spaz wrote:the academy is a confused entity and will sway if the money it is there. they're kind of like a judge on a crooks payroll.
Actually, a hefty majority of the Motion Picture Academy are actors .. who are the ones that would feel most 'threatened' if they were to compete one-on-one with 'nonexistant' animated characters (they're scared-to-death of digital 'replacements', as it is). They are the reason a separate 'Best Animated Feature' category was created in the first place. This effectively 'sidelined' animated films from being considered alongside live-action films.
I'm afraid the chances of even as fine a film as
Ratatouille breaking through that barrier are
very small, indeed.
ShyViolet is correct in that Pixar would have to submit the film for consideration in the 'Best Picture' category .. and,
if it were actually nominated there, it would likely
disqualify them from consideration for the 'Best Animated Feature' category (I would assume; though there are no 'rules' which state that specifically .. but it isn't possible for a 'Documentary Feature' to
also be considered for 'Best Picture', for example).
In the end, an Academy Award is an Academy Award .. the 'Oscar' statuettes are identical, regardless of the 'category'.
And there's always the Annie Awards, which are actually considered & presented by the animation community. :idea: