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Another indie film is vying for consideration.

Living Large is nominated for two European Film Awards, and has also qualified for Oscar consideration in the animated feature film category this year.

Source: https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/ ... ing-large/

Only 31 animated feature films have been submitted for consideration to AMPAS this year in the Animated Feature category, 3 fewer than last year. Many streaming films were not rendered eligible by their respective studios or distributors, most notably Orion and the Dark and The Tiger's Apprentice.

Here are the submitted entries:

01. Art College 1994
02. Captain Avispa
03. Chicken for Linda!
04. The Colors Within
05. The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
06. Despicable Me 4
07. Flow
08. The Garfield Movie
09. Ghost Cat Anzu
10. The Glassworker
11. The Imaginary
12. Inside Out 2
13. Kensuke's Kingdom
14. Kung Fu Panda 4
15. Living Large
16. Look Back
17. The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
18. Mars Express
19. Memoir of a Snail
20. Moana 2
21. Piece by Piece
22. Rocket Club: Across the Cosmos
23. Sirocco and the Kingdom of Winds
24. Spellbound
25. Sultana's Dream
26. That Christmas
27. Thelma the Unicorn
28. Transformers One
29. Ultraman: Rising
30. Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
31. The Wild Robot


Here's a breakdown of the submitted films by animation medium. In the case of hybrids, I've listed them based on the predominant medium used.

Computer Animation
Captain Avispa
Despicable Me 4
Flow
The Garfield Movie
Inside Out 2
Kung Fu Panda 4
Moana 2
Piece by Piece
Rocket Club: Across the Cosmos
Spellbound
That Christmas
Thelma the Unicorn
Transformers One
Ultraman: Rising
The Wild Robot

Hand-Drawn Animation
Art College 1994
Chicken for Linda!
The Colors Within
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
Ghost Cat Anzu
The Glassworker
The Imaginary
Kensuke's Kingdom
Look Back
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Mars Express
Sirocco and the Kingdom of Winds
Sultana's Dream

Stop-Motion Animation
Living Large
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl


Here's a breakdown of the submitted films by country. In the case of co-productions, I've listed them under their primary producing country.

Australia
Memoir of a Snail

Canada
Rocket Club: Across the Cosmos

China
Art College 1994

Czech Republic
Living Large

Dominican Republic
Captain Avispa

France
Chicken for Linda!
Mars Express
Sirocco and the Kingdom of Winds

Japan
The Colors Within
Ghost Cat Anzu
The Imaginary
Look Back

Latvia
Flow

Pakistan
The Glassworker

Spain
Sultana's Dream

UK
Kensuke's Kingdom
That Christmas
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

USA
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
Despicable Me 4
The Garfield Movie
Inside Out 2
Kung Fu Panda 4
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Moana 2
Piece by Piece
Spellbound
Thelma the Unicorn
Transformers One
Ultraman: Rising
The Wild Robot

The five I hope go through to the final nominees are:

- Inside Out 2
- The Wild Robot
- The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
- The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
- Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

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I've heard good things about Flow but I don't have any way to watch it.

So far I've seen:
- Inside Out 2
- The Wild Robot
- The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
- Spellbound
- Moana 2

I plan to watch The War of the Rohirrim next month. It doesn't look promising.

Only seen 3 of those five movies, with plans in motion to see TDTEBU and TLOTR:TWOTR, but not Spellbound (since Lasseter will get no eyes on him from me anymore).

The nominations for the Saturn Awards are out.

Best Animated Film

The Boy and the Heron
Despicable Me 4
Inside Out 2
Kung Fu Panda 4
Spy x Family Code: White
Transformers: One
The Wild Robot

Source: https://comicbookclublive.com/2024/12/0 ... lete-list/

War of the Rohirrim is okay, I think LotR fans will like it. The animation is not so good, but you might get used to it eventually.

My ranking of the films released in 2024 that I've seen so far:
1. The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
2. War of the Rohirrim
3. Inside Out 2
4. The Wild Robot
5. Moana 2
6. Spellbound

Farerb wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2024 1:24 pm War of the Rohirrim is okay, I think LotR fans will like it. The animation is not so good, but you might get used to it eventually.

My ranking of the films released in 2024 that I've seen so far:
1. The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
2. War of the Rohirrim
3. Inside Out 2
4. The Wild Robot
5. Moana 2
6. Spellbound

In this case, I’m rooting for that Looney Tunes movie to win Best Animated Feature.

BTW, I expected 5 and 6 to be as they were. But what is it about Moana 2 that made you put it above Spellbound?

FYC ads for Inside Out 2 and Moana 2:












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D23ExpoVisitor25 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2024 2:06 pm In this case, I’m rooting for that Looney Tunes movie to win Best Animated Feature.

BTW, I expected 5 and 6 to be as they were. But what is it about Moana 2 that made you put it above Spellbound?

I wrote a whole thing about it and then I thought it would be more appropriate to write it in the Moana 2 thread so long story short, I didn't hate either film, but found both to be subpar, but I guess I still find the characters in Moana 2 likeable enough to put the movie above Spellbound.

Spellbound deals with something many children go through and maybe it would have resonated with me if I had watched it when I was younger, but thinking about the film more, until they arrive to the climax, they go through a journey (or a road trip as some like to call it) that isn't really interesting and we don't really get any substantial reason to why the parents split up other than a mild argument that didn't seem that bad. I liked the song The Way It Was Before, but the rest of the music wasn't that memorable to me.

Farerb wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2024 8:23 pm

D23ExpoVisitor25 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2024 2:06 pm In this case, I’m rooting for that Looney Tunes movie to win Best Animated Feature.

BTW, I expected 5 and 6 to be as they were. But what is it about Moana 2 that made you put it above Spellbound?

I wrote a whole thing about it and then I thought it would be more appropriate to write it in the Moana 2 thread so long story short, I didn't hate either film, but found both to be subpar, but I guess I still find the characters in Moana 2 likeable enough to put the movie above Spellbound.

Spellbound deals with something many children go through and maybe it would have resonated with me if I had watched it when I was younger, but thinking about the film more, until they arrive to the climax, they go through a journey (or a road trip as some like to call it) that isn't really interesting and we don't really get any substantial reason to why the parents split up other than a mild argument that didn't seem that bad. I liked the song The Way It Was Before, but the rest of the music wasn't that memorable to me.

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Sotiris wrote: ↑Sun Dec 08, 2024 3:47 pm Finalists for Visual Effects Oscar Revealed Ahead of Shortlist Voting: ‘Wicked,’ ‘Dune 2,’ ‘Mufasa’ and More
https://variety.com/2024/film/awards/os ... 236242249/

I expect the final 5 nominees to be (in release order):

- Dune Part Two
- Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes
- Deadpool & Wolverine
- Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
- Mufasa: The Lion King

Sotiris wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2024 6:25 pm ‘Flow’ Wins Best Animated Feature At European Film Awards
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/flow ... 44127.html

Sotiris wrote: ↑Wed Nov 27, 2024 4:47 am
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Flow is winning a lot of awards. It's a stronger contender than I thought. Probably, it's a lock for the Oscar nomination along with Inside Out 2 and The Wild Robot. It's also competing in the international film category, but it might be more difficult for it to get in there.

Farerb wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2024 1:24 pm My ranking of the films released in 2024 that I've seen so far:
1. The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
2. War of the Rohirrim
3. Inside Out 2
4. The Wild Robot
5. Moana 2
6. Spellbound

I'm not a big Looney Tunes fan, but now I'm curious about the movie since you ranked it so high. It's interesting that both it and the new Wallace & Gromit film are competing for this year's awards, but don't have their wide release until next year.

Sotiris wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2024 6:04 pm Only 31 animated feature films have been submitted for consideration to AMPAS this year in the Animated Feature category, 3 fewer than last year. Many streaming films were not rendered eligible by their respective studios or distributors, most notably Orion and the Dark and The Tiger's Apprentice.

I'm surprised Orion and the Dark wasn't submitted since it's a Dreamworks movie and had good reviews.

D82 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 08, 2024 6:07 pm I'm not a big Looney Tunes fan, but now I'm curious about the movie since you ranked it so high. It's interesting that both it and the new Wallace & Gromit film are competing for this year's awards, but don't have their wide release until next year.

It was well written and very funny, with the type of visual humor that animated movies used to have. I hope you enjoy it too.

By the way, I've seen Flow and this is my new ranking:

1. The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
2. Flow
3. War of the Rohirrim
4. Inside Out 2
5. The Wild Robot
6. Moana 2
7. Spellbound

Here are the Golden Globe nominees:

Best Motion Picture – Animated
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Moana 2
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie ... 236081103/

Six nominees are too many. There should always be just five.

Am I the only one who thinks The Wild Robot is overrated??
I am fond of Lilo and Stitch, but Chris Sanders' DreamWorks films just don't do anything for me. Neither The Wild Robot nor How to Train Your Dragon and definitely not The Croods.

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