{"id":1138,"date":"2007-02-26T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-26T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/happy-feet-wins-at-oscars"},"modified":"2007-02-26T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-26T20:00:00","slug":"happy-feet-wins-at-oscars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/happy-feet-wins-at-oscars\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Feet Wins at Oscars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Well you have probably all heard by now, Cars<\/i> didn’t drive home with Oscar in the passenger seat. Instead, George Miller’s Happy Feet<\/i>, tapped it’s way to the finishing line. Lifted<\/i> didn’t bring home Gary Rydstrom another Oscar for his shelf, nor did Randy Newman receieve anything for Our Town<\/i> in Cars<\/i>.<\/p>\n

As you are all probably aware, Cars<\/i> was tipped as a winner at the Academy Awards, especially after winning at the Annies and Golden Globes. The Disney Blog<\/a> says this…<\/p>\n

Having not seen ‘Happy Feet’ I can’t comment on the quality of that film, but I got the feeling that the Academy wants to send a message to Pixar\/Disney that they don’t have a corner on the market anymore and that the soft-in-the-middle reflective pieces like ‘Cars’ aren’t to Hollywood’s taste (despite being the second biggest box office earning in ’06). Not that John Lasseter, or anyone, should make films with the tastes of Hollywood or the MPAA<\/span> in mind, but I’m betting the vote is intended as a shot across the bow.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/span> There is also starting to be an uproar across forums and in comments on blogs, about how Cars<\/i> should have taken it out due to the fact that they don’t see Happy Feet<\/i> and Monster House<\/i>, which are both motion-capture performances, to be strictly “animation”.<\/p>\n

I think we should forgive and forget, as we all are entitled to our own opinions, and the Acdemey Awards are just the opinion of the members of the Academy. Anyway, congratulations to George Miller, and everyone who worked on Happy Feet<\/i>, and also to Robert Zemeckis and everyone who worked on Monster House<\/i>, and a big congratulations to John Lasseter and everyone who worked on Cars<\/i>. Also congratulations to Gary Rydstrom and everyone who worked on Lifted<\/i> on a well-deserved nomination, as well as congratulations to Randy Newman for his well-deserved nomination for Our Town<\/i>. The Oscar’s have just come on TV over here is Australia, so I’m off to watch them.<\/p>\n

Comments are most welcome.<\/p>\n

BRING<\/span> ON RATATOUILLE<\/span><\/i>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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