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PR: 20 Animated Features Line Up for 2009 Oscar® Race




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Levitz9



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:23 am Reply with quote
...What the heck is Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 doing in that list? I thought the Oscars were supposed to go to movies with a decent amount of class and art to them? I know the chances of it being actually nominated are slim, but it's like nominating 'Ten Things I Hate About You'. Is this just a list of all of the animated films released this year?

Personally, I think that the three best animated films on that list are 'Coraline', 'Ponyo', and 'Up', in no particular order. Ponyo deserves at least a special mention in terms of art (watch the jellyfish scene and tell me it's drab--just try), and Coraline is surprisingly dark for an animated film, courtesy of Niel Gaiman.

Hmm...makes me wonder if we'll ever see an American Gods movie...
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Megiddo



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:02 pm Reply with quote
Funny you mention Ten Things I Hate About You which was pretty much a modernization of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew.

Though I suppose that doesn't mean it automatically have "class" (whatever that means for a movie).

Since there are 20 possibilities, doesn't that mean more nominations than if there were less than 20? I'm not that much into the Oscars, but I remember reading that.
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Cait



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:59 pm Reply with quote
Levitz9 wrote:
...What the heck is Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 doing in that list? I thought the Oscars were supposed to go to movies with a decent amount of class and art to them?


I'mn pretty sure the titles under consideration for nomination are submitted to the nominating committee, not by it.
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