Oscar for Best Animated Feature 2012

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Sotiris wrote:
qindarka wrote:A part of me wants Brave to win if only to see the reactions here and elsewhere.
Are you happy, now? :lol:
I'm perfectly fine with it.

I've defended Brave's win at the Golden Globes and didn't like Ralph that much better than Brave. And I've bitched about the Oscar's credibility before so I'm not inclined to complain about snubs and it would be rather hypocritical if I were to put much stock in the awards if my preferred choice did win.

Pixar bias is a little annoying but it's worth remembering that before this, all their winning films garnered massive critical acclaim. Not as if the Academy are giving them these awards for the fun of it.

And what was so wrong with Mark Andrews wearing the kilt?
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Can this Q&A get more awkward?

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First of all I really enjoyed the show and am super happy that "Argo" won Best Picture. However, the biggest shocker of the night was "Brave's" win. While the is film solid, it is ultimatly a weak choice for the win. "Wreck-It Ralph" is easily the best animated film of the year. Great story, heart, and a real crowd pleaser, deserved the award. "Paranorman" would have been my second choice for its inventiveness. I don't hold the academy on a high pedastool, but they have a system that works. Do I agree all the time, no, but I can see where they're coming from. However, in this case they got it wrong. But in the future and even today it is evident to us all what is the best animated movie.
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I think it's interesting that Brave won. Considering it didn't win a single critics award and it lost the Annie.

I guess this just reflects the popularity PIXAR still enjoys with the big wigs. It won the Globe, the BAFTA and the Oscar.

It's a good movie so I'm not complaining. Was rooting for either Ralph or Paranorman.

Edit: OH GOD THAT BACKSTAGE INTERVIEW. :lol: I think that may be the most awkward thing I have ever seen. I had to look away at certain points. The both of them handled it the best they could possibly have. As obnoxious as Mark is, he was respectful towards Brenda here. I don't think there's any bad blood between them. Especially because Brenda has said before that the final version of the film is close to her vision.

Still, that was insanely awkward.
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Gee, while DisneyJedi was having a major nervous breakdown I was fast, fast, fast asleep. Like in bed. :frog:
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I really don't care what movie won the Oscar, be it ParaNorman or Brave (which obviously was the winner). You should not let it change your opinion of which film you prefer. This pointless bickering will only go nowhere.

I did not see Wreck-it-Ralph, so I cannot voice my opinion on whether or not it really got robbed of it's Oscar as some people are seeming to claim on here. The same thing applies to The Pirates! Band of Misfits (which I'm sure could be a decent film)
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Paperman won this year, last year The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore won. Both were available online for free.

Does anyone think that making the short films available to the public helps?
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Lnds500 wrote:Does anyone think that making the short films available to the public helps?
I think it does. In the case of Paperman, it received lot of publicity and buzz because of that, especially since it was released online prior to the other animated shorts.
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Wow that video was awkward. You could tell Brenda and Mark felt awkward during that whole intereview

Also what if Mark Andrews get on a big roll and ends up replacing Iger. That to me would be horrible as I'm sure the feeling is mutual with many of you
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disneyboy20022 wrote:Also what if Mark Andrews get on a big roll and ends up replacing Iger. That to me would be horrible as I'm sure the feeling is mutual with many of you
I don't see that happening. 1: Andrews probably prefers to remain a director and 2: The Disney board will probably go with somebody who has experience in business and management.
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DisneyJedi is the funniest member on UD.

I wish ParaNorman had won, but at least the oft-inept Academy normally gives the awards to the right films when it comes to Best Animated Feature (Up, Wall-E, Incredibles, etc.). Pixar has been wiping the floor with Disney since its very first feature, and it's good that it's being recognised.
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Dr Frankenollie wrote:DisneyJedi is the funniest member on UD.
I know, right. Glad I was asleep when all this nonsense was going down.

The Oscars are a joke. It's just entertainment. Not the end of the world.
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Fuck the Oscars. I'm done with them and their pretentious biased ways. :x
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This is Disneyjedi while watching the Oscars while finding out out that Brave won

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a producer of Paperman got Temporarily thrown out of the Oscars
If your film wins an Oscar, you may need to resist the urge to celebrate with any kind of physical display beyond clapping, smiling or crying, or risk being tossed out of the theater by security. This was a lesson Paperman producer Kristina Reed learned the hard way during last night's Oscars. One of the producers of the charming, Oscar-winning Disney animated short was temporarily removed from the theater by security when she reportedly began throwing a few paper airplanes out into the audience after the short won its Oscar.

If you've seen the Paperman animated short, which was released before Disney's Wreck-It Ralph last year, then you understand the significance of the paper airplanes. The story follows a man who meets a pretty woman on a train platform, and later attempts to get her attention by flying paper airplanes from his building to hers. From what THR reports, it doesn't sound like Kristina Reed was trying to disrupt the ceremony when she reacted to the short film's win by flying three or four lipstick-kissed paper airplanes from her mezzanine seat. She wasn't near the stage.

Security apparently didn't find the demonstration of her enthusiasm so charming though, and promptly removed Reed from the Dolby Theater auditorium. A bit of protesting brought her back five or ten minutes later, so she didn't miss much. In the meantime, those who might be considering bringing confetti or some other physical display of enthusiasm in the event that their movie wins an award in the future might reconsider that plan.
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Would you all kindly not gain up on me?
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When you look back at the history of the other animation category, this is pretty much history repeating itself. When the animated short category was introduced in the '30s, Walt Disney won every single year up until the end of the decade. Most of those wins were deserved, but I think "Popeye Meets Sinbad" and "Peace on Earth" should have won in their respective years.

Then in the 1940s, MGM's animation unit continually won that category. Tom & Jerry won SEVEN times. Jumping ahead to the late '70s, the National Film Board of Canada frequently won. So, this is not the first time the Academy has been consistent in honouring an animation studio every (or almost every) years.

I was also thinking about what if the Animated Feature category had existed in the '90s. By the time Hercules had won, the reaction would probably be similar. "Damn, why does Disney win every year? Cats Don't Dance/Anastasia should have won. The Academy is so incredibly biased. I hate you, Disney, please die! *Cue annoying angry emoticon* "
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DisneyJedi wrote:Fuck the Oscars. I'm done with them and their pretentious biased ways. :x
As Patrick said: it's just entertainment, and they are rarely right. Psycho wasn't nominated for Best Picture. Citizen Kane didn't win Best Picture. Hitchcock, of all people, was never nominated for Best Director.

And if you want people to stop, er, 'gaining' up on you, then please stop acting so childishly.
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Piece of art I did in response to all this:

http://tristo99.deviantart.com/art/Reac ... -356414391
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Tristy wrote:Piece of art I did in response to all this:

http://tristo99.deviantart.com/art/Reac ... -356414391
I honestly agree 1000% with this! :(
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Tristy wrote:Piece of art I did in response to all this:

http://tristo99.deviantart.com/art/Reac ... -356414391
Cool! I would've added a certain other movie to the drawing :wink:, but it's great as is.
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