Looking at the list of animated films in 2009 I see Coraline, Monsters vs. Aliens, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, G-Force (does live-action mix count?), 9, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Astro Boy, A Christmas Carol, Planet 51, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel (again, live-action mix), The Princess and the Frog and, of course, Pixar’s Up.
Should the animated/live-action mix films in that list be considered for Oscar contention we have a total of twelve films and if three more should get in there that would mean 15 eligible films for the Best Animated Feature Film Oscar in 2010, which means the category could get a total of five nominees rather than the traditional three.
Based on history alone I can’t help but think Up would be a contender, 9 looks like a lot of fun, The Princess and the Frog is Disney’s return to 2-D animation and A Christmas Carol is yet another Robert Zemeckis attempt at mo-cap animation and we will just have to see what happens there. Neither The Polar Express or Beowulf were nominated in the Best Animated category as the question “Is motion capture animation actually animation?” is likely to pop up yet again.
However, I am here to give you new goodies from Up as a new image has popped into the RopeofSilicon gallery and is teased above and can be seen in full right here, a new poster, which is teased to the right, can be seen in full right here and a bootleg clip can be seen just below.
I think Up looks great as 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen and a persistent 8-year old Wilderness Explorer named Russell set out to explore the world in a house navigated by hundreds of helium balloons. Check out the clip below and more from the film right here.
