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My 89th Academy Awards Predictions!

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It’s that time of year again: Oscars season! Like usual, I’ll be making my predictions for which 2016 films I think will win which award. The ones that I think SHOULD win will be colored RED and the ones that I think WILL win will be colored BLUE. If they happen to be the same, then I’ll color them BOTH COLORS! Like usual, I’ll leave the top 6 awards (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Animated Feature) for the end.

Last year, I had my best prediction score: 17 correct out of 24 categories! Can I beat that this year? Let’s see!

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89th Academy Awards Nominations Announced!

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Well, the nominations for the 89th Academy Awards have been announced today. And as usual, I’ll list the animated film categories below. If you want to see a list of all the categories and their nominations, then click here.

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:

-Kubo and the Two Strings

-Moana

-My Life as a Zucchini

-The Red Turtle

-Zootopia

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM:

-Blind Vaysha

-Borrowed Time

-Pear Cider and Cigarettes

-Pearl

-Piper

Other related nominations include:

-My Life, Animated (Best Documentary Feature)

-Can’t Stop the Feeling-Trolls (Best Original Song)

-How Far I’ll Go-Moana (Best Original Song)

-The Jungle Book (Best Visual Effects)

-Kubo and the Two Strings (Best Visual Effects)

I’ll post my Oscar winner predictions in the coming weeks, but for now which films do you think will win? Which do you want to win? What do you think of the nominations, in general? Let me know in the comments below!

My Thoughts: THE WIND RISES (2013)

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The Wind Rises was a Studio Ghibli film that I’ve wanted to see for a long time, but due to various circumstances, I wasn’t able to see it until last week. I had heard great things about it: It was a Studio Ghibli film inspired by true events rather than something fantastical, it was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the Oscars (with many people thinking it should have won the award instead of Frozen), and it was going to be Hayao Miyazaki’s last film ever as he was retiring!

Well, so much for that plan!
Well, so much for that plan!

So, did I end up enjoying this film and thinking it’s amazing as everyone says it is? Well, let’s take a look! (By the way, I watched the English dub of the film.)

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88th Academy Awards Wrap-Up!

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Well, the 88th Academy Awards were a fun show to witness. Mainly, I’m happy that I broke my record and got 17/24 correct predictions this year including guessing the Best Film correctly for the first time in a few years, lol! Here’s to next year!

What did you all think of the ceremony? Any criticisms? Lemme know in the comments below!

My 88th Academy Awards Predictions!

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Hello, readers,

Well, it’s that time again: Oscars season! Like every year, here are my predictions. The ones that I think SHOULD win will be in RED and the ones that I think WILL win will be in BLUE. If they’re the same, they’ll be a combination of both colors! I’ve left the big awards for the end. My record so far has been 14/24 (2013). Let’s see if I can beat it this year. Enjoy!

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88th Academy Award Nominations Announced!

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Well, it’s that time of year again: when the nominations for the Oscars have been announced! I’ll be posting my predictions of all the winners in a few weeks, but for now, let’s look at the nominees in the animation categories.

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:

-Anomalisa

-Boy & the World

-Inside Out

-Shaun the Sheep Movie

-When Marnie Was There

BEST ANIMATED SHORT:

-Bear Story

-We Can’t Live Without Cozmos

-Prologue

-Sanjay’s Super Team

-World of Tomorrow

In terms of Best Animated Feature, I’m surprised to see When Marnie Was There and Boy & the World on that list! It’s also interesting to see that The Peanuts Movie and The Good Dinosaur were both snubbed, but I can actually understand that.

In terms of Best Animated Short, I feel people might complain about Lava not being nominated. But, I was neutral about it. I liked it, but I can also understand it not being nominated

What do you all think of these and all the other nominees?

Pixar-Forgotten/Minor Characters #9: The Current CEO of the Buy n Large Corporation

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Wow, this is the 3rd Pixar movie in which I’ve had difficulty selecting a forgotten/minor character and ended up having to go with a character that was unseen, or in this case, not even mentioned. Good job at stumping me, Pixar!

"No need to thank us. It's the least we can do as American citizens!"
“No need to thank us. It’s the least we can do as American citizens!”

Anyway, today’s forgotten/minor character is from Pixar’s 9th film and winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, WALL-E. (Warning: this post will have spoilers!)

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My Thoughts: BIG HERO 6 (2014)

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Well, it’s the review that you all have been waiting for: my review of the 54th Disney Canon film that won the Best Animated Feature Film Oscar in the 87th Academy Awards, Big Hero 6!

"Uh...we really weren't waiting for this review, to be honest."
“Uh…we really weren’t waiting for this review, to be honest.”

Too bad. Here’s my review!

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Disney Wins Animation Awards at 87th Academy Awards!

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Well, the 87th Academy Awards were yesterday and you can check the list of winners here. In terms of animation, Disney won the Best Animated Short and Best Animated Film Oscars for Feast and Big Hero 6, respectively.

I congratulate Disney on this, although I was sure that How to Train Your Dragon 2 was going to win. In the end, I only correctly predicted 12 Oscars this year and couldn’t beat my high score last year of 14. Oh well, there’s always next year, God-willing!

To see my predictions again, click here.