It’s not up at their website yet, but various sources are reporting that the Los Angeles Film Critics Association has named WALL•E the best film of the year … while naming Waltz with Bashir the best animated film of the year. Make of that what you will. But it looks like the efforts of some, to get animated films recognized outside of their “ghetto”, could result in a paradox or two. Here’s a question: What if WALL•E is nominated for Best Picture and Best Animated Feature at the Oscars and wins neither? What if the Academy’s voters think giving it two awards would be excessive, and they cannot agree on which of the awards it should get?
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