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Old 11-10-2009, 09:42 PM   #10
EricJ EricJ is offline
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Originally Posted by Foggy View Post
I have a bet going with a friend that up will be nominated for best film next year, I think the odds are playing in my court also, as 10 noms mean more room
Again, it's not a "bet", since the motivation is clear up front:
So many Academy members this year seem to be ruing whatever motivation made them pass up Wall-E for Picture last year--in addition to their own finally boiling frustration over the last five years' winnners--they are pulling out literally EVERY SINGLE RULE IN THE BOOK that will get a Pixar film into the Picture noms this year.
And even if they know it can't be Wall-E this year, then Up is at least their plausible excuse, but it is an organized movement on the part of the Academy, to both show penitence and throw a deliberate pipebomb into the system:
This year's entire contest is being custom designed on a silver platter for ONE nominee, and they don't even know what the other nine are at this point...It would have to be a pretty good film for them to even care.

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The best animated film awards are a joke because of pixar.
Last year's ceremony gave us the two jokes that let you know for certain they're in a mood to start breaking up the monotony:
One was "I haven't seen The Reader" (looks like Miramax/Weinsteins is going to be off their A-list again, and they may stop cribbing the Golden Globes a little less blindly), and the other was Jack Black betting against his own Dreamworks movies.
"It's still an honor to be nominated" isn't always true for some recipients.

Last edited by EricJ; 11-10-2009 at 09:47 PM.
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