We
are about 2 weeks away from the nominations for the 43rd
annual Annie Awards. I thought that this blog would be as good as
any to give you my predictions. Before I get into my predictions, I
would like to tell you that I will only be giving my predictions for
the movie categories. Not that I don't like tv or video games, they
would just seem out-of-place on my blog. And, since they are not my
forte, I would probably get a majority of them wrong. I have only
seen two of the movies that we are talking about here. I will tell
you what they are later in this blog. Let's begin.
Let's
start with the biggest award of the night! Best animated feature.
Let's start with the films that I don't think will be on the list.
Home: now, it did well in the box office, but it bombed critically.
Now, granted, those critics are not the people that nominate Annie
Awards – that is done by the professional animators in the
industry. Now, I have not seen it (yet), but judging from what I
have heard (and seen), it is not the greatest animated movie of the
year. But the Annie voters could feel sorry for Dreamworks financial
state right now, and throw them a bone. I would estimate Home having
a 10% chance of getting in there. The film will get a couple
nominations elsewhere in the awards. Steve Martin and Jim Parsons'
performances will probably get in there. In addition, it will
probably get nominated in several technical categories. The next one
that will not get in there is The Spongebob movie The Sponge out of
Water. Now this one I have seen. And if you read my blog about it,
I enjoyed it. Now, why don't I think it will be in there? Well,
judging by what a couple of other critics are saying about the movie,
it is far from the best this year. Now, as I've mentioned before,
critics are not the best predictors for nominations for awards
though. Another thing that hurts its chances is that it was released
back in February. The excitement surrounding the movie has died
down. So, maybe if it was released this month, it might have a
better chance. And, another thing, because it's based on a
Nickelodeon show, the Annie voters might look at it as an extension
of the show (which I can't argue). But, like I said with Home, it
will get nominations elsewhere in the ceremony. Any performance by
Tom Kenny will get in there. He will probably get a nomination for
the same character in the series. Overall, I think the Spongebob
Movie has a 5% chance of getting in.
And,
another movie I feel will not be getting in, is Hotel Transylvania 2.
Now, why don't I think it will be getting in? The first movie
didn't get a nomination. This is based on what I have heard; it is
not better than the first. It will be getting nominations elsewhere
in the show in some of the technical categories and best story
boarding. And now the final movie that I don't think will be getting
in, is Regular Show the movie. The big question is where would you
nominate it - Because it is a direct-to-DVD movie from the Cartoon
Network. It is eligible to get in that category. It did have a very
limited release in select categories in Los Angeles in order to be
eligible for the category. The question is, will it be nominated.
Will they put it with the TV stuff or the movie stuff. Overall, I
think that they will probably put it with the TV stuff because it is
meant for TV and most likely has low-budget animation. I give it a
3% chance of getting nominated.
Now,
for the movies that I do feel will get nominated. Inside Out. This
is a movie that I have seen, and it's brilliant. I feel it will not
only be getting in but I think it will hands-down win and sweep the
awards. There is a 100% for this movie to get nominated. Anomalisa
is another movie that I think will be getting in. It “WOWed”
critics at several film festivals. Also, it's the kind of artsy
material that the Annie voters tend to like. So, I think it will get
nominated in several categories an has a 90% chance overall of
getting in. The other one is Minions. Minions is the
highest-grossing animated movie of the year. But, granted, that does
not assure that it gets in, but based on the ticket sales, we do know
that it is on the Annie voters' radar. So, it will probably get in
in several other categories. So, overall, I say it has an 85% chance
of getting in.
Shaun
the Sheep movie is probably guaranteed of getting in there as well.
Aardman Animation makes Shaun the Sheep, and they have a tendency to
get into this category (maybe because they make great movies). In
fact, interesting tid-bit here, the academy introduced best animated
feature category because of their film Chicken Run. Overall, it has
a 100% chance of getting in.
The
Boy and the Beast is supposed to be the last Studio
Ghibli movie which means it is automatically a shoe-in because the
Annie voters can't resist giving them one more nomination. Overall,
I feel that it has a 90% chance of getting in.
The
Good Dinosaur...well, this is the second Pixar movie released this
year. And even though Inside Out has this in the bag (as mentioned),
The Good Dinosaur will probably get a nomination here. Overall, I
feel that it has a 75% chance of getting in.
And,
now my final movie that will get in is the Peanuts Movie. Now, from
what I have heard, it is supposed to be the best movie that Blue Sky
has made yet. So, hands-down, it will get in there. And the Peanuts
are supposed to be going back to their roots in this movie. Overall,
I feel that the Peanuts movie has a 95% chance of getting in.
And
the nominees are...
- Inside Out
- Peanuts
- Shaun the Sheep
- Anomalisa
- The Boy and the Beast
- The Good Dinosaur
- Minions
- And the last one...to be determined
But,
whether or not my predictions are correct, we will have to wait until
December 1, 2015 to find out the answer...
And
now for the answer to my quiz from my last blog, the answer is TRUE!
Steve Martin did get an honorary Oscar in 2013.
And
for today's quiz: True or False: Beauty and the Beast won for Best
Picture at the Golden Globes?
From
all of us here at Mr. Bee's Brilliant Movie Buzz, have a very Happy
Thanksgiving and Bee Happy (and enjoy the turkey).
By
Mr.
Bee
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great job mr bee
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