Oscar shortlist for animated feature: Were-rabbit, dead bride and a magical castle
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The Oscar shortlist for Best Animated Feature has 10 eligible films, with two stop-motion animation films getting attention for the first time. Tim Burton's Corpse Bride and Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit are both on the list. The list will ultimately be narrowed down to three nominees for the gold statue.
The shortlist also includes a pair of bird films, Chicken Little, and Valiant, a film about carrier pigeons, Madagascar, Robots, Howl's Moving Castle, Hoodwinked, Gulliver's Travels (from India's Pentamedia Studios) and Steamboy. No idea which way Oscar will turn, but if I was doing the picking, Wallace and Gromit would definitely be in the final cut, as would Howl's Moving Castle. I haven't seen all these films, so I don't know which I'd put in the third slot, but I loved both of those films. The nominees will be announced January 31.
Any early predictions on which films will make the cut, and which will emerge victorious in the cutthroat world of animated films?
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11-18-2005 @ 3:08PM
Christopher Campbell said...
Wallace & Gromit will have to be in the final three and should win since Park has won so many Oscars for his shorts. If Robots wins anything I'll have to kill somebody.
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11-18-2005 @ 3:06PM
M*A*S*H*E*D said...
Common sense tells me it would be Howl's Moving Castle, Wallace & Gromit, and Corpse Bride. However if Shark Tale could get nominated, then I wouldn't be surprised if some throwaway like Chicken Little would get recognition as well. I haven't seen Steamboy nor Gulliver's Travel, and until I do I believe Howl's Moving Castle is the most superior film in the bunch.
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11-18-2005 @ 4:35PM
cel said...
I agree with Howl's Moving Castle, Wallace & Gromit, and Corpse Bride. That's a nice diverse set. I don't imagine Miyazaki will win (though I intensely hope he does): I think the Academy will give him pass after having awarded him the Oscar for Spirited Away. I'm betting on W&G to take the day (and why not?).
cel
P.S. And, yes, please no Robots.
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11-18-2005 @ 9:15PM
Jonathan Carpenter said...
I think it should be Corpse Bride, Wallace and Grommit (Still haven't seen it though, but I love those guys), and Howl's Moving Castle. I really hope that Howl wins, It blew all of the other films away.
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11-19-2005 @ 2:47PM
aj said...
Were-Rabbit, Corpse Bride and Howl should be the three nominees; two stop-motions and a Miyazaki.
And should it turn out to be *those* three, it'll be an amusing smack in the face to those who believe 3DCG is the "be-all-and-end-all" of all animation.
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11-20-2005 @ 3:25PM
Sir Nicholas, The Oddball said...
Esteeemed ladies and gentlemen, it will indubitably be the three named if there be any justice. Howl's Moving Castle is the solitary one I have chanced to view, so I can not make a worthy prediction, but I am in hopes that Hayao Miyazaki will prevail once more.
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11-20-2005 @ 11:46PM
Kim Voynar said...
I thought Howl's Moving Castle was fantastic. The animation was breathtaking, the story was compelling. It's my top pick, but Wallace and Gromit is a close second. What those animators conveyed with just the slightest movement of Gromit's eyebrows -- wow.
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