Wild Guesses:
Annie voting closes today and features are too tight to call. Ratatouille from Pixar Animation Studios is a great piece of visual storytelling. But the thing with Pixar is people tend to judge Pixar against Pixar and other Pixar movies are a little better then the Rat in the Kitchen film. As a former professional Chef I had problems with cooking rats.
Persepolis by Satrapi is an important film and I agree with Tom Knott a win for an independent feature a this time would be good for the industry. Hollywood jumps on bandwagons and this is one I would love to see take off. But Persepolis is flawed by being too real, there are no story arches in real life or in Persepolis. I liked the film a lot but did not enjoy it.
Surf`s Up by Sony Pictures Animation it the film I enjoyed the most. Entertaining and innovative filmmaking with a North Shore storyline masquerading as a documentary. It did not do well at the box office because it was yet another penguin movie. That has hurt it before and may again.
These are to top three runners in my eyes. Bee Movie from DreamWorks Animation is fun. I`ve watched it a couple of times. The Simpsons Movie is the Simpsons TV Show only longer and gods knows that is nothing to sneeze at.
Over in Best Animated Short Subject I see How to Hook Up Your Home Theater from revitalized Walt Disney Feature Animation. This is the best short I have seen in a long time. The only possible composition is Your Friend the Rat out of Pixar Animation Studios. Keep it in the family. I loved the movement in The Chestnut Tree but it is a little artsy without a real storyline.
Everything Will Be OK, hell I really loved Rejected but this one just did not work. Too long too wordy too full of itself. Not sure that there is any reason that this had to be an animation. It was about the writing and the weirdness and could have been done just as easily with live action images.
In Best Animated Television Production I see Creature Comforts America by Aardman Animations and Robot Chicken Star Wars from ShadowMachine. This could be the year that a stop motion project takes TV Production.
Best Animated Video Game: Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Burning Earth from THQ, Inc. is so hot. So is the Transformers: The Game by Blur Studios. I love Blur Studios and have a lot of respect for them. Even Bee Movie Game from Activision and Ratatouille again from THQ, Inc. are good solid games. Not what you think you are going to get from a movie tie in. I kind of think Transformers but I would love to see Airbender with its more 2-D look of the show.
We will see how well I guest come Friday the 8th. at the 35th Annie Awards.
Persepolis by Satrapi is an important film and I agree with Tom Knott a win for an independent feature a this time would be good for the industry. Hollywood jumps on bandwagons and this is one I would love to see take off. But Persepolis is flawed by being too real, there are no story arches in real life or in Persepolis. I liked the film a lot but did not enjoy it.
Surf`s Up by Sony Pictures Animation it the film I enjoyed the most. Entertaining and innovative filmmaking with a North Shore storyline masquerading as a documentary. It did not do well at the box office because it was yet another penguin movie. That has hurt it before and may again.
These are to top three runners in my eyes. Bee Movie from DreamWorks Animation is fun. I`ve watched it a couple of times. The Simpsons Movie is the Simpsons TV Show only longer and gods knows that is nothing to sneeze at.
Over in Best Animated Short Subject I see How to Hook Up Your Home Theater from revitalized Walt Disney Feature Animation. This is the best short I have seen in a long time. The only possible composition is Your Friend the Rat out of Pixar Animation Studios. Keep it in the family. I loved the movement in The Chestnut Tree but it is a little artsy without a real storyline.
Everything Will Be OK, hell I really loved Rejected but this one just did not work. Too long too wordy too full of itself. Not sure that there is any reason that this had to be an animation. It was about the writing and the weirdness and could have been done just as easily with live action images.
In Best Animated Television Production I see Creature Comforts America by Aardman Animations and Robot Chicken Star Wars from ShadowMachine. This could be the year that a stop motion project takes TV Production.
Best Animated Video Game: Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Burning Earth from THQ, Inc. is so hot. So is the Transformers: The Game by Blur Studios. I love Blur Studios and have a lot of respect for them. Even Bee Movie Game from Activision and Ratatouille again from THQ, Inc. are good solid games. Not what you think you are going to get from a movie tie in. I kind of think Transformers but I would love to see Airbender with its more 2-D look of the show.
We will see how well I guest come Friday the 8th. at the 35th Annie Awards.
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