{"id":3588,"date":"2014-01-16T14:30:28","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T14:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/pixar-snubbed-at-the-86th-academy-awards"},"modified":"2014-01-16T14:30:28","modified_gmt":"2014-01-16T14:30:28","slug":"pixar-snubbed-at-the-86th-academy-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/pixar-snubbed-at-the-86th-academy-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Pixar Snubbed at the 86th Academy Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/images\/1747.png\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"182\" width=\"170\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/images\/1747.png\" \/><\/a>The Oscars have been kind to Pixar over the years &ndash; with the exception of <em>Cars 2<\/em>, all of the studio&#8217;s features have been nominated for Best Animated Feature Film since the creation of the category in 2001. As a result, it came as a huge shock when <em>Monsters University<\/em> went unmentioned during this morning&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/oscar.go.com\/blogs\/oscar-blogs-general\/oscar-nominations-announcement-ceremony-2014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2014 nomination<\/a> announcements. Instead, these five films were chosen for the Best Animated category:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Croods<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Despicable Me 2<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Ernest &amp; Celestine<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Frozen<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The Wind Rises<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>The Blue Umbrella<\/em> wasn&#8217;t nominated, either; in fact, it didn&#8217;t even make the shortlist for Best Animated Short Film. The five in that category were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Feral<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Get a Horse!<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Mr. Hublot<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Possessions<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Room on the Broom<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Monsters U <\/em>was also absent at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goldenglobes.com\/awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Golden Globes<\/a>, but the Oscars&#8217; five animated film slots made a nomination seem like a safe bet. The film was <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/monsters_university\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mostly well-received<\/a> by critics, so the omission seems to partially be a response to the backlash when <em>Brave<\/em> took home last year&#8217;s award above strong competition. Although <em>Frozen <\/em>and <em>The Wind Rises<\/em> are clear contenders to win this time around, the lack of even a nomination for <em>MU <\/em>is puzzling.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/images\/1748.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"92\" width=\"189\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/images\/1748.png\" \/><\/a>Still, the film has earned some love elsewhere, most notably from the <a href=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/monsters-university-and-toy-story-of-terror-earn-annie-nominations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Annies<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bafta.org\/press\/nominations-announced-for-the-ee-british-academy-film-awards-in-2014,311,SNS.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"caps\">BAFTA<\/span>s<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/Visual-Effects-Society-Awards-Gravity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"caps\">VES<\/span> Awards<\/a>. Pixarians took the miss <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/distastee\/status\/423884918670635008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">well<\/a>; director Dan Scanlon <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrDanScanlon\/status\/423869650611339264\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> a particularly eloquent response. Ultimately, it&#8217;s oddly appropriate that <em>Monsters University<\/em>, with its messages of moving on from failure and finding new opportunities, didn&#8217;t make the cut.<\/p>\n<p>For the full list of nominees, head over to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/oscar.go.com\/nominees\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official Oscars website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>What do you think? Was Monsters University worthy of a nomination?<\/em>\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tmnf_excerpt\"><p>The Oscars have been kind to Pixar over the years &ndash; with the exception of Cars 2, all of the studio&#8217;s features have been nominated for Best Animated Feature Film since the creation of the category in 2001. 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