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Bring it! I’m batting 100% in this category! 3 for 3 baby!
But I probably should get to cocky… anything could happen.
For a complete look at eligibility and voting procedures, please take a
look at last year’s post: 84th Academy Awards –
Best Animated Feature.
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Nominations:
·
Brave
o
Mark Andrews – 2nd nomination, previously
nominated for the animated short film One Man Band.
o
Brenda Chapman – 1st nomination.
I’m
sure I’ll get a ton of hate mail for this, but I think Brave is pretty weak for
being Pixar. The lack of complexity in
the story is what I have come to expect from Disney… but not Pixar.
That
said, Brave has already won the BAFTA and Golden Globe. As well as, being nominated for over 25 other
critic and industry awards, including 10 Annie Awards, which is a major Oscar
indicator.
·
Frankenweenie
o
Tim Burton – 2nd nomination, previously
nominated for Corpse Bride.
You
know? At some point the Academy is going
to have recognize Tim Burton’s contributions to the field of animation… I doubt
it will be this year… but it needs to happen.
Frankenweenie has one the Boston Society of
Film Critics Award, Florida Film Critics Circle Award, Kansas City Film Critics
Circle Award, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, New York Film and
Critics Circle Award. In addition,
Burton has racked in another 21 critic and industry awards, including 5 Annie
Awards.
·
ParaNorman
o
Sam Fell – 1st nomination.
o
Chris butler – 1st nomination.
I
guess it is possible for Laika Entertainment to scrap out a win. They have been here before, having made Coraline
and Corpse
Bride. They have certainly been
doing great in the Critics awards.
Won
the Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award, Chicago Film Critics
Association Award, Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award, San Diego Film Critics
Society Award, San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award, Southeastern Film
Critics Association Award, Toronto Film Critics Association Award, and the
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Award.
Also
nominated for 8 Annie awards.
·
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
o
Peter Lord – 3rd nomination. Previously nominated for the animated short
films Wat’s Pig and Adam.
Aardman
Animations is no stranger to the Oscars; winning the Oscar in 2005 for Wallace
& Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. In addition, I think the make great fantastic
movies. The snubs they received for Arthur
Christmas and Flushed Away was tragic!
That
said… this film has received very little attention from the critics and
industry association, however, they have scored 5 Annie nomination.
·
Wreck-It-Ralph
o
Rich Moore
I
find Disney’s contribution to animated films this year a bit odd. Wreck-It-Ralph has all the charm, depth, and
creativity of a Pixar movie. I guess it
makes sense, Disney now owns Pixar and all the Pixar executives are now in
charge of Disney Animation studios…
Won
the Austin Film Critics Association award, Broadcast Film Critics Association
Award, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award, and National Board of
Review Award. As well as countless other
nominations, including 10 from the Annie Awards.
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My Two-Cents:
Erg… to be honest, none of these animated films really did much
for me this year. I would really like to
see Tim Burton win… but I just don’t think it will happen. I think the race is between Brave
and Wreck-It-Ralph.
That said, 8 of the last 11 winners of the Annie Award have gone
on to win the Oscar. So… since Wreck-It-Ralph
was the big winner at the Annies… I’m going to go with the logical
choice.
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Prediction:
1. Wreck-It-Ralph
2. Brave
3. Frankenweenie
4. ParaNorman
5. The Pirates! Band of Misfits
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