tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695627123049185747.post5106489050037642879..comments2008-07-15T22:52:37.578-05:00pedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03182655599518438056noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695627123049185747.post-25897018057656393902008-07-15T22:52:00.000-05:002008-07-15T22:52:00.000-05:00In all fairness, all animated movies are still eligible for the Best Picture Oscar, despite the Animated Feature category. That category only came into existence in 2001, and only 1 animated film in history (Beauty and the Beast, 1991) has been nominated for Best Pic. It's just the Academy's overall reluctance to nominate a "cartoon" for the big prize. The bad thing about the Animated Feature category is that it gives them another excuse not to nominate a great film like Wall-E for Best Pic, because they'll feel like the Animated Oscar is reward enough, and that's total crap. Hopefully the Academy will see past that this year, because no matter what else comes out this year, Wall-E will likely be one of my top 5 favorite films.Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05812979578271819716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695627123049185747.post-24504575276329035252008-07-15T20:08:00.000-05:002008-07-15T20:08:00.000-05:00Pixar, without a doubt, is the reason why animated films should be considered for best picture. The fact that there is a separate category for animated films, in my opinion, is an insult to the king of family films. I'm also impressed that with all their success, they've only done one sequel. Any other company would milk each and every success. It just goes to show that there's so much originality in the company (with plenty more to go, I'm sure) that they don't have to.<BR/><BR/>Right now, Wall-E is my number one and I would definitely put the original Pixar film, Toy Story, ahead of its sequel.pedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03182655599518438056noreply@blogger.com