Well, it looks like any hope for five animated films being nominated for the Animated Feature Film Oscar at the 83rd Academy Awards is out of the question as the Academy released the list of films submitted for consideration this year.
Before having a look, remember under the rules for this category, in any year in which 8 to 15 animated features are released a maximum of three may be nominated. If 16 or more animated features are submitted and accepted in the category, a maximum of five may be nominated.
The question now is what three will be nominated?
- Alpha and Omega
- Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
- Despicable Me
- The Dreams of Jinsha
- How to Train Your Dragon
- Idiots and Angels
- The Illusionist
- Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole
- Megamind
- My Dog Tulip
- Shrek Forever After
- Summer Wars
- Tangled
- Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
- Toy Story 3
Having seen all but Summer Wars, Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue, Idiots and Angels and The Dreams of Jinsha I have a list of my top four predictions from a little over a week ago.
My four look like this:
- Toy Story 3
- How to Train Your Dragon
- The Illusionist
- Tangled
The problem I have here is one of these films will get snubbed and I have a feeling it will be Disney’s Tangled in an effort to maintain some semblance of diversity among the three nominees. The Illusionist adds a more art house feel to the selection while Toy Story 3 and How to Train Your Dragon have built up a wealth of good will over the year that Tangled will have a hard time penetrating once it’s released later this month, despite the fact it is amazing.
I’ve just updated my predictions for this category based on this new information. You can click here to check those out.
Based on what you’ve seen and what you feel, which three films do you predict will be nominated?
