Why Are Animated Movies Looked Down Upon Academy Members?
Every year when Oscar season rolls around the usual fanfare comes alive. Award premieres are taken place with directors and crew, interviews flood movie sites and DVD screeners are sent out to every academy member. And when the DVD screeners reach the houses of those members, one type of movie always gets thrown into the back of the pile if you're not either a fan of animation or actually apart of the animation industry. The animated movies. It's the one movie they don't want to touch. They hand it off to their kids while they're off watching REAL CINEMA. Like the animated movie wasn't made by hard working artists but magical fairies in a Disney factory. Because everyone knows every animated movie ever made came from Disney. Everyone knows these animated movies aren't made by real directors anyway. Because if that was the case Hayao Miyazaki would of gotten a nomination in his 20 plus career for Best Director. Or maybe Brad Bird. Or Pete Docter or Genn...