Oscars Announced: Animation gets lots o noms, some expected, some not.

[Jave]

Animated Film:

- The Incredibles
- Shrek 2
- Shark Tale

I expected the first two, but Shark Tale!!!!??? Come on!!!


The Incredibles was also nominated for Original Screenplay, Sound, and Sound Editing.

Shrek 2 was nominated for Song ("Accidently in Love")

Polar Express was nominated for Song ("Believe"), Sound, and Sound Editing.

[Mek]

'Shark Tale'?

O...M...F...G.

That's it. The academy is a complete farce.

Shark Tale. WHY that and not 'The Polar Express'?

And we all know the Incredibles will slaughter the competition. Works for me, as I hope Shrek gets its whatfor after robbing the oscar from 'Monsters Inc' in 2002. XP

[Lord Dalek]

$5 on the Incredibles.

[Eddie G.]

Honestly I was hoping for The Incredibles to get a best picture nod. The film is really the best movie visually that I've ever seen. If Shrek 2 (Please no) gets the win it will be a sad day.

[Nick]

In case anyone's interested, here are the nominations for best cartoon short.

"Birthday Boy" (An Australian Film, TV and Radio School Production) Sejong Park and Andrew Gregory
"Gopher Broke" (A Blur Studio Production) Jeff Fowler and Tim Miller
"Guard Dog" Bill Plymton
"Lorenzo" (Walt Disney Pictures) Mike Gabriel and Baker Bloodworth
"Ryan" (A Copper Heart Entertainment & National Film Board of Canada Production) Chris Landreth

[Nin-Nin69]

Shrek 2 had an original song? I thought they just stole every popular song and had the cast sing them.

On another note, I hope Plympton wins.

[Juu-kuchi]

I'm tellin' ya people, the Academy will be biased at every anime film except anything that has the name "Ghibli" or "Miyazaki" in it!

Money's on The Incredibles.

[Arxane]

Shrek 2 had an original song? I thought they just stole every popular song and had the cast sing them.

According to the VH1 special, the Counting Crows wrote that song especially for the movie...not that I like it any. I think the song is sappy pap and I pray the it doesn't win the Oscar.

And I'm with everyone else. What weed was the Academy smoking when they nominated Shark Tale? Well, at least I can take solice in the fact that most people believe The Incredibles will win. Shrek 2's over-reliance on pop-culture references is too obvious the second time around.

[JLApe]

Consider it as a strategic attempt by the nomination committee to swing more votes towards Shrek 2 by picking its grossly inferior Dreamworks kin Shark Tale. That's my conspiracy theory, and it's the only sensible reason why the movie got nominated.

Unlike the other categories, the Best Animated Feature nominees are selected by a (very) small panel of Academy voters that view all the contenders and pick 3 (or 5, if contenders number 15 or more). I sure like to know who are in that panel.

[Mynd Hed]

I'm tellin' ya people, the Academy will be biased at every anime film except anything that has the name "Ghibli" or "Miyazaki" in it!

Eh, it's not like there were any really good theatrically-released anime films this year anyway. The only one that might've had a shot was Ghost in the Shell 2, which would've been a good pick for some of the technical awards but definitely doesn't deserve Best Animated. So I'm not exactly crying about it this year.

Everything but the Incredibles is just being nominated as a technicality, anyway. It's got the Oscar-friendly Pixar name attached to it, plus strong box office numbers, plus good critical response, plus it's strongest competition (Shrek 2) has sequel-itis. It's a no-brainer.

[Jave]

Still... I can't believe Shark Tale got the nom... I would have prefered Spongebob...

[JDWeil]

Animated Film:

- The Incredibles
- Shrek 2
- Shark Tale

I expected the first two, but Shark Tale!!!!??? Come on!!!


The Incredibles was also nominated for Original Screenplay, Sound, and Sound Editing.

Shrek 2 was nominated for Song ("Accidently in Love")

Polar Express was nominated for Song ("Believe"), Sound, and Sound Editing.

Why not Shark Tale? It was a hit movie and well done.

[Mek]

Still... I can't believe Shark Tale got the nom... I would have prefered Spongebob...

While not 'teh best 2004 movie evar', I do agree.

Heck, I would have settled for 'Polar Express' too, not Shark Tale.

I feel sorry for my dad, as he had to go see ST with my little brother. The man rarely ever sees movies these days... why did it have to be that one? D=

... And if 'The Incredibles' doesn't win (yeah right, everyone knows it'll smoke the competition, unless the Academy is going for 'realistic' CG. Pfft, comparing the aesthetics of Incredibles and Shrek 2 is like apples and oranges), that will truly be one of the biggest crimes of the century.

[Dudley]

SHARK TALE?!

That should of been Polar Express. Ah, well, at least that movie got nominations.

[Baltofan]

Go Incredibles!
But not Shark Tale, it should had been PE!

[Hordesman]

Between Polar Express and Sharktale, I would've have gone with YGO.

[Spongebrain2.0]

WTF, NO NOMINATIONS FOR "Team America"..This is an Outrage!!!

[Artimus Gigan]

WTF, NO NOMINATIONS FOR "Team America"..This is an Outrage!!!

Because puppets arn't animation

[Carolina Red]

Not surprised to see some Incredibles nominations. I have yet to see it, but I hope to when it comes out on pay per view or disc, I have been hearing loads of good stuff about it.

[Spongebrain2.0]

Because puppets arn't animation

What about a nomination for "I'm So Ronery" or "Pearl Harbor Sucked". This is a travesty, They nominate "Shrek 2"'s terrible song over these. Bullcrap!