movies

[BW23]

Does Lego Movie even qualify for Best Animated Feature? I have no idea. It's not 100% animated, so how is it determined? 50.1% of it must be? $75%? 97%? Discretionary?

[ghostrunner]

Does Lego Movie even qualify for Best Animated Feature? I have no idea. It's not 100% animated, so how is it determined? 50.1% of it must be? $75%? 97%? Discretionary?

An animated feature film is defined as a motion picture with a running time of more than 40 minutes, in which movement and characters’ performances are created using a frame-by-frame technique. Motion capture by itself is not an animation technique. In addition, a significant number of the major characters must be animated, and animation must figure in no less than 75 percent of the picture’s running time.

I'm not sure what's meant by the "motion capture by itself", but I assume that would apply to something like marionettes which aren't frame by frame.

[BW23]

thanks

[33anda3rd]

No kids here, just a dog, but it's criminal that the Lego movie isn't nominated. Much like South Park: Bigger, Longer Uncut, Wall-E, and a few others in recent history, an animated film is the most socially relevant, thoughtful film of the year and deserving of being in the company of Oscar Bait like Selma and American Sniper and unrewarding experiments like Boyhood.

[Radbird]

I thought "why would I want to watch something stupid called the Lego movie? The kid's 27 and gone and the dogs aren't particularly fond of Legos because they don't taste like chicken."

Now I know why. Great flick that should've been recognized by the academy.

[JL21]

Oscar Bait like Selma and American Sniper

Have you seen these movies?

[Schlich]

I don't think it's unfair to call them Oscar bait regardless of their actual quality...

[ghostrunner]

Theory of Everything seems like the worst. Why does Stephen Hawking's biopic need to be a love story? I don't know. I guess I was just complaining about biopics with no focus, but pick something else. Heck I could even go for a love story but at least not a gauzy feel good romance. I should see it before saying anything, I just know I have no interest. Errol Morris' doc of Brief History of Time was good enough.

[Vidor]

F*****g shocked that "The Lego Movie" did not get a Best Animated Film nomination. That is nuts.

[Maclowery]

Lego movie in 3d on my 110" projection screen is [expletive] awesome. Almost as awesome as Tintin 3d. Two terrific Movies. Can't wait for Lego Batman movie.