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Despicable Me 2 is very overrated. Animated movies this generic shouldn't make that much money.

I loved Frozen, but after thinking about it, I think I agree. At least on the emotional level, Brave is better. It might be because I went to Frozen COMPLETELY spoiled... But I don't know, I need to watch Frozen again to make up my mind. I give both movies an A.

Well, it's nice to see a fellow Michigander here , even if a Spartan

Are you a Spartan? A Buckeye?

Thank you fellow movie addicts! Mango, I'm counting on that .

Frozen increased from Sunday, and I got an acceptance letter from University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. This has got to be the best Christmas ever. Merry Christmas everyone!

I mentioned it in case you think I'm biased against Ghibli films for being non-American. It happened to me before. And to answer your previous question, yes, I have seen the movie without English dubbing. (I had my friend from school watch and translate it for me). The Academy snubbed every Ghibli movie since Howl's. And those movies were better than TWR and received very well by critics. Even when the year was weak for American animation, no Ghibli movie got nominated. Gee, what could have possibly changed this year for a Ghibli movie to be nominated?

Just because I live in Michigan doesn't mean I'm American. The fact that they produce quality films is subjective. I was using a hyperbole for Japan. Still, the fact that there's a category for non-English-language films show that the Oscars are not international. I especially hate how no one gave a s**t about Ghibli movies not being nominated since 2005, but this year since it's Miyazaki's last film, it's getting too much attention. Just proves how partial to this fact the critics are since TWR is inferior to almost everything Ghibli released since Howl's. I would have felt better about this if the movie actually deserved all the awards it got so far.

Academy Awards are not an international film festival; they're U.S. based. What do you expect? There's a category for Best FOREIGN Language Film for a reason...TWR doesn't belong with the other animated features if you ask me. You will never see an American movie no matter how good even nominated for such a prestigious award in Japan aka the most xenophobic nation on Earth. But then so many are madly in love with Studio Ghibli here for reasons beyond my understanding. I'm not American by the way. VERY.

Seen it or not, the movie will obviously be getting an unfair advantage given how impartial the critics are (sarcasm).

Frozen is not mainstream. How many great musical animated movies are released these days? And even if you think it's a bit mainstream, who said different is always better? Is that exotic appeal I sense or something? Frozen has been better received according to what I have seen so far from audiences and critics.

No TWR can gtfo. It's a tie for now but we'll see.

The Polar Express

2013 Chicago Film Critics Awards Best Picture: "12 Years a Slave" Best Director: Steve McQueen--"12 Years a Slave" Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor--"12 Years a Slave" Best Actress: Cate Blanchett--"Blue Jasmine" Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto--"Dallas Buyers Club" Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong'o--"12 Years a Slave" Best Original Screenplay: "Her"--Spike Jonze Best Adapted Screenplay: "12 Years a Slave"--John Ridley Best Foreign Language Film: "The Act of Killing" Best Documentary: "The Act of Killing" Best Animated Feature: "The Wind Rises" Best Cinematography: "Gravity" Best Original Score: "Her"--Arcade Fire Best Art Direction/Production Design: "Gravity" Best Editing: "Gravity"--Alfonso Cuaron & Mark Sanger Most Promising Performer: Adele Exarchopoulos--"Blue is the Warmest Color" Most Promising Filmmaker: Destin Cretton--"Short Term 12"

And Frozen is leading now with 9 wins versus 7 for The Wind Rises so far . I wonder why Frozen started sweeping most of the awards all of the sudden. It's like the earlier voters didn't even watch it.

Their next confirmed musical is Moana. It's about a Polynesian princess. I love musicals, so I'm very excited for this one and can't wait to see how the animation will be in an island setting. But that won't be released until 2018 . I hope 2016's Giants is a musical too. But is anyone else bugged about Zootopia? Am I the only one who hates anthropomorphic animals? Remember Disney during its Dark Ages in the 70's and most of the 80's? Yeah I don't want that happening all over again. (not that I was there, but I hate the movies). But it could turn out good, What do I know?

Well actually the last one was Winnie the Pooh, which was released two years ago. Apparently, that movie was considered a musical. And there was also Hercules before that. Gosh I love that movie.

Houston Film Critics Awards: BEST PICTURE: 12 Years A Slave, Fox SearchlightAll Is Lost, LionsgateAmerican Hustle, ColumbiaBefore Midnight, Sony Pictures ClassicsDallas Buyers Club, Focus FeaturesFruitvale Station, The Weinstein Co.Gravity, Warner Bros.Inside Llewyn Davis, CBS FilmsNebraska, Paramount VantageSaving Mr. Banks, Disney BEST DIRECTOR: Joel & Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn DavisAlfonso Cuaron, GravityPaul Greengrass, Captain PhillipsSteve McQueen, 12 Years A SlaveAlexander Payne, Nebraska BEST ACTOR:Christian Bale, American HustleBruce Dern, NebraskaChiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years A SlaveMatthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers ClubMads Mikkelsen, The HuntRobert Redford, All Is Lost BEST ACTRESS:Sandra Bullock, GravityJudi Dench, PhilomenaBrie Larson, Short Term 12Meryl Streep, August: Osage CountyEmma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:Barkhad Abdi, Captain PhillipsMichael Fassbender, 12 Years A SlaveJames Gandolfini, Enough SaidJared Leto, Dallas Buyers ClubMatthew McConaughey, Mud BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:Jennifer Lawrence, American HustleLupita Nyong’o, 12 Years A SlaveOctavia Spencer, Fruitvale StationJune Squibb, NebraskaOprah Winfrey, Lee Daniels’ The Butler BEST SCREENPLAY:John Ridley, 12 Years A SlaveDavid O. Russell and Eric Singer, American HustleRichard Linklater & Ethan Hawke & Julie Delpy, Before MidnightSpike Jonze, HerJoel & Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis BEST ANIMATED FILM:The Croods, DreamWorksDespicable Me 2, UniversalFrozen, DisneyMonsters University, PIXARThe Wind Rises, Touchstone BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:Sean Bobbit, 12 Years A SlaveRoger Deakins, PrisonersBruno Delbonnel, Inside Llewyn DavisFrank G. DeMarco & Peter Zuccarini, All Is LostEmmanuel Lubezki, Gravity BEST DOCUMENTARY:20 Feet From Stardom, Radius/The Weinstein Co.The Act of Killing, Drafthouse FilmsBlackfish, MagnoliaInequality For All, Radius/The Weinstein Co.Stories We Tell, Roadside Attractions BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:Blue is the Warmest Color, IFC FilmsThe Grandmaster, The Weinstein Co.The Hunt, MagnoliaWadjda, Koch MediaThe Wind Rises, Touchstone BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:Arcade Fire, HerSteven Price, GravityThomas Newman, Saving Mr. BanksHans Zimmer, 12 Years A SlaveHans Zimmer, Man of Steel BEST ORIGINAL SONG:“I See Fire,” from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, music & lyrics by Ed Sheeran“Let It Go,” from Frozen, music & lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez“The Moon Song,” from Her, music & lyrics by Karen O“Please Mr. Kennedy,” from Inside Llewyn Davis, music & lyrics by Joel & Ethan Coen, T-Bone Burnett, Justin Timberlake, Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver“Young and Beautiful,” from The Great Gatsby, music & lyrics by Lana del Ray and Rick Nowels

2013 San Francisco Film Critics Awards: Best Picture AMERICAN HUSTLE GRAVITY NEBRASKA WINNER – 12 YEARS A SLAVE THE WOLF OF WALL STREET Best Director WINNER – Alfonso Cuaron, GRAVITY Spike Jonze, HER Steve McQueen, 12 YEARS A SLAVE David O. Russell, AMERICAN HUSTLE Martin Scorsese, THE WOLF OF WALL STREET Best Actor Bruce Dern, NEBRASKA Leonardo DiCaprio, THE WOLF OF WALL STREET WINNER – Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 YEARS A SLAVE Matthew McConaughey, DALLAS BUYERS CLUB Robert Redford, ALL IS LOST Best Actress WINNER – Cate Blanchett, BLUE JASMINE Sandra Bullock, GRAVITY Judi Dench, PHILOMENA Adele Exarchopolous, BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR Brie Larson, SHORT TERM 12 Meryl Streep, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Best Supporting Actor Barkhad Abdi, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS Michael Fassbender, 12 YEARS A SLAVE Harrison Ford, 42 Will Forte, NEBRASKA WINNER – James Franco, SPRING BREAKERS Jared Leto, DALLAS BUYERS CLUB Best Supporting Actress WINNER – Jennifer Lawrence, AMERICAN HUSTLE Lupita Nyong’o, 12 YEARS A SLAVE Lea Seydoux, BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR Octavia Spencer, FRUITVALE STATION June Squibb, NEBRASKA Best Screenplay, Original WINNER – AMERICAN HUSTLE, Eric Singer and David O. Russell GRAVITY, Alfonso and Jonas Cuaron HER, Spike Jonze INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, Joel and Ethan Coen NEBRASKA, Bob Nelson Best Screenplay, Adapted BEFORE MIDNIGHT, Richard Linklater; Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke PHILOMENA, Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope THE SPECTACULAR NOW, Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber WINNER – 12 YEARS A SLAVE, John Ridley THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, Terence Winter Best Cinematography WINNER – GRAVITY, Emmanuel Lubezki HER, Hoyte Van Hoytema INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, Bruno Delbonnel NEBRASKA, Phedon Papamichael 12 YEARS A SLAVE, Sean Bobbitt Best Production Design AMERICAN HUSTLE, Judy Becker WINNER – GRAVITY, Andy Nicholson HER, K. K. Barrett INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, Jess Gonchor 12 YEARS A SLAVE, Adam Stockhausen Best Editing ALL IS LOST, Pete Beaudreau AMERICAN HUSTLE, Alan Baumgarten; Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, Christopher Rouse WINNER – GRAVITY, Alfonso Cuaron and Mark Sanger 12 YEARS A SLAVE, Joe Walker THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, Thelma Schoonmaker Best Animated Feature THE CROODS DESPICABLE ME WINNER – FROZEN MONSTERS UNIVERSITY THE WIND RISES Best Foreign Language Picture WINNER – BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR A HIJACKING THE HUNT THE PAST WADJDA Best Documentary WINNER – THE ACT OF KILLING THE ARMSTRONG LIE BLACKFISH STORIES WE TELL TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM

This needs to be updated for San Francisco and Houston Film Critics Awards.

Next year can't possibly be worse than this year for animation critically.

Great, now Frozen will surely win.

This.

What about How to Train Your Dragon 2? See? They just can't get a break! Goddammit!

True, but I feel so sad for WDAS. They just can't get a break! If they don't win the Oscar this year, they might might never do in a decade.