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Spirited Away wins!
It's about time it got some well deserved recognition by the masses. A shame it got shafted in the distribution process.
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And it's about time to an Oscar re-release too, I think. :)
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Wins what category? Yes I can look in another thread I'm sure, but I think that this thread would be more comprehensive if it was stated.
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This was the first pleasant surprise of the evening. I was almost certain that Di$ney was trying to sabotage its chances.
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Originally posted by Buford T Pusser Wins what category? Yes I can look in another thread I'm sure, but I think that this thread would be more comprehensive if it was stated. |
Only thing that sucks is that he wasnt there to get it in person and on another note, those real people/cartoon things never look good in my opinion.
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Originally posted by Buford T Pusser Wins what category? Yes I can look in another thread I'm sure, but I think that this thread would be more comprehensive if it was stated. This was a pleasant surprise. This ensures that Disney will push the home video release, and now a lot of kids (and adults) will get a chance to see this great movie. |
I am so glad this won, none of the other movies in the category even compared. Spirited Away should have been nominated for best picture as well, but at least it won something and Miyazaki got an oscar he so deserves.
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BOO-YAH!!!
Spirited Away owns, and I haven't even seen it yet ;). |
Yay - the ONLY picture I would have accepted as an alternative was Lilo & Stitch.
But I'm glad Spirited Away won. Was there anything neat about the presentation? |
I'm glad that Spirited Away won but I was really disappointed that Miyazaki wasn't there to accept it because I was curious to see what he looks like (altho I'm going to look up his picture on the net right now)
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I didn't even watch the Oscars, but my ten-year-old son ran in all excited, "Spirited Away Won!"
I had made him go see it in the theaters even though he was doubtful and he absolutely loved it. The US DVD release is soon, April 15, I think - we have pre-ordered it. Bill Chance The Daily Epiphany |
Yeah! I'm glad I saw it at the theaters. I did make a booboo of ordering the Miyazaki DVD set with Die Another Day to get a good deal with coupons from Amazon with free shipping. Hope they choose to send the Miyazaki set early and not wait until June when DAD comes out!
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Wow...a true quality film gets rewarded for once in a notoriously fickle category. :thumbsup:
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I am so relieved that this won.
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Nice to see the recognition for Miyazaki.
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Am seeing rumours already of a new theatrical run for it and a delay in the DVD release. Maybe I wasn't doing such a bad thing ordering the Miyazaki set from Amazon with Die Another Day after all.
http://animationinsider.net/forums/i...t=0&#entry3927 It's only too bad that Buena Vista/Disney couldn't have seen fit to give it a decent promotion/release effort the first time around so that there wouldn't be as much pressure to delay the release of the DVD... We already had to have Princess Mononoke delayed... :( |
Originally posted by DVDealer Am seeing rumours already of a new theatrical run for it and a delay in the DVD release. Maybe I wasn't doing such a bad thing ordering the Miyazaki set from Amazon with Die Another Day after all. In fact, if Disney is thinking of promoting this movie on DVD they now have a chance to paste the "Winner, Best Animated Feature Oscar" tagline to it. And everyone is right...the distribution was bad on this movie. I was lucky enough to see it in theaters and will be right there to pick up the DVD. |
Originally posted by Jepthah Wow...a true quality film gets rewarded for once in a notoriously fickle category. :thumbsup: |
Originally posted by buskerdog Isn't this only the second year they've had this category? |
Originally posted by LBPound Yeah, but think of all the notiorously fickle winners of the past.....Shrek...and....Shrek. |
Maybe if they promote it right, Spirited Away will get a lot of people to try Kiki and Laputa as well!
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Damn. I'd rather have any of the others win. I hated Spirited Away. Plot just sort of rambled around. I admit the art was nice but boring I almost fell asleep because it was so boring. Was pretty much a Japanese Alice in Wonderland.
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Perhaps a lot of intelligent retailers will also offer deals on Princess Mononoke when that release week hits as well...
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Originally posted by DVDealer Perhaps a lot of intelligent retailers will also offer deals on Princess Mononoke when that release week hits as well... |
:up: :up:
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mononoke is just as good a film a sa. i'd go watch it. it has a fern gully feel (not that fern gully was as good just that it had subtleties to protecting one's environment).
as for the award, i am in shock & awe. i was seriously devoted to lilo & stitch winning for hope of the collector's edition. while, i am glad this film won (the film is great and this was an easily justified oscar), i am disheartened at the thought that i may never get my paws on a lilo & stitch ce. |
Originally posted by WiccanPagan mononoke is just as good a film a sa. i'd go watch it. it has a fern gully feel (not that fern gully was as good just that it had subtleties to protecting one's environment). |
Spirited Away and Lilo were both wonderful movies. The other three... I liked them ok, but not wonderful.
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Originally posted by trigun Yeah, it's like Fern Gully...but with decapitations :confused: |
Originally posted by tofu I'm glad that Spirited Away won but I was really disappointed that Miyazaki wasn't there to accept it because I was curious to see what he looks like (altho I'm going to look up his picture on the net right now) I'm also surprised and excited that Hayao won. I don't think that anyone who's seen his movies would doubt that he's been the greatest traditional animator in the world for a long, long time now. It's about time that he get his recognition. "Spirited Away" is a fantastic movie, probably the best I saw last year. Having said that, IMO "Kiki's Delivery Service", "Nausicaa", "Laputa" and particularly "Totoro" (his masterpiece, IMO) are all slightly better. Miyazaki is so consistent that you can't go wrong with any of his movies. I can't wait for the two-disc versions of "Nausicaa" and "Totoro" that are almost assuredly coming after this award. I read an article about Disney's plans for Miyazaki: The mouse that whimpered Spirited Away marks the first time a feature-length Japanese animated film (i.e., anime) has ever been acknowledged by the Academy. And if Hayao Miyazaki's glowingly reviewed mix of traditional Japanese spa culture and Alice in Wonderland eccentricities wins, the complicated relationship between the oft-competing U.S. and Japanese schools of animation will be irrevocably altered. It may be surprising to some that Spirited Away was distributed in the United States by Walt Disney Studios, the home not only of Mickey and Goofy but also some of those other nominees in the two-year-old Best Animated Feature category, namely Lilo and Stitch and Treasure Planet. In the postwar cradle of modern Japanese anime, Disney's early work actually served as an inspiration and watermark for Japanese artists. Since they didn't have the money to beat Disney's production values, anime evolved with an indie aesthetic based on diversity, unlimited by the "just for kids" format. While Miyazaki was cranking out increasingly ambitious films like Nausicaä and Laputa at his Studio Ghibli, Disney continued to toe the line with animation as musical comedy for the whole family – a house blend that peaked when Beauty and the Beast was nominated for Best Picture in 1992 and walked away with four Oscars. But of late the magic has been missing from the kingdom's animated offerings. While Lilo and Stitch performed admirably at the box office last year, the outright disaster of Treasure Planet capped off a string of lukewarm releases that included The Emperor's New Groove and Atlantis. Meanwhile, Miyazaki's Spirited Away grossed more in Japan alone than Lilo and Planet combined; it's currently the highest-grossing film in Japanese history. Sensing Miyazaki's potential early on, in 1996 Disney signed a deal with Studio Ghibli to help finance new works (including 1997's Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away) and distribute them on video worldwide. Not only does Disney need Miyazaki's creativity and potential box-office clout, but it also needs his star power. Many people on both sides of the Atlantic have long considered Miyazaki as not just an animation director but an heir to the legacy of Akira Kurosawa. If Spirited Away gets the Oscar, Miyazaki will become the god of anime, albeit a sometimes crotchety deity who has been vocal in the past about the lack of "decency" in recent Disney films (as he said in a 1995 interview). Still, Miyazaki's Spirited Away was how the film was officially released in the United States, and in putting the director's name ahead of the title, the studio gave it a sense of authorship that had been previously reserved for Uncle Walt himself. In eclipsing the now stagnant Disney style of animation, anime is now poised to grab the future, with or without that little trophy. (Patrick Macias) I don't think that this award was a fluke: it's clear that Disney's planning on setting him up as one of their key "brands" like Pixar. Who wants to bet that next year's "Howl's Moving Castle" gets the wide release that "SA" so richly deserved? Thank you, John Lasseter, for having the vision to see that Miyazaki could be huge here in the US and pushing his work on the Disney brass. |
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