OSCAR RACE 2008
commentary by Nathaniel R

days until Oscar Nomination are announced

 

Best Animated Feature - June & July Predictions

07/8/08 minor ranking adjustments

06/12/08 The race is not quite over yet. But with a limited pool of applicants, the only real question is who gets the #3 job.

04/01/08 I doubt there'll be five. So consider the first three the prediction
It looks like a race between four films for three spots. Will they like the very strange "9" --presuming its as odd as the original short.

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WALL-E
Pixar/Disney
prev: 1,1
Kung Fu Panda
 Dreamworks / Paramount
prev: 2,2
Coraline
Focus/Universal
prev: 3,5
Waltz With Bashir
SPC
prev: 4,unranked
Horton Hears a Who
 Fox
prev: 5,4
Lock. It doesn't look like a strong year for the toons. And Pixar is perrenially a safe best
Very probable. Not much competition this year. Already a huge hit.
It's still iffy as to whether it will be opening in time. But if it does, I'd put it at #3. It's from a memorable Neil Gaiman story
If they opt for arty rather than kiddie... Cannes reception was strong but some complained about the flash quality of the animation
If they opt for kiddie rather than arty... and they've been known to.

6 Tale of the Despereaux (Universal) prev: 12, 9
7 Igor (MGM/Weinstein Co) prev: 6, unranked
8 Bolt (Walt Disney) prev: 7, unranked

other toons
9 Ponyo on a Cliff (Studio Ghibli) I suspect this will be in 2009 prev: 8, 5
10 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (Dreamworks / Paramount) prev: 9,7
11 Space Chimps (Vanguard/Fox) prev:10, 6
12 Star Wars: Clone Wars (Universal) prev: 11, 8

moved to 2009: Focus Feature's "9" (prev rank: 3)
prediction history

June & July: Coraline * Kung Fu Panda * WALL-E
April: "9" * Kung Fu Panda * WALL-E

 

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