The BAFTA nominations were announced this morning. The Best Animated Feature Nominees are:
Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
In regards to Wreck-It Ralph, I'm guessing it wasn't eligible due to not coming out for another month on British screens. James Bobin got an Outstanding Debut by a British Director nomination for The Muppets, which was also released in February in the UK.
On the other hand, BAFTA has never nominated a Disney Animation in this category, not even The Princess and the Frog or Tangled.
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estefan wrote:The BAFTA nominations were announced this morning. The Best Animated Feature Nominees are:
Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
In regards to Wreck-It Ralph, I'm guessing it wasn't eligible due to not coming out for another month on British screens. James Bobin got an Outstanding Debut by a British Director nomination for The Muppets, which was also released in February in the UK.
On the other hand, BAFTA has never nominated a Disney Animation in this category, not even The Princess and the Frog or Tangled.
Two Disney animated features against LAIKA? Interesting.
estefan wrote:The BAFTA nominations were announced this morning. The Best Animated Feature Nominees are:
Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
In regards to Wreck-It Ralph, I'm guessing it wasn't eligible due to not coming out for another month on British screens. James Bobin got an Outstanding Debut by a British Director nomination for The Muppets, which was also released in February in the UK.
On the other hand, BAFTA has never nominated a Disney Animation in this category, not even The Princess and the Frog or Tangled.
I think if it were eligible it would have been nominated instead of Brave.
PatrickvD wrote:I think if it were eligible it would have been nominated instead of Brave.
Perhaps not. BAFTAs tend to favor British-focused or British-centered films even in categories that are open to non-British productions. And a film about Scotland, with a full British cast that is seen as portraying Scotland in a positive light and promoting tourism in Scotland and in the UK in general wouldn't have gone unnoticed by the Academy.
I don't know about ParaNorman since the percentage is 3 points behind Frankenweenie. That's why I believe that Frankenweenie should win.
Well, actually, Frankenweenie is about 88%, with Wreck-It Ralph being about 86%.
OK GUYS LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT.
percentage is calculated from reviews, and it's a good way to decide, whether the critics like it or not.
but on the other hand, it's not like the reviews are 100% accurately converted to percentage. THEY(rotton tomatoes) decide whether the reviews are positive or negative. it's simple as that.
Therefore, I think 3% is not a big deal.
Paranorman
Frankenweenie
Wreck-it-Ralph
Brave
Pirates: In an Adventure with Scientists
Surprised at the inclusion of Pirates and annoyed by the lack of token foreign films. They don't have a shot of winning but I like using the Oscars to filter out the notable ones.
Paranorman
Frankenweenie
Wreck-it-Ralph
Brave
Pirates: In an Adventure with Scientists
Surprised at the inclusion of Pirates and annoyed by the lack of token foreign films. They don't have a shot of winning but I like using the Oscars to filter out the notable ones.
Other than that, pretty much expected.
I think it's shoulder to shoulder between Paranorman and Ralph.
I vote for the second, although I have a feeling Paranorman will get it.
Glen only worked as a character designer on Paperman and as a film consultant on Adam & Dog. His involvement in both shorts was quite small.
qindarka wrote:Surprised at the inclusion of Pirates and annoyed by the lack of token foreign films.
I am shocked that Pirates! got in when it wasn't even nominated for a BAFTA. I am particularly frustrated that none of the foreign indie films were included despite there were some very good entries, much better than last year's batch. Also, Brave most certainly did not deserve a nomination.
qindarka wrote:Surprised at the inclusion of Pirates and annoyed by the lack of token foreign films.
I am shocked that Pirates! got in when it wasn't even nominated for a BAFTA.
I am particularly frustrated that none of the foreign indie films were included despite there were some very good entries, much better than last year's batch.
Also, Brave most certainly did not deserve a nomination.
Another disappointing Oscar year.
Brave got a nod because it's PIXAR. End of story. You think Brave would of got a nod if it wasn't from Pixar?
I'm even more upset about the Best Animated Short nominations. I can't believe shorts like the Fresh Guacamole and the Simpsons short got nominated over the other immensely better shorts.
I think these are five fantastic animated films. I'm probably in the minority here but whatever.
I am SO glad to see Dreamworks overlooked while Disney walks away with three nominations. Nothing makes me happier than seeing Katzenberg's ridiculous Oscar campaign for Guardians crash and burn. He began shopping it around back in September or something. This is just karma.
PatrickvD wrote:I think these are five fantastic animated films. I'm probably in the minority here but whatever.
I am SO glad to see Dreamworks overlooked while Disney walks away with three nominations. Nothing makes me happier than seeing Katzenberg's ridiculous Oscar campaign for Guardians crash and burn. He began shopping it around back in September or something. This is just karma.
And Paperman is pretty much a shoe-in.
I agree that its funny how that turned out. Yet also a bit of a pity because I liked the film and thought it deserved a nomination.[/b]
