Best Picture of 2008

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Originally Posted by Astalder

Animated
1) Wall-E - The obvious winner for best animated picture this year, I agree it's another manipulative message movie aimed at children. The character of Wall-E is irresistibly cute though, that does much to let it get away with things like people losing bone mass even on a ship with artificial gravity so the movie can remind us how fat we all are.

2) Kung-Fu Panda - This movie never comes close to Wall-E on the cute meter but this is a message-free high quality animated feature that would be a shoe-in any other year. Wall-E is innocent enough that I'll let it slide and beat this one this year though, it wasn't as blatant as Happy Feet.

Hmmm, it is the obvious winner. I agree. Pixar will keep it up.

Originally Posted by Astalder

The character of Wall-E is irresistibly cute though, that does much to let it get away with things like people losing bone mass even on a ship with artificial gravity so the movie can remind us how fat we all are.

I know what you mean, it almost, won me over. At times, I was there. However, everytime, the film came close, it would add: the color green or "it takes a village to raise a child" ending, to make me cringe.

I understand, the EVE/Wall*E story is powerful. ..It made me teary. That's why, I'm so divided. But any film, that treats humans, as an after-thought; ..like that, is just asking for trouble.

The fact, it's effective, is why it's dangerous. "A spoon full of sugar, makes the medicine go down." "In the most delightful way."

Originally Posted by Astalder

Wall-E is innocent enough that I'll let it slide and beat this one this year though, it wasn't as blatant as Happy Feet.

The problem is, with Wall*E's success, there will be more.

..Happy Feet won the Oscar. Now, here's Wall*E. When will you take offense?

The Day The Earth Stood Still (2008), Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009), and the many more down the pike, when?