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Mar 26, 2003 - 10:55 AM
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Robyn Hood
(Member)
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I was stunned, stunned, stunned to see SPIRITED AWAY win the Animated Feature Oscar. I didn't think it was possible, being that the movie was:
a.) barely released at all, so no one saw it other than anime fans.
b.) foriegn
c.) dubbed into English
d.) foriegn
e.) didn't have characters who break into faux-broadway showtunes every ten minutes
f.) foriegn
g.) the main character didn't have anthropomorphic animal sidekicks, preferably voiced by Eddie Murphy or Whoopi Goldberg
h.) foriegn
i.) didn't have any fancy computer effects
j.) foriegn
k.) had a running time of a little over two hours, not ninety minutes.
Oh, and by the way, did I mention that the movie was made in Japan? Yup, it didn't even have the "Made in USA" pedigree.
In all seriousness, SPIRITED AWAY was far and away the best decision the Academy made last Sunday. Yeah, giving CHICAGO so many awards was cool, and THE PIANIST deserved its' Best Director and Best Actor awards, but the presence of SPIRITED AWAY leads me to believe that the voters actually watched the screeners they were sent for once.
(BTW, I have an Oscar screening DVD that I bought on eBay...and no, I didn't get it from Meryl Streep!)
NP: Beneath the Planet of the Apes/Leonard Rosenman
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