The 12 Animated Films Up For Oscar Consideration Have Been Announced!
The nominations for the 80th Academy Awards won’t be announced until January 22, but the names of the films being submitted for consideration have already been announced. And this year was not a great year for animation by the looks of this list! I mean c’mon, “Bee Movie”? “Aqua Teen Hunger Force”? “TMNT”? I’ve seen these movies, they are not Oscar worthy, trust me!
Variety Magazine reports that in the animated feature film category, the Academy will have 12 movies to consider and they have to whittle the list down to three nominees. Do you think the voters will have problems narrowing down this list? Here is the list of submitted animated feature length films:
- “Alvin and the Chipmunks”
- “Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters”
- “Bee Movie”
- “Beowulf”
- “Meet the Robinsons”
- “Persepolis”
- “Ratatouille”
- “Shrek the Third”
- “The Simpsons Movie”
- “Surf’s Up”
- “Tekkonkinkreet”
- “TMNT”
Yes, you read that right, “Alvin and the Chipmunks” people! I mean the trailer for “Alvin” alone is incredibly bad, the movie couldn’t be any better…trust me. If I had to pick the three nominees now it would be; “Ratatouille”, “Persepolis” and “The Simpsons Movie”. If “Beowulf” turns out to be a hit then it may replace the Cannes Film Festival winner “Persepolis”.
I will be doing a write up of the graphic novel turned big screen animated feature “Persepolis” as soon as the trailer is released. I have read the beautifully written black and white graphic novel and I am sure the movie will be amazing. I have seen most of the movies on this list and have to say I enjoyed “Surfs Up” and think it is deserving of a nomination also.
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