And the Oscar nomination will go to...

**Donald Duck 12** · 10-22-2006, 05:37 PM

I always love making predicitions for the Best Animated Feature category. So who is in the running first of all (each studio can have three films eligable). Then when we determine that who will be nominated (I am pretty sure that five can be nominated this year, please correct me if I am wrong). Finally then who will win? The films released/to be released this year are (tell me if I missed any):

Weinstein Company- Doogal
20th Century Fox- Everyone's Hero
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Paramount- Barnyard
Over the Hedge
Flushed Away
Disney- Cars
The Wild
Universal- Curious George
Think Film- Farce of the Penguins
Sony- Monster House
Open Season
Warner Bros.- A Scanner Darkly
The Ant Bully
Happy Feet

**Mr. Manager** · 10-22-2006, 05:49 PM

I thought Farce was live-action? Anyway, I think it's too early to make predictions. We still have some more animated movies on the way. Plus, we haven't even gotten the list of the movies being considered.

**Fifi Fanatic** · 10-22-2006, 06:55 PM

I suspect that "Cars" will probably be the winner. Though I personally will be pulling for "Over the Hedge".

**Johnny Cakes** · 10-22-2006, 06:57 PM

Monster House should win out of that list. I also hope that Cars and Curious George get a nomination.

**Donald Duck 12** · 10-22-2006, 07:11 PM

Originally Posted by Johnny Cakes

Monster House should win out of that list. I also hope that Cars and Curious George get a nomination.

Those were the only three that I have seen this year. They were all great films, but not the best ever. I can see those being nominated.

**Dr.Pepper** · 10-22-2006, 07:27 PM

Wasn't Open Season, Flushed Away, and Over the Hedge all Dreamworks or was I mistaken?

**Mr. Manager** · 10-22-2006, 08:06 PM

Originally Posted by Dr.Pepper

Wasn't Open Season, Flushed Away, and Over the Hedge all Dreamworks or was I mistaken?

Paramount bought Dreamworks.

**Lonestarr** · 10-22-2006, 08:12 PM

If Monster House doesn't, at the very least, garner a nomination, the Oscars are officially rigged.

**HG Revolution** · 10-22-2006, 08:13 PM

Flushed Away looks good, and if the Academy continues with the Aardman love (Chicken Run being snubbed for Best Picture was the reason they created the Best Animated Film award in the first place), it could win.

Cars is a shoe-in, and I personally hope A Scanner Darkly gets some recognition.

**SirLemming** · 10-22-2006, 08:49 PM

So far I want Monster House to win, and due to its overall good critical reception and due to "Pixar yet again" being the more obvious choice, I think it has a chance.

Doogal was a critical flop as far as I can tell, so that'd just be bizarre.
The Wild... ditto.
And Barnyard? I don't remember hearing anything about that after it came out.
Open Season doesn't seem to have gotten a whole lot of love either.

Cars is obviously going to be nominated, and most of the other ones have as good a chance as any.

Farce of the Penguins is not animated. A Scanner Darkly might not be in the category either... I don't know.

**Aldrius** · 10-22-2006, 08:59 PM

Cars, Monster House, Over the Hedge.

Out of that list. Dunno who's going to win, though. =x

**Moto Pete** · 10-22-2006, 09:02 PM

Over the Hedge

Curouis George should win best Movie Soundtrack

**Golgo13** · 10-22-2006, 09:56 PM

I'd imagine the nominees will be Cars, Monster House, Flushed Away. Obviously, I haven't seen Flushed Away so I can't give an accurate idea of it's worth, but if it's anything like Aarman's past films, it should be a big contender.

All things considered, I believe Monster House will win. It has a great story and terrific animation. Not to mention it had some very interesting animation techniques.

For instance, Monster House was rendered completely without motion blur.

**sterfish** · 10-22-2006, 10:07 PM

Although Monster House might be a good film, I wouldn't be too surprised if it didn't get nominated. The Academy has somewhat of a bias against motion capture and that may keep the film from getting nominated the way it kept The Polar Express from getting nominated. I think you'll see Cars, Flushed Away, and Over The Hedge nominated with Curious George or possibly Happy Feet making a surprise bid.

**Dudley** · 10-22-2006, 10:38 PM

My Scanner Darkly won't be nominated for the same reason Waking Life wasn't nominated.
The Academy doesn't think rotoscoping counts as animation.

**TnAdct1** · 10-22-2006, 11:03 PM

Originally Posted by Dudley

My Scanner Darkly won't be nominated for the same reason Waking Life wasn't nominated.
The Academy doesn't think rotoscoping counts as animation.

However, Waking Life was eligible for the Best Animated Film award in 2001.

**Baltofan** · 10-23-2006, 08:17 AM

Over The Hedge should win!

**PeppeRaskell1** · 10-23-2006, 08:21 AM

Hmmm...Best Animated Feature? I definitely see A Scanner Darkly, Cars, Flushed Away (Oscar really can't say "no" to an Aardman film).

And I also see Doogal, Everyone's Hero and Barnyard getting some kind of award...Maybe one of them will have the honor of getting the very first "Razzie" for "Worst Animated Feature"....

**Dudley** · 10-24-2006, 12:12 AM

Originally Posted by TnAdct1

However, Waking Life was eligible for the Best Animated Film award in 2001.

It was? Well, my bad.

**Ben** · 10-24-2006, 09:29 AM

I would love to see A Scanner Darkly, Monster House and Cars nominated. Scanner is really the best film of those three, but of course Cars is going to win.

Unfortunately Flushed Away doesn't seem like it's going to be spectacular -- it's not a pure Aardman film, it was produced by DreamWorks, and there were enough creative differences during the production to lead to the breakup of the partnership.

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