Originally Posted By andyll Frozen and 'Let it Go' won the Critics Choice awards for their respective categories. Also a Japanese radio host says Miyazaki backed off from his statement that he hs retired. Unconfirmed at this time and conflicts with his nomination statement however Miyazaki has become the Brett Favre of movie makers.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>By the way, Pixar was completely shut out. No noms for anything. The last time that happened was 2000.<< Wow, I'm somewhat surprised they're not nominated for anything, but thinking about what they released this year I'm not. MU just wasn't a great movie, and it didn't have a particularly stand-out score or catchy song. The umbrella short is a blatant rip-off of Johnny Fedora, so I'm glad it's not getting any praise as well. There really aren't many categories that animated stuff typically gets nominated for, and it seems like they didn't do especially good work in any of them this year Not that Pixar deserved it this year, but is there ever any discussion of nominating an animated film for an acting award? I know it's completely different than having an actor in front of a camera, but good acting in animation is a tough combination of voice work and the animator. Dory's soliloquy about 2/3 of the way through Nemo stands out in my mind as being especially well done, but there are countless examples
Originally Posted By mawnck >>is there ever any discussion of nominating an animated film for an acting award?<< Yes, and it's usually followed by something along the lines of "over their dead bodies". Same deal as Best Picture was before they expanded it to 10 nominees … There would be rioting in the streets of Beverly Hills if they "wasted" one of the coveted acting nominations on a dang cartoon. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoPyW8QIwys">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...yW8QIwys</a>
Originally Posted By TheRedhead There was a lot of talk of Robin Williams getting a supporting actor nomination for Aladdin. He got a non-competitive Golden Globe for the part, Disney ran a slew of For Your Consideration ads, and I remember many articles putting him in the long-shot category. The supporting categories were especially wacky in the 80s and 90s, and they were the one spot where comedy actually had a chance of getting noticed at the Oscars. I've never heard anything other than that.
Originally Posted By u k fan I think we'd see a Gollum style mo-cap performance nommed first and I think we're a long way from that as well!!!
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Some people were talking seriously about Scarlett Johansson in Her, and that's just a voice performance.
Originally Posted By mawnck In case you need an example of the Academy having a cow over a perfectly legit nomination that offends their sense of entitleme--uh, I mean fairness: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-alone-not-alone-singer-672005">http://www.hollywoodreporter.c...r-672005</a>
Originally Posted By mawnck >>A DM2 song made the list up for best original song???????????<< Uh, yeah. See post 33: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://mb.laughingplace.com/MsgBoard-T-127407-P-4.asp?c=1">http://mb.laughingplace.com/Ms....asp?c=1</a>
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <A DM2 song made the list up for best original song???????????> I actually like that song. Way better than the movie.
Originally Posted By mawnck A cartoon-illustrated blog that tells the story of "The Making of Ernest and Celestine", by one of the directors. This is really cute, and just getting started. Go read it. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://ernestandcelestine.tumblr.com/post/63566301413/welcome">http://ernestandcelestine.tumb.../welcome</a> (h/t <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.cartoonbrew.com">http://www.cartoonbrew.com</a> )
Originally Posted By FerretAfros For what it's worth, it looks like Let It Go just got an easier shot at winning Best Song: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.broadway.com/buzz/174328/oscar-song-shocker-academy-eliminates-nominee-bringing-frozen-and-let-it-go-one-step-closer-to-win/">http://www.broadway.com/buzz/1...-to-win/</a> The title song from Alone Yet Not Alone (that one that nobody had heard of, and was surprised that it was nominated) was taken off the ballot, due to some fishy campaigning by the song's writer Depending when Oscar voters actually vote, and how influenced they are by other awards shows, Pharrell Williams' big haul at the Grammys could get him some extra votes for the song from DM2. Then again, his Dudley Doo Right hat could sway people in the other direction just as easily
Originally Posted By Dabob2 The U2 song won the Golden Globe, and the Oscars have had a penchant for giving it to pop stars in recent years. (Plus, it's from the Mandela movie that Oscar voters may want to honor and that otherwise got no other nominations.) But maybe that means U2 and Williams split the pop-star vote? If I were betting, I'd bet on U2, with Let it Go in 2nd place.
Originally Posted By mawnck Best Animated Feature at the Annie Awards: Frozen. Best short: Get a Horse. Complete winners here: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://blogs.indiewire.com/animationscoop/frozen-wins-the-annie-complete-list-of-annie-award-winners">http://blogs.indiewire.com/ani...-winners</a>
Originally Posted By schnebs I dunno, guys - it always seemed to me togo to the song that was the biggest hit with the public the previous year, or to a pop star if there wasn't a big hit. If that's the case, "Let It Go" has a lock on it - how many people do you know that could even hum a few bars of the other Best Song nominees? Personally, the only music I remember from DM2 was the Minions' version of "I Swear".
Originally Posted By Dabob2 "Happy" from DM2 was actually a sizable pop hit. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Sxv-sUYtM&feature=kp">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...ature=kp</a>
Originally Posted By u k fan I know "Happy" much better than I know "Let it Go" and I think a lot of the general public would be the same!!!
Originally Posted By leobloom >> For what it's worth, it looks like Let It Go just got an easier shot at winning Best Song: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.broadway.com/buzz/1...-to-win/">http://www.broadway.com/buzz/1...-to-win/</a> The title song from Alone Yet Not Alone (that one that nobody had heard of, and was surprised that it was nominated) was taken off the ballot, due to some fishy campaigning by the song's writer << Don't know if anyone caught it, but the song's writer is Bruce Broughton who wrote the scores for HISTA, Ellen's Energy Adventure, and the current version of SSE.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros ^^I discovered that the other day when I was looking up the spelling of his name for a thread on the Epcot entrance loop. I knew I recognized it from somewhere when I read that article the first time...
