene schiller

gene schiller — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:05:34 +0000

No contest: Ponyo & A Christmas Carol.

By: KNSat

KNSat — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:14:48 +0000

Hmmm. I wonder if some of the posters here could not get their foot in the door at Pixar…

By: Inkan1969

Inkan1969 — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:09:39 +0000

No love for “Ponyo”? :-(

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:42:43 +0000

Put in another person hoping for a Coraline win. Second to that I’d take Mr. Fox, but I’m not into the Wes Anderson self indulgent filmmaking. Anderson didn’t really break new ground either way. Coraline has the best craftsmanship out of all the movies nominated in my opinion, as well as the best atmosphere and story tone. Not enough movies like that.

If Up wins, since Pixar is the award’s darling, I will lose more hope in the US animation industry. Most Pixar movies are not average by a long shot, but Up just became terribly mediocre after the first 15 minutes. More often than not, I’m rooting for the Pixar movie just because of the ridiculous amount of other crap on the usual nominations.

Definitely Up is not deserving of anything beyond a DVD release. I know Up got crazy good ratings, but critics tend to be dittoheads and no common audience would trust a critic who dared give a Pixar movie a bad review, because they are the best animation studio in the world, right? Or so they say.

I agree with many posters here, it was a great year for animation, especially of a variety of styles. And as other posters said, it’s sad to see the Academy again ignoring many smaller well animated films either through import or small limited runs.

One thing though, why does both Princess and the Frog and Up both get to be nominated? Surely even though Pixar and Disney are operated in different manners and are comprised of separate teams, that at the end of the day, it should be obvious that they are both Disney companies. What if Disney started releasing feature animated films through Nelvana, would Disney get three nominations?

By: Bill Turner

Bill Turner — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:29:02 +0000

Ethan,
George Miller (and Wes Anderson for that matter) will have to make more than one to be considered one of “us”. But I’m speculating on the judgement of Academy members, not for myself. I will be only slightly disappointed if Fox wins best animated feature. It is certainly deserving. It should win best adapted screenplay.

You are correct that the animation community and live action film makers see themselves as two seperate entities, and they (we) should not.

By: Ethan

Ethan — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:16:48 +0000

Ok thank you Grey, I guess didn’t understand correctly where the “us versus them” dichotomy was coming from.

No wonder animation films have such a hard time getting out of their microcosm of “animation as a genre”. George Miller started an animation studio in Australia. Bill, how many animated films will he need to have directed, to be considered one of us ? (or more precisely one of yours, as I’m technically one of them)

It seems the above dichotomy is more about circles of friends than anything else. Pot, kettle, black.

By: Scarabim

Scarabim — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:59:28 +0000

I hear you, Cameron. In my perfect world, “Astro Boy” would sweep the Annies. The overrated “Fox” and “Coraline” would be left out in the cold.