Originally Posted By basil fan So, Wall-E won the oscar. Any comments? I didn't watch the Oscar broadcast, but I'm glad for Disney's sake. Disney Trivia <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/dquiz.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/...uiz.html</a>
Originally Posted By mawnck Only that it's too bad Sita Sings the Blues wasn't eligible. I would've given it to Wall-E myself, but it was a close call between it and KFP. Every time I watch the latter, I'm more impressed.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Yeah, I would have had a tough time choosing between the Wall-E and Panda. Both of them had a lot of heart.
Originally Posted By EmmaJayne I thought it was the standout film of the year, animated or otherwise. I'm still disappointed it wasn't nominated for Best Film..
Originally Posted By DAR I'm glad it won, but I'm perplexed as to why it didn't win in any of the Sound categories. A big part of that film was sound. And it would have been nice if it won Screenplay, but given the politics of California last year I see why Milk won.
Originally Posted By TheRedhead I was more annoyed than anything. It was just a reminder that, had it not been for this animated category, Wall-E might have gotten a real Best Picture nomination. So instead of the honor of being recognized for one of the five best films of the year (which Wall-E so clearly is), Andrew Stanton gets a statue for beating Kung Fu Panda and Bolt. I've said it a billion times, I'll say it again - this category doesn't celebrate animation. It segregates and condescends. Feh. And to add insult to injury, did everyone catch the "Salute to Animation in 2008?" Good grief. This is the Oscars, and I'm watching SEVERAL clips of Space Chimps and that ugly Star Wars tv show George Lucas dumped in theaters. And horrible horrible Horton. From watching that "celebration," you would've thunk animation was in its death throes.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>It was just a reminder that, had it not been for this animated category, Wall-E might have gotten a real Best Picture nomination.<< No way, no how, no chance.
Originally Posted By dshyates I loved Wall.E, but it was also a seriously flawed film. It had artistic brillienace I have never seen in an anitated film, but then they stuck a dumb Saturday morning action cartoon in the middle of it. The pacing was the worst I have seen from PIXAR. It is a shame they didn't have the cajones to make the film consistent, but that would have KILLED any happy meal toy tie-in prospects. I though KFP was a MUCH more solid effort. Did anyone else find it odd that they would have Jack Black the presenter in a catagory that a film he stared in was nominated?
Originally Posted By mawnck >>I guess we'll have to disagree. And of course we'll never know.<< I'm quite sure. No animated feature will ever be nominated for Best Picture again. No matter how good it is or what the other categories are. The fix is in. The Best Animated Feature category was in response to it, not the cause of it.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I liked both Wall-E and KFP (Wall-E more so), but I thought a pretty obvious clue that Wall-E would win was the fact that it was also nominated in some other categories. That told me that the academy voters just held it in higher esteem than KFP.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney >>>Did anyone else find it odd that they would have Jack Black the presenter in a catagory that a film he stared in was nominated?<<< I thought Jack Black was hilarious! I wonder how Dreamworks felt about his excitement over Wall-E winning?
Originally Posted By DyGDisney As far as being happy for Disney about this win, remember, this is Pixar. Yes, Pixar is owned by Disney, but believe me, Pixar is a very different breed. Pixar's win is Pixar's win. The people who made Wall-E work for Pixar, at Pixar, and most have since before Disney owned them. Pixar rocks!
Originally Posted By TheRedhead "It is a shame they didn't have the cajones to make the film consistent, but that would have KILLED any happy meal toy tie-in prospects." So what happy meal toy tie-in did they have?
Originally Posted By danyoung > I wonder how Dreamworks felt about his excitement over Wall-E winning?< Well, when his whole schtick was "I work one Dreamworks film a year, then take all my earnings to the Oscars and bet on PIXAR!!!", his reaction to the win was just a continuation of the schtick. I'm really glad they showed a shot of Katzenberg laughing, just to show he can take a joke.
Originally Posted By dshyates "So what happy meal toy tie-in did they have?" They didn't because Disney has ended the contract with McDonalds. It was more a referance as to how Eisner made them redesign the Monsters, Inc. characters to be "happy-meal friendly". But merchendising is never far from Disney's mind.: <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3120/2604063483_97626f3597_b.jpg" target="_blank">http://farm4.static.flickr.com...97_b.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By cstephens dshyates wrote: > They didn't because Disney has ended the contract with McDonalds. It was more a referance as to how Eisner made them redesign the Monsters, Inc. characters to be "happy-meal friendly". You know that Eisner doesn't work there anymore, right? /cs
Originally Posted By dshyates "You know that Eisner doesn't work there anymore, right?" Yes, yes I do. And I have only seen an increase in the importance of synergistic merchendising since he left. And I wasn't even sure that was possible.
Originally Posted By alexbook >>And to add insult to injury, did everyone catch the "Salute to Animation in 2008?" Good grief. This is the Oscars, and I'm watching SEVERAL clips of Space Chimps and that ugly Star Wars tv show George Lucas dumped in theaters. And horrible horrible Horton. << I didn't object to the choice of movies so much as the way the clips were edited into a montage that gave no feel for the tone of the movies. Watching that montage, you'd think that all animated movies are high-speed laugh fests.
