Just saw the Oscar nominations.
Glad to see Up got a Best Picture nod, even though it’s a foregone conclusion that it won’t win (since actors make up the vast majority of votes for this, and as an animation project, most actors tend to think that there were no actors “in” the movie. Yes, I know, but don’t argue with me… like it or not, that’s just the way most actors see animation). It took them having to broaden the number of nominations (basically doubling the number of films nominated from previous years) but, nonetheless, the Best Picture Oscar nomination for Up is richly deserved (even if there were only 5 slots it would have been deserved).
Of course, I was really glad to see Michael nominated for Best Score. I hope he wins, and think he might have a pretty good chance this year. The score was excellent (ironic that it was both never physically released on CD, nor were the orchestra personnel listed this time)… and of the other films I saw nominated for this catagory, the scores didn’t seem to stand out so much (though I haven’t seen them all).
Well, only time will tell. I’m not a big fan of award shows (if you couldn’t tell from previous posts), so at this point I guess I’ll just wait until the day after to see what happens. Whether or not a bunch of people (majority of whom are actors) vote for an animated movie or not, we (including the broadest spectrum of critics) know just how good this movie and its score were.