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NEWS: Evangelion 1.0 Ineligible for Oscar Awards

Could care less about Evangelion 1.0 being eligible. I just hope that Coraline steals another award away from Pixar. Nothing against Up and Pixar (I love them both dearly), but Coraline is hands down the best animated film this year in my mind.

kpk wrote:

Tenchi wrote: kpk wrote: Well, no. They forgot to mention movies such as G-Force and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel which are ligate to get nominee as well. So i guess there will be five nominees this year. The Academy draws the line for live-action content at something like 25%. Both Alvin & the Chipmunks and G-Force have much too much live-action to count. The first Alvin and the Chipmunks got into the short list (and also other films like him such as Stuart Little and Scooby-Doo).

This is all untrue.

According to Variety, the Academy ruled the first Alvin and the Chipmunks ineligible since its rules state that "animation must figure in no less than 75 percent of the picture's running time." The live-action Scooby-Doo films would not have qualified either because of the same rule.

The first live-action Stuart Little film was released in 1999. The first Oscar for Best Animated Feature was not awarded until 2001.

As i said.. He got into the *short list*:
http://www.cinematical.com/2007/11/09/academy-shortlists-12-animated-oscar-contenders/

Also is Scooby-Doo [2] and if i'm not mistaking, also Stuart Little [2]..

kpk wrote:

As i said.. He got into the *short list*: http://www.cinematical.com/2007/11/09/academy-shortlists-12-animated-oscar-contenders/ Also is Scooby-Doo [2] and if i'm not mistaking, also Stuart Little [2]..

The initial claim was this: "They forgot to mention movies such as G-Force and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel which are ligate [sic] to get nominee as well. So i guess there will be five nominees this year." The short list is only the films that get submitted for consideration, not the ones that are actually eligible — which is the point of the article. The Academy can rule items on the short list ineligible, as was the case for the first live-action Alvin and the Chipmunks.

G-Force and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel can't get nominated if they are not eligible in the first place. What matters in determining the number of nominees is the final number of eligible films, not the number of films on the "short list."

I wonder, can James Cameron's Avatar be considered for a nomination?

I understand Eva 1.0 not being eligible for the 2009 Oscars because it was first released in 2007, but I don't understand why it wasn't put forward for the 2008 Oscars.

Steamboy and Howl's should also been at least nominated.

And if Coraline doesn't win this year, then there is something really wrong with this world. It's an amazing film, very well written, and I liked the way everything looked. It has become one of my all time favorite movies, animated or otherise. Plus it was rather creepy at times. And it's just so cool. Come on now...

kpk wrote:

As i said.. He got into the *short list*: http://www.cinematical.com/2007/11/09/academy-shortlists-12-animated-oscar-contenders/ Also is Scooby-Doo [2] and if i'm not mistaking, also Stuart Little [2]..

The initial claim was this: "They forgot to mention movies such as G-Force and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel which are ligate [sic] to get nominee as well. So i guess there will be five nominees this year." The short list is only the films that get submitted for consideration, not the ones that are actually eligible — which is the point of the article. The Academy can rule items on the short list ineligible, as was the case for the first live-action Alvin and the Chipmunks.

G-Force and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel can't get nominated if they are not eligible in the first place. What matters in determining the number of nominees is the final number of eligible films, not the number of films on the "short list."

You don't know the Oscar rules at all aren't you? If there are at least 16 movies on the short list so that mean that there will be five nominees. It doesn't matter if they are disqualified later on.

kpk wrote:

You don't know the Oscar rules at all aren't you? If there are at least 16 movies on the short list so that mean that there will be five nominees. It doesn't matter if they are disqualified later on.

According to the Academy rules, it does matters. "In any year in which 16 or more animated features are submitted and accepted in the category, a maximum of 5 motion pictures may be nominated."

The reason that this is important is that some films are submitted for the short list before they are screened to be accepted or disqualified in the category. Take the Alvin and the Chipmunks example which caused your initial confusion. It was submitted for the short list that was made public in November 2007 — but it did not open in theaters until December 2007. That was why it was ruled ineligible a month after the short list was made public; the Animated Feature Film Award Screening Committee didn't get a chance to see it beforehand.