Animated Film Grabs Best-Picture

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by Foggy

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.

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.