oh…okay.
Sorry about that… 
Congratulations for WALL-E! It really deserves that award.
Next stop, Oscars…
Yay, go WALL-E! Congratulations everyone at Pixar! 
There was an article in today’s LA Times discussing why Wall-E (and a few other really good films) won’t even be nominated for Best Picture oscar. It’s kind of a sad article, but probably reflects reality. The writer makes some good points. In the print edition of the paper, they also printed a color picture of Wall-E next to the article.
The entire article (a good read) can be found at:
latimes.com/entertainment/la … 8275.story
Here’s the part about Wall-E:
[i]"…with a consensus forming around five films that could nail down the best picture slots (“Slumdog Millionaire,” “Milk,” “Frost/Nixon,” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” and “The Dark Knight”), it seemed like a good time to take a look at which movies will go home empty-handed – and why they didn’t make it to the finish line.
“Wall-E”: A wonderful, critically beloved movie, “Wall-E” in any normal world would be a shoo-in nominee for best picture. Its problem? It’s an animated film, the one genre (along with comedy) that gets no respect from the academy – no animated film has won an Oscar for best picture, even though many classics, notably “The Lion King,” “Toy Story 2,” “Spirited Away” and “Ratatouille,” were just as good as the live-action winners in their year of eligibility. Actors, who make up the biggest branch of the academy, almost never vote for animated films, so it’s virtually impossible to put together enough support from other branches of the academy to register a win.
Hence, the best animated film ghetto, which, just like at Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards, allows an animated delight like “Wall-E” to get some recognition without having a legitimate shot at best picture stardom. Some commentators have suggested that if Disney had spent just another $20 million to push “Wall-E,” it could’ve gotten over the top, but Disney is probably right not to throw good money after bad – too many academy members have a built-in bias against animated films, viewing them as just not “important” enough to vote for. [/i]
Yeah, that article is honest and probably right. It’s a shame, but it’s reality. Still, we can hope! Guess we’ll just have to wait and see when the nominees are announced. Thanks for the link, miafka. That was an interesting read.
Congratulations Pixar and Andrew Stanton and anyone else involved in WALL•E! =D
That’s kind of bummer of an article, miafka. Didn’t really like how they compared the “genres” of animation and comedy, but I guess that says it all right there. At least the LA times seems to consistently bringing WALL•E and its case for consideration for Best Picture into the spotlight, even though it seems unlikely. Like lizardgirl said, there’s nothing much more we can do except wait until the nominations are announced. In any case, we know it would be a reflection on the Academy’s outdated way of thinking and misunderstanding of what a good film is, rather than of WALL•E.
BTW, The nominations are announced at this time. (Except add 3 minutes.) I’ll be asleep at that time. D= Well, I’ll be checking the computer straight away the next morning to see which awards it was nominated for!
I’ll probably check out what WALL-E gets nominated for when I get back home from school. Thanks for the time conversions, Rachel.
But I have to say, it’s this sort of issue that makes me possibly a bit less bothered about the Oscars. They’re supposed to be the epitome of movie award shows, all Hollywood and movie stars to the extreme and that sort of thing, but when the decisions themselves begin to be questioned, it makes the whole thing less special.
Lol, with articles like that one, maybe Wall-E will win the guilt vote, a Schindler’s List for this generation. “Poor little Wall-E, he never even hurt a fly, I think I will vote for him…” After the Academy screening that I went to, the members seemed quite appreciative of the movie. One fellow was inattentive during the movie, not knowing at the end of the credits what the BnL logo was all about, and called it all a “satire”.
I agree strongly with most of what that LA Times reviewer said. Slumdog and Milk are shoe-ins. But there is a lot of concern that Frost/Nixon or Dark Knight can get into the top 5. Frost is too often #5 on any lists it gets on, and enough #1 votes for Wall-E can catapult our friend into the elite group. Button, like Australia, had a big hoopla which is receding, even tho it’s a popular movie. Don’t be surprised if Wall-E and Doubt wiggle their ways in.
Finally, a comment about the lack of nominations from the DGA and Writers Guild: Stanton isn’t a member of either. You have to be a member. This information comes from the admin for the Walleforum.com site.
I would say he did clearly miss the main point of the romantic A-plot, but WALL-E most definitely has elements of social satire in it. Seeing large humans who can’t even get out of their hoverchairs slurping on cupcakes in a cup is certainly right at the forefront of social satire. Not knowing what the BnL logo was certainly seems like a person that wasn’t paying attention, of course, but I would gladly call WALL-E, at least in part, social satire.
The British Academy nominated WALL•E 3 times. Once for Animated, Song and Sound!
Here is the full list of nominees: bafta.org/awards/film/film-n … lay=hidden
Yay, go WALL-E! That’s pretty impressive! And I agree with most of the other nominations too, though there seems to be a bit of controversy about the lack of recognition for The Dark Knight.
I always said the British had good taste. 
We’re less than four days away from the moment of truth, guys! The chance is so slim, that I have half a mind to make a bet that if Wall-E gets nominated for Best Picture, I have to do a wacky stunt (like shave my head bald or eat a whole tub of ice-cream or something…)
Not that I’m keen on those particular stunts, though… any suggestions? 
How about getting a tattoo of the heart WALL•E makes (the whole thing) on your stomach or lower-back?
The 5th annual award slate of the International Film Music Critics bunch has given Wall•E 7 nominations, the most of any film! Here you go:
ropeofsilicon.com/article/in … 8-nominees
These noms make it look like a sure thing our friend will take more than one home. I wonder if Thomas Newman will attend this. Never heard of it before, and only the 5th one, but it sounds comprehensive. It said somewhere there were about 50 critics in the organization. More info about this group at the end of another link:
Have you voted on this?
Vote for WALL-E in the Awards Daily Oscar Polls!
From: walleforum.com
WALL-E being nominated for Best Picture in the Oscars will make me happy and happy forever if it wins that award.
DarkHandOfSigourneyWeaver- It’s good that WALL-E’s music is being appreciated. Seven awards? WALL-E has to win something. I think that Thomas Newman especially deserves the Composer of the Year award.
JhOpZzZz- I voted for WALL-E in all of the categories it’s presented in, and although Slumdog Millionaire seems to be a public favourite, it looks like WALL-E has a lot of support too! I hope things go the same sort of way at the Oscars.
Less than 24 hours to zero hour guys! I’m choosing to remain hopefully optimistic for Best Pic!
Here’s hoping that WALL-E wins all of them.
JhOpZzZz - I put the link to the poll on Digg so anybody feel free to Digg it.
I really hope it wins Best Picture. If it wins other awards, I will be delighted.