2021 Best Animated Feature Thread

[Cordelia Joined: Jul 15th, 2018 Topics: 40 Posts: 1167 View Predictions]

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So this thread isn’t up yet, but I think this will be a fascinating year for Best Animated Feature so I hosted it. This OP will provide a state of play, with prominent contenders.

THE BIG ONES

These are the ones that I think are the most significant. In all likelihood, these will all make it.

Soul: This film is unseen, but with every indication it seems that Disney has big plans for it to the extent that I think it’s a frontrunner. A Pixar film leaning conceptually, it was originally planned for Cannes and is now debuting at the London Film Festival, followed shortly by the Rome Film Festival. That is a strategy of confidence. Furthermore, it was the one Disney film that didn’t get delayed, suggesting it is in this year’s Oscar race to stick around.

Wolfwalkers: This is the underdog story of this Animated Feature year potentially. Cartoon Saloon is a studio that is three for three with Best Animated Feature nominations, and this is their most acclaimed film yet. Quite frankly, it’s a demonstration of 2D animation artistry. If anything beats Soul, it’s potentially Wolfwalkers.

Onward: It’s arguably been forgotten due to bad timing and not amazing reception, but it’s still Pixar, it will sleepwalk to a nomination.

THE OTHERS

…Yeah, I wasn’t kidding when I said this year was thin. I will list a few films I think could round out the 5

Connected: Sony Pictures Animation and Lord/Miller’s followup collaboration to Spider-Verse, though I’m not sure about this premise.

A Whisker Away: OK, hear me out. Cats? I am only putting this here because it’s Netflix and Netflix can play the animation category’s game fairly well, and because there’s no likelihood of a Japanese animation vote split with the thin year.

The Croods: A New Age: Academy Award nominated The Boss Baby reminded a lot of people never to underestimate Dreamworks’ ability to barge into Best Animated Feature, regardless of quality.

Evangelion 3.0+1.0: There’s not even a release date for this and in no way is this getting nominated, but an Evangelion film getting an Oscar nomination would be fucking hilarious.

Scoob!:  This year had really thin competition.

For Your Consideration:

Best Picture: Wolfwalkers

Best Animated Feature: Wolfwalkers

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[mateil Joined: Aug 23rd, 2017 Topics: 5 Posts: 89 View Predictions]

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Soul seems like a lock for Best Animated Feature. Onward will get in too.

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[Eddy Q Joined: Oct 13th, 2012 Topics: 23 Posts: 4659 View Predictions]

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Will A Whisker Away even be eligible? As far as I can tell, a US theatrical release was never scheduled in the first place, which would appear to mean it won’t qualify. Don’t quote me on that though.

Also a question mark for eligibility is A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon which was nominated for a BAFTA earlier this year.

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[Magnus Joined: Jan 20th, 2020 Topics: 1 Posts: 442 View Predictions]

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Will Pinocchio be eligible?

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[William Gillquist Joined: Jan 1st, 2020 Topics: 10 Posts: 610 View Predictions]

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Unless Soul turns out to be a critical flop, which I hope to god it isn’t, I don’t see anything else winning. Not even Onward.

FYC Oscars: Soul (Best Picture, Original Screenplay, and Original Score), Regina King (Best Director), Delroy Lindo (Best Actor), Viola Davis (Best Actress), Leslie Odom Jr. (Best Supporting Actor)

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[Hoster1 Joined: Aug 8th, 2016 Topics: 4 Posts: 2417 View Predictions]

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Eddy Q wrote:

Will A Whisker Away even be eligible? As far as I can tell, a US theatrical release was never scheduled in the first place, which would appear to mean it won’t qualify. Don’t quote me on that though.

Also a question mark for eligibility is A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon which was nominated for a BAFTA earlier this year.

Frmageddon is eligible, no question about it. It had UK premiere in October 2019, so it was eligible for BAFTA, while it came out in USA in February 2020.

It’s a Paddington 2 situation.

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[John Berchmans Joined: Jan 22nd, 2018 Topics: 6 Posts: 4391 View Predictions]

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Cordelia wrote:

Evangelion 3.0+1.0: There’s not even a release date for this and in no way is this getting nominated, but an Evangelion film getting an Oscar nomination would be fucking hilarious.

End of Evangelion deserved to win some Oscars in 1997! It just makes you wish they didn’t completely ignore Animated Films, much less Foreign Animated Films.

John's Best of 2020

Best Picture: Soul
Best Director: George Clooney-The Midnight Sky
Best Actor: Chadwick Boseman-Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Best Actress: Viola Davis-Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Best Supporting Actor: Delroy Lindo-Da Five Bloods
Best Supporting Actress: Amanda Seyfried-Mank
Best Original Screenplay: Soul
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Midnight Sky

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[John Berchmans Joined: Jan 22nd, 2018 Topics: 6 Posts: 4391 View Predictions]

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Anyway, I’ve been doing some research into Animated Films as well this year and you forgot to mention two potential nominees: Over the Moon and Wish Dragon. Both are Chinese animated films that are being produced by Sony Pictures, and are set to release in both the US and China on Netflix in 2020. I think at least one of these will make it in, since Netflix got Klaus in last year when everyone wasn’t expecting it.

My predictions:

Soul

Wolfwalkers

Onward

Connected (if it releases in 2020)

Wish Dragon

alts: The Croods 2 and Over the Moon

John's Best of 2020

Best Picture: Soul
Best Director: George Clooney-The Midnight Sky
Best Actor: Chadwick Boseman-Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Best Actress: Viola Davis-Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Best Supporting Actor: Delroy Lindo-Da Five Bloods
Best Supporting Actress: Amanda Seyfried-Mank
Best Original Screenplay: Soul
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Midnight Sky

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[OneAndOnly Joined: Mar 21st, 2017 Topics: 19 Posts: 2077 View Predictions]

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Some screeners of Soul have been sent out.

It’s definitely winning.

Have a great day if you see this!

FYC: Anthony Hopkins- The Father
FYC: Chadwick Boseman - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Male/Straight/BLM

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[John Berchmans Joined: Jan 22nd, 2018 Topics: 6 Posts: 4391 View Predictions]

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OneAndOnly wrote:

Some screeners of Soul have been sent out. It’s definitely winning.

So Disney is committed to releasing it this year. That’s good. I still hope it comes out on Disney Plus, because I don’t want to have to go to theaters to see this film right away.

John's Best of 2020

Best Picture: Soul
Best Director: George Clooney-The Midnight Sky
Best Actor: Chadwick Boseman-Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Best Actress: Viola Davis-Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Best Supporting Actor: Delroy Lindo-Da Five Bloods
Best Supporting Actress: Amanda Seyfried-Mank
Best Original Screenplay: Soul
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Midnight Sky

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[Hayden Joined: Nov 11th, 2018 Topics: 0 Posts: 269 View Predictions]

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I don’t want this to sound ignorant/presumptuous, etc… but I’m finding it difficult to phrase is any other way than Soul’s already won.

(… unless it’s pushed back again… in that case, Wolfwalkers)

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[Cordelia Joined: Jul 15th, 2018 Topics: 40 Posts: 1167 View Predictions]

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I think I will justify this thread’s existence by asking what the rest of the nominees will be, because that’s a lot more unstable and fascinating.

Yeah, Soul is probably going to win, but we still had threads for Actress open last year even though everyone knew who was winning that.

For Your Consideration:

Best Picture: Wolfwalkers

Best Animated Feature: Wolfwalkers

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[Eddy Q Joined: Oct 13th, 2012 Topics: 23 Posts: 4659 View Predictions]

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Is anyone else seeing these FYC ads all over GoldDerby for the Polish animated feature Kill It and Leave This Town? It looks like the sort of hand-drawn animation with dark subject matter that would do really well with GKids or Netflix backing it, but instead it has Outsider Pictures. Not sure what kind of release this is getting either.

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[WildChalice Joined: Apr 22nd, 2017 Topics: 2 Posts: 68 View Predictions]

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Clayton Davis over at Variety thinks that the Kimetsu no Yaiba movie has a chance at getting nominated. I’m not certain about that, but with how big it is over in Japan, I could see a contingent over its supporters getting big enough for a nom. Any other thoughts?

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