tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984824.post110502600851049118..comments2024-03-12T10:31:11.815-07:00Comments on The Ward-O-Matic: Best Picture Oscar?Ward Jenkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05013085293679968596noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984824.post-1105206011057938092005-01-08T09:40:00.000-08:002005-01-08T09:40:00.000-08:00I would not be at all surprised if Incredibles lan...I would not be at all surprised if Incredibles landed a Best Pic nomination, especially given the rest of the field this year, but it will knock my socks off if the academy actually gives it a win in that category. I'm sure Bird will walk away with a Best Animated oscar in hand, but if that other hand carries away the Best Pic one, it will truly be a surprise. Most critics seem to favor Sideways (which I haven't seen yet). <br /><br />BTW, Ward I saw your letter in the latest Creative Loafing, standing up for Henry Selick and his team's wonderul work on the <I>stop-motion</I> animation for The Life Aquatic (a movie I loved). Computer animation indeed.If even the critics can't tell the difference, how has it become current wisdom that audiences prefer computer animation to traditional? Sadly, beancounter thinking still trumps anything else in the big movie biz.redcrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735761482049371488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984824.post-1105108906738081682005-01-07T06:41:00.000-08:002005-01-07T06:41:00.000-08:00I dunno. I predict that The Incredibles may in fac...I dunno. I predict that The Incredibles may in fact receive a Best Picture nod. There's been enough buzz about it to garner this nomination, I believe. And considering that many of the PGA people are Oscar voters may lay claim to this possibility. Like I mentioned, and you too, Pope, it probably will not win, but instead receive the Best Animated Film award. Oh well, that's certainly something, though!Ward Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05013085293679968596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984824.post-1105038771394431872005-01-06T11:12:00.000-08:002005-01-06T11:12:00.000-08:00A leaner year of oscar-worthy pics would have prob...A leaner year of oscar-worthy pics would have probably meant a wider reception for The Incredibles. Sadly, I'd imagine there's enough "legitimate" cinema to keep Bird's magnificent movie neatly boxed into the Oscar equivilant of the kiddie table.Robert Popehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18216484801391073449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984824.post-1105031689701371932005-01-06T09:14:00.000-08:002005-01-06T09:14:00.000-08:00I hope it's nominated but I'm not sure, given the ...I hope it's nominated but I'm not sure, given the competition, if it will win or not... THE AVIATOR, SIDEWAYS and RAY as well as MILLION DOLLAR BABY would be pretty tough to beat--given how well those movies have been recieved. I certainly think it deserves to be nominated before FINDING NEVERLAND which was sentimental pish. It still made me cry though.James Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16204321060052223904noreply@blogger.com