Academy Members Don’t Care About Animation: 2017 Edition

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>I saw Kubo [and the Two Strings] and don’t really remember it. I loved the music in Moana. I think The Red Turtle is very strong. I loved everything about My Life As a Zucchini — I was very taken with the idea of making a movie about a zucchini. But I voted for Zootopia because it has something important to say about the world. Basically, we all have to be nicer to each other.
Man, that's the first time I can remember one of these responses coming from someone that sounded like they at least tried to give a bit of a fuck.

We know they don't consider Animated films to be real Films, they just choose the Film their kids speak most

>turtle fetish

>that asshole who didn't vote in any of the three shorts categories because 'muh feelings'

>I know a girl who only has sex with animators
what the fuck?

yeah i got a chuckle out of this one.

Is this some sort of fetish?

Moonlight only won because it's about a poor black gay teen, so it's not surprising the AA care about the films.

If someone made a film about a poor black gay transexual trying to make her way into hollywood, they'd win best film in a heartbeat.

Its amazing how many of them openly admit they cant remember anything about the films they watch. Its like they're all 90 year old men or something

>I really liked that silly little Piper. I had to ignore that it was Pixar because that’s like the anti-Viagra: you see Pixar’s name and you know it’s all gonna be the same — probably great, but just the same. But that little bird? I could have spent an hour-and-a-half watching that f—ing bird. I really loved his energy. I guess I’m just mushier than normal this year.

I suppose I like them abstaining more than voting in a category they clearly have no clue about

but honestly why do they even have this award?

I think they got it right this time and Zootopia was the best animated film of 2016 but that's basically an anomaly, broken clocks are right twice a day and what not

I mean these people actually gave an Oscar to Brave, like top 5 worst Pixar movies of all time Brave

I'm hip my dude, of all the responses I've read from academy voters that's been the only one so far that isn't braindead

I know you're not being serious but you're right, it's essentially a neorealism film and is a bizzare choice for best picture given their track record. It seemed like they wanted to appease people but didn't want to give it to a more generic "Oscar baity" film like Hidden Figures so they went with the art house film.

>Zootopia was the best animated film of 2016
Your name was the best and it wasn't ever nominated.

Nice trips

some chinese cartoon no one saw.

haven't seen it yet

and my understanding was there was trouble with the US release, hence why it hasn't been in theaters so I'm not sure it qualified

They don't give a shit about films period. It's an egotistical circlejerk

Why are Disney even considered for awards? Their films will do well regardless of some fucking award. Give it to a Laika film, who at least are trying something different and aren't Oscar baiting with soppy piffle like Piper

The oscars never consider japanese things for the oscar. I mean cars was nominated to an oscar instead of fucking Paprika.

>Your name was the best
I thought it was rather unsatisfying.

it's because

This is honestly not that bad compared to some of the past years of this. At least there's not any smug "I don't watch cartoons because I'm not 6" or "I vote this because my daughter loved it"

Because normalfags onky know cartoons as Disney

You should watch it. It's good, 10x better than the ones nominated.

Last year Voter #2 was pretty cool.

I agree, i expected more at the end and was kinda dissapointed but the movie is still way better than Zootopia.

This is why Keit-ai didn't receive a nomination.

>Zootopia isn't that good
>Not even Your Name is good but it is way better
>They just don't make movies like they use to
>*tips fedora*

>Paprika
That's the movie that was copied by Inception?

it's the truth buddy.

Wasn't there one with a Ghibli film where some guy said "Chinese cartoons are fucking stupid"?

What was that pic from again? An award acceptance speech?

youtube.com/watch?v=Gk6jsoXPz-g

Yeah.

That does sound like at least the person made an effort. He watched all of them as well, which is impressive.

The Fire Rises

>Voter #5: I only watch the ones that my kid wants to see, so I didn’t see [The] Boxtrolls but I saw Big Hero 6 and I saw [How to Train Your] Dragon [2]. We both connected to Big Hero 6 — I just found it to be more satisfying. The biggest snub for me was Chris Miller and Phil Lord not getting in for [The] Lego [Movie]. When a movie is that successful and culturally hits all the right chords and does that kind of box-office — for that movie not to be in over these two obscure freakin’ Chinese fuckin’ things that nobody ever freakin’ saw [an apparent reference to the Japanese film The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, as well as the Irish film Song of the Sea]? That is my biggest bitch. Most people didn’t even know what they were! How does that happen? That, to me, is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen.
>MY VOTE: Big Hero 6

Based Lego Movie working obscure freakin' Chinese fuckin' things into a shoot.

Holy shit. Pixar needs to read that because that is fucking true.

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Damm, And this idiot gets money for this?

Man, if ever there was a year where the competition far outweighed the Disney/Pixar shit, it was that one. Up was ridiculously overrated and Frog was more of the same old shit

At least it seemed like more of the voters watched every animated feature nominee this time.

>Oscars
>complaining about how the best performing, most popular movies don't get recognized

Lolololololol

>I loved everything about My Life As a Zucchini — I was very taken with the idea of making a movie about a zucchini.
Did that guy watch Sausage Party by mistake or something?

My Life as Zucchini isn't about an actual zucchini.

This.

Fox or Coraline probably should have won.
But 'Up' lad the 'le so emotional opening 9 minutes' so it won...

Fucking Oscar-baiting Pixarshit.

He had a point though. Lego Movie deserved to be nominated just as much as Big Hero 6 did, sellout or not.

Formula.

Disney renaissance movies had their own formula too. then 10 years of failed experiments, and then Pixar formula.

What's next? Sequels! Even Disney is giving up: Wreckit Ralph, Frozen, and possibly Zootopia.

what a shit time for creativity.

Yeah I agree in a strictly artistic/structural sort of way but like I said I found myself disappointed. Zootopia was a lot less ambitious in that sense but more successful at what it did in the end. I'd rather have a perfectly done piece of middling art than a masterwork that still needs to work the kinks out.

>I’m not big on animation or animators. I know a girl who only has sex with animators — she works over at Disney.
Someone got friendzoned.

Isn't that the same voter who picked Moana for Best Song because they liked Lin Manuel Miranda?

Sounds like a prime example of a Disneyfaggette (I think it was a woman)

Not at the expense of SoTS or Kaguya tho.

Nominees should have been:
>SoTS
>Kaguya
>HTTYD2
>Lego
>either BoxTrolls or Big Hero Shit

Well, that explains why all the comments are so incredibly vague
>I liked the music in the Disney princess movie!
>The movie is strong!
>I like how the movie is about what the title tells me it's about!
>The movie has an important message, be nice!
>The movie I can't gleam anything from the title alone? Oh, I saw it but I can't remember anything!
Wouldn't be surprised if this person didn't watch a single one of these.

>This was a year when my interest in the Oscars was not as strong as it has been in the past because of the political situation at the moment — like so many others, I’ve felt hugely discouraged about much more important things, and frankly I just didn’t want to spend my time doing this.
What the fuck was that guy doing on the jury then?

...

Based Oscars.
Thanks for eternally BTFOing freaking chinese films nobody saw.
Laika shills and Your Name fags will whine and complain to death just like Hillacuck voters.

I looked up the other nominees that year thinking maybe it was a weak year and Brave won by default, but every other nominee was better.

Expect for Frankenweenie, I guess.

What do you think about the previous version of Zootopia?

>give the awards to Nike, they need the money.

Hey, Frankenweenie was a lot better than Brave.

>they don't make movies like they use to

But that actually don't.
Of the few BP nominees I saw they were all letdowns save for maybe Hacksaw Ridge.

Movies as an art form are dying.

I think Laika makes KINO, movies purely for themselves.

They were both fucking awful movies

It's just weird to then make up lies for an anonymous interview that only cartoon fans will read and they'll obviously catch you on your bullshit.
What is even the point?

I actually think 2014 was a year where Disney/Pixar was far outweight by its competition yet still won.

>no Pixar film
>Disney film is Big Hero Shit
>competition is Lego Movie, HTTYD2, Song of the Sea, and Tale of the Princess Kaguya
>Lego movie snubbed
>BH Shit picks up the votes that would've gone to it
>wins

Best chance a non-Disney film had to win going forward desu, and they fucked it up.

Also it makes me wonder if Disney paid nominee voters to purposefully leave Lego off since they felt its voters would go to BH6 more than HTTYD2.

They did seem to try a little harder this time around, but the responses for why they voted always sounds like normies with no interest in filmmaking as an art form. Can they at least pretend to care about it from a technical point of view? I would've gotten more nuanced answers from my parents. Imagine if they responded this way for why they voted for best picture.
>La La Land: My family and I loved it. Great music and such a sad love story, that kinda stuff always gets me. My kids said they especially loved all the vibrant colors.

some bullshit excuse was that there was live action segment in that movie.

>Moonlight: I voted this way because its so touching and necessary to reward a movie about a gay black kid. I mean... it's the current year, and fuck Trump and fuck white people.

Wait... that's probably how it actually happened....

You forgot Boy and the World.

I never got why the general public ignores all animation but is so in love with Pixar, Disney and sometimes Ghibli.

Wasn't nominated in 2014.
Was nominated in 2015.

>nominate four indie and/or foreign films
>pick the generic Pixar film

The interview is from a larger piece about all the awards

Marketing and feeling like they want to fit in.

Blame social media and the Disney fandom for pushing this shit.

Also Ghibli is popular because Lasseter told his minions to like it, and they did... and thus Disneyfags latched onto it... and the rest is history.

I don't see anything wrong with the abstentions. Better than voting for something you know nothing about.

They can afford to, they're a billionaire's relative's passion project that lose money with every movie.
The Prophet was that too (and had some of the coolest animation sequences in the decade) but it never got that kind of disctribution or recognition.

He sounds like an 8 year old with a good vocabulary :l

>he

I think that voter might be a woman, user...

Up is one of the few wins that Disney deserved.

I think that was the one that convinced me for good that those awards were worthless.

>>turtle fetish
See? Even guys at the Academy are not ashamed of admitting their own fetishes. Why shame it here?

My bad. I didn't watch that one so I figured it was about a Zucchini. The rest of the comment sounds kind of sensible though. The voter could be a bit biased with her vote, but they made it sound like they gave a bit of thought to the other movies and wasn't exactly disrespectful.

Or like they have to watch hundreds of films on top of living their normal life and they tend not to watch these films in sequential order before voting. Some of these people got early copies of DVDs months before they even submitted their ballot.

>grow up in the 80's
>watch TMNT
>"Wow those turtles sure are hunky."
>fetish acquired

Honestly this year's voters were better than most. At least those who didn't give a shit abstained.

That said, even as someone who liked Zootopia and was fine with it winning... why does it not surprise me that the most retarded voter picked it (because 'we all gotta be nice to each other' in the age of the Trumpening)?

To be fair, at least Disney mixes that in with good original IPs. We had Moana and then Gigantic. The sequels don't happen until after 5 to 10 years, which will probably be sandwiched between non-sequel ones.

Still its sad that one corporation is hogging all of the attention and getting all of the money.

Their movies aren't even THAT good anyway.

>Zootopia was a lot less ambitious in that sense but more successful at what it did in the end
I have the same sentiments. It wrapped up well for me. It even stands out even more when I remember back BH6 and Frozen, which just felt lacking.

I don't recall any news about big Disney movies this year...
Are they gonna nominate The Emoji Movie?

I agree with you, I actually liked Moonlight and thought it was better than La La Land, but I'm certain the Academy only picked it for the race cred since it's so far away from what they usually pick.

nah, Cars 3, Smurfs and My Little Pony.

>I loved everything about My Life As a Zucchini — I was very taken with the idea of making a movie about a zucchini.
Is this guy for real?
Was he joking or did he not even bother watching the damn trailer? youtube.com/watch?v=bd2TOf1kmfk

What makes you think that so strongly that you felt you needed to correct 2 anons on that?

This was the shittiest year in recent memory. BH6 should not have won.

I mean, I enjoyed it, but it felt really lacking in the end, and did not feel like it deserved any award.

it's the Brand.

ITT: 30-somethings SEETHING that their fetish fuel isn't being taken seriously by film professionals

Maybe if kids actually watched cartoons these days instead of neckbeards the genre might be taken with better renown

Coco, The Breadwinner and some indie stuff.

But lots of them voted on the basis of only having seen a couple of the nominees.
Some even lied about seeing them all.

*le lenny faec*

Not that year it didn't.

They're just making shit up to sound like they've watched the movies.
The movie is "strong"? The Disney musical has good music? People should be nice?