AND THE ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATED FEATURE GOES TO...

It'll be one of the Disney ones. The Academy openly does not even watch most of the animated nominees and just votes Disney because it's the safe pick.

>>85524771
This. But Dory is a sequel and Oscars tend to have a thing against sequels. So Zootopia or Moana.

>>85524729
What's the "Chinese Crap" at the top?

It's going to go to Finding Dory because it has lesbians in it sorta.

>>85525110
Zootopia

>>85524729
What movie is that in the top row on the right? It looks interesting.

I really want it to be either zootopia or kubo.

>>85524771
in 2011 Rango won and they totally snubbed Cars 2 out of a nomination (deservedly)
A Disney movie will probably win this year, the only question is which one (especially since Moana's quality has yet to be seen)
Kubo deserves it

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>>85525172
Really wanna know now

>>85524729
that miniature dory fish is not cute, they think it looks cute but its not cute.

>>85524729
Moana. it's a princess/doll movie of course it will win.

>>85525172
>>85525313
The Red Turtle, dialogue-less French-Belgian movie animated by Studio Ghibli

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>>85524729
>implying there is any doubt that Zootopia wins

>>85525491
I honestly expect Finding Dory to win, even though I feel Zootopia was better.

>>85525439
>>85525440
Thank you

>>85525491
Zootopia has a big online fanbase but Disney will be pushing harder for both Moana and Finding Dory, they're more awards-baity. Especially since Moana will probably be a forced marketing blitz with a pop song single to try to re-create the success of Frozen

>>85524729
>all these anons in denial of Sausage Party
>the delicious bitch tears when it happens

Zootopia should win, but Finding Shit will.

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>>85525562
>implying that The Academy will ever acknowledge adult animation

>>85525569
Soooo salty.

>>85525562
It's pretty damn edgy, and most Academy voters are over 60 years old.
I don't think a lot of them would take too kindly to some of the content
Also yeah as stated previously most members don't respect or bother to watch the animated movies and just pick the Disney one

>>85524729
Zootopia or Finding Dory, the voters only watch what they take their kids and grandkids to watch in this category.

Laika has been gaining a lot of popularity in terms of the critic's circle. I am actually 100% sure Kubo will win unless Moana reaches Frozen levels of fame.

>>85525593
>"""adult"""

>>85525550
Zootopia had a lot of word of mouth to help it though
but at the same time so did Lego Movie.

>>85524729
Zootopia obvs, or maybe Moana. Finding Dory is a sequel so it loses. Kubo and Turtle never stood a chance. They only nominate 5 films so Sausage Party will never happen.

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>>85525631
Anomalisa lost last year (and was the first R-Rated film to be nominated), what makes you think that Sausage Party would win or even be nominated?

>>85525626
But anon, the Academy would never nominate a movie trying to indoctrinate America's children with the harmful ideals of Shintoism!

>>85525593
Anomalisa got a nom.

>>85525626
Critics like them, but most Academy members are out of touch with animation as a whole. Kubo might be a big enough hit to get crossover attention and end up on year-end lists if it's REALLY damn good (isn't out here yet so I don't know if it is), which might help it's chances, but otherwise they really do usually just give it to Disney without any critical thinking

>>85525713
And what makes you think that Sausage Party would be considered at the same level as that?

>>85525713
Charlie Kaufman was already a respected live-action filmmaker with a previous win, and it's a drama.
Sausage Party is a raunchy comedy that does not deserve a nomination.

>>85525605
>It's pretty damn edgy, and most Academy voters are over 60 years old.
Really? I mean it makes sense, but is that officially released information?

>>85525626
>Laika has been gaining a lot of popularity in terms of the critic's circle
>a lot of popularity in terms of the critic's circle
>in terms of the critic's circle
>the critic's circle
>critic

Who on Earth do you think is in charge of handing out Oscars? I can tell you right now, it ain't critics.

>>85525593
The only advantage it has is that almost none of the Academy voters actually watch the animated category movies for themselves, where as Sausage Party could not possibly be a movie they were dragged to by their kid.
It is however a comedy, a Seth Rogan movie, and looks like something most Academy voters would not choose. The made for adults reasoning didn't help Anomalisa either.

>>85525764
Yes
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/03/oscar-voters-94-white-76-men-and-an-average-of-63-years-old/284163/

>>85525221
only reason cars 2 won is because it was quite simply not a good movie
if it had been decent it'd have won regardless of Rango's quality, because academy award judges are ancient pricks who pretty much conspire to keep animated movies away from "real cinema" as much as possible

>>85524888
I'd say Moana because it's the most progressive.

>>85525742
>>85525758

It pushes boundaries. It's like when Crash won Best Picture, it didn't win because it was the best film of the year, it won because it was the first film to feature black people.

>>85525819
didn't win rather, but the point is obvious

>>85525858
It's not 'Oscar Bait' like Crash was.

>>85525772
This, if critical acclaim had much impact The Lego Movie definitely would have been nominated

>>85525858
>In a 2015 re-polling of Academy members, Brokeback Mountain was voted Best Picture over Crash and the other 2005 nominees.

>>85525593
South Park got nominated for Best Song for whatever little that's worth. It was also before "Best Animated Movie" was a category

>>85524729
Considering Zootopia is like the best reviewed movie of 2016, I say it's a lock.

>>85525888
The Lego Movie did make $469.2 million worldwide.
Doesn't that count for something?
>>85525920
>They lost to Phil Collins
>Two episodes of Season 4 make fun of him
kek

>>85525920
The options for original song are generally pretty limited, plus that stuff is voted on specifically by the music wing of the Academy rather than everybody

>>85525911
Eh, neither is that good.

>>85525954
But this category is largely about the studio's targeted advertising push and popularity.
Zootopia did well, much better than Disney seems to have expected in fact, but Moana is the next addition to the princess empire. They will be placing their bets on that one, unless Zootopia's subtextual message appeals to them

>>85525550
>>85525662
For as fucking stupid the Academy is they pay attention to Disney, and will judge which is the better Disney movie

So it will boil down to Disney vs. Disney

>>85526101
>Disney vs. Disney
Technically it's Disney vs. Disney vs. Pixar.

>>85525888
>>85525960
only reason the Lego Movie didn't win is cause none of the judges wanted to "lower themselves" to watch an animated movie about a toy

despite it being a damn good movie, especially compared to its competitors

>>85526148
An animated sequel won't win.

>>85526148
And the Pixar movie was a sequel, which slightly hurts it's chances, though it was a huge hit, more than anyone in this thread seems to have realized.

>>85526164
>none of the judges wanted to "lower themselves" to watch an animated movie about a toy
So why was Toy Story 3 nominated for Best Picture?

>>85526172
>>85526181
If fucking Brave can win over Wreck-It Ralph, then Pixar still has a chance.

>>85526188
the first Toy Story was nominated for Best Original Screenplay
They adore Pixar

>>85526188

>nominated

Does that even mean a thing?

Wouldn't it be better to try to increase the reputation and prestige of something like the Annies instead of fighting an uphill battle to get the Oscars to recognize animation as legitimate?

>>85526188
Because it wasn't blatantly branded

>>85526286
>the reputation and prestige of the Pixies

nah, not even /co/ cares about it

>>85526188
Toy Story 3 was at the end of Pixar's years of consecutive Oscar wins (2007-2010), and Toy Story had at that point become one of the most well-received movie trilogies ever.

The Academy does occasionally give out awards for consistent quality even if it's in a genre they usually don't award period, like how Return of the King swept an entire year.

The LEGO Movie simply didn't have the build-up that Toy Story 3 did.

>>85526219
Brave was an original movie, while Wreck-It-Ralph had a Sonic cameo.

That is the only reason Brave won.

>>85526358
THE SONIC CURSE LIVES ON

>>85524771
a Michael Dudok de Wit collab with Ghibil is prett fucking safe too. Its even more safe than Disney because it doesnt have the burden on commerciality.

>>85526352
Forgot to mention that Pixar was one of the main reasons why they increased the Best Picture nominees. Everyone complained about Wall-E and The Dark Knight getting snubbed in the same year, so they raised the number of nominees to give Genre shit some praise without risking the chance of films they actually want to win.

>>85524729
>one in a million chance tier:
some foreign film /co/ didn't even bother to talk about
The red turtle
>Too good to be true tier
Kubo and 2 strings
>Disney under dog tier:
Dory
>What will actually happen tier:
Zootopia
Monoa
>"Animation was a mistake" tier:
Sausage party

>>85525911
That's because there have been other films featuring black people released since 2005, so Crash doesn't look as good in retrospect, while Brokeback Mountain remains the only feature-length film about homosexuals.

>Caring about the academy awards

If I wanted to watch a bunch of old guys circlejerk I'd resubscribe to sexygeezers.com.

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Post yfw by some crazy chance Kubo wins and Disney shits their pants

>>85525605
>>85525788

That was back in 2014. After the last Oscars, when everyone made a thing about the lack of blacks, they changed the membership rules so that more hip young people could vote.

http://www.oscars.org/news/academy-takes-historic-action-increase-diversity

And hip young people love the wit and charm of Seth Rogen.

>>85528455
For better or worse they do matter, as far as what films get made and their legacy in history. Unlike the Grammys they're considered somewhat prestigious still.

>>85525550
Lin Manuel Miranda has to complete his EGOT

The hell are those chinese freakin crap on top right and bottom left? Get, that ching chong crap outta here

I want Sausage Party to win just to see all the delicious tears

The salt would be so yummy

>>85526148
>Disney 3-way battle
>votes are split
>Sausage Party sneaks in and gets it

>>85529052
t. Academy Voter

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>>85525819
>only reason cars 2 won is because it was quite simply not a good movie
You do realize that Despicable Me 2 was nominated right? You do realize that fucking Happy Feet WON 10 years back right?

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>>85529524
>Not thinking it's the best shit ever

>>85529853
Cars 2 was indeed worse than both

>>85529853
Despicable Me 2 atleast had cute girls. And you know all those jews at the academy are longtime pedos, right?

>>85529524
That film deserves to be remembered just as a crystallization of early 2000's American culture