So... we're back to old business...
On Jun 28, 2:40Â pm, Derek Janssen
nospam.verizon.net> wrote:> Terrence Briggs wrote:
>
>> Parphrasing for now, he complains that the Oscar category for Best
>> Animated Film was the "worst thing to happen to cinema". Â He kvetched
>> about about forced to watch Lion King and Little Mermaid with his
>> children dozens of times ("They couldn't grow up fast enough."). Â and
>> so on. Â I'll pull out the quotes, soon as I can, cuz their going right
>> on the bathroom wall :-)
>
> There is, at the moment, so much momentum over Wall-E initially getting
> 100%% on RT (it's down to the 97's now, thanks to two or three
> "depressing" party-poopers) that...yep...you guessed it...LA voters are
> currently asking whether it could also be nominated for Best Picture
> "for the first time since Beauty&Beast", unquote. Â -_-
I'll get to that...
Metacritic is all thumbs up for Wall-E (92 score, shy of Ratatouille's
96):
http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/walle
I gonna bet the Kornheisers of the world "forced" to sit through this
film with their kids might resist it, the way I resist West Side
Story :-)
But to answer your original provocation... Why shouldn't Wall-E be
noninated for Best Picture? Forget the LA strawmen for a bit, and
address the issue being raised.
> By creating the Oscar category, we thought we had finally found the
> vaccine to the Disease.
> But as long as LA will always be LA, you just can't teach a Sneetch.
>
> Derek Janssen (there's GOT to be some way we can finally stop them)
> ejan...@
verizon.net
Maybe by GIVING the Best Picture Oscar to an animated film, we'll shut
'em up. I can't think of one that might stand a chance of winning,
and no one will agree with my suggestions for past animated films that
might have deserved the award, so I'll chalk it up to animation
haterade. Simply put, there are some folks who REFUSE to accept that
an animated film will EVER be more deserving of acclaim than a high-
minded, competently made piece of live-action Oscar Bait. The E.T-
Gandhi debate has NOTHING on animatophobia.
Terrence Briggs, started. Obviously.
Peace to you...
