OSCAR NOMINATIONS The good news is that my predictions as to which animated films would be nominated for Best Animated Feature were 100% correct. The bad news is my favourite "Oscar Bait" film,
About Schmidt was snubbed in the Best Picture category. Although I liked
Punch-Drunk Love and
Adaptation about as much as I liked
About Schmidt, I had no delusions that they'd be nominated for Best Picture being too quirky for the tastes of the plurality of Academy voters.
About Schmidt was the rare "Oscar Bait" film I enjoyed, so, because it's not nominated, I really don't have much of a compelling reason to watch beyond the Best Animated Feature award, since I liked, but did not love,
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and don't feel any particular desire to sit through two hours of boring tributes after the BAF award to see it lose to
Chicago or
The Hours. Immediately after
Lilo & Stitch wins or loses to
Spirited Away, I'll crank up the old Toshiba DVD player and watch
Lilo & Stitch which I'll always like more than
Spirited Away no matter what, film critics be darned. (I concede that
Spirited Away is more "artsy" than
Lilo & Stitch, but I don't particularly value "artsiness" over entertainment and, while still quite good, I didn't think
Spirited Away was as successful on an artistic level as certain other anime I like more, like
Yokohama Shopping Log or
Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer.)
Oh well, I started
this thread on RottenTomatoes.com's Forum for Lilo & Stitch to explain just a little bit more about why I prefer
Lilo & Stitch, though part of the reason is just due to the vaguaries of my own personal tastes where I'm not 100% sure and cannot codify or quantify why I like some things more than others, I just do.
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