This Year's Animated Oscar nominees.

[dab_baken]

"WALL-E" Dominates Animated 81st Oscar Nominations

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Bolt (Walt Disney) Dir. by Chris Williams and Byron Howard
Kung Fu Panda (DreamWorks Animation) Dir. by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
WALL-E (Walt Disney) Dir. by Andrew Stanton

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
“La Maison en Petits Cubes” A Robot Communications Production, Kunio Kato
“Lavatory - Lovestory” A Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB Film Company Production, Konstantin Bronzit
“Oktapodi” (Talantis Films) A Gobelins, L’?cole de l’image Production, Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
“Presto” (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production, Doug Sweetland
“This Way Up”, A Nexus Production, Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes

So Waltz with Bashir didn't make best animated feature (although it is one of the best foreign language noms). It's safe to say that WALL-E has it in the bag.

WALL-E also got nominated for best screenplay, best song, best score and best sound mixing.

 

[Let G]

But no Best Picture nomination for WALL-E? Dang.

 

[shinji ikari]

No Madagascar 2 or Horton Hears A Who for sound and music?

 

[gaming master 36]

Something that passed me by (props to HG Revolution for picking up on it over at the entertainment board) - Waltz with Bashir is the first ever animated film to get a best foreign language nomination.

That's not too far off from Beauty and the Beast's fabled best picture nom.

 

[Anonymous [=]

Wall-E for best animated film hands down..It was the most Beautiful CGI film I have ever seen! EVER!! :sweat:

 

[Kunmui]

You took the words right out of my mouth. :sad:

But I'm still glad the movie's dominating the "Best Animated Film" category! That's something to cheer for!

 

[depromaniac]

I am actually shocked Despereaux didn't get a nod.

 

[sk8boardb0i]

What about 9.99? I thought that was at least going to get mentioned...

Glad Waltz with Bashir got on, at least.

 

[Preet T]

So they only have three nominees? That seems weird

 

[BiGsIsOfQuAdS]

WALL-E should have gotten an Best Picture nominee, but I didn't really expect it to since this is the Oscars we're talking about. Nice to see it in so many other categories, though.

 

[ftumpsh]

I'd rather have only three nomination slots than padding the category out with mediocre/terrible movies like Shark Tale and Treasure Planet.

 

[darwin was right]

WALL-E seems obvious enough, though I could see KFP getting a sneak win. Bolt has no chance, honestly, unless Miley Cyrus' voice can carry the entire movie.

 

[scene1918!<333]

No. Don't even say such blasphemy. If WALL-E doesn't win, it'll be such a horrible upset...

 

[RatDogRulesTheWorld]

There have to be at least sixteen films submitted for the category to have more than three nominees.

 

[Shaykha A]

Oh, that explains it. . . I think there were fourteen films submitted this year.

 

[Ashtin.]

Wall-E will most definitely win in my opinion.

 

[His Juicy Couture Girl:)]

While it is too bad that WALL-E didn't get a Best Picture nomination, at least it was nominated for Best Animated Film, as well as some other categories. I hope that it will take the Best Animated Film award since it sounds like the best choice out of the given three.

 

[Sugary Sweets (:]

Kung Fu Panda was MUCH better than WALL-E.

If KFP doesn't win...

 

[HP6Fan]

My money's on Wall-E winning the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.

 

[Shaniese]

Yeah, I'd be very, very surprised if Wall-E doesn't take home the golden statuette.

I enjoyed Kung-Fu Panda, but it's not really Oscar material.

Can't comment on Bolt, since I haven't seen it.