Wall-E's Best Picture Oscar?

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Wall-E's Best Picture Oscar?

Written by Arya Ponto

Saturday, 28 June 2008

The movie just opened yesterday, but already it's getting some Oscar buzz. And it's not even a PTA or a Scorsese!

According to DHD's Nikki Finke, Disney and Pixar are pushing really hard to get Wall•E nominated as a Best Picture contender, not just in the Animated category (that one's obvious).Recently, Iron Man had been enjoying a critical success in which it can claim to be "the best reviewed movie of the year" in its TV spots. That day is over, as Wall•E currently stands at 97% on the Tomatometer. That trumps both Iron Man's 93% and last year Best Picture winner No Country for Old Men's 95%.

But there's also a difference in praises. Critics have no problem hailing Iron Man as a great summer pop corn movie, but the reviews for Wall•E have been calling it a masterpiece. With its arty and ambitious premise, its heartwarming characters, its topical social commentary and its blazing cinematic execution... it's the kind of movie that the Oscars like to reward with its Best Picture gold.

The last (and only) time an animated film got a Best Picture nomination was 1991's Beauty and the Beast, but it didn't win (thanks to Silence of the Lambs). Can Disney give it a second go and win this time?

I hope it does, because as much as I like Pixar, they're starting to really dominate the Best Animated Feature slot. Maybe if they move Pixar to the Best Picture category, they'd be able to give other animated movies a chance next year (Paprika, anyone?).

July 18, 2008, Caroline said:

WALL-E deserves it. It has great visuals, not to mention perfect sound design by Ben Burtt, and not to mention a beautiful music score.

But most of all, the screenplay was most beautiful, it wasn't just about a robot looking for love, it was about the driod was struggled between emotions and duty, the emotionless robot who followed orders whether its right of wrong, the environmental devastation, and human dependency. It was detailed.

But why is it that animated films have to be discriminated? What sets it apart? I mean, WALL-E had some live-actions scenes.

Not only is WALL-E loved by critcs but by audience of all ages.

I wouldn't count on it, but WALL-E deserves the Best Picture.

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July 20, 2008, Jason Craig said:

Good movie? Yes. Best Picture? I hope not.

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July 20, 2008, Lex Walker said:

Best Animated feature hands down...but after seeing it today...not on my top 5 pixar list...this doesn't deserve to be in the Best Film Oscar list...and it won't be, because let's be honest...(save for possibly the Dark Knight) the studios tend to release their Oscar big hitters late fall/winter. By the time those roll around Wall E will be just a fun memory we can now buy on DVD

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July 20, 2008, Muhammad Jasim said:

I hate to say it...but that is sadly true! Most big hitters come on later in the year. Until then Wall-E might just be an old DVD lying in the shelf, just 'expanding the collection'!

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July 24, 2008, Loren Herrigstad said:

It has been 16 years since Beauty and the Beast earned its groundbreaking Best Picture Oscar nomination — the first and only such achievement so far for an animated feature. That movie came achingly close to being a Best Picture winner, but was perhaps held back by a degree of kid-friendly cuteness (for lack of a better term) that its deeper and moving love story just couldn't overcome in the eyes of the Academy.

While WALL•E has personable robots, it seems to be free of much of any orientation towards just, or even mostly, a child audience. This movie's landmark use of dialogue-free storytelling (perhaps the best since the Silent Film era); combined with a both surprisingly simple yet powerful love story, as well as visuals, sound, and musical score that are as (or more) sophisticated as any other Best Picture winner or nominee; plus WALL•E's north of 95 rating on RT's Tomatometer (exceeding not only this year's other best movies so far, but also many past Best Picture winners) — all these objectively argue that WALL•E should be the second-ever animated nominee for Best Picture, and the the first animated winner of this coveted Oscar.

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December 10, 2008, daniel said:

That picture is gust sad

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December 10, 2008, Dan said:

>:Bad just plan bad.

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December 12, 2008, caroline said:

I hope WALL-E ends up on the Best Picture Nod. If it doesn't, I will not watch the oscars. Unlike Ratatuiolle, WALL-E had a wonderful allegorial story.

WALL-E costed 180,000,000 to make, just as much as the Dark Knight. So many people worked so hard on it. Ben Burtt did amazing voice design, Stanton wrote his most daring script, the computer graphics were realistic (with the exception of the human characters), Newman did a beautiful themed score (WHY DID HE NOT GET A NOD FOR BEST MUSIC AT THE ANNIES?!), etc.,etc.

WALL-E is not one of the bloated romance films like the great, but overrated Titanic. Titanic did nothing but circled around Jack and Rose romance. There were many things going on beside WALL-E's and EVE's romance- There was a lethargic society, a polluted Earth, and machines discovering life. And WALL-E romance with EVE affected humanity.

WALL-E is certainly better than Kung Fu Panda. Kung Fu Panda only took 130 million to make. Kung Fu Panda is certainly funnier, but comedy is not enough to define a good movie. Kung Fu Panda had a excellent storyline, but it is what it is, it was only meant to make children laugh and enjoy it. Kung Fu Panda is not of the universal. Young children will love the cuteness of WALL-E, and teens and adults will love the allegorical story.

Dreamworks may be funnier, but Pixar suceeds in mixed comedy with out-of-this world storylines. Storylines matter more than comedy.

If you think comedy defines how good a movie is, you are one of those inconsiderate people who give no damn toward the hard effort.

What use is an Annie Award to WALL-E? WALL-E is no animated movie, it's a romance made by animation. Saying that WALL-E is an animated movie is discriminating.

If WALL-E doesn't show up on the Best Picture category, I will never watch the Oscars again. Mark my words.

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