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In response to "this is an excellent point. the best picture oscar is diluted somehow by the additional category. -- nm" by president 44 loves mandy lane

Thing is, Oscar has next to no history of nominating animation, with or without the animation category.

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Jan 20 '09, 10:39

1 movie out of 80 ceremonies getting nominated shows a pretty clear pattern of them not rewarding animation in general.

you'd have to show that Monsters/Shrek/Nemo/Incredibles would have been nominated in the first place to begin to show the extra category diluted the original.

I don't think you can with the evidence presented. 1 every 65 years or so isn't a pattern that shows stopping in the last 7-8 years. It's not a pattern at all, other than Oscar doesn't care about animation.

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- the classics maybe (Snow White, Cinderella, Bambi, etc.....) but I don't know what they were up against. - Will Hunting Jan 20, 10:51 2
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    - But this conspiracy theory loses steam when you look at the various Foreign Film nominees that get nominated for the big prize - Will Hunting Jan 20, 11:02
- the classics maybe (Snow White, Cinderella, Bambi, etc.....) but I don't know what they were up against. - Will Hunting Jan 20, 10:50
Not that it "would" have, that it "should" have. That in retrospect, you'd place an animated film in that year's top 5 repeatedly and often. - TFox Jan 20, 10:43 4
- I would, but saying Oscar's lost it's mojo nominating animation isn't backed up by anything. - Will Hunting Jan 20, 10:47 3
  - You aren't following my point. I'm not saying they've lost anything, I'm saying they should have figured out they've missed the boat on this by now. - TFox Jan 20, 10:51 2
    - Maybe so, but maybe because Disney flicks are timeless to children and we all saw these things regardless of legit quality - Will Hunting Jan 20, 10:54 1
      - I think this is true of many, but some are on another plane. -- nm - TFox Jan 20, 10:57

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