Year-In-Advance Animated Oscar Predictions...
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 2:25 pm
I did a thread like this last year, and I believe many of us turned out to be correct...suprisingly. In all honesty, I didn't think the Shark Tale/Sharkslayer would hold up. Anyway, I think it'd be fun to continue the tradition, and here's a list of films supposedly out next year to help the predicition process along:
Appleseed (already open, anime?)
Pooh's Heffalump Movie (traditional animation from Disney!)
Robots (CGI, starring Robin Williams in another Genie-esque role.)
Steamboy (anime)
Valiant (Disney, CGI)
Madagascar (stylized CGI)
Howl's Moving Castle (anime, from the Japanese Walt Disney, Hayoa Miyazaki)
Hair High
A Scanner Darkly (computer enhanced rotoscope, from the people who brought us Waking Life.)
The Corpse Bride
THE WALLACE & GROMIT MOVIE: CURSE OF THE WERERABBIT
CHICKEN LITTLE
That's not including the 3-5 foreign entries that make a surprise appearance on the longlist. Though the usually don't factor into the race, The Triplettes of Belleville landed a nominated during its (rather weak) competitive year. The nominees, and winners, of 2005 will be the ultimate champs, representing all types of animation and studios.
Now, for my predictions...
3 Nominees:
Chicken Little (November release has worked wonders before. The trailer looks promising. Likely to be an Annies theatrical feature nominee.
The Corpse Bride (Stop-motion animation has yet to be honored and the Annies will likely nominate it for theatrical feature. Johnny Depp or Helena Bonham Carter will get an Annie nod for Voice Acting.)
Valiant (Screencaps looks solid. If there's not a CGI backlash this year (and why would there be?) this likey Annie theatrical feature nominee will get in.
5 Nominees (15 films are needed to activate the final two slots.)
The three above, plus:
Howl's Moving Castle (Why? This is Hayao Miyazaki for crying out loud! He won two years ago for Spirited Away! Although, Howl's Moving Castle will be battling it out with A Scanner Darkly for the year's "adult/mature" vote. Besides, with The Polar Express snub, it's clear the Academy has turned its back on rotoscope "animation." A likely Annie nominee for best theatrical feature, and the likely recepient of the New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Critics, and National Society of Film Critics Circle Awards.
Madagascar (Most likely a box-office hit and the nominee of several Annie Awards, possibly best theatrical feature. With the Shark Tale nomination this year, it seems that the Academy is warming up to their culture zeitgeist mode of storytelling. NOO!!)
Anyone care to dig up last year's thread?
Appleseed (already open, anime?)
Pooh's Heffalump Movie (traditional animation from Disney!)
Robots (CGI, starring Robin Williams in another Genie-esque role.)
Steamboy (anime)
Valiant (Disney, CGI)
Madagascar (stylized CGI)
Howl's Moving Castle (anime, from the Japanese Walt Disney, Hayoa Miyazaki)
Hair High
A Scanner Darkly (computer enhanced rotoscope, from the people who brought us Waking Life.)
The Corpse Bride
THE WALLACE & GROMIT MOVIE: CURSE OF THE WERERABBIT
CHICKEN LITTLE
That's not including the 3-5 foreign entries that make a surprise appearance on the longlist. Though the usually don't factor into the race, The Triplettes of Belleville landed a nominated during its (rather weak) competitive year. The nominees, and winners, of 2005 will be the ultimate champs, representing all types of animation and studios.
Now, for my predictions...
3 Nominees:
Chicken Little (November release has worked wonders before. The trailer looks promising. Likely to be an Annies theatrical feature nominee.
The Corpse Bride (Stop-motion animation has yet to be honored and the Annies will likely nominate it for theatrical feature. Johnny Depp or Helena Bonham Carter will get an Annie nod for Voice Acting.)
Valiant (Screencaps looks solid. If there's not a CGI backlash this year (and why would there be?) this likey Annie theatrical feature nominee will get in.
5 Nominees (15 films are needed to activate the final two slots.)
The three above, plus:
Howl's Moving Castle (Why? This is Hayao Miyazaki for crying out loud! He won two years ago for Spirited Away! Although, Howl's Moving Castle will be battling it out with A Scanner Darkly for the year's "adult/mature" vote. Besides, with The Polar Express snub, it's clear the Academy has turned its back on rotoscope "animation." A likely Annie nominee for best theatrical feature, and the likely recepient of the New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Critics, and National Society of Film Critics Circle Awards.
Madagascar (Most likely a box-office hit and the nominee of several Annie Awards, possibly best theatrical feature. With the Shark Tale nomination this year, it seems that the Academy is warming up to their culture zeitgeist mode of storytelling. NOO!!)
Anyone care to dig up last year's thread?
